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It s all good! No problems recognizing the internet reservation. Shoulder season: Gave us a kid-bed at no extra charge! Adequate breakfast: Shoulder-season they cut back pretty drastically, but did make a Thai Fried Rice upon my request...turns out to be the best I ever had! Fresh fruit somewhat sparse (just pineapple/watermelon/banana) but ripe and fresh. 2 pools: a small (kid) pool by the family holiday house, and the big pool. Note: If it s busy season and you don t like to deal with pool noise then don t get housing by the big pool...it s a bit of an echo chamber and sound really carries. Front office let me make free local phone calls on their (personal?) cell phones. Location rocks. Best thing to do: Visit the M/W/Sat afternoon market on the road to the main drag. Excellent streetfood (especially past about 1600), good bargains when haggling, and lots of interesting people. The market has a tourist section (souvenirs) and a local section (food/produce/household items). Attractions/adventures accessible by car of course - most outfits will pick you up anyway.

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Worked as advertised; no problems.

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Stayed 14 days in bungalow A4 nice and very near the beach. We have nothing to complain about.

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easy to book!!

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We had a thoroughly enjoyable stay at Ayara Villas. We had the Holiday House which was perfect for our family of four, the two bedrooms and two bathrooms and outdoor living area were great. The two pools are beautifully clean and well laid out, the only criticism being that the tiles around the smaller pool were very slippery when wet which was a bit dangerous. Breakfasts were enormous and really tasty, a choice of American (eggs any way) or Asian, served with fresh fruit and good espresso coffe. The location is very good, one of the best spots on the beach and close to shops and restaurants. We ate at Ayara restaurant several times, the food was fresh, tasty and well priced and the situation overlooking the beach is fantastic. Mini bar was very well priced, the gardens are beautifully maintained and the staff are extremely friendly and accommodating. We would highly recommend Ayara as an excellent value choice of accommodation in Bang Niang.

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Very easy to book with Sawadee.com - all went very smoothly, had the most competitive price for this hotel and we would definitely use again.

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Room is just OK. Service is a bit poor. Far from main road and no public transportation from the hotel to main road.

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Stayed only one night due to disapointment with our room. As in a number of resorts and hotels in Thailand there is a need for refreshing in the rooms. In our room there was a highly smell of mould wich is nt that nice to live in, especially when you are allergic. We noticed as before that this problem is to find in many other resorts and mostly on ground floor. In the shower-room every thing was in concrete, walls, cealing and floor, no wonder it smells very odd because it never dries up. I think due to this and to very few tourists in the low-season that the resort is overpriced.

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This was our first visit to khao lak (but 5th visit to Thailand)and we loved it. We stayed at Ayara Villas in the holiday house for 6 nights and it was fabulous. The holiday house had two bedrooms, one with a large king sized bed and large bathroom, the connecting room had another king bed that we split into two singles. The staff were amazing and made the holiday extra special. They really helped with my Thai (thank you Mon) and were fantasic to my son. The main pool wiht the hotel buildings was beautiful and super clean, the mini bar had the cheapes prices I ve ever encountered in Thailand. We would defintely book again.

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Excellent service, my emailed questions were very promptly answered. Seamless payment system, woudl highly recommedn using this booking agent

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Nice resort and nice bungalow, but our “Seaview Bungalow” did not have any sea view since they are building a new resort in front of those bungalows. Located at the end of the road about 2 km away from Bang Niang “centre”, but there are several restaurants located near the resort. Nice beach with plenty of sun chairs, nice pools (there are 2 of them) but we preferred the beach. Good breakfast and very friendly and helpful staff. Leif

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Perfect.

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Hotel is great but there are many constructions in this area

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ayara villa management and staff made us feel at home they were great. a very nice place to stay highly recomended.

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very professional made everything easy.

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the reception are not as kind as they should be.

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booking service is excellent.

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We were five people from Russia and we stayed at Ayara Villas from 18 till 27 of April, 2008, having booked a special package from Sawasdee (9-10 nights staying – pay for 5). There were no many people here this time. We ve made a conclusion that it s worth spending Your holidays in this resort. It s not a big one, better to say middle-sized, and we liked it. Super green area, full of plants, palms, wonderful smelling flowers. Very calm and quite atmosphere. It s a new-rebuilt resort (after tsunami). Every bungalow is well-equipped, nice and clean swimming pools with jacuzzi and water facilities. Really no more than 100 m up to the sandy beach with warm ocean water (mostly suitable for the families with children, I suppose). But no any coral places – so do address tourist bureau if you like and travel to the islands (Surin, Similan). Breakfast – quite enough and more, but a little bit similar every day (however, the food was not the main aim of our trip in Thai). Many restraunts and cafes, small shops, tourist desks nearby, 3-days working market in Bang Niang (10 minutes walking). We rented a motorbike and a car, so it was easy for us to travel along Khaolak area and to Phuket. We were impressed visiting waterfalls, swimming there is a beautiful contrast with surrounding +30-35° temperature. Some notice: - one-way taxi to Khaolak center is 150 B and no more, to Bang Niang 70-100 B - to change money is better in Khaolak center (because of rate) - to buy European (Italian, French) wine – also to Khaolak center. Grand thanks to Thai people, to the owners of resort, to friendly and polite staff for their hospitality

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Thank You, no problem

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We loved our stay at Ayara Villas. The staff could not have been friendlier or more accomodating. The grounds are gorgeous and well-maintained. Our room, though not fancy, was clean, spacious and comfortable. We had a pool access unit and would highly recommend them, although the units nearer to the beach would be great, too. I imagine the units on the third floor, and maybe the second floor, of the building we were in would have wonderful views of the sunset over the Andaman Sea. The complimentary breakfast was surprisingly good and a real treat. The location of the villas was ideal for us as well. We much preferred the Bang Niang area to the more crowded Nang Thong area.

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So easy to use! Not a single problem.