The southern coast of Vietnam has long been known to tourists as a place for a relaxing beach holiday, where you can take sunbaths and swim in the sea almost all year round. The second most popular resort in this part of the country is the small town of Phan Thiet (Vietnam). The air temperature in these places is rarely below 22 ° C. The holiday season, that is, the most favorable season for a holiday in Phan Thiet, is the period from March to September, the so-called dry season. At this time, prices in hotels, shops and restaurants of the city are much higher.
Almost the entire coastal territory of the city is built up with hotel buildings - small or large hotels, bungalows and villas for tourists. One of the hotels on the coast, Little Paris Resort 3 *, reviews of which are more than positive, are often recommended by Russian tour operators for accommodation. What do our compatriots having a rest in this Vietnamese hotel say in tourist forums?
About hotel
Inexpensive comfortable hotel Little Paris Resort 3 * was built in 2014. The hotel complex consists of the main building - a three-story villa with a view of the coast, and two deluxe buildings. Little Paris Hotel is set in a small, private landscaped area with flowering exotic plants and coconut palms.
The center of Phan Thiet is 15 minutes by public transport or taxi. The distance to the nearest international airport (Nha Trang) is 25 km.
Infrastructure
What, apart from residential buildings, does the Little Paris Resort 3 * hotel complex include? Hotel infrastructure:
- Garden, terrace, small artificial pond.
- 24-hour front desk, luggage storage.
- Pools, indoor and outdoor (fresh water, sun loungers).
- 2 restaurants, snack bar, pool bar.
- Free wifi access.
- SPA and massage room.
- Conference room.
- Laundry / dry cleaning.
- Doctor's office.
- Currency exchange point.
- Vehicle rental, free parking.
- Office for the organization of excursion trips.
Rooms
The hotel has 34 spacious rooms equipped with wooden furniture. Each room has a balcony or terrace. Rooms overlooking the sea coast are slightly more expensive than overlooking the hotel garden. The furnishings and equipment of each hotel room include:
- Sleeping place for 2 guests (one or two beds), table, wardrobe, chairs, mirror.
- Safe.
- Bathroom (bath, toilet), hairdryer.
- TV.
- Air conditioning.
- Kettle, mini fridge, minibar.
- Clean dishes (glasses).
- Slippers, a set of towels.
A mandatory range of room service includes daily room cleaning and a change of bedding and towels. Guests are provided with drinking water (2 bottles per day), a set for making tea, soap and hygiene items. According to a separate application, the service "alarm".
Important! When booking rooms, it is worth paying attention to the fact that it is possible to reserve 3 * non-smoking rooms at Little Paris Resort.
Fully characterizes the level of the hotel Little Paris Resort 3 * description of rooms in the reviews of former guests of this hotel. What do Russian tourists say about the quality of rooms?
- The rooms in the hotel are quite spacious, the furniture is far from new, but in good condition.
- A daily set of towels for one guest - two "bath" and one for the beach. A beach towel is changed only if it is in the room at the time of cleaning.
- All the textiles in the rooms (towels, bedding) are not brand new, but in fair condition.
- Scenic views can be enjoyed from all rooms in Little Paris Resort, regardless of whether the guest lives in a villa or in hotel buildings.
- If you leave the window open, small lizards - geckos - can enter the room.
Conditions for relaxing with children
Despite the fact that the hotel complex Little Paris Resort 3 * is declared as a “family-friendly hotel”, there are not so many additional services for guests with children. At the request of guests for the child in the room can put an extra bed (cot or folding bed). The hotel restaurant has child seats for small visitors.
As for children's entertainment, in Little Paris Resort 3 *, as in the city, there is practically nothing to take children except the beach. The hotel complex does not have a playground, water slides or an entertaining mini-club. The nearest water park and amusement park - the famous "Winperl" in Nha Trang.
Dining at the hotel
Breakfast is served in the hotel restaurant. The buffet includes dishes familiar to European tourists: cold cuts, ravioli, scrambled eggs, toasts, light soups, cheeses, salads, fruits and vegetables, desserts, pastries. In addition, traditional Vietnamese dishes, hot drinks (tea and coffee), and juices are served for breakfast. For tourists going on excursions, breakfast will be prepared and packaged with you at the reception.
You can have lunch and dinner both in the city and in the hotel restaurant and bar. On the quality of the dishes that are prepared in the restaurant on site, many guests leave praise. The menu includes a wide variety of seafood dishes - the basics of local cooking.
Separately, food and alcoholic beverages can be purchased at fairly affordable prices in a store on site.
Paid services
For an additional fee, the following services may be provided to Little Paris Resort guests:
- Transfer (meeting at the railway station or at one of the airports with transportation to the hotel, as well as transportation from the hotel on the day of departure).
- Vehicle rental: car, scooter, bicycles.
- SPA, massage.
- Babysitter (hourly babysitter).
- Dry cleaning, laundry and ironing services.
- Doctor's appointment.
- Rent (hourly) conference room.
- Organization of excursions.
Beach
The hotel complex is located on the first coastline, a few meters from the sea. The hotel beach is equipped with umbrellas and sunbeds, there are showers. A clean landscaped path with steps laid from the sea to the terrace and pool in the Little Paris Resort 3 *. The beach is sandy, the sea water is pretty warm almost all year round. The main disadvantage of the hotel beach, tourists consider the great pollution of sea water and the coastal territory. A large amount of garbage brings ashore during high tides and after low tide it is unpleasant to even look at the beach. Especially often, hotel guests complain about this during their stormy or rainy season.
