Thailand spa
Day spa
Spa facilities that have no overnight accommodations, most focus on beauty and relaxation programs, such as facial and body treatment, manicure, pedicure, hair treatment and massage, that may last as few as an hour for one treatment, or even half day or whole day for a combination of multiple treatments.
Destination spa
A place where totally offers complete spa experience with overnight accommodations and usually offer multi-day
The price is usually high and included accommodation, healthy meals and all facilities.
The property itself should provide full facilities and services which ideally are hydrotherapy tubs, wet rooms, steam baths, saunas, swimming pool, fitness, class exercises and outdoor activities. The activities are fixed schedule in a wide selection for guests to choose from. There might be some additional expenses for some special treatments or services.
Medical spas
Medical spas offer traditional and complementary medical services administered by medical professionals. It might be either with or without accommodation.
It focus on a comprehensive medical and wellness care in a spa setting environment with an integration of spa services, therapies and treatments.
Hotel and Resort spas
Hotel and Resort spas is a spa section located within a hotel or resort, it's one of a services offered to hotel's guests. It provides a variety of professionally administered spa services, fitness, and wellness programs to enrich your body and mind, mostly are short-hour programs which guests can choose particular services easily on a daily basis.
A good thing for this type of spa is when you and your companion have different needs in joining the activities, one can choose to go for some treatments at spa while another can go outside for windsurfing
Spa tip
Get yourself ready before your treatment begins by following these below instructions and enjoy the utmost of your spa experience.
Before spa
If you are pregnant, have high blood pressure, or a cardiovascular condition,
consult your physician prior to using the spa.
Please let us know about any health conditions you might have as it is
critical to your enjoyment and safety.
Avoid eating full meals or drinking alcohol for at least 1 hour before your
treatment, but don’t arrive with hunger
Please check in at the spa reception at least 15 minutes prior to your
scheduled appointment. You will have sufficient time to prepare youself
before the treatment. We regret that late arrivals might be subject to reduced
treatment time.
Take a moment to drink a full glass of water or herbal tea we serve before,
during and after treatment.
Please leave your valuable jewelry at home and take off all jewelry before the
treatment
Avoid shaving for 24 hours prior to some skin treatments such as a salt glow
treatment. Salt on newly shaved skin may cause irritation!
Avoid prolonged sun exposure prior to any treatment.
During spa
Talk to your spa therapist immediately if you are experiencing discomfort
during a treatment.
Mobile phones are not recommended in Day Spa and Destination Spa, we
want you to be completely relaxed! If you are expecting an important call,
you can leave it with the front desk staff who will pick up the call and bring it
to you.
During the massage, please close your eyes and take a deep and
continuous breath. This will make you feel more relaxed and decompressed.
Ensure each steam-room session does not exceed 10 minutes.
After spa
Avoid any vigorous activity for a least one hour following all heat treatments.
Thailand spa
Pattaya travel guide
Pattaya travel guide
Located 147 kilometers southeast of Bangkok or only about two-hour drive, Pattaya is Thailand's premier beach resort and annually attracts hundreds of thousand of pleasure-seeking tourist from all over the world. Visitors can windsurf, water ski, swim, sunbath, snorkel, sail, or take trips to offshore coral islands. They can rent water scooters to explore Pattaya bay, and motorcycles and jeeps to explore neighbouring-beaches.
Pattaya boasts an incredible choice of accommodation to suit every pocket. Facilities range from air conditioned opulence to basic simplicity. Essentially, the visitor has the choice of luxury hotels with private-beaches; bayside hotels and bungalow; and "inland" economy-class hotels and guest houses.
Pattaya offers some of Thailand's choicest seafood in several specialty restaurants. Steak houses and fast-food outlets provide attractive alternatives and gourmets and gourmands alike find satisfaction in restaurants featuring French, Italian, Swiss, German, Hungarian, Scandinavian, English, Indian, Moslem, Japanese, Chinese and Thai Cuisines.
From families to individual visitors, Pattaya offers something for everyone and all the ingredients for a truly memorable holiday.
Also worth a look is close by Jomtien beach about 3 kms south. This is a rapidly developing area with emphasis on beach life rather than sleaze. There are several excellent golf courses within 15 minutes taxi ride including the 27 hole Phoenix, and the excellent Pattaya Country Club (check for sport days which include a free lunch and a round for 15 dollars) Further south (30 mins) is the Navy course near Sattahip, this is beautiful and still cheap (18 holes for 25 dollars).
