Первые апартаменты на берегу моря от The Standard в Азии, расположенные на уникальном участке у океана с видом на залив Таиланда, The Standard Residences Hua Hin — это новая коллекция роскошных кондоминиумов, обещающая современные дома в Хуахине
Good day everyone!
Sunny Thailand is our favorite vacation destination. But , once in a while we had a rest only at popular resorts . The existence of a city like Hua Hin was not even suspected. One day, I subscribed to Anastasia's blog, where I learned about a new resort for us, followed the blogger's page and news for a long time. I watched it for a while, until one day I decided I should try to fly there too.... Check-in on August 25, 2024
I write down everything at once , which I mark , because then, over time , small but very important nuances treacherously fly out of my head .
So , the beginning .
We were met by a sign with our last name , and a nice girl escorted us to the transfer . A mini bass, not just some modest sedan)) very comfortable. Inside, the seats are unfolded (you can fully clean them), the air conditioner is adjustable or turned off by yourself, which is also very convenient for me. Frozen , turned off , fried , turned on , and you don 't bother anyone . Two bottles of water , napkins are also inside . The driver is pleasant, polite, and has a wonderful taste in music. Three and a half hours flew by, just unnoticed.
Check-in in five minutes and here you are in the room.
The furnishings correspond to the photo and description from the office . the site. Everything is clean , beautiful , not dirty , pleasant smell , without the admixture of sewage, musty , everything necessary for cooking and living on vacation is available . As a welcome gift - a delicious watermelon in an interesting presentation. The bonus is a bag of dishwashing detergent, two pieces of soap, a sponge and a nice cloth for the table, salt, some coffee and sugar. For kids, in general, everything is even better, a brush, paste, shower gel , shampoo, a toy, in my opinion, an inflatable ball or something like that. A gift certificate for one free 1-hour foot massage! Very much so! Discount card to the water park and more! The room has an air conditioner in each bedroom with a remote control, additionally, ceiling and floor fans. There is a lot of space , lots of drawers , hangers for clothes and for storing things . There is a washing machine, a ironing board, a hairdryer, 4 large towels ( as in the hotel , white, large , high-quality) and two for the feet. Lots of outlets. Large bathroom, comfortable, clean . Bed linen is a special favorite, pillows are comfortable. The bed is huge. There are two TV sets , but there are no Russian channels . Well, okay, we're not going to watch TV on vacation)) Refrigerator with freezer, full-fledged, not small. A microwave oven is also available. There is a balcony with a clothes dryer and views of the bay and the pool. There is also a table and two chairs for breakfast and coffee. What is very important, very decent sound insulation. If you close the door to the room or to the toilet, you won't get to the person in the back room, sometimes)) This is actually a rarity in hotels and a luxury, I think. Because the walls of toilet paper and the eerie audibility of everything around can pretty much ruin the rest . ( 6th floor, room 135) . There is a dumpster on the floor in a separate storage room (clean, odorless) . The condo has a small fitness room. The keys and remote control from the car are given by the day clerk and you are recorded in a notebook . The room is equipped with the necessary set of dumbbells and there are several exercise machines (a pair of cardio and one for everything in the world) (there are no mats, I bought it for 192 baht in the village market) The air conditioner cools the room well , there are napkins , wiping a drop of sweat from your forehead is generally quite comfortable , especially if you are alone there. The pool is large, though not deep, but the length is good, you can swim. There is a toilet and a shower in the pool area. The pool, located closer to the first building, was under renovation . So, you walk past the pools and straight to the sea. There are sun beds on the lawn. Sun beds without mattresses (I saw the bedding in the sports store on the 3rd floor in blue Porte , the price is 650 baht) . You can hide from the sun under palm trees. Water in the bay -
hot milk, the entrance is gentle, I confirm, it's the best for kids, but for those who like to swim, it's a disaster. Maybe it 's the season, maybe it 's not the season , the current, Mercury is in the wrong phase, and I don 't know what else , but the sea is teeming with jellyfish. It 's like some kind of jelly . There are biting plankton . In general, you could only admire the sailor and inhale his scent.
I make adjustments after departure and clarify that King Neptune took pity on us and organized a clean, beautiful sea in the last three days, without any biting and slippery ones. There are no sun beds anywhere on the sandy strip itself, that is, directly on the beach. The beach strip itself is very wide and long (from the mountain with the Buddha to the Hilton hotel, 6 km), runners have a place to turn around and walk in the morning or in the evening, it's a pleasure to wet their feet in warm water. Places to chill are only on the lawns near hotels and condos. Subsequently, the sun beds on the beach itself were seen only in the Hilton hotel area, most likely belonging to it. There are no tents with food, fruits, pancakes and corn)), it's better, less dirt, noise, extra pounds.
And in principle, it felt like there was no one else here except the two of us) very few people, very unusual. Compared to the bustling resorts in Thailand, where we've been, it's just heaven and earth, like some other planet, a completely unfamiliar, new feeling. In terms of tourists , it means . Massage therapists are bored , two people go to the shopping center . As it is , everything else is very similar when compared . Fruits, food, night and day markets, massage parlors, prices (for everything almost the same as many years ago) , water in the Gulf of Thailand - boiling water. On the second day of arrival, the wind from the bay blew up some kind of fragrance, but the sweet smells of flowers and, sometimes, something else tasteless are quite normal for Thailand. From water entertainment - a couple of scooters and one tablet, and even those are idle. There are horses, surfboards. I remind you , there are no people yet .
