Phuket.com Magazine

February 2008 - Romance in Phuket

Romantic Phuket's sunset

Can you find a more romantic place than Phuket? With its pristine beaches, fiery sunsets, nodding coconut palms, friendly smiling faces and out-of-this-world dining facilities, the romance factor is never lower than 110% here.

In this issue we've turned up the heat and stoked the fires of romance by covering the best romantic hotels with reviews of gorgeous pool villa resort SALA Phuket, as well as a write up on the brand-new and sensational Six Senses Hideaway in Koh Yao Noi – an island off the east coast of Phuket.

As for romantic restaurants we visited the idyllic Mom Tri's Kitchen Royale in Kata Noi and the suave Sam's Steaks & Grill in Patong. What's the most romantic resort in Phuket? The most luxurious? What's the best beach resort? Find out in our Top Ten Best List in this February issue of Phuket.com'.

The Editor
editor@phuket.com

SALA Phuket Resort

The first surprise that awaits you when arriving at the 79-villa SALA Phuket and Spa is its alternative design. A spacious and shallow water pool with a pebbledash bottom accompanies the black-tiled walkway into the reception...
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Six Senses Hideaway Yao Noi

For the ultimate in luxurious pampering in a setting that puts you at one with nature, an escape to this stunning 'resort' located some 30 minutes from Phuket by speedboat will be just the tonic.
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Top 10 Lists of Phuket Hotels

Phuket, Thailand, February 2008: Three Top 10 Phuket Hotel lists of winners for 2008 have been announced by Phuket.com, Southeast Asia’s leading online hotel and travel booking service, Phuket.com. More categories will follow as the judges make their decisions. Read more...

Romance in Phuket

For many people Phuket is an island of love. Every year hundreds of couples get married on Phuket's beaches and thousands of couples honeymoon on the island.

Many tourists who are free and single when they arrive meet someone special while they're here.

Phuket.com talked to two couples who keep a special place in their hearts for the island.

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Sam's Steaks & Grill and Mom Tri's Kitchen

In this, our romantic issue, let's go and dine in two plum locations: Mom Tri's Kitchen Royale in Kata, and Sam's Steaks and Grill in Patong. If you're a red-blooded romantic either of these fabulous restaurants will set your pulse racing as both feature fabulous wine lists and top cuisine. Mom Tri's Kitchen Royale has the looks, Sam's has the muscle; both absolutely necessary factors in a successful romance. It's up to you to decide... Read more...

Romantic Sunset Cruise

What if you could take Phuket's most romantic aspects, weave them all together and set sail with them? The result, I'm sure you can imagine, would be something close to sensational. Happily enough this is a dream that is possible to attain.Sunset, romance, good food, wine and adventure; they're all here on the Ayodhaya dinner sunset cruise. Read more...

Romantic Snorkeling Tour

Our Phuket Romantic Snorkeling Trip promises to be a day of love in the sun and personally, I'm totally looking forward to swim among tropical fish with my wife Suzie, as she's never done it before. Roll on the clown fish! Bring on the coral! We're more than ready for it.
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A Spa Experience for Two

It's been four years now that Body & Mind day spas have been operating in Phuket and the prospect of an afternoon being pampered by professionals at one was too much to resist for my wife and I.
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Far Away But So Close Art exhibition

The work of two highly regarded Thai artists is currently on show at the Vichen Gallery. Pairoj Wangbon produces striking abstract paintings which, he explains, are a presentation of opposites, of the rules of balance in Nature, of the interdependent forces of support and destruction required for true balance.
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Wotif buys Asia Web Direct

Australia-based Wotif.com Holdings Limited (Wotif), a leading online travel distribution company, has bought Asia Web Direct (HK) Ltd (AWD), it was announced on February 4.

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