BELMOND NAPASAI Koh Samui, Thailand 🇹🇭【4K Hotel Tour & Honest Review】A Secluded Retreat!
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2024
- How's the NAPASAI, a Belmond Hotel in Koh Samui, Thailand? Check out this honest and unsponsored 4K Tour & Review of this charming 5-star resort.
Hi there, my name is Kevin and today we are going to take a deep dive into the full Belmond experience at the Napasai. Join me as we check out all of the facilities and common areas, including the beautiful pool and incredible private beach. We will tour my sea view villa and check out all of the dining venues on site. We'll talk about the fantastic service and take a peek at the spa and fitness facilities, all rounded out with The Flip Flop Score.
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Rate Paid: $331.06USD
Category: Seaview Villa
Inclusions: Breakfast, Room Upgrade*, early Check in*, late Check out, 50 Minute Massage
*Subject to Availability
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-- Video Chapters --
0:00 Teaser
00:10 Intro
00:26 Welcome to Koh Samui
00:54 Hotel Info
01:21 Entrance & Reception Pavilion
03:12 Location Detail
03:43 Resort Grounds
04:19 Full Sea View Villa Tour
09:19 Need to Know FAQs
09:32 Walk to the Pool
10:26 Primary Pool & Surrounds
12:23 Private Beach
13:20 Sunset over Beach & Pool
13:31 Dinner at The Beach Restaurant
14:46 Turn Down
14:59 Pastel Sunrise
15:15 Lai Thai Restaurant
15:45 Full Breakfast Buffet
18:15 Dinner at Lai Thai Restaurant
19:03 Spa & Fitness Center
19:59 Final Thoughts
20:27 The Flip Flop Score
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This is NOT a promotional video. I pay for all of my flights and hotels (and I always tell you how much!) so I can be as honest and impartial as possible. I do not receive any special treatment that wouldn’t otherwise be publicly accessible, in fact, the hotels and airlines have no idea about my visit and that's the way I like it!
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That issue with the bath tub is not uncommon. That's why I like walk in showers. Thank you for bringing it up.
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Beautiful! And… another one for my bucketlist. Thank you, Kevin!
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Beautiful place! I prefer this to Phuket to be honest. Even though the villa comes across as a bit tired, I love the style and unpretentiousness of the whole place. Already looking forward to The Six Senses and congratulations on 50.000 subscribers which you probably will have reached as soon as this comment has been posted! 🥳🎂💫🎉
The Six Senses is divine. Hard to believe it’s usually half the price of SS Yao Noi. Thanks as always for the encouragement and support. I feel like it wasn’t long ago I was replying “I can’t believe 25k came so quick” 😅
We stayed there over the holidays this year for 4 nights as part of an amazing trip through Thailand and Cambodia. 7 of us stayed in a 4 bedroom villa complex. We loved the relaxed, Thai style resort and service. Nothing better at this price point. Our pool was a bit chilly but was just so relaxing. We had good experience at lunch and breakfast and even room service for all of us our first evening served in our outdoor living room - agreed that we had more interesting food outside the hotel.. Nice review - I think we gushed over it a bit more than you, Kevin. It was my friends and their adult (early 20s) kids first trip to Asia and they were gobsmacked when we entered the villa complex. It was a lot of stairs. We’d happily go back again.
Glad you enjoyed it there and agree there are few similar values on the island. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Your review is great as always. I've been to this Belmond last December (and also the Six Senses), and I agree with almost everything, except the room position. The front row rooms gave me the best sea views i've ever had at any hotel in Asia. The beach is calm, you open your window and listen to the sound of the water, and you see the beach itselt, not only the sea in a distance. I wish i could post a photo here of what i mean. So it definitely worth the upgrade!
My main complaint about the first row was the lack of privacy on the balconies. That alone ruled it out for me. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Another fun & informative video. Thanks for mentioning the accessibility issue.
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Great review like always 🙂,
Samui is an awesome island. I reckon the answer is the PH in NZ ;-)
I like the layout of this hotel. Nice grounds. I’m off to Vietnam tomorrow morning. Woo hoo!
Enjoy!!!
Thanks
Perfect review. We've been at the Napasai last January for 3 weeks, and I agree with you, except the room position. We didn't had any problem with the breakfast , always good and the good point it's they change every day most of the proposal hotel (important for long stay guest). My only concern like you was the bath.... we have tried few hotels on the island and certainly the best for us of course not for people in search of nightlife etc....hopefully hopping its will stay a seclude and calm resort. Beach restaurant is amazing for the atmosphere and the food, not agree with the restaurants outside in Koh Samui they are not really very good in general especially Thai food as too much tourist oriented. We are already planning a stay next Feb there.
If you haven’t tried it already I’d highly suggest checking out Six Senses or Vana Belle. VB is more centrally located but still feels a world away. SS is my top choice though.
Another excellent review Kevin. BTW have you done any reviews in the AUS/NZL region? Cheers.
I’ve filmed a few there already but have not yet announced it. Keep an eye on my Community Photo feed for updates. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
You and SideTripLife are the best at making travel videos. I really like the way you don't have your face in front of the camera 99% of the video. Outstanding job, please keep it going. Cheers.
Appreciate that! Thanks for watching 🩴
Looks really nice and just within my upper budget limit for a resort.
Never been Koh Samui yet but this one will be on my list along with Melia Koh Samui for 2024.👍
Enjoy the island!
