Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Le Paradis Boutique Resort & Spa, Chaweng

Le Paradis Boutique Resort & Spa, Chaweng

Le Paradise Boutique and Spa Resort invites you to step back into a world of yesteryear with all the convenience of modern living. It's situated on a rich oasis of tropical gardens, night life and entertainment is a mere step away on Chaweng Bay, Samui’s most popular beach. 12 of the 26 rooms are in traditional Thai teak houses mounted on stilts with modern interiors and a full range of amenities. Fine dining is also high on the agenda with the Karebu Restaurant offering beach front dining at any time of day. Watch the sun fade and fall into the arms of traditional Thai hospitality.
The location is great, it's right in the middle of Chaweng, near a multitude of shops, restaurants, pubs and bars.

With only 26 rooms out of which 12 are old style bungalows on stilts, the resort is quiet because the space it's build on it rather large. The stilt Thai teak villa's are lovely and beautiful but be aware of the fact that they have rather small rooms although the outside bathrooms are slightly bigger. The 'old style' look is great to some and looks romantic but others may think that the resort needs an upgrade or make over.
Due to the dense vegetation, insects tend to be an issue, especially mosquitoes in the outdoor bathrooms so you may want to have repellent at hand.
The contemporary, stone build rooms are more spacious.

This resort is an either love it or hate it kind of place with the majority of visitors liking it, although a general comment is that it does not fit a 5* facility.
Prices are in the medium range.

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Guest room


Villa Guest room


Villa Balcony


Bath room


Swimming pool

Thursday, March 11, 2010

The Briza Beach Resort & Spa, Chaweng

The Briza Beach Resort & Spa, Chaweng

The Briza Beach Resort & Spa is located just on top of the hill on the beautiful Northern Chaweng beach. Briza is inspired from the architecture of the the Srivijaya Empire and tries to recapture the spirit, lightness and grace of its art, security and serenity.

It's been around for a few years now and the location is very nice indeed, locating the Briza in the quieter part of Chaweng beach (away from where I normally dive as well) and has it's own beach front, at the bottom of the hill it's build on.

The pool is nice and big but next to the road and doesn't has a view. The bungalows are build close to each other which seems space restrictive but the actual bungalows are therefor very spacious once you're inside.

The rates aren't cheap but if you want to be near the Chaweng action but still have a quiet and luxureous room, the Briza might be just for you.

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Booking by Hotels Combined

Srivijaya Beachfront Pool Villas are located on the beachfront.


Srivijaya Pool Villas have a total area each of 138 square meters. They consist of two rooms located on an upper floor and lower floor with separate entrances. Each room has an elegant bedroom with a king size bed and spacious sofa bed and living area. These villas come with a private jet pool, indoor shower, bathtub mad living room with sofa bed. They can house a maximum of 3 adults sharing in the same villa.


Duplex Bedroom
Pool view

Beach Front