The Hotspring Beach Resort & Spa - SHA Extra Plus

*"This place is the perfect antidote to mass tourism. If you dream of **escaping civilization** without sacrificing comfort, here’s why this resort should be your choice: ### 🌿 **Seclusion as a Philosophy** — A vast green property with **private nooks**—no crowds by the pool. — No cities, vendors, or traffic noise—just **birdsong and ocean waves**. — **Hot springs + beach** in one location—a rare combo for those who love contrast therapy. ### ♨️ **SPA with Natural Advantages** — Genuine thermal pools(not just heated water!). — Open-air massages surrounded by jungle sounds—**100% relaxation**. ### 🏝️ **Cons That Can Be Pros** — The nearest store is 15 minutes by taxi (but that’s the price for **absolute tranquility**). — No animation or loud parties—ideal for **reading, meditation, and sleeping past noon**. P.S. To the management: Protect this magic. The world has too few places where time truly stands still."*

Beach front duplex family room was amazing, the older duplex rooms did however have loud AC that disturbed sleep so we got an upgrade. Hot springs were lovely, good food and fun slide for the kids. If we visited again we would choose this accommodation as the view was beautiful and lovely bright white beach room. Quiet and beautiful stretch of beach, nice water for confident swimmers, children would need supervising in the water as it has a drop into the deep water quite quickly. Very friendly and helpful staff and service. Beautiful cool lobby where you can relax out of the sun. Good for native bird spotting and fish to feed in the river. Plenty of sunbed availability. We would definitely go back for a relaxing break.

The food was amazing. We had dinners at the hotel every night as the quality was outstanding. Everything we tried tasted fantastic. The staff were all friendly, smiled at us every time they walked past us. The location itself is perfect if you like being surrounded by nature. However, it is in the middle of nowhere so if you like exploring around you'll need a car. The rooms we stayed in are spacious with loads of natural light, although signs of wear and tear started to show (eg. missing safe and some mould).

In general it was a nice resort. 2 restaurants available but with same kitchen. The beach within a few minutes walk (no big deal). The resort was a bit isolated but that’s what we were looking for. It’s a good getaway to enjoy the beach or hang around the pool area and just glaube peace for a few days. Breakfast was a bit busy but we were expecting this already (previous reviews), so we can confirm it. However, not too bad either. The stuff was generally nice and friendly but seemed a bit overworked. During daytime the pool area is much busier because of outside day guests. People complained before that it’s noisy by the pool but we didn’t feel that way. It’s a pool area where families play in the water during daytime. At night time it was very quiet. We stayed in 2 different rooms. The first nights a little bit further away from the main complex. The last night in a room straight by the pool. The first room was but disappointing to us. Didn’t have much of a charm. The second room by the pool was amazing though.

The location was so tranquil, quiet and relaxing. We had come from Nai Harn which was quite busy so we found this hotel was a proper Thai hotel with beautiful outdoor space which was vast. We were delayed from Nai Harn so only got 2 nights here instead of 3 which was a shame. We stayed in the honeymoon suite with a private pool even though we were not on honeymoon and it was beautiful. I loved all the dark wood and the pool got the sun. The air con was very good as well. We went to the restaurant every night and the buffet food and the mains the following night was excellent. I loved the setting of the restaurant and the traditional Thai style of the restaurant. Whilst the sea is too dangerous to swim in you can paddle and the walk along the beach is beautiful and you have the pools at the hotel. The breakfast had a huge choice and again the setting of the breakfast room was lovely and the food excellent and healthy. The various pools were really nice and warm and the vast grounds and palm trees were just pleasant to go for a walk. I saw the reviews about the pool area getting busy but in November when we went it was only for 2 hours that I saw it got a bit busy. The reception area and hotel building with the wood, marble and tradition style and ornaments was beautiful and I really felt I was in Thailand. My husband and son both loved the hotel. My son had a very young baby and came with his wife and found the hotel very relaxing. They had a garden room which was really nice. All the staff were really helpful and the manager Thom was always checking that his guests were nice which I found a really nice touch.