Pattaya Sights
Pattaya is working very hard on cleaning up its bad reputation as a sex resort. The message is now loud and clear that such behavior is no longer acceptable and anyone foolish enough to think come and get away with is mistaken. Nevertheless Pattaya is still a party city for people looking for legal fun. It is like an a la carte menu, each visitor can choose those items that suit their taste. And there is a lot to do in Pattaya both in the daytime and at night.
Apart from the obvious choice of going to the beach to relax and swim why not try some of the entertainment park in and around the City.
Sri Racha Tiger Zoo
The Born Free Foundation has long been publicly critical of the conditions Sri Racha Tiger Zoo and the zoo is now receiving more bad press: a government official is facing serious disciplinary charges after authorising the export of 100 tigers from the zoo to a Chinese theme park (see below for links to that story). And on 1st May a teenage worker at the zoo died after being mauled by six tigers in front of more than 100 shocked tourists. "She passed away in hospital," a spokeswoman from the Sri Racha Tiger Zoo southeast of Bangkok said, declining to elaborate on the attack that more..
Phuket travel guide
Phuket province is primarily comprised of Phuket Island itself, Thailand's largest, but it also encompasses the smaller islands to the west, south, and east. Referred to in glitzy TAT brochures at the Pearl of the Andaman, the province is visited by over a third of all international visitors to Thailand in any given year. Its huge popularity has brought largely uncontrolled development to the most popular destinations over the past couple of decades and much of the main island today bears the scars of yesterday's short-sighted development.The province however is home to more than just the single island and as some of the crowds become increasingly dismayed by what they find on Phuket, they're flocking to the offshore destinations such as Ko Maiton, Ko Racha and others. For many, though, the very developed and westernised beaches that run down the western coast of Phuket are exactly what they are looking for. With over a dozen beaches and bays to choose from, you can opt for tourist and deck chair madness one day and follow it with a hidden-away bay the next.Phuket is also a rapidly-growing real estate market for those looking at retiring or at least buying a holiday home. Massive upscale development is going in all over the island and the prices are not cheap. With an international airport, top standard medical care (Phuket is the sex-change capital of Thailand) and all the western creature comforts, it is easy to see why for some, Phuket is indeed their very own Pearl of the South.
Phuket province is primarily comprised of Phuket Island itself, Thailand's largest, but it also encompasses the smaller islands to the west, south, and east. Referred to in glitzy TAT brochures at the Pearl of the Andaman, the province is visited by over a third of all international visitors to Thailand in any given year. Its huge popularity has brought largely uncontrolled development to the most popular destinations over the past couple of decades and much of the main island today bears the scars of yesterday's short-sighted development.The province however is home to more than just the single island and as some of the crowds become increasingly dismayed by what they find on Phuket, they're flocking to the offshore destinations such as Ko Maiton, Ko Racha and others. For many, though, the very developed and westernised beaches that run down the western coast of Phuket are exactly what they are looking for. With over a dozen beaches and bays to choose from, you can opt for tourist and deck chair madness one day and follow it with a hidden-away bay the next.Phuket is also a rapidly-growing real estate market for those looking at retiring or at least buying a holiday home. Massive upscale development is going in all over the island and the prices are not cheap. With an international airport, top standard medical care (Phuket is the sex-change capital of Thailand) and all the western creature comforts, it is easy to see why for some, Phuket is indeed their very own Pearl of the South.
