Issue May 2017

Vana Nava Water Park
Mrigadayavan Palace
An unforgettable stay at Baan Laksasubha Resort
Morning: Enjoy life on Hua Hin’s
beach. Take a long and quiet walk by
the sea.
Day 1 :
Afternoon: Visit Mrigadayavan Palace.
This stunning summer palace
was built for Rama VI in the 1920s.
Tour the gardens and take a peek inside this royal
site. Back to your hotel, swim a few laps in the pool
then dress for your first evening in town.
Evening: taste delicious seafood in one of the many
restaurants along Naresdamri Road (with sea view,
close to Hilton Hotel) or at L Restaurant, in Baan
Laksasubha Resort (by the sea). Later in the evening,
visit Hua Hin’s Night Bazaar for some great desserts
and maybe a relaxing foot massage.
Morning: after breakfast, head to
Rajabhakti Park, an historically
themed park honouring past Thai
Day 2 :
kings from the Sukhothai period to
the current royal house of Chakri.
Each statue is made of bronze and
measures about 14 meters high. A visit will take less
than one hour and after that, if you have children,
your next stop is Vana Nava Water Park.
Vana Nava is an exotic tropical environment with
amazing slides, rides and an incredible choice of 19
attractions including Abyss, the largest water slide in
Thailand, Freefall, Aqualoop, Inner-Tube, Boomerang
as well as a surf zone, rope courses and a climbing
wall. Check out their website for online bookings with
special rates www.vananavahuahin.com
Adults without children may prefer a peaceful day
fishing at Greenfield Valley Fishing and Cottage
Resort. One of Thailand’s most beautiful fishing
resorts, it is an anglers paradise, with lakes full of
large fish from Asia and the Amazon.
Late Afternoon: on the way back to your hotel, stop
for some shopping at Bluport. This newly opened mall
boasts over 500 stores in fashion, beauty, lifestyle
and IT. If you would prefer to put your feet up, why
not spoil yourself a litle more with an amazing spa
package at Refresh Spa (Pechkasem Rd, Hua Hin
soi 55).
Evening: enjoy a cocktail and watch the sunset from
the rooftop Lotus Sky Bar, situated on the 22nd floor
of the Hilton Hotel. Later, dine in style at Prime Steak
Restaurant, only forty meters down from the Hilton
Hotel. Prime’s menu offers a variety of delicious
European dishes, including imported beef and fish,
pasta, salads, desserts and the highest quality whiskey,
cognac and champagne. Don’t miss tasting the
wagyu rib eye, the cod fish or Norway steak salmon.
Take a tour to Sam Roi Yot National
Park (buy at your hotel’s reception).
Your English speaking guide will pick
Day 3 :
you up and drive you to the beautiful
national park of Sam Roi Yot, some
63 kilometres south of Hua Hin.
Your journey will start at a pineaple plantation, then
continues to a coconut farm where you will see
a trained monkey picking coconuts from palms.
You will then drive to Bang-Pu fishing village from
where a boat awaits to take you out to the open sea.
After 20 minutes you will reach a beautiful stretch of
beach below Tham Phraya Nakhon Cave. The cave
has a gaping through which a shaft of light reaches
and permits the growth of various kinds of plants.
Phra Thi Nang Khuka Kharuhat, a Thai style pavilion,
provides the most attractive view to the cave and has
become the symbol of Prachuap Khiri Khan. It is a
four-porched building first constructed in Bangkok in
1890 during the reign of King Rama V, then dismantled
and moved to the cave where it was reconstructed.
Its gable tops were raised by the King himself.
After this visit, refresh in the sea and enjoy a
traditional one dish lunch at the National Park beach
restaurant. You will be back to your hotel around
14.00.
Delicious sea food
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