The breath taking villa at Andara Resort: Our home for the week of our Phuket Wedding
Part Two: Our Phuket Wedding Villa at Andara Resort
After a few short and very hectic days staying at the stunning Andara Resort in one of their Pool Residences we finished off our last-minute Phuket wedding planning just in time for our wedding guests to start to arrive. This moment signalled our “moving day” where we were to move into the villa of our dreams. This would be the place where we would say our vows, become husband and wife and spend our first days as Mr and Mrs together. Eeeeek! So exciting!
Andara’s villas are situated up high on the mountain side overlooking the Andaman Sea. Each villa has its own full-time staff including a private chef. The villas are kept in an immaculate state and no matter where I took photos from various points around our enormous lodgings; I could never completely capture its incredible emotion and beauty. After an initial scare where our original choice of villa was alleged to have water damage, we managed with some persuasion to negotiate getting a larger but just as beautiful villa replacement.
Our master bedroom opened out onto our private balcony with expansive views of the Andaman sea and angled to afford glimpses of the sun setting into the sea. Our bathroom was as big as our living room at home with a massive spa once again with those incredible sea views. Our bath was filled with rose petals both on our arrival and also for our wedding night. We each had our own separate walk in robes meaning all my wedding attire could be hidden away from prying groom’s eyes until our big day.
The villa was an enormous building set over three levels allowing each of our guests their own private areas. There are two separate indoor living areas; a living room with a ten seater dining table and a separate family room. Both are equipped with large flat screen TVs and entertainment systems.
Despite the opulence and spaciousness for indoor relaxing; most of us spent the week outdoors basking around the infinity pool and eating under the sala. I couldn’t understand why you would want to dine indoors when there was such a beautiful view to gaze upon outdoors.
Our villa’s chef Su proved to be one of the biggest assets to this breath-taking villa and we would have all loved for her to return home with us to Australia! Every time we chose to eat out in Phuket we were reminded how much better Su’s food was and we should have just stayed at the villa and let her look after us.
She would approach us each morning after we finished eating our cooked breakfast in order to plan our menu for the day so she could head down to the markets and buy all the produce fresh. Nothing was too much trouble for her and she never complained about all the “blow-in” guests we repeatedly invited up to the villa to join us.
For our first night we invited all wedding guests up to the villa for a “casual” BBQ to welcome them all to Thailand. Expecting something simple, we were in no way prepared for the half a dozen or so staff that came up hours in advance to set up for the party.
Tables were set with white linen, flower centrepieces placed on the tables, bamboo flame torches embedded in the garden around the pool and a bar was set up complete with a bartender. This was to be the standard of attention and care we received throughout the duration of our stay making us really feel like we were kings and queens. This could be a lifestyle I could easily get used to if I had the money for it to be sustainable!
The only downside of Andara’s villas is their price tag. This level of luxury and opulence doesn’t come cheap. In the lead up to our stay I cannot deny I was cringing at the cost, but in all honesty our week staying at our villa was truly the best week of my life and I would do it all again in a heartbeat.
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Andara Resort and Villas 15 Moo 6, Kamala Beach, Kathu, Phuket 83150, Thailand11 thoughts on “The breath taking villa at Andara Resort: Our home for the week of our Phuket Wedding”
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Wow what paradise! I would love to go on a holiday where I have my own private chef. What a treat. You guys must have had the most amazing time. Beautiful pics!
WOW… breathtaking!
Oh my, your own private chef? That’s amazing, well worth it by the looks of it.
Over-the-top and wonderful. And your own private chef. I can see why you chose this place to get married. Beautiful.
Ohhh Martine it’s so gorgeous – what an amazing lead up to the wedding 🙂
omg chomp! Only in two places have I seen such beautiful hotels, in magazines and on you blog! ENVY!!!!! Might be stating the obvious here but haha the price u pay is probably nothing compared to trying to get something decent in Perth =.=! Lovely place!!
OMG I want to have another wedding now! The rose petals on the bed are just so lovely and the swans -omg! 😮 What a fabulous place to stay 🙂
It was truly magical. The holiday of a lifetime!
I also want to book that place to make my wedding memorable. I like the creativity of Hotel staff which decorates everything so well. These type decorations helpful in changing moods and filled every moment with romance.
I still can’t believe this villa wasn’t your first choice! I’m glad that all the villa drama worked out in the end. After hearing all your stories about Su’s dishes, I’m delighted I get to see them!
beautiful!