The Imperial Boat House Resort

The Imperial Boat House Resort

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The Choeng Mon Beach is a little bit overcrowded with 4-row sun beds and lots of people in the nearest hotel. If you seek some intimacy and isolation this is not the right place. The hotel is very big and privacy can be hardly obtained during the day. As for the out-of-beach activities/evening outings this is a very good choice: the nearby walking street provides you with everything you might need (cheap massage starting from 250 Bahts, cafes and restaurants as well as some souvenir shops and family marts with cheap beer (30 Bahts vs 120 Bahts for Singha in the hotel). If you seek some nightlife activities or a stronger shopping spree Chaweng is 10 minutes away by bike (200 Bahts per day if taken in the walking street).

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Date: 6th April, 2012
Written by: Ivan Sosnin

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Выбрали номер в лодке, общая площадь которого больше нашей квартиры. К некоторым деталям можно придраться, чувствуется что номера не новые, но общее впечатление исключительное. Отличный пляж для отдыха с детьми. Наверняка в следующей поезке в Таиланд остановимся здесь на несколько дней. Очень рекомендуем.

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Date: 16th March, 2012
Written by: Chesnokova Irina

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我住BOAT SUIT，房間很棒，唯一缺點是浴室熱水是溫的，其他都很好。飯店外面有便利商店，其他沒有什麼，不過坐車到哪裡都滿進很方便。

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Date: 26th February, 2012
Written by: Chiang Fang Yun

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I m afraid, out of the 5 hotels we selected,on our 4th trip, Imperial does come last!! The grading 3 should not say value for money -that is very deceptive and medium is more appropriate. We felt entirely ripped off for what we recieved.Choeng Mon is a lovely setting but out of all 5 beaches,certainly doesn't justify the price.We asked for a Pool View suite which at around 600Othb with a snippet of a pool view,is a total disgrace. One could have selected a characterful boat cabin WITH a seaview at 8000THB per night. I was so confused by the standard of room facilities, I actually enquired at reception whether they hadn't possibly made a mistake.The unfriendly reception staff didn't seem to be too sympathetic and informed me that of the 135 suites,we were in one of 7 select suites!Do yourself a favour by asking for a higher room with NO pool view.That way you might get a glimpse of the sea and in fact pay less for the lack of the pool view!!????? The restaurant staff were however far friendlier,unfortunate that they aren't the welcoming bunch where the first impression is set!!! Imperial does however have some nice facilities like a gym,large boat pool and a lovely small safe beach where one doesn't have to wade far out till shoulder height. There is a lovely casual restaurant/cafe called Orchid Cafe, on the Main Road to the right about 100m down opposite Family Mart, that in fact help make up for the overcharging and left us feeling happy to have explored the area. I think my opinion would be far different if we had paid half the price for what we got but unfortunately I feel done in!This is by no means PRIME Koh Samui, through 4 years of visiting it's unfortunate that a foreigner has to ditstinguish between worth it with ALL the bells and whistles and something so standard that costs so much more. Good luck, we'll definitely be back to the area and beach but certainly not Imperial Boat House!

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Excellent,prompt and very professional.

Date: 13th September, 2011
Written by: A.geldenhuys

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Fantastic stay with my Family.We have a Boathouse-suite, for the kids like an adventure, very clean, air-condition,nearly to the pool and the see. Also the restaurant was very good and the staff very friendly. Chairs at the see always avaibly. Powder-Sand and good stay to go to Chaweng-Beach on evening with the taxi. Will come again..........

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Date: 15th August, 2011
Written by: Groebmeyer Robert

The Imperial Boat House Resort

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Отель большой и многолюдный для сентября. Красивая территория, много цветущих деревьев,2 бассейна. Отель расположен на пляже. Но с утра и до 4-х дня очень мелко. И море трудно назвать чистым. Завтраки в ресторане отличные, большое разнообразие и вкусно. Сервис в гостинице в целом отличный. Мы купили обратные билеты на Самуи на ресепшене. Нам предложили удобный рейс и лучшую цену. Бесплатный интернет, которым мы пользовались прямо в комнате, подключив к нему свой ноутбук. А вот уборка в комнате неважная, порой с ней задерживали до 2-х-4-х часов. Да и балкон за все время пребывания ни разу не убрали. Но особо испортило впечатление об отеле история с купальниками. Так случилось, что выезжая из отеля на Ко Тао, мы забыли в торопях свои мокрые купальники на балконе. Перезвонили в отель через 2 часа и предупредили, что вернемся за ними чез 2 дня. Но купальники нам не вернули, сказали, что уборщица номера ничего не находила. Мне лично было очень жаль своего итальянского купальника.

