Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa

Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa

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Santhiya is a gorgeous resort, the staff were incredibly friendly and really made our vacation a great one! I was feeling unwell for a few days and the hotel manager even went to get me some medicine which was waiting for me when I got back to my room... very kind! The only negative point for me was that the location was so very remote, its nice to be away from the overly tourist areas but the nearby villages were very quiet most of the time and there wasn't much shopping etc to do. Many of the day trips were for diving which is not my thing so there wasn't much else to do. Having said all that I would definitely go back but for a shorter stay.

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Date: 1st May, 2012
Written by: Heather Balmain

Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa

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Hotel silent, very quiet, the territory well-groomed, the personnel a friendly, unique minus - the road. To reach from a pier 45 minutes fell exactly, went as though we took a jeep safari - shakes very strongly, but all emotions abated, when smart, huge wooden five-meter doors of Santyi opened before us. Machines which go on hotel, too were wooden that very much surprised, it is pleasant to get and go to them to number. We hope still to return in Santyyu. Thanks! Maxims and Katya

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Date: 24th April, 2012
Written by: Maxim Varnakov

Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa

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We had sea view pool villa not far from the reception. It was so amazing place that we didn't want to live our room at all. Breakfast were great and for dinners we were walking to the near small village. We recommend Luna and Rasta Baby restaurants.

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Perfect as always!

Date: 28th February, 2012
Written by: Grzegorz

Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa

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the room had some smell to it even with the camphor salt that the hotel put in the room to cover the smell. the gym had old stuff, i would expect such an hotel to have new and advanced gym

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good

Date: 29th December, 2011
Written by: Hanan Gothait

Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa

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Hotel Really beautiful all wood hotel, stayed at honeymoon villa, direct access to the pool from the balcony. It situated in the north east of koh pangan, far from the center if you need something from there (not needed on honeymoon but in other type of trip maybe). ROOM Really nice room, but compared to other places we stayed a little small. STAFF Really helpful and smiling staff, they answered to all my requests. Food The breakfast is excellent with a nice variety of breads and pastry, you could also order from the waitress any kind of coffee besides the regular one they serve. The dining there is a little bit expensive compared to the rest of the restaurants (besides the rasananda restaurant) on the beach beside.

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Date: 26th October, 2011
Written by: David Kleiman

Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa

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This hotel gets a- 10 rating!!! It is worth the extra $ for a sea view villa (out standing room)!!! Service was in the highest standards with not even one mistake.

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Date: 23rd October, 2011
Written by: Ben Ari Itay

Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa

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Fantastic! the best resort in Ko Pangan: we had a double villa sea view ant it was the best. Then, excellent value for money. I highly recommend it. Paola

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Very good

Date: 26th August, 2011
Written by: Marelli Paola

Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa

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Would not return!

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goood

Date: 11th July, 2011
Written by: Kenneth Bond

Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa

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This hotel was lovely. I would highly recommend the pool access room. We hope to return to this beautiful hotel again one day.

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Excellent service provided by Sawasdee.

Date: 5th July, 2011
Written by: Emilie

Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa

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what a great place to stay, had the pool ocean view villa which was spectacular. If you want a quiet holiday this is the place if you want abit of night life forget it. Restaurant was abit expensive for Thailand but if you walk 5 minutes over the rocks there are a few cheap restaurants. You can get a boat taxi to a few other beaches and bars and restaurants. I am not a resort person so would not stay there again only because I prefer to be amongst it all. No complaints about the resort at all

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Booking service was excellent, was able to add an extra day very easily

Date: 2nd July, 2011
Written by: Karen Broadhurst

Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa

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It was everything I expected and much much more. Very luxurious with fantastic views, service, food and massages, not one thing to complain about, it was the perfect place and I highly highly recommend it!

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Booking service was outstanding!

Date: 10th February, 2010
Written by: Anneline Amann

Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa

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This is probably the most incredible hotel I have ever stayed at. The place is beautiful, rooms are perfect, clean, neat, new. And above all, the personell are so sweet and happy that there is no better place to be for some time to rest and feel alive. It's worth any penny.

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Booking worked perfectly fine.

Date: 5th January, 2010
Written by: Lais Marques Da Cruz

Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa

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The Hotel was really amazing! You feel like you are in paradise. \r\n\r\nI personally enjoyed most the room with pool access, but this might be up to the person you stay with!\r\n\r\nThe hotel is suitable for couples, honeymoon etc. Makes sure you are not going with a buddy (like i did) to have a nice and pleasant stay and really can use everything to the full extend!\r\n\r\nFor the location i can just give a four, as the beach directly next to the resort is even more beautiful! But the good thing is, you just walk 5 minutes!

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Everything worked great, Thank you!

Date: 28th December, 2009
Written by: Boris Steiner

Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa

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A grat and beutifal hotel. An hour drive in a very bad road too quite. Recomended for people that would like to b alone.

