Frommer's Review
Simply put, this is the best luxury resort in Vietnam. Palm trees are everywhere. After a staff member gives a brief introduction to the resort, you're bundled into a golf cart and delivered to your private villa. The size (35 hectares) and layout makes the resort a very discreet place; if you like, you can order the golf carts to pick you up and drop you off at desired locations. Everyone is incredibly friendly and quick to be of service at the first sign of a furrowed brow. The resort's villas are split into hotel villas and pool villas.
The one-bedroom hotel villa is a chic affair of granite stone floors, brown, cream and green colors, and dark local wood. The centerpiece is a dark wood, six-column, raised platform topped with lattice woodwork and draped in silk curtains. This is where you'll find the elevated, plush double bed facing a huge ocean-view window. Behind it are the daybed and a bathtub done in traditional crushed eggshell lacquer. For in-room entertainment, a flat screen TV swivels out to face the bed or there's the iPod sound dock loaded with tunes. Both are hooked up to a Bose Sound System, and can be frustrating for the technologically-challenged.
The one- and multi-bedroom pool villas are styled like traditional Vietnamese courtyard houses. An elevated dining and living room occupies the center of the courtyard and looks out onto the backyard swimming pool and nearby ocean. All bedrooms are the same size and style as one-bedroom hotel villas. Pool villas come with super luxurious "club benefits" like return airport limousine transfer, a personal butler, complimentary minibar, evening cocktails and canapes with free flowing champagne and wine.
The on-site spa's signature treatment is the Nam Hai Indulgence. This $260 (£144) treatment takes place in one of eight private massage villas overlooking a manmade lotus pond.
Facilities:
2 restaurants; bar; 3 outdoor pools; 4 tennis courts; health club; basketball court; badminton court; spa; bikes; business center and library; high-speed Internet; room service; massage; laundry service
Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without
notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before
planning your trip.
