Aleenta Phuket Resort & Spa, Thailand – Wellness & Indulgence on the Pristine Natai Beach

Luxurious Pool Villas amidst Tropical Gardens

The 5-star boutique luxury resort, Aleenta Resort and Spa is located just 25 minutes north of Phuket International Airport in the Phang Nga province, close to the famous Phang Nga Bay. Here, on the sunset side of the Andaman Sea, you can relax, participate in tailor-made wellness programs, and enjoy diverse wellness cuisine. With the “All Suites, All Private” offer, which resonates with Aleenta’s Outside Living In philosophy, you will find abundant privacy amid beautiful natural surroundings. 

With a holistic approach to wellness and a variety of wellness retreats, this secluded beach resort promotes balance and well-being in a natural environment.

The large infinity pool offers wonderful ocean views and is located next to The Edge restaurant.

Suites & Villas

The diverse room categories range from 80 m² lofts and pool suites with ocean views to impressive beachfront pool villas with up to four bedrooms.

Grand Deluxe Pool Villa

In this 141 m² pool villa, equipped with a day bed, light-flooded bathroom, and walk-in closet, you can jump directly into the pool from your bedroom. Embracing Aleenta’s ‘Outdoor Living – In’ concept, the floor-to-ceiling windows offer a magnificent view of nature in complete privacy.

And via iPad or app, you can have snacks and drinks delivered directly to the pool in a very modern way.

Floating Breakfast

With the Floating Breakfast, you can enjoy a peaceful breakfast in your private villa.

The Edge Restaurant

“Award Winning Journey of Thai cuisine”

At this beachfront restaurant, you can enjoy delicious drinks and exquisite dishes throughout the day, featuring various healing herbs and exotic spices, all while overlooking the sea. 

The breakfast selection is extremely diverse, offering healthy wellness dishes, Thai cuisine, and international egg dishes.

Breakfast Menu

Private Dining

The beach is the perfect setting for a private and romantic sunset dinner.

Friends and families can enjoy a barbecue evening while watching the sunset on the beach.

Dinner

In a stylish atmosphere, The Edge prepares Asian-inspired, contemporary, and healthy dishes using seasonal ingredients. The fresh ingredients are mostly sourced from local farmers and fishermen, grown organically and pesticide free.

SEASONS Restaurant

“The Art of Plant-Based Cuisine”

The plant-based cuisine at the Seasons offers innovative dishes based on classic recipes from around the world, Thai cuisine, and traditional Southern Thai cuisine. There are two 6-course tasting menus available (East and West), which change according to the seasons in Thailand and the availability of fresh produce, offering a variety of colours, flavours, and textures.

“SEASONS”, THAILAND’S FIRST EVER PLANT-BASED, FINE DINING FUSION BISTRO

On this culinary taste journey, all the dishes are perfectly paired with wine and alcohol-free speciality drinks. Not only are they delicious, but also creatively and artistically presented. We were impressed by all the dishes. It is incredible how delicious seaweed can be!

Jackfruit Taco: Jack-fruit pulled-pork style, in a crispy corn tortilla with tomato salsa, vegan source cream and smokey guacamole.

Ayurah Spa & Wellness Centre

Ayurah Spa promotes wellness for body, mind, and soul with rejuvenating spa treatments, spa therapies and wellness retreats.

Ayurah Signature Retreats >>

The yoga sessions are not to be missed. We met the wonderful Sanya and were able to learn so much from her during our morning yoga sessions on the beach. 

Specials

Romantic Getaway
Starting from Thai Baht 38.700 (approximately 1.040 EUR) net per double room

  • Three-night luxury accommodation
  • One-time romantic pre-dinner drinks
  • Romantic in-room set up with rose bouquet and a bottle of sparkling wine upon arrival.
  • Daily gourmet breakfast at The Edge restaurant, or enjoy one-time breakfast served privately to your room or the floating breakfast.
  • One-hour Spa treatment per person per day
  • One-time romantic dinner for two on the beach
  • Round-trip airport transfer

This chic beach resort is perfect not only for a romantic getaway or honeymoon but also for beach weddings.

