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All Around The Anantara Resort in Seminyak, Bali (Plus Pool Porn!)
We noticed it right away: security is tight at the Anantara Resort in Seminyak, Bali, but of course that's the case around the island. The security stood out here, however, because the hotel occupies what is possibly the best position right on the beach and naturally people want to check it out. To gain the coveted access you've got to be a guest, and for two glorious nights recently we were.
As we said yesterday in our video tour, all rooms here are suites—59 suites and 1 penthouse, with nightly rates starting around $450. So what'd'ya get for that? Flip through the photo galleries to see everything...
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Inside an Ocean View Suite at The Anantara Seminyak, Bali
Having just returned from the Indonesian exotic paradise island that is Bali, we are not only tan, but tapped out. It'd be so sad to come all the way here—a 16-hour flight from New York, plus a layover in Hong Kong, plus another 5-hour flight—to have to stay in a hotel less than breathtaking. So yeah, we went all out.
This week we'll be sharing peeks into the hotels we chose for our Bali sojourn. First up: the Anantara Resort and Spa, which sits right on Seminyak Beach, an area famed for its sunsets, its surfing and its superior resorts.
At this Anantara, even the lowest category of room is a suite, with a sitting area, balcony (with outdoor bathtub!), massive bathroom and so many little extras that we couldn't even manage to take all the soap bars (Lemongrass and Ginger or Ylang-Ylang Patchouli, yes there are several varieties of soap).
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Where the Name of the Game is Hotel Infinity Pools
Memorial Day is almost here, but if you're in the eastern United States, you've probably already noticed the arrival of higher-than-average temperatures and days streaked with the sun's rays. If you were in Bali, Indonesia however, that would be pretty much everyday, and your hotel's front yard would look a little something like this.
The name of the game on Bali is infinity pools, ideally spilling out not too far from the breaking surf. This pool, at the Anantara Resort on Seminyak Beach, ticks all the boxes.
Drooling yet? This is just a tease, as next week—before you scamper off to Memorial Day fun—we'll have full photos galleries of this pool, this resort, and a whole slew more on Bali.
[Photo: HotelChatter]
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A Look at The Hotel Temples of Bali
COMO Shambhala Estate - Ubud
Traveling the world doesn't mean that your faith needs to have the out-of-office autoreply. Last year we showed you the hotel temples of Thailand. Now, we bring you the religious corners of the hotels we visited in Bali.
Bali, unlike other islands in Indonesia, is predominantly Hindu in faith and each hotel and resort in Bali has it's own temple to pay respect to gods. On our recent trip to the tropical island we took note of the prominently placed temples at our accomodation.
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A Bathtub Surprise Only a Hotel Geek Could Love
Warning: for serious hotel geeks only!
Step into a suite (they're all suites) at the Anantara Resort and Spa Seminyak, Bali as we did last week, and you'll notice the seamless smooth stone walls, the huge sitting area, the view to the ocean, the fresh passionfruit on the coffeetable...but in the bathroom it's a coffeetable of another sort—a coffeetable book.
On the bath tray above a deep soaking tub sits a coffeetable book titled Overnight Sensations. The bath oil and bath salt also on the tray are things you'd expect to see in a bathroom, but this giant book? What if it gets wet? No matter—it's a whole tome that addresses hotel design details such as this very thing; the book features other stunning properties around the world, perhaps the better to help you plan your next stay from the comfort of this one. And they're not all Anantaras either—they're any property worth profiling and we love it.
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Inside the Newest Anantara Hotel: The Anantara Riverside Bangkok
The hotel's Longtail Bar on its private dock
While Thailand was flooding these past few months, a hotel right on the river in Bangkok was busy renovating and changing brands. Luckily the new Anantara Riverside (formerly the Marriott Riverside) wasn't effected by the high waters and now that the country is drying off, they're ready to welcome the return glut of travelers.
Until the end of April 2012, they're offering rooms from 3,888 THB ($125 USD) per night; it's the Journey Begins package, which includes a room upgrade, breakfast, internet and discounts on the spa and further dining.
During a recent trip to Thailand at the very start of the flooding, we spent two nights at the Anantara Riverside and found that wasn't near sufficient to both explore Bangkok and enjoy the hotel's amenities. This is a place for a long weekend, a return visitor to Bangkok, or really anything more than a quickie of two days.
