Superior Cottage

This is the middle cottage on a hill where position decides everything, and what it buys is convenience. The Superior Cottages sit close to the main facilities, so the walk to Lomtalay in the morning and back up from the pool in the afternoon is the shortest of the 3 cottage grades — which on a hillside with no lift is not a small thing. The path there runs under banana trees, coconut palms and frangipani, and the terrace at the end of it looks into the planting, not out over it.

The room is the same 46 square metres as the other two: a super king, a sofa bed, a desk, a window seat under the bay. The bathroom is the grade's real note — a rain shower, a double vanity and his-and-hers dressing areas, which means two people can get ready at once. Take it over the Deluxe if you would rather have the shorter climb than the view; take it over the Hillside if you want the shorter climb full stop.