{"id":7241,"date":"2018-04-17T09:28:10","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T09:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.santhiya.com\/kohyaoyai\/?page_id=7241"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:21:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T07:21:49","slug":"santhiya-a-sublime-confluence-of-natural-manmade-luxury-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.santhiya.com\/kohyaoyai\/santhiya-a-sublime-confluence-of-natural-manmade-luxury-2\/","title":{"rendered":"PHUKET IS HEAVEN ON EARTH"},"content":{"rendered":"

We absolutely love Phuket. It\u2019s where we went for our honeymoon and it\u2019s where we keep returning to because life doesn\u2019t get much better than when you\u2019ve got cheap, delicious food all around you, cheap awesome legit Thai massages where you don\u2019t need to worry about dodgy \u201cservices\u201d and also relatively cheap incredible resorts to chill out at. Each time we\u2019ve been, we love it there.<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re after an affordable and super relaxing holiday, Thailand should be up there on your list. Don\u2019t get us wrong though, Phuket isn\u2019t all glorious beauty everywhere. In fact, some places look really quite bad and dirty. Often these amazing resorts are nestled in surroundings that don\u2019t match its prestige and when you step out it\u2019s like going into a totally different world. But don\u2019t worry, all that yummy food that\u2019s pretty much everywhere makes up for that easily.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve got some dollars to splash or a group of mates to split costs with, we highly recommend staying at Santhiya in Koh Yao Yai and get the Royal Grand Pool Villa Suite. Santhiya is a resort on an island a short boat ride away from Phuket. You get to enjoy that wonderful resort life without the concrete jungles \u2013 because you\u2019re basically in an actual jungle! We managed to score this amazing place for about $130 NZD per person just by going in an off peak season.<\/p>\n

The place is so huge that to travel around you hop on one of their 24\/7 buggies (it\u2019ll give you Jurassic Park vibes) to get from one place to another. And the view? Para<\/p>\n

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\"\"They have everything you would expect of a resort in Thailand \u2013 just extra grand.<\/p>\n

From their own professional beauty spa where you can get a variety of relaxing massage and spa treatments\u2026<\/p>\n

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\u2026 to a bunch of really good restaurants for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The buffet ones are so good. There\u2019s a few scattered around the island resort so you get awesome views and different experiences. Like a stunning morning ocean view, or dinner by the resort\u2019s very own private beach with live music and entertainment.<\/p>\n

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This place even has their own library, gym and kick boxing classes if you feel like something fun and recreational.<\/p>\n

\"\"Perhaps one of the most fun and awesome things to do though, is rent a scooter and go explore the island. There\u2019s a couple of scooter hire places just down the beach. They\u2019re pretty relaxed with rules here shall we say, so don\u2019t worry about supplying any passports when renting your bikes (in fact, just don\u2019t). We spent a good few hours driving around, passing the locals and also stopping off for food and taking in the sights.<\/p>\n

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The staff at Santhiya are also really helpful. They can organise a much cheaper local boat ride back to the main island of Phuket on the day you leave. Just organise it earlier with them and be prepared to wake up very early. If you\u2019re not a morning person, the really pretty sunrise views and way cheaper boat ride back will help to make up for it.<\/p>\n

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I could probably write about Phuket forever and this post ended up mostly about Koh Yao Yai and Santhiya but it\u2019s just such an awesome place that it needs to be given a good feature. I\u2019ll post more on other parts in Phuket later, so stay tuned for those!<\/p>\n

We\u2019re also planning on making a video about our holidays in Phuket as there\u2019s just so much we\u2019d love to share. But in the mean time, please remember to subscribe to our YouTube channel<\/a> and click the bell to get notified each time we upload a new video. Thanks for your support and if you love Thailand as much as we do, let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Review by: Peter and Yen (https:\/\/peterandyen.com\/2017\/11\/20\/phuket\/)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We absolutely love Phuket. It\u2019s where we went for our honeymoon and it\u2019s where we keep returning to because life doesn\u2019t get much better than when you\u2019ve got cheap, delicious food all around you, cheap awesome legit Thai massages where you don\u2019t need to worry about dodgy \u201cservices\u201d and also relatively cheap incredible resorts to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7249,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.santhiya.com\/kohyaoyai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7241"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.santhiya.com\/kohyaoyai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.santhiya.com\/kohyaoyai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.santhiya.com\/kohyaoyai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.santhiya.com\/kohyaoyai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7241"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.santhiya.com\/kohyaoyai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20345,"href":"https:\/\/www.santhiya.com\/kohyaoyai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7241\/revisions\/20345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.santhiya.com\/kohyaoyai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.santhiya.com\/kohyaoyai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}