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Great

Date: 14th December, 2009
Written by: Orit Ziv

Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa

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Excellent Hotel! Great service and great food at the resto. Only drawback was that hotel is far away from other areas on the Island and reaching those places (inlcuding the full moon party) is a painful and expensive experience! Hotel is great for ppl who would prefer to stay with the premises...

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Will always book only through SiamWebHosting - excellent service and rates!!!

Date: 8th December, 2009
Written by: Anon

Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa

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Great hotel. We had a super view from our room. Breakfast was excellent. Staff very friendly and always at your service. The beach at the hotel was not very good but just a few steps away around the corner you reach a nice beach. Pool terrific. This hotel I would like to return to.

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Excellent as always.

Date: 12th July, 2009
Written by: Eva Christina Bengtsson

Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa

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Amazing and relaxing luxurious hotel, making you feel as being in paradise from the first minute you arrive there. Stayed in Santhiya Garden Villa Suite for 4 nights in April, 2009. There is nothing negative we could find about this hotel. Villas look gorgeous, all of them new, spacious, made of carved teak wood, with really LARGE verandas (there were 2 sun beds with a small table, normal dining table with 2 chairs and a large bathtub on ours). Almost all walls of the villa feature large windows from the floor to the ceiling, which can be easily closed by the curtains if you look for 100% privacy (though rich rain forest trees and flowers around your villa will provide enough privacy to keep the windows open). The wooden roof of the villa covers only the part of the veranda so if you are afraid of getting burned with sun ask for a large beach umbrella and hotel staff will easily provide it in shortest time). All in-room facilities were excellent: starting from cosy cambric bathrobes and slippers embroiden with golden elephants and ending with a variety of elegant glasses in the bar. Service was very nice, all staff friendly and trying to be as helpful as possible. We were impressed with the welcome and check-in procedure. The hotel is large, its villas are situated on different heights of mountain hill but don’t be afraid of exhausting climbing up/down as there are many wooden-decorated hotel cars available upon call from your room or near the reception which will give you a drive as many times per day as you may need (free of charge). The private beach of Santhiya is very good though if you look for a really airy sand – walk through the rocks (1 minute) to the nearby beach. If you want to swim in the deep water – do it on the hotel beach, if you prefer walking for 20-30 meters in shallow water – the neighbor beach would be your choice. Closer to the left side of the private beach of the hotel (side of the speedboat pier) there is a nice coral reef with different fish and underwater habitants so do not miss the opportunity to snorkel there. We are not the swimming pool fans but the pool in Santhiya is the most excited infiniti pool I’ve ever seen in reality or on the pictures. It’s a great pleasure either to relax in jacuzzi section or massage your back and shoulders under the streams of the waterfall. What is very important – they use high quality cleaning system so no clorine can be felt in the smell of your skin or swimming suit. We didn’t try Santhiya’s restaurants because of their high prices and were very happy about many dining facilities on the nearby beach (you can eat in any of them and won’t be disappointed). Still, the breakfast at Santhiya was very good, serving not only European but also Thai food. In general, we were more than satisfied with the hotel which even exceeded our expectations. We took the special room rate at SiameServices.com (our room cost us around 172 USD/night with breakfast and all taxes) and consider that there hardly could be possible to find better alternative on all Samui group islands for the period of our stay.

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Everything was clear and secure. All our comments were passed to the hotel authority.

Date: 8th May, 2009
Written by: Nataliia And Oleksandr Globenko

Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa

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Absolutely fantastic! We have nothing to add. Beautiful rooms, luxurious, beautiful resort, nice place to stay. Great breakfast, beach, level of service provided. We loved the place and we recommend it to everyone who needs the luxurious accommodation for a reasonable price. Thanks to SiameServices and a special hotel offer (buy 6 pay 4 nights) we paid less than 50% of the normal rate. The only con was the price of the food in the restaurant, which equals to the European level. However the quality was more than corresponding. We had there the best Pad Thai noodles ever. Most of the time we ate in restaurants on the beach next to the hotel resort as the prices were on the level as you are used to in Thailand. We recommend this hotel and we would love to come back again.

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great as always

Date: 29th October, 2008
Written by: Pamela Molnarova

Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa

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We had a PERFEKT stay really relaxing and fantastic facilities on the whole resort. We enjoyed the golf cars taking us to and from our room (just press 0 on the phone and the golf car is there instantly). We loved the evening walks on the nearby Thong Noi Pan beach, with is calm and cool/trendy bars dinner places. We DEFENTNENTLY WILL BE BACK... Love from Michael & Diana, Copenhagen DK.

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Date: 25th August, 2008
Written by: Michael Rasmussen

Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa

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Magnifique, exceptionnel à tous points de vue. Beauté des paysages, gentillesse du personnel, la plage, la magnifique piscine. Un endroit magique. On a déjà envie d y revenir.

