Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort and Spa

Havíamos reservado uma Pool Villa with Sea View, mas quando chegamos o local estava bem deteriorado, com madeiras precisando de bastante manutenção e o banheiro também não nós agradou. De qualquer forma, o gerente (Nut) foi muito atencioso e solicito para resolver a questão e nos ofereceu um novo quarto, uma suíte com piscina. Amamos o segundo quarto e a experiência foi muito positiva. Gostamos muito da área da piscina, praia e do restaurante, que oferece refeição por um preço justo, considerando que estamos em um resort. O café da manhã foi uma surpresa muito positiva, com várias opções, o ponto alto o cappuccino. No geral, o transporte interno necessário para se locomover no hotel era rápido e tranquilo.

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- The wooden effect of the rooms and the hotel generally creates quite a gloomy effect. The rooms generally just felt a bit dated - The beach is not ideal for swimming in. Short beach and rocky. - We had a very disappointing lunch at by the sea - two mediocre club sandwiches. Generally the food selection pretty poor. - The hotel offers a WhatsApp service to communicate with them. It’s a bit of a waste of time because they take ages to respond (at least 20-30 mins was standard) and they would also read messages and not respond? The phone in our room didn’t work so we were forced to communicate with them this way. We ended up always walking from our rooms for this reason even though the hotel offers a buggy transport service. - The direct boat transfer from the hotel to and from Samui appears to be a lie. It was not particularly windy when we were staying yet adverse winds was stated as the reason as to why no boat transfer occurred during the time of our stay. Instead you need to cross the island on a van and take a boat to and from Samui from the south coast of Ko Phangan. This is of course fine but the transfer is not advertised in this way. We did however see a boat transfer happen at one of the neighbouring hotels in the village, so the wind didn’t seem to be a problem for other neighbouring hotels. The pier at the hotel seems to be in bad repair. - The hotel advise you allow 30-60 minutes to check out which seems a bizarrely long length of time.

We have travelled extensively, and this is by far one of the nicest resorts we have ever been to. We had an ocean view room that was extremely spacious. The bathroom was huge. And the view was absolutely spectacular. The service at this resort is second to none. Though many of the staff speak very broken English, they try very hard to understand and accommodate your every need. We absolutely adored them. The breakfast was the best we had in Thailand just a massive selection and so fresh. One of our favourite activities was at the restaurant beds overlooking the ocean. Just enjoying a beer and Thai meal in the evening was perfection. The lounge chairs by the beach were quiet and peaceful. And the pool is stunning. Unfortunately, while we were there, there was an obnoxiously loud group of adults that basically took over the pool area, smoking and yelling at one another across the pool while we were there. It pretty much chased everyone out out of the pool area because they were so annoying. The staff would kindly ask them to stop smoking and they would just go and do it anyway. Not a big deal though as everyone just found other beautiful spots to hang out. The bathrooms are open air. At least the one we were in was- expect a few bits of nature appearing on the floors - leaves and such. It was an easy trade-off though because the open air shower it was divine. Also, if you are a light sleeper, make sure you have your plugs. The birds are up early! Also, the gym was great.