Wedding Brochure >>

Activities

Whether it is a visit to the night market, the famous Phang Nga Bay, the sea turtle conservation centre, or a temple right on the beach, Aleenta is an ideal starting point for various excursions.

Conclusion

The Aleenta Phuket is a wonderful retreat where you can relax and indulge. The entire ambiance, the beautiful natural surroundings, the villas with loads of privacy, the healthy cuisine, the spa, and especially the sea provide the perfect setting for rejuvenation. We felt amazingly comfortable here and thoroughly enjoyed our time.

Transfer: 25-minute drive from Phuket Airport
Rooms: 67 rooms, suites & villas
Air Temperature: 30 – 35 degrees Celsius, 20 – 26 degrees Celsius at night
Best Time to Visit: October – March
Price: Starting from 265 EUR/night including breakfast
Specials: Romantic Getaway, All-Inclusive-Packages and much more. (Specials >>)
Overall Rating: *****
Highlights: Beautiful and private villas, healthy wellness cuisine, wonderful spa with various wellness programs, and yoga sessions on the beach.
Perfect for: Couples, honeymooners, weddings, friends, and families

Aleenta Resort & Spa in Phuket-Phang Nga
33 Muh 5, Khok Kloi,
Takua Thung, Phang Nga
82140 Thailand
T: +66 (0) 76 580 333
E: reservation@akaryn.com
www.aleenta.com

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The H Resort & Sesel Spa, Mahe Island, Seychelles – Tropical flair at Beau Vallon Beach

Paradise boutique beach resort in a top location

The H Resort Beau Vallon Beach, with the Morne Seychellois National Park on one side and the turquoise Indian Ocean on the other, opened its doors in August 2015. The 5-star boutique hotel has 7 restaurants and bars, 100 modern suites and villas, the award winning Sesel Spa and a great pool close to the ocean.

This stylish, “Small Luxury Hotel of the World”, is located in the north of Mahé, directly on a 3 km stretch of Beau Vallon Beach, one of Mahé’s most popular beaches and is a mere 15 minutes from the capital Victoria and 25 minutes from the airport.

The hotel’s exceptional design is inspired by the Montreal designer Andres Escobar and is a blend of Seychelles island and cozy colonial style. The Seychelles was discovered by Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese sailor, during his trip around Africa in 1502.

Tropical plants, open walls, natural colors, the finest fabrics, rounded wooden furniture, marine accessories, dark wooden floors and elegant rattan chairs, give the lounge, the restaurants, the suites and the villas a relaxed and quiet ambience amidst the natural surroundings.

Pool

The large pool landscape with countless sunbeds and private cabanas offers plenty of space.  However, as the hotel also caters for families, it can sometimes get a bit noisy.

The pool is situated almost directly on the beach, so you can easily jump into the ocean or just lie on one of the sunbeds on the beach.

It is a pity that you cannot see the ocean directly from the pool, but at least the natural habitat on the beach was preserved!

Suites & villas

All suites and villas have private balconies or terraces with day beds, stylish mini bars, luxury beds, free-standing bathtubs and cozy seating areas.  The colonial style design, the special furniture and the bathrooms, are very stylish and the decoration elements and accessories, especially in the villas, are exceptional.

Beach Pool Villa (14)
The 165 square metre villas, have large terraces, cabanas, outdoor showers, sun loungers and sea views.

Grand Beach Pool Villa (2)
The huge villas are 247 square metres in size and offer direct access to the beach, a separate living room, a pool with cabana, an outdoor rain shower and loads of privacy.

(Garden) Junior Suiten
All suites are 54 square metres and have day beds and a private balcony or terrace.  Of these suites, 38 are located in the garden and the other 46 are close to the beach.

Restaurants & Bars

VASCO`S
In the main restaurant, Vasco’s, which is named after the Portuguese sailor, you can enjoy a Mediterranean breakfast, lunch and dinner.  It is large, open-aired and cozy!  It serves international and Creole cuisine – very tasty and the selection is huge!

If you would like to, you can even make your own pizza, which is then freshly baked in the oven.