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As Bangkok Dries Off, a Hotel Renovates and Relaunches
Check out that pool. Would you believe that it's just outside the very middle of the bustling metropolis that is Bangkok, Thailand? Now that the city is drying off after catastrophic flooding, it's time to head back and luckily there's a new hotel to make things interesting.
Well, actually it's an old hotel. But it's a new hotel too! You see, the Marriott Riverside Bangkok has been renovated, revamped and relaunched as the Anantara Riverside.
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The Hotel Pools of Phuket: Private Villas Mean Private Pools at the Anantara
Sometimes you just don't want to share a hotel pool with other guests. Perhaps you want to skinnydip, or meditate, or have family time, or just float in the middle of the pool and completely, utterly zone out. Whatever your reasons, we get it. So does the Anantara Phuket Villas, because each of their 83 villas comes complete with its own private pool, plus deck with loungers, a traditional Thai Sala, outdoor shower and giant sunken bathtub.
Guests can easily spend the majority of a weeklong vacation here lost in the luxuries of their private abode—heck, there are even rose petals and salts provided for the fancy bathtub—but for the rest of the time, there's always the three main pools.
Here's the cool thing. There's only one suite at the Anantara Phuket; it's the two-bedroom Similan Suite and it boasts a larger pool than all the rest, obviously, but the 82 other villas are mostly the same save for a choice of blue or green pool tiling. It makes it kinda difficult to get jealous of your villas neighbors.
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The Hotel Pools of Phuket: Lounging and Lingering at the Anantara Villas
If you love swimming, if you want to spend your vacation alternating between lounging in a pool and lounging next to a pool, and especially if you're a huge hotel pool geek like us, you'll want to add the three pools of the Anantara Phuket Villas to your bucketlist.
First off, it's extremely important to know that every single villa—all 83 of them—have their own private pools. If you're sleeping here, you've got a pool just outside your bedroom. There's no way around it. Second off, that means that the main pools out near the beach (the ones featured here) are blessedly calm and never packed. Guests come out to these pools to socialize, to get a drink, to enjoy the breeze and the Andaman Sea view, and to do serious tanning.
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Inside the Anantara Bangkok Sathorn
If there is one easy way to get someone—ah hem, a hotel geek, ideally—to think about a trip to Bangkok, Thailand, it's by listing some of the room rates for the city's four- and five-star hotels. They are low three digits, or, in some nice cases, even two digits, like at the Anantara Bangkok Sathorn where a deluxe regularly goes for $98 per night, and you have a small apartment with two balconies overlooking the city.
This is not your typical Anantara; it's business-focused, and situated just off the pulsating vein (and sometimes clogged artery, if it's rush hour) that is Sathorn Road. We were only at this hotel for a sleep-and-dash, so although we can't say anything about the pool (which it has) and restaurants (which it has), we can say that the deluxe room layout is generous, with separate living, dining and sleeping areas plus a commodious restroom.
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You Know You're at a Thailand Hotel When...
You're arriving to a hotel. What is the first thing you notice on the property? Probably the hotel's sign or maybe a grand porte cochere, right? In most cases, sure, but not in Thailand. Pull up to any hotel—or for that matter, house, restaurant, gas station—and instead you're greeted by mini temples, shrines to the spirits of the land and to the gods.
These temples, called ศาล พระภูมิ, may be mini but the design, care and devotions to them are elaborate affairs. Everything from bottles to water to strands of fresh flowers and fruit are offered to the spirits, and though every hotel has one or two, they aren't exactly part of the grand tour; the shrines are a Thai custom, as commonplace to the locals as windchimes are to us, though the shrines are obviously deserving of greater reverence.
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Book A Last Minute Tropical Vacay, Get A Night Free With Anantara
The new Anantara Kihavah Villas. It's calling you.
Free nights? Just what we like to hear, especially if it’s somewhere idyllic. This time it’s Anantara doing the honors, offering a free night at all 15 of its properties in Thailand, Indonesia, the Maldives and the UAE.
There’s a catch, of course – there always is. You need to hop on it quick because it’s only valid for stays before April 15, and you have to pay for a certain number of nights before you qualify for a free one. How many depends on the individual hotel, but it runs from buy two nights, get a third free (at the Anantara Bangkok Sathorn and its two resorts in Abu Dhabi) to buy six and get a seventh free at Anantara Dhigu Maldives. Even the brand new Anantara Kihavah Villas in the Maldives, which we already declared sex on a stick, is offering a four for three deal.
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