Despite its being built more than 100 years later, this transcendent resort is almost as famous as the historic Oriental Hotel anchored beside the Chao Phraya in Bangkok.
It is the flagship of Aman Resorts' extraordinary fleet of fashionable hotels that dot some of the planet's most exotic locales.
Overall, time has been kind to this well-toned diva, though big-bucks backing helps to keep up appearances. For those who remember its first days of operation, it was truly a monument of underst...