Designed with an eye for gracious detail, this is a stylish resort perched in the northern curve of Kantiang Beach. Pathways studded with leaf and shell inserts lead to the rooms through fragrant green swathes of landscaped grounds and recurring elephant motifs. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

If you're after a characterful, quiet budget retreat, this is the place. The southernmost resort on the island, Baan Phu Lae offers 13 simple and creatively decorated bamboo bungalows - including four that are not-so-characterful, but have air-con - backed by jungle and fronting … Full Lonely Planet Review ›

If you're after unique urban chic on the beachfront, this is the place to stay. An extraordinary architect-designed complex of individual boxy rooms of wood, glass, canvas screen and concrete, it's a minimalist's dream. Sounds weird as a beachside resort, but it somehow blends ar… Full Lonely Planet Review ›

A good budget option for folk travelling alone by circumstance rather than by choice. Several small bamboo bungalows offer private space and security, but they're in the garden of a popular beachside bar where you'll find plenty of company if you want it. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

A good traveller vibe is in the air here, with a restaurant and bar right on the beach. Accommodation is in modern, concrete air-con bungalows with tiled roofs or old-fashioned wooden bungalows with bathrooms and fans. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

Set on the curl of Ko Lanta's northern peninsula, Laem Kaw Kwang, this was the first resort on the island and is still owned by the same local family. Spacious, modern bamboo and concrete bungalows are set in neat rows along shrubby paths, with either beach or garden views. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

Attractive wood and concrete bungalows are set between the (not-too-noisy) road and the beach in a garden setting at this friendly, family-run place where travellers seem to linger a while. Clean, simple fan rooms are clustered at the back of the complex; more spacious and gracio… Full Lonely Planet Review ›

A variety of accommodation options here - interconnecting family rooms included - ensure there's something for everyone in this sprawling beachfront property. It's centred on an enormous indoor/outdoor lobby-cum-restaurant with creative decor (think carved wooden figures in a lif… Full Lonely Planet Review ›

Fronting a creek rather than the ocean, but with the beach just 100m away along a bush path, these simple bungalows - some rather tatty but all spotlessly clean - are owned by an exuberant local family. It's a good place to get a sense of the island's bush. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

Everything here (including the Thai/Scandinavian restaurant) is closer to the road than the ocean, which is 200m away. The bungalows are modest but clean and well maintained, and there's a sandy garden area and small pool - a rarity for such an inexpensive place. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

This boutique resort really is something special. On sweeping landscaped grounds on the edge of the ocean at Kantiang Beach, the cottages are luxurious and designed with a classy eye to every creature comfort. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

Spread out over a tree-covered headland by a small beach, this chilled French-owned and managed place has cool wooden bungalows on stilts with large decks overlooking the bay and a huge atmospheric bar and restaurant. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

This long-established favourite has a relaxed hippyish atmosphere, with simple but creatively designed and decorated thatched wooden bungalows with private garden-bathrooms. Hammocks on the verandahs sway gently in the sea breeze. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

At the southern end of the beach, this stylish and sophisticated place features luxurious hillside bungalows designed and decorated in natural materials. Most have breezy windows with sea views and indoor-outdoor baths. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

On its own secluded beach, Narima offers a lush leafy environment with sensitively designed wood, thatch and bamboo bungalows, angled for privacy. All have sea views of some description - from full oceanfront to glimpses of water through the trees. Full Lonely Planet Review ›