A boutique resort set in the hills over Kamala Beach offers incomparable peace
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A Southern Thai-style luxury resort in Phuket offering simple elegance and unrivalled tranquillity, Paresa is certainly worthy of its Sanskrit name, which mean "heaven of all heavens".
Just a 30-minute drive from the international airport, the resort sits on a cliff overlooking the turquoise Andaman Sea and surrounded by lush tropical forests and gardens. It's the perfect spot from which to admire a dramatic sunset.
"This morning, I saw an eagle," says a reporter, who's staying in Aqua, one of five villa/suite types offered by the resort. "It is really very close to the nature." Dr Yupares Nimkarn, one of the resort's three partners, says guests may also spot khang na khao, a species of langur, as well as several rare insects.
"This hotel reflects our inner selves," says the 45-year-old dentist and orthodontist, who founded the dental clinic DC On, and whose quality hi-tech treatment landed her a place on the UK Daily Telegraph's "10 Top Therapists in the World" list last year.
"At Paresa, we focus on the comfort of our guests. This hotel is in complete harmony with nature. It is understated and tranquil; the earth tones and green roofs blending in with the surrounding greenery."
Paresa, which the Best Boutique Accommodation Awards in the South from Thailand Boutique Awards 2010, offers 49 luxurious villa/suites - Aqua, Cielo, Dima , Cliff, and Talay - varying in size from 140sqm (Aqua) to Cielo (660sqm) and each constructed so that they fit snugly into the mountain.
They, along with the two restaurants, Talung Thai and Diavolo, are built with local materials such as hardwood from sustainable Thai forests and handmade bricks.
Each of the villas features a bedroom with a king size bed along with LCD TV, DVD player and iPod, plus indoor and outdoor showers plus bathtub. You need to be on good terms with your roommate, as the walls of the showers and toilet are made of glass and the bathtub, connected with the outdoor pool by sliding window, is installed without any cover. Distinctively, Dima has its own private outdoor spa treatment sala, while Cielo has a fully equipped kitchen. All have outdoor terraces with magnificent views of the sea.
To my surprise, the villa has many more light buttons than other resorts and hotels.
"It has a variety of moods, each of them designed to match different emotions," says Yupares. "I would like our guests to feel more relaxed in their villas and feel they can chill in their 'home' rather than going out."
Paresa is certainly a beautiful, romantic hideaway for lovers. There's no beach though you can walk down to the water or just amble along the track from villa to villa. There's a buggy service too for those who prefer not to go on foot.
The Spa by Paresa features five double treatments suites with baths and steam showers and the Thai cooking school offers daily traditional culinary classes. Among the dishes taught are yam nua yang (spicy beef salad with vegetable), gaang khiew wan kai (green curry with chicken), tom yum goong (hot and sour prawn soup) and sakou piak ruam mit (pearl tapioca seeds with sweet corn and coconut milk).
Some 200 staff are on hand ready to serve guests.
"Heaven is an experience of simple pleasure," says Yupares.
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