Thailand: Chiang Mai - The Four seasons Resort
Feb 13, 2023 14:53:27 #
We flew from Siem Reap to Chiang Mai in northern Thailand and checked in to the Four Seasons Resort - One of the most beautiful and luxurious resorts we've ever stayed in. The grounds were so different and so magnificent that we spent lots of time just walking and exploring while getting a sample of Thai culture.
From the resort website: https://www.guestreservations.com/four-seasons-resort-chiang-mai/booking?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI49L7pY-R_QIVtS2tBh2QYwWzEAAYASAAEgKhwPD_BwE
Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai overlooks rice fields and mountains in Mae Rim Valley. It features luxurious bungalows with outdoor living spaces. A spa and outdoor swimming pool is available. Four Seasons Chiang Mai offers bungalows decorated with original paintings and Siamese art pieces. It has polished teak floors and rich Thai cotton fabrics. Private bathrooms overlook the garden and feature a separate dressing area. The resort features a well-equipped fitness center. Guests can also make use of the tennis court or head for a soothing massage. Free bicycle rentals are provided. Other facilities include yoga and cooking classes and babysitting service, which are available with an additional cost. Guests can dine al fresco on the home-style Italian cusine at the open-air Terraces Restaurant while enjoying views of the surrounding rice paddies and distant Doi Suthep. For a more relaxed afternoon and evening, head over to the Ratree Bar and Lounge to enjoy fine wines and signature cocktails. Private dining experiences and a 24-hour room service are also available. Four Seasons offers free shuttle service from Chiang Mai City, which is approximately a 1-hour drive away.
Article from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/thailand/chiang-mai/hotels/four-seasons-resort-chiang-mai-hotel/
Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand
This stunning Northern Thai Lanna-style retreat is set amidst a luscious garden dotted with lily ponds. With wonderful hospitality, two pools, two restaurants, intriguing on-site activities and opportunities to explore the countryside, guests may choose to forego a visit to town altogether.
The resort is located in the pretty Mae Rim Valley, a 30-minute car ride from the centre of Chiang Mai. A taxi to the airport takes 45 minutes. The resort offers half or full-day bicycle tours through the surrounding landscape of rice fields and hilltop pagodas. The tone here is set by the huge garden, the placid ponds, the rice paddies surrounded by turreted pavilions. Four Seasons Chiang Mai is a contemporary Lanna-style resort, where traditional wooden furnishings and décor with plenty of nods to country life and history are well paired with modern amenities. Despite the natural surroundings, the resort is quite formally designed, as if every tree knows its place.
The key pillars of Four Seasons Chiang Mai are wellness and agriculture. Besides two pools – the larger one just large enough for a proper swim – there’s a well-equipped gym and the Wara Cheewa Spa with seven treatment rooms set up for couples. Multi-day wellness packages include a naturopathic consultation and a programme of spa treatments, yoga activities, meditation and a plant-based diet for those looking to cut out sugar and carbs.
Then there’s Chaan Baan, a recreation of a farmer’s terrace that offers immersive experiences designed to introduce guests to traditional rural lifestyles. There is an introductory class to pottery, guests may be able to plant rice seedlings, and the bathing of four resident water buffalo is a favourite choice for child guests. Masterclasses in ceramics and tie-dye are refreshingly unusual, and there are cooking classes on offer.
There are 66 pavilions that form the heart of the resort and stand clustered around the central pond. Upstairs and downstairs rooms are identical with beige and brown tones dominating the décor, furnishings, huge beds and spacious bathrooms with tubs and rain showers. All have outdoor salas, which are wonderful spaces to while away hours of quietude – those on the upper floors are definitely preferable.
There are also 12 larger pool villas that offer more privacy but lack the open vistas of the pavilions. A number of two- and three-bedroom residences with shiny hardwood floors offer plenty of space and seclusion.
North, designed by Bill Bensley, is an open-air terrace restaurant with an impressive wood-fired grill and great views across the central pond. The menu is a little short, divided into Western choices, particularly pizzas and pasta dishes and a number of Northern Thai standards. The fettuccine carbonara is indescribably rich, although steaks imported from Australia that sizzle on the grill are the North’s culinary highlight. A few vegetarian choices are also on offer – the quinoa salad with fried pumpkin is delicious.
Kao serves a great buffet breakfast with healthy fresh juices, cold cuts including salmon, cheeses and meats, eggs in all shapes and forms and pancakes, as well as a plethora of Asian choices.
Children will find plenty of things to do. Besides the popular water buffalo bathing, there’s rice planting and visits to a seedling house, perfect for young visitors to Thailand. Families will love the residences, which come with kitchens and private pools.
I can think of no better way of showing off the resort than by including images of its, IMHO, most beautiful guest!
I hope you enjoy these!