For this reason, many hotel guests preferred to visit the picturesque beach area of Mui Ne for relaxation - a small village 7 km from Phan Thiet. This small village is known not only for its excellent beaches with white sand and clear sea water, but also for a large number of entertainment venues, leisure centers, cafes and restaurants.
Hotel staff and service
The level of service at Little Paris Resort 3 * (service) is highly estimated by tourists. He deserved from the guests a lot of positive reviews. Employees are often characterized as executive, polite and welcoming people. The main language of communication with guests is English, there are no Russian-speaking employees at the hotel. Gratuities are accepted, but this type of reward does not particularly affect service and attitude towards guests.
Also, guests note the decency of the hotel employees, there are stories that the things lost or forgotten on the territory are returned to the owners. From the comments on the work of the staff, sometimes in the reviews there are complaints about the not too thorough cleaning of the rooms.
Active leisure, sport
For sports or outdoor activities the hotel does not have many opportunities. In addition to bicycles, water sports equipment can be rented on the beach ; the hotel itself has a free billiards room.
Fans of active entertainment are most often recommended to visit the beach area of Muine. Numerous diving centers, schools and rental of surfing equipment, various water attractions offer their services here. In addition, there are several good golf clubs in Mui Ne.
SPA, beauty treatments
Beach holidays in the resort town of Phan Thiet can be diversified by visiting spa treatments. Many Russian tourists enthusiastically talk about the high quality of services in this area at prices several times lower than in large cities of our country. A relatively inexpensive SPA-center is located on the territory of the Little Paris Resort 3 * hotel complex. Vietnam and, in particular, Phan Thiet resort itself attract tourists with a large number of inexpensive salons, where every day you can attend sessions of various types of massage for a small fee.
In the vicinity of Phan Thiet there is the most popular balneological treatment and prevention center in the country, built on the basis of the Binh Chau natural thermal spring. Here you can get medical, anti-aging or preventive procedures using natural mineral waters and therapeutic mud. You can purchase a spa course or limit yourself to a day trip with a swim in the pools with warm or hot mineral water.
Entertainment
Despite the three-star rating, the Little Paris Resort 3 * hotel practically does not provide any entertainment for guests on its territory. The hotel staff does not have professional animators; in the evening, the hotel is quiet and calm. This is what often attracts tourists who prefer to leisurely sunbathe all day on the beach or hotel terrace, calmly swim in the hotel pool in the evening and sleep in their room without too much noise.
For those who are planning to visit nightclubs, discos and beach parties on vacation, the Little Paris Resort 3 * hotel, like Phan Thiet itself, may seem too quiet and boring. The main entertainment venues are concentrated either on the territory of hotels in the coastal zone or in the beach area of Mui Ne.
Shopping: what to bring from vacation?
Guests of the Little Paris Resort 3 * often mention in their reviews such a form of leisure as shopping - the purchase of various souvenirs, clothes, gifts and other things. What can you profitably buy on vacation in a hotel complex?
- Brand clothes and shoes. It is no secret that the branded stores of many fashion companies are in most resort towns. However, taking into account the local currency, Phan Thiet shopping centers pleasantly surprised many tourists with their prices for branded goods.
- Elite varieties of tea. The selection of varieties of this drink is huge, the prices are quite favorable. In addition, tea can be tasted before purchase.
- Souvenirs with local color. Carved chopsticks, dishes, incense incense burners, spices, incense, fabrics, colored sand paintings, national clothes and much more - all this can be profitably bought in a large city market. Here are the whole shopping arcades with exotic fruits. You can bargain in the market, this allows you to significantly reduce the purchase price.
- Jewelry. Tourists are often offered to buy them on the city market, but the guides of travel agencies, as well as vacationers themselves, warn that it is safest to make such purchases in large jewelry stores, where certificates must be attached to the goods.
Excursions, interesting objects, sights
What interesting things can you see in the vicinity of Phan Thiet (Vietnam)? Local attractions - for the most part - are beautiful natural sites.
Most often, tourists are offered to visit the Red (aka Golden) or White Dunes. Both trips can be made with a guided tour or, much cheaper, by renting a bicycle or motor transport. White dunes are often called “Vietnamese Sahara”, tourists come here to enjoy the sunset and see the unique Lotus Lake.
Red dunes are a favorite place of entertainment for local children who use sand dunes like a snow mountain to ride special sledges. Tourists come here to ride from the dune too and take some vivid photographs. Not far from the Red Dunes is another natural wonder - the Red Stream. This is a shallow canyon, in the depths of which flows a picturesque shallow river with a small waterfall.
In addition to the natural wonders of Vietnam, it is worth looking at the monuments of ancient culture that are available for visiting during a day trip. In the city you can visit one of the most beautiful and unusual places of worship in Vietnam - the Temple of China. Only 7 km from Phan Thiet, the ancient Cham towers are accessible for visiting - the place of worship of the god Shiva, erected in the 13th century.
A little further, on a tiny island, southwest of Phan Thiet, is the largest lighthouse on the entire coast of Vietnam. The construction of the XIX century, with a height of more than 40 meters, is a stone octagonal tower with a large observation platform.
Tourists who are ready to take a longer trip, simply must see with their own eyes the sacred Temple Mount - Taku. Here you can see several Buddhist pagodas and stone statues, including the famous Reclining Buddha 49 meters long. The architectural complex on Mount Taku is also a beautiful natural park where you can see representatives of exotic fauna close by and admire the surroundings from one of the high-altitude observation platforms. Tourists can get upstairs on a walking route from the foot of the mountain, or use the cable car for this.