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Date: 19th September, 2010
Written by: Galina Smirnova

The Imperial Boat House Resort

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Great Hotel, good location although a quieter location but only 5 mins from Chaweng. Beach lovely, facilities good, staff friendly. Rooms very good and clean, good variety in complex, AC not work great but enough to keep it just about right. Reception and greeting very good, they even organised a car and booking to the local hospital when girlfriend felt poorly and had a fresh bowl of fruit next day with a get well card, nice touch from the staff and management. Highly recommend. The Boat villas look amazing and very original.

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Always good and have used SiamWebHosting many times, never dissappoint

Date: 17th September, 2010
Written by: Gary James Brady

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nice hotel ~!~!

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Date: 11th July, 2010
Written by: Huang Ying-che

The Imperial Boat House Resort

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sorry but we were dissappointed by the room because the price was more expansive that the category superior. We already knew the imperial boat because we went twice

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good except the quality of the room

Date: 3rd May, 2010
Written by: Vanthuyne

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We spent a wonderful holiday at Imperial Boat House Hotel. The hotel is situated on the most beautiful, comfortable and calm beach of Samui. We really enjoyed our staying. The building of the hotel is very nice, rooms are comfortable and clean. The air-conditioner works excellently. The bathroom is big and nice too. The balcony (we lived in Premier room) is spacious. The territory of the hotel is very beautiful and full of greenery. There are a lot of chaises longues around two swimming pools and on the beach. The beach is perfect. The water is really hot, very clean. The sea is calm, without big waves. The bottom of the sea is sandy. The staff is very friendly and helpful. There are a lot of restaurants near the hotel. You can find them right on the beach or walking 5 minutes away from the hotel, on the street. It's easy to get to Chaweng. We rented a car during our staying, so it took us about 10 minutes to get to Chaweng. I recommend the Imperial Boat House as the best place of spending your holiday. We re going to stay at the Imperial Boat next time.

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very efficient, attentive to customers

Date: 30th March, 2010
Written by: Elena

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We enjoyed our stay at Imperial Boat House hotel and Choeng Mon provides really nice and peaceful surroundings for holiday, still not too far from Chaweng by taxi. We stayed in one of the poolside terrace rooms where the garden pool was easily accessible. The room was ok except looked a little old already. The service at the hotel was very good and the staff were very friendly.

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everything ok with the booking.

Date: 21st March, 2010
Written by: Anonymous

The Imperial Boat House Resort

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BON HOTEL ET TRES BEAU JARDIN ET BELLE PISCINE.NOUS AVONS TROUVE 2 CAFARDS DANS LA SALLE DE BAIN .LES CHAMBRES NE SONT PAS LAVEES CORRECTEMENT /MANQUE D HYGIENE DANS LA SALLE DE BAIN .IL FAUT LAVER AVEC DES PRODUITS ET NON PAS BALAYER .BON SOUVENIR QUAND MEME ET BON PETIT DEJEUNER

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Date: 18th March, 2010
Written by: Mouty

The Imperial Boat House Resort

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Hotel with a nice atmosphere, a very nice staff. The boats need some renovation soon, but we liked them very much, except for the beds that was like sleeping on the flore, very hard. The brekfast and all the food at the hotel vas very good, but the Chalee restaurang on the small street on the right side of the hotell had the most exelent food and we recommend all to visit this retaurang. We had our dinner at Chalee 5 times during our 2 week stay att the boat house.