In the evenings, there are cool live music performances and dance shows.

It is also great spot to have breakfast as it is served on the beach or at the pool!

SEYSHIMA
This Japanese restaurant with its show kitchen offers Teppanyaki, Sushi and special cocktails.  The name is derived from the words “Sey” for Seychelles and “Shima” which is the Japanese term for island.

TRADER VIC´S
The famous Trader Vic’s, is not unique to the H Resort, but also found in many other cities.  It offers delicious French-Polynesian cuisine, exotic cocktails and live music in a very stylish atmosphere! (Menü)

Trader Vic’s is home to the original Mai Tai.

“You can have more fun with a flower behind your ear, a Mai Tai in your hand, and good friends.”
-Victor Bergeron

We have already visited another Trader Vic ‘s in Bangkok at the Anantara Bangkok Riverside Resort & Spa – also highly recommended!

1502
This stylish bar, named after the year that the Seychelles was discovered in, offers light Creole cuisine and refreshing cocktails.

The Pool bar “RIPPLES”
Delicious cocktails, light cuisine and snacks are available at this elegant pool bar.

TÊTE-À-TÊTE
Not a restaurant as such, but rather a culinary experience under the stars on the beach.  For romantic moments, such a personal candlelight dinner is perfect.

EDEN
Eden offers fresh fish and meat from the grill served in the middle of the lush garden.

Sesel Spa

This award-winning spa with 7 treatment rooms offers a holistic approach with both Eastern and Western healing techniques, facial treatments, pedicures, manicures and many special rituals. You can use the Vichy Hydrotherapy room, visit the in-house coiffure salon and also participate in the yoga classes on offer. (Spa Menu)

“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” -Maya Angelou

“Sesel” is the Creole name for Seychelles.

The treatment rooms for couples are very stylish indeed!

Sans Souci (“No Worries”) De-Stress Massage
Our most popular massage treatment and a must for stressed individuals! Enjoy an all-natural, sense-seducing escape from the everyday world. Nourished by Nature’s well-known Sans Souci Massage oil blends Nutmeg, Cinnamon, Patchouli, Bigarade (local Neroli) and Rose to completely calm the mind and gently rejuvenate the body. This luxurious and relaxing massage will ease away tension and stress. Using long soothing strokes, your therapist will lull you into a calm, peaceful space for both your body and mind. Gentle to firm pressure is offered. (60 min – 130 EUR)

Our massages were really very relaxing and professional!  You can quite simply enjoy and let go!

Our tip: Simply spend the time after you have checked-out and your flight (ours departed only in the evening) in the spa spend being pampered.

Honeymoon & Wedding

Honeymoon-Special
35% discount for all wedding guests as well as for your fifth and thereafter every 5-year wedding anniversary

  • A bottle of wine, fruit basket and cake on arrival
  • A romantic candlelight dinner when booking half-board
  • Romantic room decoration on a day during your stay

A minimum stay of 4 nights applies and the offer is valid up to 6 months after the wedding date.

Wedding
Of course, you can also get married at the hotel, either on the beach or in the beautiful, tropical garden.  We personally found it too large and impersonal for an intimate wedding for two, but for those that prefer a bigger celebration with many friends and family – it is perfect!

Activities

Snorkeling, diving, kayaking, volleyball, tennis, yoga, children’s program, excursions to other islands and much more.

Conclusion

The design of the hotel is wonderful!  Here you get to experience attention to detail. A beautiful place to relax and unwind! We especially liked the pool and the Villas with their own private pools. To jump into the pool and then into the ocean is simply wonderful! With the many restaurants and bars, you are spoiled for choice and it is never overcrowded. It is perfect for your honeymoon, a romantic getaway or a great beach holiday! The spa with its wonderful treatments and relaxing ambience is definitely not to be missed!

