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The Pavilions Phuket: A Private World Above the Island

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Sufiyeh Hadian checked into a quiet corner of Phuket for a luxurious dose of slow living and rejuvenation.

When the entrance to The Pavilions Phuket finally reveals itself, almost deliberately unmarked between two walls of dense green, you sense immediately that this is not a place interested in spectacle. A thick canopy parts, then closes quietly behind you, as if the outside world has been gently dismissed, whilst a seated Buddha presides over the threshold. What follows is an arrival with an...

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