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Mandarin, as it is

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A closer look at the real estate. Take your time, open a photograph and wander through.

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01 / The photo journal

The estate & the sea

The gardens, the pool. Then the beach.

The long infinity pool between Thai pavilions, palms and tropical planting in warm evening light.
Barefoot by the pool.
Daylight view from above the villa along the pool and coconut palms to Lipa Noi Beach and the sea.
Palms, pool, sea.
Mandarin Beach Villa seen from the beach, with the pool, lawn and Thai pavilions behind tall palms.
The entire beachfront estate, seen from the sand.
Beachfront lawn and seating beneath palms with the sea directly beyond.
The garden meets the sand.
Portrait view past palms and white pavilion roofs to the sea and distant islands.
The sea through the palms.
Warm sunset above the sea and distant islands, photographed from Mandarin Beach Villa.
The day ends here.

02 / The photo journal

Rooms to call your own

Natural timber, quiet corners and generous bathrooms.

King suite with pale timber details, a marble feature wall and garden doors.
Open your doors to the garden.
King suite with a pale timber feature wall, softly lit headboard and glass doors.
A calm place to retreat.
View through open suite doors towards palms, the beachfront pavilion and sea.
The view from your suite.
King bed with pale timber walls, hanging lamps and a modern en-suite bathroom beyond.
A room of your own.
Portrait view of a bed and pale timber wall beside a suite window framed by palms.
Your own quiet corner.
Freestanding bath beside an open window looking across Thai pavilion roofs and palms.
A bath with a garden view.

03 / The photo journal

Around the table

Open-air dining and the spaces your private chef calls home.

Set outdoor dining table beside the beachfront pool and shaded sea-facing loungers.
Lunch, with a view.
Outdoor dining table set beneath the beachfront pavilion with loungers and the sea beyond.
Your table by the sea.
Long timber dining table beside the villa kitchen and woven pendant lights.
Gather around the table.
Bright villa kitchen with white counters, timber cabinetry and woven pendant lights.
At the heart of the home.
Long timber dining table under the beachfront sala with umbrellas, loungers and the sea beyond.
The sala table, set for dinner by the sea.
Grilled prawns split and plated with a bowl of chilli dipping sauce, cooked by Mandarin Beach Villa’s chef.
Grilled prawns with a chilli dipping sauce, from the villa’s kitchen.
Guests seated at a long dinner table on Mandarin Beach Villa’s terrace with dishes of grilled fish, meat and corn, the chef in his apron and four members of the villa team standing behind them.
Dinner on the terrace: guests at the table, the chef and the villa team behind.

04 / The photo journal

A little friendly competition

The lounge, games pavilion and somewhere to put your feet up.

Airy lounge with blue sofas and a high timber ceiling, opening towards palms and the pool.
Open doors. Easy days.
Spacious blue sofa seating in a bright, high-ceilinged living room.
Together, without being on top of each other.
Pool table and bookshelves in the villa garden pavilion with open doors and palms beyond.
One more game before dinner.
Pool table, lounge seating and high timber ceilings inside the villa living pavilion.
Space for everyone to unwind.
Grey sofa in a lounge opening onto palms and the sea.
A quiet corner with the sea in view.
Blue sectional sofa, a large wall-mounted screen and shelves of games in the children’s lounge.
The kids’ lounge.

05 / The photo journal

The quieter moments

Garden paths, the massage sala and evening light.

Two massage tables beneath a timber pergola, surrounded by tropical planting and stone walls.
A quiet garden retreat.
Portrait view of the villa pavilions and pool framed by mature tropical palms.
Traditional Thai pavilions, wrapped in green.
Portrait of the timber-and-white Thai pavilion architecture framed by palm trunks and foliage.
Thai character. Tropical calm.
A shaded tropical garden corner with lush leaves, flowers and a decorative figure.
Small moments in the garden.
Two massage beds under a timber-and-stone sala surrounded by planting.
The wellness sala.
Wide steps lead up to the villa’s pitched-roof entrance pavilion between planting.
The entrance.
Two massage beds on a timber deck in Mandarin Beach Villa’s open-sided sala, with a stone wall behind and palms around.
The massage sala: two beds under the stone wall.

06 / The photo journal

The adventure collection

Villa-owned and included on both rates: the two Sea-Doos (kept and launched through nearby Lipa Noi Marina), the Hobie Cat, kayaks and paddleboards. Use of the watercraft is subject to weather, tide, age, licence requirements, signed waivers, adult supervision and the villa team’s approval on the day; fuel is included with All-Inclusive and separate on The Residence; outside excursions are separate where applicable.

A white and orange Sea-Doo jet ski, named Mandarin 2 in Thai, at the water’s edge.
A Sea-Doo at the water’s edge: the villa owns two.
Two kayaks and stand-up paddleboards lined up on the sand with the sea behind.
Kayaks and paddleboards on the sand.
One of Mandarin Beach Villa’s two Sea-Doo jet skis, named Mandarin 2 in Thai, under way off the beach with its rider in a life jacket.
Mandarin 2 under way off the beach.
Mandarin Beach Villa’s Hobie Cat catamaran, rigged with its lime and blue sail, on the sand in front of the villa.
The Hobie Cat on the sand, rigged.

