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Just south of Bangkok, the Hill Wood Hotel, set in a sleepy seaside town once frequented by Thai royals as their summer playground, still looks the regal part. Rooms have hand-crafted wooden armoires, luxurious silk accents, and the occasional private terrace that overlooks either the tropical gardens or the Gulf of Thailand. The roughly 14-acre garden dreamt up by architect and landscape designer Ar. Daphne Baclor is designed to resemble an ancient Thai village, and water features like lagoons and lotus ponds fill the deeply lush property.