Karon Beach travel guide
Karon Beach is one of the more exposed beaches on Phuket and in off season the water is too rough for safe swimming, especially for children. The sand is yellower and far grainier than other Phuket beaches . In season however the waters are largely calm and the beach is terrific for swimming. There is almost no shade on the beach, so bring litres of sunscreen or invest in a deckchair and umbrella.The development on Karon is far more spread out than on other Phuket beaches and even in season it is dead easy to find an empty stretch of sand. This makes it a popular beach both with families and those looking for a quiet spot. Karon has three main districts to stay in, the north, the centre and the south. The guesthouses, hotels and resorts at the northern end are clustered around the roundabout and along Patak Rd running back off the beach. Heading south on Karon Rd which runs by the beach there's a handful of low-key self-contained resorts, which are massive, but nowhere near as intrusive as they could be, till you reach Luang Pho Chuan Rd which runs back from the beach road till it hits Patak Rd. Towards the far end of Luang Pho Chuan are a bunch of budget guesthouses and cheapish hotels. Heading back south again there's a small group of mid- to upper-range resorts grouped around Karon's southern headland and back off the beach just before Karon Rd rises over the hill and enters Kata.Most of the entertainment and restaurant options are on Patak and Luang Pho Chuan Rds and, as there's just about nothing on the beach itself aside from the occasional ice-cream or fruit vendor, most people find themselves off the beach come the evening.While it doesn't have the pulsating nightlife of Patong, Karon nevertheless isn't as quiet as it may appear at first glance -- the beach is huge and come the evening the bars and restaurants sprinkled across the area do spring to life. If that still isn't enough, Karon Beach is but a walk from Kata Beach and is even connected by a regular, albeit very slow, songtheaw service.Popular with families and longer stay visitors, Karon is a good option for a low-key beach holiday on Phuket.
Patong Beach travel guide
Patong Beach was once the most beautiful on Phuket, only reachable by boat and largely untouched. Today it's a seething mass of tourism, squalor and unrestricted development, a mess of hotels, bars, restaurants, travel agents, tailor shops and touts. The beach remains attractive, but is not a scratch on what it must have originally been like. Although popular during the day, Patong really comes into its own in the evening, creating a truly ugly tapestry of the surreal, debauched and depraved. Bar upon bar upon bar lines the streets, urchins wander underfoot and streetwalkers wielding a menagerie of creatures -- gibbons, parrots and pythons -- try to extort money from tourists. Call us killjoys, but Patong is everything that tourism to Thailand should not have become. Nevertheless, thousands enjoy it. The accommodation listings here are just a sample -- there are more than 100 places to stay, many indistinguishable from the next.The beachside strip of Patong was badly hit by the2004 Asian Tsunami, with the hotels on the beach side of Thaweewong Rd suffering the brunt. Repairs and reconstruction are moving along quickly, however. The dark heart of Patong is Bangla Road, bisecting the beach road and running up as far as Rat U-Thit 200 Year Road where it pretty much gives up. This is where you'll want to spend all of your time, or as little as possible, depending on your leaning. The strip is really quite tame in the daylight -- the goblins only come out at night -- and before six in the evening you can drive on it -- one way, heading away from the beach -- but after that it's closed to vehicular traffic. Thaweewong Road is packed -- this is where you'll find Starbucks, KFC, McDonalds, and no fewer than two Subway shops -- just in case the last sandwich you ate wasn't quite filling enough and you're too embarrassed to walk into the same shop and order another. Tuk-tuk drivers on every corner aggressively offer rides to everyone who passes and numerous sois run off the road, lined with Thai shops full of overpriced goods, with hawkers and barkers every step of the way exhorting you to buy their goods. The situation is so bad a popular t-shirt on sale reads "No, I don't want a f*cking tuk-tuk, suit or massage, thank you very much".It's important to remember that more subtle operators are mixed in with the obvious barkers. If you say you're from Lithuania, and someone insists they know a Lithuanian-run gift shop just down the street, rest assured they will still lead you to a Nepali tailor shop, with nary a Lithuanian to be found. Still, many people find Patong a good bit of fun, until the point where their patience wears out, and there's certainly lots to do and see (and buy) till that happens.The further you get away from Bangla Road, the more things simmer down. The soi off Hat Patong Road to the north, where you'll find the Boomerang and the Siam Palm, is particularly quiet, though not really easy walking distance from the beach. Kepsap Road and associated sois are also a bit tamer, but again, a bit of a walk. A good option is to visit Patong on day-trips, though after six in the evening there are no more songtheaws and a tuk-tuk back to your beach will cost as much as a cheap room unless you fill it with people. The police in Patong are particularly diligent about fining people who are riding motorcycles without helmets, so don't even think about going without one (this only applies to the driver). Parking can be a huge problem here, especially in the evening. All plans for an underground parking lot were permanently scrapped after the tsunami and while there's talk of putting a park and ride system into place, it's a long way off. In the mean time, it's a good idea to park as far away from the centre of Patong and get around on foot.
