Fantastic Villa in Phuket!
Review Submitted: November 11, 2009
Date of Stay: September 2009
Just back from 3 glorious weeks at The Groves villas on the Phuket Country club. Hubby and I went – he is a golfer and I am not. He went off and chased the ball and I had the pool and villa to myself! Villa is fantastic - it’s a large 3 bed villa and it was perfect. -master bedroom and bathroom are to die for, and it was really handy having a little office with Wi-Fi, lovely finishes with an open plan kitchen that has all the equipment you would need. You can’t fault the guys that run this place – they even had a couple of beers in the fridge after our journey from Abu Dhabi. We were on our own for the first 2 weeks and the villa offered us everything we could want, we had 2 lots of friends join us for the last week and there was plenty of room. The location is good but would advise a car. The town of Kathu does not have much in it but the Groves folks put us onto the best local restaurant (Big chicken) not sure what its really called but food is fantastic – even had take out a couple of nights. Being in the middle of the island it’s a great place to explore everything. Would recommend a car though or you will miss it. Vince - who manages the property is a real character and an amazing resource for where to go and what to do. Villa is close to Patong (10 mins by car) but far enough away from the madness if it’s not your thing (not ours really but interesting for one night). Phuket is much nicer, some fantastic restaurants (Again Vince will sort you out) you must go to China Inn for lunch and there is a lovely shop there with original Burmese antiques. Some of the items in the villa re from there and are lovely and you are buying authentic products. We have tended to go the villa route in recent years mostly for the extra space and privacy they provide and the Groves was no exception, that coupled with the owners willingness to make our trip memorable is well worth recommending it to our friends. Oh and the golf – villa owners will get you discounts, just don’t know if it will help your game! All in all I would totally recommend The Groves, if you are not a golfer don’t be put off it’s a fantastic trendy Thai villa in a brilliant location.
Julie and Jack, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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