Bay Room

This is the Bay half of Paola Navone's palette at full strength. A slatted timber headboard with deep cobalt panels set into it, two blue tub chairs at a writing desk in the window, patterned cement tiles underfoot of the kind laid in Peranakan shophouses a century ago, and arc lamps swung out over each side of the bed. The bathroom is the part people photograph: narrow cobalt brick tile from floor to ceiling on every surface, a stone basin on a timber shelf, a bamboo towel ladder and a large walk-in shower — no tub at this grade.

A king or two twins, chosen when you book. A Bay Room runs 45 to 60 square metres — the grade covers more than one footprint. The outlook is the thing to be clear about: this grade faces the Andaman Sea or Cape Yamu's green hinterland, and which one you get is a matter of allocation. If the water is the reason for the trip, take a Phang Nga grade. It takes 2 guests, and no cot at this size.