Rooms: 100 consisting of Suites and Villas (46 Junior Suites,  38 Garden Junior Suites, 14 Beach Pool Villas and 2 Grand Beach Pool Villas)
Air Temperature: 24 – 30 degrees Celsius
Water Temperature: 25-27 degrees Celsius
Best Travel Time: All year round. May/April and October/November are the windiest and warmest (great for diving and snorkeling). December to February, is the rainiest (usually only strong, warm short rain showers). It rains more often in Mahé, because of its mountainous location, but very seldom on La Digue. May to September is Monsoon season (great for windsurfing).
Flight duration: From Germany to Mahé in approximately 10 hours.
Time shift: MEZ + 3 hours, summer MEZ + 2 hours
Price: From 497 EUR per night including breakfast with the possibility of Half-board and Full-board
Free nights special: Stay-Pay Offer 5 = 4, 10 = 8, 15 = 12
Children’s special: 25% discount for 2 children in their own Junior or Garden Junior Suite
Honeymoon Special: 35% discount for wedding guests as well as for your fifth and thereafter every 5-year wedding anniversary. A bottle of wine, fruit basket and cake on arrival. A romantic candlelight dinner when booking half-board. Romantic room decoration on a day during your stay. A minimum stay of 4 nights applies and the offer is valid up to 6 months after the wedding date.  

The H Resort
Beau Vallon Beach, Bel Ombre Road
Mahé, Seychellen
Tel: +248 438 7000

www.hresortseychelles.com

Small Luxury Hotel of the World
World Luxury Hotel Awards – Luxury New Hotel 2016
Best Luxury Destination Spa – World Luxury Spa Awards 2016

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Pimalai Resort & Spa, Thailand – the luxurious Boutique Hotel on the island Koh Lanta

The perfect hotel for couples, a romantic beach wedding or heavenly honeymoons

Koh Lanta – one of the hidden treasures of Thailand and one of the most beautiful honeymoon spots of the country. We visited in February the breath-taking tropical island off the coast of Krabi in the Andaman Sea.

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After a flight of one hour and a half from Bangkok, another 50 minutes by taxi and another 45 minutes by speedboat southbound you arrive at the remote Ba Kan Tiang Bay. It is seen from afar the beautiful villas that are embedded in the rain forest and spread over the rolling hills. Welcome to Paradise!

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The five star Hotel Pimalai Resort & Spa was built in 2001 and it belongs to the „Small Luxury Hotels of the World”. It is the most luxurious resort of the island and it is located at a nearly 900m long brightly white sandy beach with turquoise waters. The old Sanskrit words Pimon and Alai, that make up the hotel’s name mean: place of purity, on a little place in heaven. Here you can enjoy the life under coco palms and in lush tropical vegetation on a nearly untouched island. 

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Rooms

The resort has 121 rooms, suites and villas and is separated into two parts by a rarely trafficked street. The Deluxe rooms, the suites and the beach villas are located on the lower part. The upper part (comfortably accessible by buggy) is reserved for the pool villas.

We stayed in a spacious 48sq Deluxe room with balcony. The rooms are furnished in Thai style with a lot of teak and bamboo and they are spread into two-storied units. From the balcony we had a good ocean view including the sunset.

The 70sq Bayfront Deluxe Rooms near the beach offer a great view from the balcony and the bathroom over the bay. The Pavilion Suites (110sq) with their living room and bedroom have a terrace and a private garden with open air shower.

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Perfect for the honeymoon: The spacious One-Bedroom-Pool-Villas (204 sq) with gorgeous sea view which are located further up the hills.  They have a separate living room, kitchen unit, outdoor Thai Sala and a terrace. The highlight is the 22sq swimming pool. By their sloping site (60m over sea level) they offer a spectacular view over the Andaman Sea.

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Pools

Next to the nearly unspoiled beach the hotel has two spectacular infinity pool and a whirl pool. We loved the infinity pool high up near the Seven Seas Restaurant! You can have yourself brought there by buggy and then you can stay the whole day and relax. The view is just breath-taking. With a cocktail in your hand you can admire the sunset in a very romantic way.

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Restaurants

You can have yourself culinarily got spoiled in five restaurants and four bars. Each restaurant has its own style and an incomparable ambience. The main restaurant „Baan Pimalai“ serves Thai and international specialties. In the „Spice´n Rice“ restaurant you can have breakfast and in the evening you can get everything from Pad Thai to Fried Rice in a relaxed and romantic atmosphere. Far up over the bay in „The Seven Seas Restaurant & Wine Lounge“ with spectacular view you can have international cuisine and noble wines. In the „Rak Talay Beach Bar“, the beach restaurant you can sit snuggly with your feet in the sand. The food is delicious!