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Very good

Date: 1st March, 2010
Written by: Roger Hogström

The Imperial Boat House Resort

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What a lovely welcome, with a cold fresh drink and a cold lemongrass smelling flanel to refresh our skin after long our journey! Rooms were nice and clean and kept well or the 2 weeks we were there. Free bottled water given to brush teeth with were a good help as we used it to drink from during the day around the pool or beach. Pools were a little tatty looking although still welcoming so warm almost bath water temperature! Fantastic spot to be in on the beach and thankfully not as busy mad and blowy as Chaweng Beach. Pretty perfect flowers everywhere made a topic of conversation every day ideal to wear in ones hair! Breakfast was plentiful and you could have eggs cooked fresh by every way possible, fried, scrambled, boiled or omeleted. We would love to go again and we would request the same rooms (Premier pool/terrace ground floor} The rice boat accomodation gave a Thai feel and character but felts they would possibly be a bit warm and stuffy although may not be! Thanks to all the staff as nothing was too much trouble. SIAMESERVICESCARR x

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Extremely helpful and efficient as had to change part of the booking and had a very good understanding of our needs. Would use again without a doubt and were cheaper than any where else including they were cheaper than the htel direct!!!! This really says something when on a budget and a mission to get it at a good cost. This hotel is cheaper if you book it early! :-) Thanks so much you will be recommended x SIAMWEBHOSTINGCARR X

Date: 28th February, 2010
Written by: Mrs Kellie Henson

The Imperial Boat House Resort

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we stayed in premium room and were not disappointed. Rooms are spacious, immaculately cleaned and have more than adequate storage space for clothes etc. Breakfast varied. Location great for a quiet holiday - plenty of sunbeds for all guests whether you prefer one of the two pools or to sit at the beach area. If you want more variety for the evenings it's very near to Chaweng - you can book the hotel shuttle in and get a tuk tuk back or as we did, rent a moped which is very economical. A great place - we will be back !

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very efficient - as always !

Date: 18th February, 2010
Written by: Rolleston-demetriou

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lovely hotel, beautiful rooms and facilities, fabulous beach. not much in choeng mon itself but 5 mins drive into chaweng with free shuttle service or cheap tuk tuk.

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great easy booking service

Date: 16th February, 2010
Written by: Anita Wilson

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We were a family of four and rated the Hotel most highly on everything. It really was a most enjoyable stay, although we were only there for three nights. We would not hesitate to recommend this hotel. As a family that wanted a bit of an up-market hotel and away from the normal tourist hotels - we were most happy. We would gladly go back.

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Vert good - quick respeonse and everything was in order as arranged.

Date: 17th January, 2010
Written by: Robert Billett

The Imperial Boat House Resort

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We have booked after an extensive search in the internet for a suitable place for a family with small children (we have a 1.5 year old girl). The hotel met our expectations and more. We booked for 5 days and extended two times for 4 nights every time. The staff is very friendly especially to children. The pool (boat) has a big children's pool and the beach is beautiful. The atmosphere on the beach is perfect for families and the sand is soft and clean. We have booked for the special prices and we think that it is an excellent value for money. The regular prices are thought, to high where as the rooms needs to be refurbished. Nevertheless, we recommend the hotel and we will be happy to come back there.

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Excellent !!!

Date: 31st August, 2009
Written by: Osnat Molad

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Prior to booking at the Imperial Boat House Hotel I did a lot of research on various hotels on Koh Samui.My parameters were to find a hotel not that far away from Chaweng with good hotel transport to Chaweng.Also we wanted an apartment above ground level as a lot of people complained at other hotels re lizards and bugs etc.We booked a Premier Room at the Boat House and the room was excellent.There was a separate shower as well as a full bath.The breakfast was excellent and the beach was very clean with excellent sand and not stone as in some other areas.Our booking through the internet was flawless and my wife and I have no hesitation in recommending the Imperial Boat House hotel.

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Excellent

Date: 27th July, 2009
Written by: William Macfarlane

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Beautiful resorts, nice staff, great breakfast and Great pools, esp the main pool, my 3 yrs old boy liked to play there all the time. because of the promotion, the hotel is great value for money. The Cheong Mon beach is a very beautiful and peachful beach, very fine sand, shallow water, really good for children.

