The 7 Best Luxury Hotels in Krabi

In Krabi, the view from the pool edge is often of limestone islands and open sea. If you choose your 5-star hotel in Krabi by its pool, the main question is whether you want to share it or have it to yourself.Six Senses Yao NoiYour own pool outside the door: At the Banyan Tree Krabi, every suite and villa has a private pool with a jet pool, facing the sea or the garden. At the Six Senses Yao Noi, each of the 56 villas comes with its own infinity pool, and at the Phulay Bay Krabi, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve most villas and pavilions have a private pool or plunge pool.

Infinity pools with a view: At the top of the Six Senses Yao Noi lies The Hilltop infinity pool, with a bar and a panorama over Phang Nga Bay. The circular infinity pool of the Phulay Bay Krabi, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve faces the limestone karsts, with a whirlpool at its edge. In the Hillside Estate of the Pimalai Resort Lanta Island you swim with a sea view, and the Pool Bar serves light bites and cocktails.

A lagoon to swim in: The Sofitel Krabi Phokeethra Golf & Spa on Klong Muang Beach is built around a lagoon pool about 400 meters long, with a Jacuzzi in the middle and the Koh Poda Pool Bar, where you order without leaving the water. From the Grand Lagoon Suites you step straight into the pool.

Here the setting matters almost as much as the treatment. At the Six Senses Yao Noi, the spa sits in a traditional long house on stilts above the jungle, next to a waterfall. An on-site Ayurvedic doctor guides personalized programs of three, five or seven days, alongside yoga, meditation and the Alchemy Bar, where you blend your own oils and scrubs.Pimalai Resort Lanta IslandWater and rainforest: The Banyan Tree Spa at the Banyan Tree Krabi includes The Mini Rainforest, a hydrotherapy area styled on the rainforest. Pimalai Spa at the Pimalai Resort Lanta Island is a small village of thatched salas in the jungle with a waterfall running through it; it has won the World Luxury Spa Award, and hotel guests join spa classes free of charge.

For couples and active guests: Sofitel SPA with L’Occitane at the Sofitel Krabi Phokeethra Golf & Spa has its own Thai-style building with 12 treatment rooms for singles and couples, and it received an award at the Haute Grandeur Global Awards 2025. At The Spa at Phulay Bay in the Phulay Bay Krabi, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, the couples’ room looks out over the lagoon, and yoga and Muay Thai are on the schedule in the studio next door.

At no extra cost: you pay the same rate as booking direct with the hotel – the suitespot benefits come on top, free of charge.

Thai healing arts: At the Rayavadee Krabi, treatments draw on ancient Thai healing traditions, from massages to body wraps. At Cape Spa in the Cape Kudu Hotel Koh Yao Noi, a steam room and an ice bath after your massage are part of the experience. Whichever 5-star hotel in Krabi you choose, our travel advisors will gladly reserve your treatments before you arrive.

Rates start at 100 € at the Sofitel Krabi Phokeethra Golf & Spa on Klong Muang Beach and go up to 628 € at the Rayavadee Krabi on the Phra Nang peninsula. The table shows all seven resorts by location. For today’s rates and availability, see the hotel list further down.

Included everywhere: breakfast for two every morning, an upgrade on arrival when a better room is free, plus early check-in and late check-out subject to availability. At the Pimalai Resort Lanta Island and the Cape Kudu Hotel Koh Yao Noi the benefits apply from two nights, at all the others from the first night.

Hotel credit and extras: A 100 US dollar credit and a welcome gift await you at the Sofitel Krabi Phokeethra Golf & Spa, the Banyan Tree Krabi, the Phulay Bay Krabi, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve and the Six Senses Yao Noi; the two resorts with a minimum stay add 50 US dollars. Phulay Bay also includes an airport pickup, and Six Senses adds complimentary activities from its program.

Points and status: Four of the seven luxury hotels in Krabi belong to a loyalty program, each to a different one: ALL (Accor) at the Sofitel Krabi Phokeethra Golf & Spa, Marriott Bonvoy at the Phulay Bay Krabi, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, IHG One Rewards at the Six Senses Yao Noi and Leaders Club at the Rayavadee Krabi, if you give your Leaders Club number when booking. Banyan Tree, Pimalai and Cape Kudu are not part of a points program; there, the suitespot benefits are what counts.

When to go: From November to April the Andaman Sea is usually calm and the days are sunny, perfect for boat trips to the islands. From May to October the coast turns lush and green, and spas, cooking classes and villas with private pools really come into their own.

How long to stay: Plan at least four nights for a 5-star hotel in Krabi on an island, as getting there and back includes a boat ride. Combining the mainland coast with an island works well over seven to ten nights.