Mark
From the resort website: https://www.guestreservations.com/four-seasons-resort-chiang-mai/booking?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI49L7pY-R_QIVtS2tBh2QYwWzEAAYASAAEgKhwPD_BwE
Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai overlooks rice fields and mountains in Mae Rim Valley. It features luxurious bungalows with outdoor living spaces. A spa and outdoor swimming pool is available. Four Seasons Chiang Mai offers bungalows decorated with original paintings and Siamese art pieces. It has polished teak floors and rich Thai cotton fabrics. Private bathrooms overlook the garden and feature a separate dressing area. The resort features a well-equipped fitness center. Guests can also make use of the tennis court or head for a soothing massage. Free bicycle rentals are provided. Other facilities include yoga and cooking classes and babysitting service, which are available with an additional cost. Guests can dine al fresco on the home-style Italian cusine at the open-air Terraces Restaurant while enjoying views of the surrounding rice paddies and distant Doi Suthep. For a more relaxed afternoon and evening, head over to the Ratree Bar and Lounge to enjoy fine wines and signature cocktails. Private dining experiences and a 24-hour room service are also available. Four Seasons offers free shuttle service from Chiang Mai City, which is approximately a 1-hour drive away.
Article from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/thailand/chiang-mai/hotels/four-seasons-resort-chiang-mai-hotel/
Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand
This stunning Northern Thai Lanna-style retreat is set amidst a luscious garden dotted with lily ponds. With wonderful hospitality, two pools, two restaurants, intriguing on-site activities and opportunities to explore the countryside, guests may choose to forego a visit to town altogether.
The resort is located in the pretty Mae Rim Valley, a 30-minute car ride from the centre of Chiang Mai. A taxi to the airport takes 45 minutes. The resort offers half or full-day bicycle tours through the surrounding landscape of rice fields and hilltop pagodas. The tone here is set by the huge garden, the placid ponds, the rice paddies surrounded by turreted pavilions. Four Seasons Chiang Mai is a contemporary Lanna-style resort, where traditional wooden furnishings and décor with plenty of nods to country life and history are well paired with modern amenities. Despite the natural surroundings, the resort is quite formally designed, as if every tree knows its place.
The key pillars of Four Seasons Chiang Mai are wellness and agriculture. Besides two pools – the larger one just large enough for a proper swim – there’s a well-equipped gym and the Wara Cheewa Spa with seven treatment rooms set up for couples. Multi-day wellness packages include a naturopathic consultation and a programme of spa treatments, yoga activities, meditation and a plant-based diet for those looking to cut out sugar and carbs.
Then there’s Chaan Baan, a recreation of a farmer’s terrace that offers immersive experiences designed to introduce guests to traditional rural lifestyles. There is an introductory class to pottery, guests may be able to plant rice seedlings, and the bathing of four resident water buffalo is a favourite choice for child guests. Masterclasses in ceramics and tie-dye are refreshingly unusual, and there are cooking classes on offer.
There are 66 pavilions that form the heart of the resort and stand clustered around the central pond. Upstairs and downstairs rooms are identical with beige and brown tones dominating the décor, furnishings, huge beds and spacious bathrooms with tubs and rain showers. All have outdoor salas, which are wonderful spaces to while away hours of quietude – those on the upper floors are definitely preferable.
There are also 12 larger pool villas that offer more privacy but lack the open vistas of the pavilions. A number of two- and three-bedroom residences with shiny hardwood floors offer plenty of space and seclusion.
North, designed by Bill Bensley, is an open-air terrace restaurant with an impressive wood-fired grill and great views across the central pond. The menu is a little short, divided into Western choices, particularly pizzas and pasta dishes and a number of Northern Thai standards. The fettuccine carbonara is indescribably rich, although steaks imported from Australia that sizzle on the grill are the North’s culinary highlight. A few vegetarian choices are also on offer – the quinoa salad with fried pumpkin is delicious.
Kao serves a great buffet breakfast with healthy fresh juices, cold cuts including salmon, cheeses and meats, eggs in all shapes and forms and pancakes, as well as a plethora of Asian choices.
Children will find plenty of things to do. Besides the popular water buffalo bathing, there’s rice planting and visits to a seedling house, perfect for young visitors to Thailand. Families will love the residences, which come with kitchens and private pools.
I can think of no better way of showing off the resort than by including images of its, IMHO, most beautiful guest!
I hope you enjoy these!
Mark
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Flyerace wrote:
Beautiful resort. Sounds like you had a great trip!
Thaks very much Flyerace. I was a really fantastic trip.
Feb 13, 2023 18:28:17 #
NMGal wrote:
A beautiful place. Gail certainly adds to it.
Thanks so much Barbara. She appreciates your generous words!
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angler wrote:
Excellent set and a lovely model Mark.
Thank you so much Jim. She appreciates the compliment.
Feb 13, 2023 18:31:13 #
kpmac wrote:
Great set, Mark. Gail makes it an over-the-top set.
Thanks so much Ken. She does add to the beauty of the scenes and she thanks you for the kind words.
Feb 13, 2023 18:32:23 #
Retired CPO wrote:
$853 per night!!! I'm there!!!
Thanks very much Chief. It was less in 2007 and included with our Tauck tour.
Feb 13, 2023 19:59:23 #
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