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as usual, efficient

Date: 2nd July, 2009
Written by: Chan Pl

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Very nice place, my room was very nice and good size. the garden is beautiful the two swimmingpools are very wonderfuls. The staff is very kind and there is shuttle to go to chaweng.

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Perfect booking, fast and serious. I will recommend samui info.com

Date: 4th June, 2009
Written by: Trabelsi

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I was very pleased with my choice - always a bit worrying when you book online - but no complaints. The hotel and surrounds were lovely, food was good too. Clean rooms and helpful staff. My biggest disappointment was with what's happened to Koh Samui itself - lots of trash lying around, such a shame.

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Prompt and easy.

Date: 21st April, 2009
Written by: Emjay

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Nice family hotel in a fantastic enviroment. Only 6 km away from Chaweng and easy access to the rest of Koh Samui. Rooms are big and well eqiupted.

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Simply just working perfect.

Date: 13th January, 2009
Written by: Stefan Garsdal

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This was our first time at the Royal Boat House. The breakfasts are excellent,the rooms very clean and well aquipt. The swimmingpool area very good and ideal for children. Hotel leads on to the beach, quite location but not to far from the night life. The staff very helpful and nothing is too much. Will be making a second vist.

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Very quick and good

Date: 9th January, 2009
Written by: Stephen Jones

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Lovely hotel and grounds. We stayed in a poolside terrace room- this was ideal as was ground level. The rom was clean and comfortable. fresh towels daily and everything you would expect down to razor kit, sewing kit etc. 2 free bottles of water daily. fresh fruit daily. breakfast was brilliant- lots to choose from. Main restaurant was excellent although more expensive than restaurants along the beach, although some of those event hough they looked a bit dodgy the food was ok. Staff and service excellent- all very helpful outside the hotel there is nothing much to do or see though and its a bit like beirut before or after the bombing.there is a free shuttle bus to the main town (free in day but small fee in the evening)this town , chewang i think it was called was just one long road full of shops with trinkets etc for sale. we did have a good time thoough- it was our wedding anniversary during the week and the hotel made us a cake- how sweet!!

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excellent service

Date: 28th July, 2008
Written by: Yvonne Williams

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Thanks to Boat House and SiameServices, we all had a great time. Especially our 14-month-old son loved the beach. Staff is extremely friendly and ready to help 24/7. Great landscape. We originally booked for 3 nights but then extended it to a week. Honeymoon suit was spacious and comfortable. Only negative issue were the mosquitos. Breakfast was rich in choises. Beach resataurant was good but pricy, so we tried other restaurants nearby, or went easily to Chaweng with shuttle of the hotel.

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perfect timing and organization. thank you very much!!!

Date: 14th July, 2008
Written by: Elcin Demir

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We got back from IBH last week and had a wonderful holiday. The hotel is excellent: great location, delicious buffet breakfast, clean rooms, spacious bathrooms (we were not staying in a boathouse, bathrooms look smaller in them), friendly staff, great swimmingpools, great beach (no rocks in the sea in front of the beach) and acceptable beach sofa's and umbrella s. The restaurant is maybe a little disapointing, but there are great alternatives on the beach in restaurants next door. With regards to the noise from the nearby construction site: it was never a disturbing factor for us, definitely not at night (noise of the airco filters out the noise from outside), just ask for a room away from the construction site.

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Excellent service and follow up!

Date: 17th April, 2008
Written by: De Spiegeleire

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just got back from boat house. in my opinion do not waist your money on the boat house ,rice barge accomadation.they are in very poor condition also if it rains they are very dangerous and slippery all they are is a novelty the other rooms are first class hotel and staff are first class at the moment building work next door this didnt bother me but many guests complained very noisy if you would like any other information on hotel and area feel free to email me on barrieking@blueyonder.co.uk

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absoulutely first class would always use them when traveling to thailand

