Dhara Dhevi, Chiang Mai
About 20 minutes east of central Chiang Mai, this super-luxe resort is designed like an enclosed Lanna city, complete with a small moat, grand city gate, delightfully lush gardens, and flowering trees—all over 60 acres. The resort offers immaculate suites and rustic, free-standing villas, all sumptuously decorated. Standard perks in the villas include a sauna, piano, sun deck, and Jacuzzi. Around a working rice paddy lie well-placed pool villas with outdoor pavilions, and even hill-tribe-style stilt cottages next to a working vegetable patch. All units have large balconies, but the rice barns offer two stories of teak-lined luxury. Colonial suites have Persian rugs, pretty fretwork, high ceilings, and pleasant pastel hues. At times the more over-the-top suites may teeter on kitsch, but it somehow seems to work well with the contrasting rustic ambiance. There are few spas in town as pampering as here.
About 20 minutes east of central Chiang Mai, this super-luxe resort is designed like an enclosed Lanna city, complete with a small moat, grand city gate, delightfully lush gardens, and flowering trees—all over 60 acres. The resort offers immaculate suites and rustic, free-standing villas, all sumptuously decorated. Standard perks in the villas include a sauna, piano, sun deck, and Jacuzzi. Around a working rice paddy lie well-placed pool villas with outdoor pavilions, and even hill-tribe-style stilt cottages next to a working vegetable patch. All units have large balconies, but the rice barns offer two stories of teak-lined luxury. Colonial suites have Persian rugs, pretty fretwork, high ceilings, and pleasant pastel hues. At times the more over-the-top suites may teeter on kitsch, but it somehow seems to work well with the contrasting rustic ambiance. There are few spas in town as pampering as here.
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