A five-minute walk to the 7-11 store to the right of the hotel , a little further away is the large blue port shopping center, and a little further is another shopping center ( this is where we've reached so far ) . In the shopping center, you can wander through all sorts of clothes, and, in general, there are a lot of interesting things in stores. I want to try everything, get drunk, drink all kinds of smoothies, Thai tea with outlandish fillings and interesting fillers, fresh coconuts (we love them), Thai wine (we love shiraz, but damn, we stopped drinking), desserts, green tea ice cream. There are many restaurants , in some they roast everything , in others they cook everything , there is even a vending tray with Russian products, and in general, there are no problems to cook borscht or drink kvass ( cafe well done opposite the condo and cafe Eureka walk a little to the left . Both are delicious ! There are also large grocery stores in both shopping centers, and of course, 7-11 nearby, to quickly grab something (soap, water, etc.)
The shopping center has massage parlors, hairdressers, nail service, and a hardware store. goods ( only in the market village )
Massage 250 baht (foot massage) and up to 1500-2000, depending on the chosen care program or type of massage. Personally, I'm a fan of foot massage and rarely choose anything else. The massage parlor where I had it done superbly is located immediately after the Blue port shopping center. Moreover , it is always the same girl whom I once , on my first visit , gave a small tip as a sign of gratitude . She waited for me every day and greeted and saw me off like a family . The chairs in the cabin are comfortable, soft, and fold out into cots. You are carefully covered with a towel , a pillow is placed and a lullaby is played . And no matter how hard I tried to stay awake every time in order to feel and enjoy all this action better, I couldn't do anything. 250 baht and no insomnia . And what was crucial for me was the lack of air conditioning!!! Sitting with an icicle on your nose there is no chance to have fun)))
The cost of renting a bike is 250 rubles per day . It is filled with 95 gasoline. Hard hats, too. It is very convenient to get to all the necessary locations and there are no parking problems. There are underground parking lots in the shopping center. The rain won 't get wet and no one will spy on anything . There are cameras everywhere . The helmets were left directly on the bike.
The Marrakech condo also has an underground parking, and we have often admired and rejoiced at this circumstance. Well , how comfortable it is , I took the elevator down , sat down and drove ! The bike is under guard and video surveillance by maintenance personnel all this time.
As it turned out, in 2023, in order to attract tourists who had thinned out after the pandemic, the sale of marijuana was legalized in Thailand. Thus, signs with a clear profile and the corresponding name Canabis flash here and there. However, smoking of these products is prohibited in public places, and if your neighbor on the balcony sniffs out something wrong and thereby gets mentally injured from the disturbance and complains where he should - a fine of 25,000 or arrest for up to 2 months. What exactly the concept of anxiety includes is determined by the police officer , by eye and at his discretion . I don't know how reliable this information is, but I have come across more than one article with the same content on the Internet.
I would especially like to note how attentive the representatives of mmgroup were to each request of the guest, always responded to requests, answered a hundred thousand questions. And on her husband's birthday, she was pleasantly surprised by presenting a gorgeous fruit cake as a greeting! On the day of the farewell (check-out), there were also gifts!
A little tar in a barrel of honey)) from personal observation . There are a couple more shallow pools on the way to the main pool. I still don 't understand if they are intended for bathing or just for beauty? But I 've never seen kids swimming there . The point is that the staff cleaning the paths near these very pools mops the soapy water into the same place.... Either you shouldn 't swim there after all , or you should pay attention to the condo management . Most likely, such bathing may not be safe for a baby.
In conclusion, I will say that we had a wonderful rest, no complaints ! The weather is great, the soul is joyful! Oh, I didn't write about Yakov, but I should have, first of all. After all, it was he who met and saw off, gave gifts and congratulated, helped, answered, was attentive and polite , and bright, etc. And to see Anastasia already, right in person, is like seeing a star that you follow on the Internet, and then you look, she... the real one.... with a yoga mat)))
We had a vacation in Hua Hin twice, both times in Marrakech. With MM Group, the rest becomes comfortable. They are very friendly and helpful guys, they respond to any requests, which is very important when traveling on your own without a tour operator. Upon arrival at the room, we were greeted with fruits and sweets. They give you a discount card for massages and excursions. They organize transfers to the fruit market and various excursions themselves, and have their own library. The microwave broke down during the stay, and it was replaced with a brand new one within 2 days. In general, we will definitely come back, the kids are high, the first line, shops are within walking distance. At the departure, the MM Group also brought presents, which is very pleasant
I am very pleased with the work of MM apartment rental company in Hua Hin! I would especially like to mention the managers, who promptly picked up an excellent option by the sea, helped with the design and met on the spot, explaining all the details in detail. The apartment was exactly as described, clean and with a beautiful view.
Thank you for the comfortable accommodation and professional approach! I recommend it!!