07 / The photo journal

Your transport

The villa’s own VIP van with its chauffeur takes you to and from the airport on every stay, and the self-drive car is yours for the holiday on both rates; on direct All-Inclusive bookings the van is included for outings too.

The villa’s black VIP van parked on the forecourt with palms behind.
The villa’s own VIP van.
The villa’s white self-drive vehicle and black VIP van parked side by side under a palm.
The villa’s own vehicles: the self-drive car and the VIP van.
The van’s cabin with reclining leather seats, a large screen and ambient lighting.
Inside the villa’s VIP van.
Three white Vespa scooters lined up at the entrance of Mandarin Beach Villa, with the villa’s banners either side and the glass gable of the main house behind.
Three of the villa’s Vespas at the entrance.
Five mountain bikes lined up against a white wall at Mandarin Beach Villa.
Five of the villa’s ten mountain bikes.
Inside Mandarin Beach Villa’s VIP van: a starlight ceiling, blue light strips and the large screen between the rear seats.
The van’s starlight ceiling.

08 / The photo journal

From the air

The estate, the beach in front of it and the bay beyond, photographed from above.

Aerial view of the estate’s pavilions, pool and lawn running down to the beach.
The estate from above.
Aerial view along the Lipa Noi shoreline with Mandarin Beach Villa set in the palms.
Lipa Noi bay from the air.
Aerial view of the white sand beach, the shallow water and the bay.
The beach and the bay.
Aerial view of the estate and its neighbours along the palm-lined coast.
The estate on the coast.
Aerial view of umbrellas and loungers on the sand in front of the lawn.
Loungers on the sand, from above.
Aerial view of Mandarin Beach Villa’s beachfront: the Hobie Cat and kayaks on the sand, striped umbrellas and loungers, the lawn, the sala and the pool, with the main house behind.
The beachfront from above: the Hobie Cat, the kayaks, the loungers, the pool and the lawn.

09 / The photo journal

The beach and the pool

Umbrellas on the sand, the 18-metre pool and the swim-up sala.

The infinity pool with the Thai-roofed pavilions and tall palms beside it.
The pool, the pavilions and the palms.
The infinity pool lined with palms running towards the beach and the sea.
Pool, palms, beach.
The swim-up bar and sala at the end of the pool with the sea beyond.
The swim-up sala.
The pool seen along its length with flowering planting and pavilions on either side.
The pool, wrapped in garden.
Loungers and umbrellas on the sand at sunset with the sea beyond.
Sunbeds at sunset.
Umbrellas and loungers on the sand in front of the lawn, with the sea beyond.
Umbrellas on the beach.
Umbrellas and loungers on white sand with the sea beyond.
Loungers and the sea.
Two loungers with an umbrella beneath a tree on the lawn beside the beach.
A daybed under the tree.
Three striped umbrellas on the white sand with the turquoise sea, the islands and a blue sky beyond.
Three umbrellas, the sea and the sky.
The shallow water off Mandarin Beach Villa’s beach, looking back at the sand, the Hobie Cat and the palms.
Looking back at the villa from the shallow water.
A long stretch of Lipa Noi beach seen from the sea, with palms and hills behind.
Lipa Noi beach from the water.

10 / The photo journal

Evenings

Dusk on the pavilions, the garden lit for the night, the sunsets Lipa Noi is known for, and the evenings the team puts on the sand. A private beachfront fire-show evening is included on the All-Inclusive rate.

The villa’s pavilions lit at dusk behind the lawn and palms.
The pavilions at dusk.
The 18-metre infinity pool lit at night, with the pavilions and palms beyond.
The pool after dark.
Palms and the pool pavilion lit at night.
The garden, lit for the evening.
The open dining sala at sunset with the sea and islands beyond.
Sunset from the dining sala.
The sun setting over a calm sea under a pastel sky.
Sunset over the sea.
Palms and the sala silhouetted against an orange sunset over the water.
Last light.
A performer spins fire on the beach at night, sparks arcing over the sand.
A fire show on the beach: a private fire-show evening is included on the All-Inclusive rate.
A dancer in traditional Thai costume performing at the villa.
A Thai dance performance at the villa.
Guests at Mandarin Beach Villa raising their glasses at a long dinner table under strings of lights in the garden pavilion at night.
Guests raise a glass at the long table under the pergola lights.

11 / The photo journal

The villa team

The Mandarin Beach Villa team: six people contracted to this estate, led by Jaja, the villa manager. The chef cooks every meal, and a continental breakfast is free of charge on every stay.

Six members of the Mandarin Beach Villa team, the chef in a striped apron, standing together on the beachfront terrace with palms, the lawn and the sea behind them.
Jaja and the villa team on the beachfront terrace, September 2026 — photographed for the villa’s own Instagram. “My second family, Jaja and the team, who have been with me for five years.” — Flora, owner, on the villa’s Instagram, 15 September 2026.
Three members of the Mandarin Beach Villa team smiling at the dining table behind three fresh coconuts stamped with the villa’s name.
Three of the villa team, with the villa’s branded coconuts.
A guest family with children standing with members of the Mandarin Beach Villa team at the glass doors of the main house.
A guest family with the villa team at the door.

12 / The photo journal

Two short films

From the villa’s own YouTube channel. Nothing plays until you press play; the film then opens in place.

The villa, the chef and the jet skis.
Mandarin Beach Villa, Koh Samui.
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