Do I even have to mention that we were utterly impressed by the services the Pavilions offer to their customers? And that, even though we roam around Thailand high and low and we know Phuket by heart, here we felt like everything revolved around us (we were obviously not the only customers of the resort 🙂 ) and that we were then, during our stay the most important guests of all time?
HOW TO GET THERE
From the international airport in Phuket (HKT) it’s a 20-minute drive and you already know the story: you can choose between personal or private transport, depending on your preference.
ABOUT THE RESORT
The people at Pavilions proud themselves for being located on the tallest peak of Phuket and from here they gaze grandly over the Andaman sea. What can we say? We haven’t measured it but the view is definitely beautiful. 🙂 From here to the Layan beach and the Sirinat National Park you can easily get in a few minutes with the free shuttle the resort offers. You get to Patong in 40 minutes, while Phuket Town is 45 minutes away
Each of the resorts 49 villas have its own pool and we solemnly swear that both the villa and the pool are some of the biggest we’ve seen so far. (310 square meters)
The resort offers 2 restaurant recommendations based on the “extras” you get and a sky bar that offers a 360 view over the entire region. An awarded SPA is at your discretion for the most innovative massages, you have a gym and an open pool next to the Firefly restaurant of which will tell you shortly 🙂
WHERE TO EAT
We’re jumping straight to what we’re the most interested, can you tell? All jokes aside, we did it because we want to talk to you about the Plantation restaurant, a tribute to Thai cuisine (it doesn’t get more delicious than this), supplied with local ingredients from their own garden and accompanied, if you needed more, by an incredible sunset. The restaurant is in the run for a Michelin star and we can only wish them good luck because they certainly deserve it. 🙂
The Firefly restaurant is for the Mediterranean and Thai cuisine lovers, located beside a pool which, SURPRISE, is lighted at night by thousands of tiny colors as the name suggests 🙂 We went there both for lunch and dinner and we have to admit we don’t know for which to recommend it first. Taking into account that they serve breakfast as well, you can alternate between Plantation and Firefly and choose Plantation for the sunset dinner and Firefly for lunch since it’s by the pool 🙂
If you choose to sunbathe in public, here’s how the open pool looks like:
The 360 Bar is situated on the highest peak of the resort and it’s open after 5 pm up until almost midnight. Aside from their signature cocktails they also serve tapas and an exquisite sunset 🙂
WHAT TO DO
We have to mention that the resort doesn’t offer a lot of activities (that’s because it is focused more on the relaxation part, being the preferred choice of couples without children) therefore, after the SPA, fitness or yoga classes you have the possibility of relaxing on the beaches surrounding the resort (Layan or Bang Tao) or, why not, go back and recover from Patong’s agitated nightlife.
A “floating breakfast” awaits for you in the morning and maybe around noon, you can get a massage in your villa, perhaps? (that’s what we did:) )
The resort can be visited by external guests as well and the official website supplies a form for you to make a reservation for a romantic dinner. You’re welcome 🙂
Wonderful photos, wonderful sunsets captured.You have just reopened my appetite for thai food by posting those photos with food.
I think it’s a great idea that they accept external guests as I have found in my journeys a lot of beautiful resorts that I would have liked to visit but they were closed to people who were not accomodated there.
Hello, Miha, thank you for all your kind words. Yes, i zlso found it very nice that they accept outside guests. I hope other nice resorts will implement that in the near future.