Langkawi Part 3: Hotel & Beach

Holiday Villa Beach Resort & Spa

We paid RM1,200 for the AirAsia GoHoliday! package which included a 4D3N stay at Holiday Villa and return air tickets as well. We opted for Langkawi instead of Redang as snorkelling isn't her cup of tea! Sigh...

Main lobby

The interior is decent for a four-star hotel. The room was a bit of a let down though. Run down, with holes and patches of fungi on the leaking wall, ancient furnitures, and blocked bath tub.

The Room

The rooms are in dire need of an over-haul. We kept hearing tap water being turned on and off from the next room. She said, "Can hear next door one... I don't like it!".

Big-ass swimming pool

The plus side is that the hotel boasts to have the largest swimming pool in the whole Langkawi. It has a jacuzzi attached to the main pool, which was fun according to Her.

Walking across the pool will bring you to a walkway which gives you direct access to the beautiful beach. Numerous sunbeds are scattered all around, one can pull them far out into the shore too!

The beach is quieter compared to Pantai Cenang's, and if a quiet evening stroll along the beach is what you hope for, this is da place!

Unadulterated!

Dinner for two by the beach, which led to ...

Sunset

The package included daily American breakfasts at the hotel's Lagenda Restaurant. Food are basic at best - bread, croissants, bacons, eggs, porridge with condiments, baked beans, fried rice, mee hoon, sausages, hash browns, fruit juice, coffee and tea. Repeat daily.

The restaurant is packed every morning. Seeing that our breakfast expenses were taken care of, we made it a point to wake up before 8.30am every morning. But dunno why, everytime reach restaurant already 10am...

While having to wake up early and ingesting the same food over and over again dampens the spirit, experiencing the poor table service really screw one's psychological well-being. Due to the inherent geographical features in the Lagenda Restaurant, be sure to choose your table with care so as not to get infested with flies!


Finally, when it was time to leave, it rained cats and dogs. Here's a picture taken from the room's balcony on the morning of our departure:

... to be continued in Langkawi Part 4.