Amy Adejokun
Section editor
The Anantara resort and spa is a splendid hotel for lovers of calm and luxury. Its spa is no doubt the most beautiful in Koh Samui.
Anantara Bophut Koh Samui Resort - © Briag Courteaux / EASYVOYAGE
Anantara Bophut Koh Samui Resort - © Briag Courteaux / EASYVOYAGE
7 minutes from the airport, the hotel is also 15 minutes from Chaweng and half an hour from Nathon.
The 106 rooms are divided in 92 deluxe, 6 royal suites and 18 anantara suites. Spacious, bright and well soundproofed, the deluxe rooms (the standard) offer a very good comfort. The beautiful bedding, well presented, is arranged on a platform; the furniture blends very well with the fancy decoration. Welcoming and zen, it constitutes a nice living space. Well equipped, they have satellite TV with DVD player (free of charge at the reception), alarm, telephone, minibar, safe, slippers and flip-flops. A fruit bowl and fish in vases are waiting for you... Likewise, the bathrooms are clean, spacious and fancy, and offer numerous welcome products, a beautiful marble bathtub, a hairdryer and bathrobes.
Opened in 2004, the majestic reception is preciously furnished in an excellent melange of rustic and modern. Plain style and warmth blend everywhere: in the restaurants, in the lobby and in the business centre, the enviroment definitely favours well-being. Passed the first block which includes the reception and the restaurants, you will be in a large indoor patio full of vegetation around which you can find the buildings of the rooms. Although their architecture is common, it creates a beautiful complex.
The Thai restaurant offers a varied buffet breakfast from 6:30 am to 10:30 am and a dinner of local specialities a la carte. The Italian restaurant offers a beautiful Italian menu for lunch and dinner. One indoor bar and one bar by the swimming pool offer a snack menu all day. The eating areas are very well decorated: you will sit on swing seats or proper armchairs around beautiful round well-set solid wood tables.
A beautiful and not very large sand beach is opposite the hotel. Swimming is magical and the water is turquoise blue. Towels, beach chairs and beach umbrellas are available free of charge.
The Anantara spa is extraordinary. The decoration there is marvellous and the private villas benefit from an indisputable calm. 8 rooms are adjoining through a balcony. Every Friday a Thai buffet will be offered and local folk dances will animate the evening.
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