Reformer Pilates and Seaview Villa Retreat in Koh Samui

The structure is simple. You fly into Samui International Airport, where you're met and driven to the villa studio in Bophut. Your welcome kit is waiting. Each day after that, a car takes you to the studio in Chaweng and brings you back. The class is the studio's own regular class, not a session laid on for visitors, and it's capped at 10 people on ten wooden reformers.

Lunch is at Isla Café, downstairs from the studio, with ฿700 of the menu included daily. The café covers vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free dishes and can handle nut allergies. Breakfast comes with your stay at the villa. Dinners are not included, and there's plenty nearby: Chaweng, Bophut's Fisherman's Village and the beach roads are full of places to eat.

What separates this from a similar Pilates week is that nothing is outsourced. The studio, the café and the retreat are all run by the same team, so the instructors teaching you are the ones who teach the local community week in, week out. You're stepping into an established studio rather than a rented venue set up for the season.

The villa is on Isla's private Sasipimon estate in Bophut. It's a standalone studio with an open-plan living room, a full kitchen, a gallery bedroom with a king bed, and a terrace with a jacuzzi looking over the bay. Free parking on the private estate, A/C and wifi throughout.

May founded and leads the brand, which started as a single reformer studio and grew to include Isla Pilates, Isla Café and this retreat. The person who answers your message is the one who books your room. Optional extras include private one-to-one reformer sessions, massages and sound baths.

Koh Samui is warm all year. The driest months are usually December to April; the wettest weeks are usually late October to early December, and the rain tends to come in bursts rather than all day.

What's included

- Airport pick-up and drop-off - 7 nights at Isla's own seaview villa studio in Bophut - Breakfast included with your stay - A small-group reformer Pilates class every day of your stay (max 10 people) - Lunch every day at Isla Café, ฿700 of the menu each day - A ride to and from the studio every day - Use of the studio between classes - An Isla welcome kit on arrival

What's not included

- Flights - Travel insurance - Visa fees - Dinners - Private one-to-one sessions, massages and sound baths (available as upgrades) - Alcoholic drinks, personal expenses and tips