Patong Beach was once the most beautiful on Phuket, only reachable by boat and largely untouched. Today it's a seething mass of tourism, squalor and unrestricted development, a mess of hotels, bars, restaurants, travel agents, tailor shops and touts. The beach remains attractive, but is not a scratch on what it must have originally been like. Although popular during the day, Patong really comes into its own in the evening, creating a truly ugly tapestry of the surreal, debauched and depraved. Bar upon bar upon bar lines the streets, urchins wander underfoot and streetwalkers wielding a menagerie of creatures -- gibbons, parrots and pythons -- try to extort money from tourists. Call us killjoys, but Patong is everything that tourism to Thailand should not have become. Nevertheless, thousands enjoy it. The accommodation listings here are just a sample -- there are more than 100 places to stay, many indistinguishable from the next.The beachside strip of Patong was badly hit by the2004 Asian Tsunami, with the hotels on the beach side of Thaweewong Rd suffering the brunt. Repairs and reconstruction are moving along quickly, however. The dark heart of Patong is Bangla Road, bisecting the beach road and running up as far as Rat U-Thit 200 Year Road where it pretty much gives up. This is where you'll want to spend all of your time, or as little as possible, depending on your leaning. The strip is really quite tame in the daylight -- the goblins only come out at night -- and before six in the evening you can drive on it -- one way, heading away from the beach -- but after that it's closed to vehicular traffic. Thaweewong Road is packed -- this is where you'll find Starbucks, KFC, McDonalds, and no fewer than two Subway shops -- just in case the last sandwich you ate wasn't quite filling enough and you're too embarrassed to walk into the same shop and order another. Tuk-tuk drivers on every corner aggressively offer rides to everyone who passes and numerous sois run off the road, lined with Thai shops full of overpriced goods, with hawkers and barkers every step of the way exhorting you to buy their goods. The situation is so bad a popular t-shirt on sale reads "No, I don't want a f*cking tuk-tuk, suit or massage, thank you very much".It's important to remember that more subtle operators are mixed in with the obvious barkers. If you say you're from Lithuania, and someone insists they know a Lithuanian-run gift shop just down the street, rest assured they will still lead you to a Nepali tailor shop, with nary a Lithuanian to be found. Still, many people find Patong a good bit of fun, until the point where their patience wears out, and there's certainly lots to do and see (and buy) till that happens.The further you get away from Bangla Road, the more things simmer down. The soi off Hat Patong Road to the north, where you'll find the Boomerang and the Siam Palm, is particularly quiet, though not really easy walking distance from the beach. Kepsap Road and associated sois are also a bit tamer, but again, a bit of a walk. A good option is to visit Patong on day-trips, though after six in the evening there are no more songtheaws and a tuk-tuk back to your beach will cost as much as a cheap room unless you fill it with people. The police in Patong are particularly diligent about fining people who are riding motorcycles without helmets, so don't even think about going without one (this only applies to the driver). Parking can be a huge problem here, especially in the evening. All plans for an underground parking lot were permanently scrapped after the tsunami and while there's talk of putting a park and ride system into place, it's a long way off. In the mean time, it's a good idea to park as far away from the centre of Patong and get around on foot.
Surin Beach travel guide
Located a few kilometers North of Kamala, Surin has one of the most beautiful beaches on Phuket Island where buildings have been kept well away from the sands thanks to a soccer field and the remnants of a golf course. All that is beachside is a cluster of seafood shacks. It's a shame some of the other beaches haven't developed in a similar manner. A large timeshare development has however gone in behind the beach, and is an absolute blight on the landscape. On the beach itself there are numerous restaurants offering Thai and Western Food day and night.During peak season from November to April the water here is a beautiful clear blue, suitable for swimming and snorkeling. The rocks at either end of the beach are particularly good for spotting some colourful reef fish including the abundant Parrot Fish. Often there is a speedboat available for banana boat rides and skiing.During low season the wave conditions can be treacherous for those not used to swimming in big waves. With rips and sudden drop offs in water depths ensures a drowning victim or more each year. For surfers though when the wind is offshore and on the right tide you can get some great beach breaks.Surin was hit by the Boxing Day Tsunami, though as the hotels are well off the beach, damage was fairly light.
