Beachfront Resorts in Thailand
Steps from the sand

Beachfront Resorts in Thailand

3 guides in Thailand

The best beachfront resorts in Thailand, destination by destination. Each guide picks the resorts where the beachfront resort is genuinely the draw — with the exact room to book and live prices. Choose where you're headed:

Sunset over the waves at Karon Beach, Phuket, Thailand
Phuket

Phuket Beachfront Resorts: The Ones Really on the Sand, Beach by Beach

Plenty of Phuket hotels call themselves beachfront and sit across a road. These resorts are on the sand, beach by beach, with the wing and the room category to book and the months when the sea is safe to swim.

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Tubkaek Beach, Krabi, Thailand, with limestone karst islands visible offshore
Krabi

Krabi's Best Beachfront Resorts, Starting With the One Reached Only by Boat

Krabi's top-rated beachfront resort has no road to it. Six resorts are confirmed directly on the sand across Railay, Klong Muang, Tubkaek and a private bay near Ao Nang – and the choice between them starts with whether you're willing to arrive by boat.

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Sandy beach with traditional fishing boats in Hua Hin, Thailand
Hua Hin

Hua Hin's Beachfront Resorts, From a 1923 Railway Hotel to Quiet Cha-am

Thailand's first beach hotel opened on Hua Hin's sand in 1923 and still takes guests. Six resorts are confirmed directly on the beach today, spread from Cha-am in the north to Nong Kae in the south – and where on that strip you sleep matters more than the brand on the door.

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