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Wedding

Nearly every day you can see a wedding at the beach. Everything is being lovingly and individually prepared for the couple according their wishes. From fresh and casual to exclusive and elegant with an own banquet table on the beach. Of course there are some hotel guests and tourists at the beach, but the area is being spaciously enclosed so that you have your own private atmosphere. The marriage ceremony at the beach (Buddhist or Christian) takes place in the evening at sunset. If we had not married on the Seychelles, this hotel would have probably been our alternative choice for Thailand. The isle and the hotel are just perfect for marriages. A nearly deserted beach, wonderful nature and a lot of privacy. And in the Seven Seas Restaurant high up the hills with great bay view you can spend a wonderful evening with your guests.

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Spa

You can spend relaxing moments in the rewarded Pimalai Spa, which is located in the middle of an exotic garden in the jungle. In the pretty thatched roofed pavilions made of teak, bamboo and boulder you can have aroma therapies and other relaxing wellness applications. We had the Pimalai Signature Massage, which is a picture-perfect dream, rally wonderfully relaxing! Besides there is a fitness center, tennis courts, beach volley, wind surfing, sail boats, canoe, bike rentals and a PADI dive school (from November to April).

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Tipps

Shopping and Thai-Food
In the main village Saladan, in the north of the island, there are Thai restaurants and numerous shops that invite you to stay.

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At the beach you can walk to some relaxing restaurants and bars. The “Why Not Bar” directly at the beach offers delicious cocktails, fire shows and live music. The employees are good humored, cool guys. This is already worth the fun!  And who can sing, can rock the bar together with the band.

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And when you go the other direction you can have a cosy evening in the “Same same but different”.

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Nature
In the Ease of the island there are vast mangrove forests which can be visited by kayak, by longtail boat or in a tour. Take some bananas and feed the monkeys. They come and get them in your boat. But you’d better stay away from the restaurant “Thung Yen Pheng Sea Food”. It is great with its fresh fish but we have had an upset stomach. But by this we could experience the exquisite medical service at the hotel. The nurse (24h service) has taken good care of us and did a perfect job. We received medicine and the next day we felt a lot better.

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Snorkeling and diving
The offshore islands offer perfect snorkeling and diving areals. Some day trips are being offered, so that you can discover the islands around Koh Lanta.

Transfer
If you stay for at least three night the transfer from the airport is included.

Recommendation
It is better you stay 5-7 nights so that you can better discover the island. Once you setteled down, you do not want to leave any more!

Koh Lanta Pocket Guide

Air temperature: 25 – 35 degrees, at night 20 – 25 degrees
Water temperature: 28 degrees
Best travel period: Beginning of December to mid of April
Price: from 149 EUR/night
Honeymoon offer: Flower decoration on the bed, wedding cake and a bottle of wine (at least 3 nights)
Transfer: from the airport (70 km distance) to Baan Huahin Pier 50 min, from the pier to the resort ca. 45 min with the speed boat, from May to October overland transport with two ferry trips.
Total ranking: *****
Specialties: Enjoying the sunset over the bay in your own pool or in the Seven Seas Infinity pool | unique location | great beach at low and high tide | the most beautiful hotel of the island Insel | luxury, elegance and friendly service
Perfect for: Couples, wedding, honeymoon, diving and beach holidays

Pimalai Resort & Spa
99 Moo 5, Ba Kan Tiang Beach
Koh Lanta, Krabi 81150, Thailand
Tel: +66 (0) 75 607 999
Fax: +66 (0) 75 607 998
Email: reservation@pimalai.com
www.pimalai.com

50 best wedding destination by Independent (UK)
Small Luxury Hotels of the World
Best scenic view (Pool Villa) Luxury Hotel Awards 2010

It’s the location that makes this resort special…  Conde Nast Traveller (UK)

  

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