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Parfait comme d habitude

Date: 23rd August, 2008
Written by: Grassagliata

Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa

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What a fantastic resort! Stretched over a vast area with wild and tamed green nature. The main pool with a 10m waterfall is a dream. All employees where extremely friendly, helpfull and polite. The Villas are tastefully furnished and well equipped with sizeable outside bathrooms. Enjoyable breakfast – good food (good western food!) Food more expensive than other restaurants on the next beach but, you pay for service and quality. Golfcar transport service (to the gym, beach or to the restaurant) works perfectly. Tip. Make sure you arrive at samui airport before 12noon to get on the 1330 speedboat to the resort. Any later and you have to wait till 1630.

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fast and efficient

Date: 6th June, 2008
Written by: Per & Lisa

Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa

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Santhiya is a very nice resort in a beautiful landscape. Rooms: We stayed 9 nights in the villa suite. They are available with indoor and outdoor bathroom. We had first the outdoor version and changed it after a week into the indoor one. For a few days it is a nice experience, but if you are sensitive to bugs, heat, or rain, better choose the other version. The rooms are nicely designed and decorated. The cleanliness is very good. Management & staff: like everywhere in Thailand every employee is very friendly and smiles all the time. Unfortunately this is sometimes their only competence. For a 5 star resort it happens very often that you recieve answers like sorry, i don't know, I have to check paired with a sincere smile when asking even simple questions. But that terrible inefficiency seems to be normal in Thailand. We experienced that even in American Hotels like the Millenium Hilton in Bangkok. If you have crucial questions better ask one of the managers. F&B: The food in both restaurants is very good and compared to western countries reasonably priced. Due to the fact that wages in Thailand are 90% lower than in some western countries, we did not unterstand why the food is only 10-20% cheaper than in Europe. That's the reasons why most of the guests visit after a couple of days only the restaurants outside the resort at the beach, where prices are 50% lower. Due to the fact that Santhiya offers NO bar that is opened in the evening it is necessary to leave the resort anyways, when you are not willing to spend the time after dinner only in your room. Overall impression: All in all Santhiaya is perfect for honeymooners and couples looking for silence and privacy. If you are interested in meeting other people or even entertainment, you probably get bored pretty soon. But for relaxation and some sort of luxury away from the cheep and crowded bars of koh samui, Santhiya is probably one of the best places in south east Thailand.

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Date: 2nd May, 2008
Written by: F & J

Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa

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Excellent! The best place to stay at tong nan Pan beach! Not cheap but the price is worth it! We ve had a seaview villa with an extra bathtub on the veranda. All roooms and villas are very beautiful, some have their own pool. the staff is extremly friendly, food excellent. they have a private beach but it takes just minutes to walk to the bars and restaurants on the main beach

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Date: 20th September, 2007
Written by: Martin Haas

Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa

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Nice Resort. You have to call a golf car each time you want to move around. Prices are very high compare to the places on the next beach but service is not comparable. Quite dificult to escape from the resort to the next beach, you have to climb some rocks and you need a torch at night.

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Date: 29th July, 2007
Written by: Federico Esteban Luna

Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa

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Really lovely place. Beautiful hotel rooms with lovely view, loads of amazing woodwork in every building, There is a private beach which is okay, and an amazing, though inexplicably cold swimming pool. Food was great at breakfast, but the lunch and evening restaurant food fell a little short for me. Like everywhere it seems in Thailand, there is building work going on in the background, but it didn't really affect our time there. Staff are great, and golf buggies a nice touch.

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Good

Date: 16th January, 2007
Written by: Oliver Goggi

Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort & Spa

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We stayed for three nights at peak-peak-peak season, and experienced extremes - both good and bad. Good: the room was great, the views lovely, the staff friendly, the food excellent (50 - 100% more expensive than the food down the beach, but worth it), the pool very nice, the facilities well-maintained. No problem with our bill. Bad: Extremely poor management. Gossip is that they have to keep replacing their managers. Only one waiter seemed to be able to understand English, and had to explain things to the other waiters like where the napkins and ashtrays were kept. Getting to the place was no problem and check-in was fine, but then we waited (and called three different people) for over 2 hours to get our luggage! Check-out was fine, but trying to get back to Koh Samui was dreadful: the boat was to leave at 1:30, but a group of tourists paid them to do an extra run just for them - leaving at 12:50! It's 40+ minutes either way, and we didn't leave until 2:50, some tourists trying to catch a 4:00 plane! That whole 90-minute period was fraught; each staff person we asked had a different story: The boat's coming in 10 minutes, 30 minutes, has to refuel, coming in 15 minutes. The problems seem to be that the owner (in competition with his brother who owns the 20-year-old resort down the beach) is just too greedy; they continue to build and build, and some guests had really questionable charges to their rooms. The other problem is that the staff are all stuck in a dorm and work long hours, so they quit and have to constantly be replaced. Having said all this, we did enjoy our time, and like the idea of an independently run resort. But they need to do some research into how chains run their hotels and develop a staff training program which includes basic English, promptness, and honesty.

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No problems - very efficient!

Date: 9th January, 2007
Written by: Peter J. Collins