Rawai Palm Beach Resort - SHA Extra Plus

The hotel is located in the south of the island, a good starting point for the islands. It has a very nice, good-looking swimming pool, grade 10. The rooms are large, we had a room with 3 beds for children and parents. They have rooms on the ground floor, from which you can go directly to your own pool. Fresh, delicious breakfast with European but also Thai specific influences.

Breakfast was nice and our swim out room was lovely

The private swim out pool was excelleny

Pool area:The pool area is beautiful and spacious, with a pool bar that serves smoothies, ice cream, and drinks to guests both in and out of the water. Unfortunately, as is often the case, there are too few sun loungers and, above all, too few sun umbrellas. Some of the sun umbrellas and loungers are also broken or very worn. Around the hotel area, there are several ponds with 50 cm large (koi?) fish. Breakfast: Breakfast is served on a large covered terrace. The selection is not huge, but most of what you might want is available. I didn’t find the coffee tasty, but that’s a matter of preference. Reception: We were initially offered two ground-floor rooms, but they had no good seating areas outside, so we switched to rooms with a balcony. This was done without any problems, and the staff was very friendly. Both check-in and check-out went smoothly. We also received great help in booking excursions. Room: The beds were (as everywhere in Thailand) quite firm. The room had plenty of power outlets that worked with European plugs. We had two connecting rooms and kept the door open since the children stayed in one of them. However, the air conditioning units counteracted each other, making one room constantly freezing and the other very warm. This would probably have worked much better with the connecting door closed. The bathroom had a floor-to-ceiling window facing the bedroom. The roller blind covering the window had gaps of several cm, so there was quite a bit of visibility into the toilet and shower. The bathroom lacked any hooks for hanging towels or clothes—there wasn’t a single hook in the room or hallway either. Surroundings: Rawai Beach is a bit dirty and not suitable for swimming. Take a transfer to one of the other beaches instead! There is a 7-Eleven nearby and a large supermarket 800 meters away. Stores in Thailand do not sell alcohol in the afternoons (good to know). The restaurants Vida Nova and Costa Grill 200m away are excellent!

Spacious room and pools