HOLIDAYS, Sanya, Uncategorized SANYA: THE BANYAN TREE RESORT 24 March 2010

I squawked with delight when we stepped into our Banyan Tree villa. I know I’m easily excited and easily impressed, but I just LOVED the villa! It was very very much like our Shangri-La villa during our Maldives honeymoon.. except obviously not actually sitting above the ocean. The layout and prettiness of it, though, was quite similiar. I can see why the Banyan Tree has such a good reputation – their attention to detail is impressive, not to mention their spectacular service. Everything that we wanted was provided for, and we were left with nothing to do but to kick back and relax.

The villa was really, really big. Hard to show in the photos, but it just felt like being in a house. The ceilings were really high, and the lighting and sound system was fantastic. I was particularly impressed with their air-conditioning system, which let out cool air but didn’t blast it out. I’m very particular about air conditioning because I hate feeling the air on me, and I hate dry air. For some reason, theirs was spot-on perfect.

During the day, we simply turned off the air conditioner, and threw open the big glass doors. Because directly outside the bedroom, you step into the private pool. I LOVED that! So fun leaping from the bed into the pool πŸ˜› And this is where we stayed the entire time… with a villa like this, we figured there’s no need to actually go out onto the streets of Sanya and explore the city πŸ˜›


A selection of coffees and also teapots with assorted tea leaves!!! Ahhhhh!

Why don’t ALL hotels/resorts have this? It was so cute!

The bedroom with it’s massive bed

And a really high ceiling with skylights. I loved this.

Overlooking the private pool

Open those glass sliding doors and you can hop from the bed, into the pool πŸ˜‰

The room gets really, really romantic at night.. with surround sound mood music.

His and Hers slippers. Loved ’em as hotel slippers are always too big for me.

Burning essential oils and also incense sticks

Big bathroom with His and Hers sinks

Open the glass sliding doors and you step out into the open-air bath!

The bathtub ‘floats’ in a pond with lilies and makes
an insanely romantic evening bath under the stars.. *swoon*

Cute pottery holders for shampoo/conditioner/bath gel and a freakin’ fantastic
rain shower (not pictured cos it was too high up) with pebbles all over the floor.

The dressing room area, with a naked Chris hiding from my camera πŸ˜›

A glimpse of our private pool at night. Deckchairs are on the left (in the dark)
and the day bed (all lit up)…. Romantic night-time skinny dipping, anyone? πŸ˜‰

That concludes your tour of the Banyan Tree villa. Thank you and goodbye πŸ˜€


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Rose Petals

Wow!

What a heart made of rose petals. Awesome!!!
Is it your husband’s work?

Re: Rose Petals

Hee nah, the staff did that for us. Btw your site is absolutely fantastic, I love it!! Makes a really interesting read too, cos I don’t have many/any local Chinese girl friends..

Rose Petals

Wow!

What a heart made of rose petals. Awesome!!!
Is it your husband’s work?

Re: Rose Petals

Hee nah, the staff did that for us. Btw your site is absolutely fantastic, I love it!! Makes a really interesting read too, cos I don’t have many/any local Chinese girl friends..

Gorgeous resort! And actually I think it’s pretty well priced compared to a lot of other private pool villas. I so need to go on another beach holiday. :p

Haha I think I’m stingier than you then πŸ˜‰ You guys can go for your anniversary.. so many Banyan Trees in Asia!

No no not about being stingy. I mean I do think that USD$500 is a lot to pay per night. Just that from my research on resort prices, most private villas that size would cost close to USD 1K or over that. I guess maybe China prices are less crazy compared to other more popular resort places like Bali and Phuket? And man there are just too many beach resorts that I want to go to. What I’d really want to do though is to go back to the Maldives but it’s just so darn expensive. πŸ™

Gorgeous resort! And actually I think it’s pretty well priced compared to a lot of other private pool villas. I so need to go on another beach holiday. :p

Haha I think I’m stingier than you then πŸ˜‰ You guys can go for your anniversary.. so many Banyan Trees in Asia!

No no not about being stingy. I mean I do think that USD$500 is a lot to pay per night. Just that from my research on resort prices, most private villas that size would cost close to USD 1K or over that. I guess maybe China prices are less crazy compared to other more popular resort places like Bali and Phuket? And man there are just too many beach resorts that I want to go to. What I’d really want to do though is to go back to the Maldives but it’s just so darn expensive. πŸ™

So here is my opinion of the villa:

I wanna LIVE in a house like this (of course with a couple of maids to do the cleaning :P)

It’s gorgeous! I love the high ceilings!!!!!

OMG that tub was crazy!!! and the sinks too. Id love sinks like that forever πŸ™‚ But everything was so great, at night the pool that must have been so relaxing!

So here is my opinion of the villa:

I wanna LIVE in a house like this (of course with a couple of maids to do the cleaning :P)

It’s gorgeous! I love the high ceilings!!!!!

I am big fan of BT… we stayed at their Mayakoba Resort in Mexico for the Honeymoon. One of these days I’ll get around to posting pics πŸ™‚

Thinking of doing BT Lijiang and Ringha for my birthday in May *fingers crossed*

Ooo I’d love to see your pics, I bet it’s even nicer!

Hehe I’m thinking of Lijiang too and staying at Banyan Tree there πŸ™‚

OMG that tub was crazy!!! and the sinks too. Id love sinks like that forever πŸ™‚ But everything was so great, at night the pool that must have been so relaxing!

I am big fan of BT… we stayed at their Mayakoba Resort in Mexico for the Honeymoon. One of these days I’ll get around to posting pics πŸ™‚

Thinking of doing BT Lijiang and Ringha for my birthday in May *fingers crossed*

Ooo I’d love to see your pics, I bet it’s even nicer!

Hehe I’m thinking of Lijiang too and staying at Banyan Tree there πŸ™‚