The beautiful beaches of Vietnam offer some of the world’s most prime locations for luxury hotels and resorts. Many of the world’s top chains are represented with an amazing oceanside location in Vietnam. The competition for the top three luxury beach hotels is intense and in many ways merely a matter of the individual preference of the discerning traveler. Here are three of Vietnam’s very best beach resort hotels for your consideration.
1. The Amanoi Hotel and Resort
The Amanoi Hotel and Resort is believed by many to be the top luxury hotel in not just Vietnam but in the entire world. It is rated the number one hotel in the world’s top rated luxury hotel chain, Aman Resorts.
You will arrive at the Amanoi’s striking entrance after a comfortable 75 minute, 55 km, drive south of Cam Ranh International Airport. The Amanoi is set on the rugged coastline of Vietnam’s Nui Chua National Park about 100kms south of Nha Trang City. It sits on a south facing hillside overlooking the Vietnam Sea’s Vinh Hy Bay.
The impressive check-in alone is worth the price of admission. Truly a one of a kind not to be forgotten experience. Just being in Amanoi’s lobby is like standing in a temple or cathedral. The Central Pavillon exudes contemporary elegance featuring the Aman Resort chain’s signature minimalist style. The traditional Vietnamese influence of a communal hall show cases the surrounding, centuries old, antique Vietnamese sculptures exhibited in the Central Pavilion.
The 31 individual standalone villas and five residences consist of several different accommodation categories from which to choose. The mountain, lake and pool villas offer their individual and unique serene and calming views. The beautiful ocean pavilions are located on the hillside affording the occupants expansive and stunning ocean views.
Each accommodation is large and elegant. Lofty ceilings featuring exposed beams, timber flooring and neutral fabrics contribute to the Amanoi’s serenity making you feel as though you truly have arrived.
The private beach club with infinity pool is situated on a golden strip of sand only a short ten minute buggy ride from the Central Pavilion. Here you can enjoy a complete range of water activities available to guests. There are also kayaks and Hobie Cats, perfect for exploring the caves and inlets, surrounding the local shoreline. The club offers a wonderful restaurant for your dining pleasure.
There are two amazing restaurants, both located in the Central Pavilion, offering the diner award winning cuisine. They showcase their individual style so as to make each dining experience uniquely individual.
Prices for the standard double room range between $750 and $1200 per night depending on the time of year.
2. The Four Seasons Nam Hai
When first ascending the cascading flight of stairs to the Four Seasons lobby you know for sure that you are in a very special place. Once inside, the spectacular view is of three cascading infinity pools, framed by two rows of palm trees, leading to a turquoise blue ocean and radiant white sands. This is merely an welcomed prelude to the hedonistic pleasures awaiting the new arrivals.
The property includes 100 luxury accommodations. Each has an outside shower and a patio all facing either a beautiful lush garden or the sparkling ocean.
The entry level rooms are amazing. The large oversized rooms are focused around a raised central bed enclosed in a diaphanous turned down silk cover. Nothing has been forgotten as every feature and appointment of luxury living is made available to each quests.
In addition, there are several upgraded villa rooms featuring a separate living and dining pavilion with butler service and a private heated swimming pool. There is a selection of these spectacular upgrades of up to five bedrooms for the customer matching their desires.
Flanking the central lobby space are the resorts two restaurants. Your delicious buffet breakfast awaits you each morning in the Café Nam Hai. Offering both lunch and dinner is the award winning La Sen restaurant. One night a week the restaurant is transformed into an original theme, offering special unique items in addition to the regular menu.
The hotel is a short ten-minute-shuttle ride to the UNESCO World Heritage site of the magical city of Hoi An. The city is world famous for its ancient well preserved architecture and beautiful original home-made-lanterns. Visitors to the Four Seasons usually visit Hoi An a number of times during their stay and make at least one visit in the evening to witness the floating lights display.
The pricing for the double standard room begins at $850 per night and go up from there depending on the season of the visit.
3. Six Senses Ninh Van Bay
Built with a rustic fishing village theme in mind, Six Senses is isolated on a crescent shaped bay, reachable only by boat. When you see it for the first time you say to yourself “I see that there really is a place called paradise.” Your mood is trans fixed the moment you arrive at this magical beach on Vinh Van Bay.
It will only get better from this point forward. You feel as though you’re on a tropical island except you’re really on the mainland with no road access to the outside world. You have just escaped from the reality of the outside world.
All of the 68 villas are perfectly situated in an eco-friendly setting looking out over this amazingly beautiful bay on the East Vietnam Sea. Only a few of the original trees were removed when constructing the villas so that the natural setting of trees, shrubs and boulders blends together with the villas in a way that makes it feel as though they were always here together. The villas were strategically located between large rocks and trees giving the setting a natural feel of uncommon serenity.
Hill Top Pool Villas feature plunge pools facing the mountain ranges of Nha Trang while providing sweeping views of the East Vietnam Sea. The elevated bedroom with a walk-in closet is an “open plan” featuring natural woods and fabrics and an en-suite bathroom with separate his and her vanities focused around a beautifully handcrafted wooden bath tub. Insuring total privacy, these villas are strategically located on the mountain side above the resort which are assessable only by two private paths and stairs conveniently leading from the hotel lobby.
The Beach Front Pool Villas are constructed of all natural and sustainably sourced materials which provide generous personal space with their own private plunge pool and direct access to the beach. The villas blend with the surrounding boulders in such a way that makes you feel as though they were added during construction. The villas also include separate sleeping and living areas, with an en-suite bathroom plus two thickly cushioned teak day beds, separate vanities and a beautifully crafted wooden bath tub.
Each villa has it’s own mini wine cellar featuring a great selection for your immediate enjoyment.
Dining at Six Senses does not disappoint. There are three separate restaurants to meet your dining needs. Beginning with an Asian-Western breakfast served looking over the bay at the main restaurant, “Dining at the Bay”. Then for lunch and dinner you may dine here or in the “Dining by the Rocks” restaurant or for a romantic special dinner you can choose to dine in the “Wine Cave” enjoying ambient light and cozy atmosphere set in this unique hillside rock cavern.
In addition you have the option of picking your own private spot on the beach or wherever you choose and be served items off the menu of the main restaurant. And of course you may decide to dine in your own villa when you like.
Pricing for the standard double room per night begins at $648-$759 per night depending on the date of your visit.
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