Date: 5th March, 2008
Written by: Barrie King

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We have just arrived home from our honeymoon in the South of Thailand. We stayed at the Imperial Boathouse for 3 nights. The first 2 nights were before travelling to Koh Tao and the last night was upon our return from Koh Tao. The first two nights were great. We were greeted by Pla and she was exceptional. She spoke fairly clear english and always understood our questions. She was our go to girl for booking tours, transport and anything we needed! We were upgraded from a Deluxe to a Premier room because it was our honeymoon. We had a large bath (which was cold before it actually filled up) and a seperate shower. Overall we were very pleased with the room, the service and the hotel as a whole. We really enjoyed the time in Samui and were excited about the fact we were returning in a few days. The last night we were there we were put in a deluxe room which faced the construction happening next door, which was very noisy. In addition, the room had a joint bath/shower with one of those hand held showers. The water pressure would continually change while you were trying to shower. We complained so they went to move us into another deluxe room which had 2 single beds and still faced the construction! We complained again and were then moved to a pool terrace room. It was away from the construction but still had hand held shower. The water pressure was normal so it was better then the first 2 rooms! We were quite excited about the fact we would see Pla again but it was her day off. We were disappointed but obivously understood she deserves a day off! It just felt like we were in a different place without her. Would probably stay there again )but insist a room away from construction and book premier room)

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SiamWebHosting were perfect. We booked a number of hotels and arranged transport through the site and the travelling was smooth sailing. No complaints.

Date: 5th March, 2008
Written by: Shereen Scotman

The Imperial Boat House Resort

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We had a nice stay at this hotel, We had a pool side room which was very clean and had a very nice patio, all cleaned on daily basis. A complimentary fruit platter is also provided daily. Staff is generally nice, swimming pool and beach are good for children. Breakfast was very generous and Food served in the restaurant was very good however an additional 10% service and 7% tax is charged on the total making this the most expensive place on the beach. We tried few places in the adjacent resorts where we also had good food at a fraction of the price. A free shuttle service to Chaweng is offered 3 times a day, charges applies at other times. A new resort is been built next door and some tolerable noise can be heard at times and a big crane is visible from the pool. Overall very good for couples perhaps more activities to entertaining children would make this place perfect.

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Good and fast

Date: 3rd January, 2008
Written by: Franco Pina & Gianluca V.

The Imperial Boat House Resort

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The hotel is very nice and the staff is friendly. Good location on a quiet beach. Just a short ride to Chaweng and shopping. The restaurant serves good european food, but if you want to eat Thai food you can get the same food for half the price on one of the restaurants on the beach. We came to Koh Samui after spending one week on Koh Tao. We wanted to continue diving on Koh Samui, however the dive trips from Koh Samui is by speed boat up to Koh Tao - so if you want to dive travel to Koh Tao - not Koh Samui.

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No problems

Date: 6th September, 2007
Written by: Janniken Støldal

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Good hotel - reasonably priced including bar meals and drinks. Evening food is slightly more expensive, however was one of the best meals I had on Koh Samui.

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Fantastic service.

Date: 11th July, 2007
Written by: Natasha Wright

The Imperial Boat House Resort

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The hotel was generally good. The staff were friendly and helpful and the diving shop was excellent. However we did have some problems that took a little of the shine of the stay. First, was the construction site next door of which we were not advised before booking. The construction was noisey and if you made use of the beach side massage (an excellent little service) the building they are located withn actually shook. Secondly the A/C leaked on our first night and left a puddle in the middle of the floor, however to the hotels credit it was repaired within an hour. Thirdly if your airport pick up is later than the check out time you can book a shower room. Unfortunately the A/C in the shower room we were allocated did not work and we ended up having a sauna. In summarry this is a good hotel which is a bit old and needs a soft refurbishment and will be a lot better of when the construction next door is finished.

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Booking service was good and efficient but should have advised of the construction before the booking was completed.

Date: 3rd June, 2007
Written by: Ian Macdonald

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An excellent hotel with all that you can wish for! Beautiful place on a quiet, white-sandy beach, very friendly staff who love children, good food, excellent rooms, nice, big swimmingpools and walking distance to other good restaurants on the beach. A good base for exploring the island and taking daytrips to the surrounding islands. Can be recomended to people of all ages, with or without children.

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Very good and reliable booking-service. Quick response to all our questions.

Date: 31st January, 2007
Written by: Marianne Drag