Located a few kilometers North of Kamala, Surin has one of the most beautiful beaches on Phuket Island where buildings have been kept well away from the sands thanks to a soccer field and the remnants of a golf course. All that is beachside is a cluster of seafood shacks. It's a shame some of the other beaches haven't developed in a similar manner. A large timeshare development has however gone in behind the beach, and is an absolute blight on the landscape. On the beach itself there are numerous restaurants offering Thai and Western Food day and night.During peak season from November to April the water here is a beautiful clear blue, suitable for swimming and snorkeling. The rocks at either end of the beach are particularly good for spotting some colourful reef fish including the abundant Parrot Fish. Often there is a speedboat available for banana boat rides and skiing.During low season the wave conditions can be treacherous for those not used to swimming in big waves. With rips and sudden drop offs in water depths ensures a drowning victim or more each year. For surfers though when the wind is offshore and on the right tide you can get some great beach breaks.Surin was hit by the Boxing Day Tsunami, though as the hotels are well off the beach, damage was fairly light.
Surin Beach travel guide
Located a few kilometers North of Kamala, Surin has one of the most beautiful beaches on Phuket Island where buildings have been kept well away from the sands thanks to a soccer field and the remnants of a golf course. All that is beachside is a cluster of seafood shacks. It's a shame some of the other beaches haven't developed in a similar manner. A large timeshare development has however gone in behind the beach, and is an absolute blight on the landscape. On the beach itself there are numerous restaurants offering Thai and Western Food day and night.During peak season from November to April the water here is a beautiful clear blue, suitable for swimming and snorkeling. The rocks at either end of the beach are particularly good for spotting some colourful reef fish including the abundant Parrot Fish. Often there is a speedboat available for banana boat rides and skiing.During low season the wave conditions can be treacherous for those not used to swimming in big waves. With rips and sudden drop offs in water depths ensures a drowning victim or more each year. For surfers though when the wind is offshore and on the right tide you can get some great beach breaks.Surin was hit by the Boxing Day Tsunami, though as the hotels are well off the beach, damage was fairly light.
Located a few kilometers North of Kamala, Surin has one of the most beautiful beaches on Phuket Island where buildings have been kept well away from the sands thanks to a soccer field and the remnants of a golf course. All that is beachside is a cluster of seafood shacks. It's a shame some of the other beaches haven't developed in a similar manner. A large timeshare development has however gone in behind the beach, and is an absolute blight on the landscape. On the beach itself there are numerous restaurants offering Thai and Western Food day and night.During peak season from November to April the water here is a beautiful clear blue, suitable for swimming and snorkeling. The rocks at either end of the beach are particularly good for spotting some colourful reef fish including the abundant Parrot Fish. Often there is a speedboat available for banana boat rides and skiing.During low season the wave conditions can be treacherous for those not used to swimming in big waves. With rips and sudden drop offs in water depths ensures a drowning victim or more each year. For surfers though when the wind is offshore and on the right tide you can get some great beach breaks.Surin was hit by the Boxing Day Tsunami, though as the hotels are well off the beach, damage was fairly light.
Phuket Town travel guide
It would be easy to think of Phuket Town as merely a travel hub for those heading to the beaches, but unlike it's kindred city to the east, Chumphon, it's actually a great place to stay in its own right.Since most of the roads and transportation for Phuket province pass through this town in the island's southeast, you're likely to find yourself staying 'in town' more than once, but your time here needn't be wasted. From an architectural standpoint, it's one of the most interesting towns in southern Thailand, featuring some lovely Portuguese-Thai buildings, as well as a handful of great eateries and reasonably-priced hotels and guesthouses. Given that prices here are much lower than what you'd pay at the beach, many travellers find themselves hunkering down in Phuket Town just to balance their budget, and jumping on a cheap songtheaw when they need to tuck their tootsies in the Andaman.Although the town is quite sprawling, most of the stuff attractive to travellers is within the area circumscribed by Ratsada, Yaowarat, Thung Kha and Thepkasatri Roads. If you're staying in this area, it's easy enough to walk to most places, which gives you a chance to lazily observe the charming architecture. At the same time, while there are quite a few worthwhile places to visit, they're spread out across the entire area -- it's not a place where you can just wander around hoping to find a good bar or restaurant by chance. Ask around, get yourself a map, and try to know where you're headed in advance.
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