Hi Kevin. We love your videos and recommendations and have travelled to Hotels and airlines based on your recommendations. However, we live in Seattle and wonder if you’re planning on exploring resorts of the Hawaiian Islands anytime soon.
I have a few on the calendar for next year 😊
Thank You ✈️
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9:19 North Short should read North Shore. Kevin is a good student, sometimes daydreams 9/10........😂😂 Great content, thanks for producing for us.
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Awesome! I love this style and real wood. Curious how Bensely went from a design more like Aman to borderline garish.
He has different categories of design. This is how many of his older designs were but now a days he has “conservation”, “experience” and “story telling” design categories. I assume the ones you referred to as garish are all in the story telling category haha.
Tx for the accessibility comment in this review. I think be good to add an accessibility score moving forward and hope you find a smart way to do this. great production on your reviews!
Making a score would be difficult since it would be near impossible for a number score to thoughtfully incorporate all types of accessibility challenges, that said… accessibility is in every one of my reviews, even if I don’t mention it. There’s a long list of things that I only speak about in reviews unless they are outliers. Not to equate this to accessibility, but for example: if a five star hotel has nice and acceptable towels, I won’t mention it. If those towels are exceptionally plush OR exceptionally ratty, I will mention it on the video.
So, when I see accessibility challenges (or properties that cater towards it extraordinarily well…) I will always give it a mention. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Beautiful landscaping. The outdoor scenes in your video made me think that all these trimmed hedges and manicured trees would fall into subtropical mayhem were it not for the dedication of the grounds keeping crew.
Certainly not an easy feat! Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Nice video! What does the Thai sentence mean in the beginning of the clip?
It’s always, “Welcome to my [Thai] audience, subtitles are available” in the local language of the country the video is from.
Beautiful spot. Good to know about accessibility
Certainly is! Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Great review, thanks ( although I do wish you wouldn't reveal the score until the end, I enjoy trying to guess it 🙂)
You can close your eyes 🤣
Love Koh Samui
I normally stay at the south of the island at Centara Villas peace and quiet than the north
Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Oh wow a zero entry pool that is awesome!!!!!!!!!
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Loved your thailand series! for Blemond, would you recommend this if we had a baby/stroller? Would imagine going up and down stairs would get real tiring. Are there any rooms you can just walk into without climbing stairs?
It's 100% dependent on which type of room you book. Some require stairs, some do not. But even the ones that do not still involve steep pathways from the reception area. Thanks for watching 🩴
Brilliant review thank you. I've watched this and your Vana Belle review - I'm torn between the two. First time in Samui for us, staying for 1 week - which would you say is best? (not taking in to account cost). Thank you!
I’d say they’re both equally good resorts so it would need to come down to location. Napasai is quite isolate (not really that far…) whereas Vana Belle is much closer to more restaurants and shops. Thanks for watching 🩴
Thank you! We’re looking for a relaxing break but do like to get out of the resort and eat locally / explore so Vana Belle is probably a better bet. It’s nearly twice as expensive the time of year I’m going though so I’m still torn. I’m continuing to go through your videos, but if there’s anywhere worse in Samui you highly recommend any further advice would be highly appreciated! Thanks again either way 👍
Appreciate you addressing the accessibility of this resort. It's definitely not for the mobility impaired or elderly, l think the shower over bath situation is being phased out at a lot of hotels now (where practical) it seems they are very proud of the "terrazzo bath" looking at the website, more a death 🙄. Your meal on the first night looked sensational. The Thai meal on the second is not as impressive. Overall, it looks like a beautiful 👍 resort
Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Hi Kevin, is Koh Sumoi and Phuket still ok to travel in late July early August? Thanks
I’m assuming you’re asking about the weather…? If so, Phuket and Samui have very different climates and rainy seasons. I’d suggest you look them up on Wiki so you have a better understanding. Thanks for watching 🩴
Thanks for all the content mate, really enjoy it. Have you stayed at The Slate in Thailand as I'm thinking of staying there next year?
No but you’re like the 37th person to ask about The Slate recently so I suppose it’s going to be on my next trip to Phuket 😂
@@tfft Lol looks like a fantastic and different resort so I look forward to watching if you actually do visit. Keep up the good work!
i hope u can try the resorts here in the philippines boss..
I certainly will at some point! Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Can you say something about drinks? How much is a beer / diet coke / still water bottle? Would really appreciate a comment! Thanks in advance buddy
For things like that I generally only mention the outliers- ie if it was exceptionally expensive or cheap. When I don’t mention, it means it was as expected for that kind of property/rate. Thanks for watching 🩴
any plans going to Manila?
I flew through recently, not sure next time I’ll actually be staying though.
You turned down the food comp?? You’re a better person that I.
When I give feedback that directly, it’s bc I really do hope it changes, so turning it down is one of the few ways to get the point across more clearly.
My guy, do you have the best job in the world???🎉
Just might 😉
Room looks worn down quite a bit
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Belmond...🤔 mixed feelings about that....
Better mixed than all disdain 😅
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Sorry, but your Aman comment is incorrect.
It is not incorrect, it is my opinion. Any hotel chain that charges $1500 per night in a market like Vietnam clearly practices baseline pricing, in my opinion of course.
Andaz Maui and Hawaii in general does not deserve to get away with charging 1.2k a night in comparison to any of your top properties you've reviewed for in Bali and Thailand.
Americans ruin everything :(
Nothing to do with Americans 🤔
Do you have any experience with Rayavadee or Phulay Bay Ritz Carlton in Krabi?
Not yet!