Awana Porto Malai Hotel

No Beach Front

I stayed in Awana Porto Malai, during my last visit to Langkawi. The rooms were alright. The hotel does not have a beach front. It is quite a distance to town, so own transport needed. If you are thinking of just relaxing in the hotel, this hotel could be quite suitable for you. This hotel has a big swimming pool.

Unique Quality: The hotel has a nice view of the sea, expecially during sunset, it was beautiful. For the promotional price that I paid for this hotel, I'm sastisfied with the hotel.

You can check out my pictures of the hotel's sunset on my blog.

Escape to a World of Mediterranean Romance

Explore the beauty of the Resort's Mediterranean-inspired setting and embark on island-hopping adventure and soak in the sun, sea & surf on enchating white sands.

Ignite the flames of passion with a luxury sunset cruise, moonlight strolls on the Boardwalk & a romantic candlelight dinner under the stars.

Discover the fascinating cultures and legends of Langkawi with exotic local tours & end with a shopping spree at the many duty-free outlets.

Awana Porto Malai Resort is just the right place for all your indulgence.

Unique Quality: Awana Porto Malai Resort provides a host of leisure activities such as land activities & sea activities. Other notable facilities are duty-free shop, shuttle service to Kuah Town & Cenang Beach, Taman Sari Royal Heritage Spa, etc.

This is a wonderful resort popular among the local & foreign tourists alike. Eventhough this resort is facing the sea with its own jetty, the only setback is that it doesn't have any beach. The swimming pool as an alternative is rather small & lonely. However, you still can have all the fun by going to the nearby Cenang beach or sign up yourself for an island-hopping tour (just nearby hotel, enquire at the concierge).

The continental buffet breakfast has a decent variety that will appeal to all tourists. You can either eat in or alfresco by the Boardwalk.

The hotel room is airy & spacious. You can choose to have sea view or garden view room. Upgrade your room to sea view at a small sum and you can enjoy the scenic sea view & azure sea breeze, room with comfy sofa & coffee table.

A stroll on the Boardwalk, be it in the early morning hours or moonlit night, is a romatic experience. Lying lazily on the deck chair, reading to your favourite novel, popping duty-free beer & munching some tidbits or a chat with friend. Beer is really cheap here, therefore you can stock up some in your hotel room's fridge.

• Opinion of Price: about average
• Related to: Sailing and Boating, Water Sports, Beaches

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Love the Food and Hate the Location

Awana Porto Malai is considered beautiful with the clear blue sea. It's located quite secluded and faraway from eateries and shopping spots, which I don't like. The main turn-off will be that Awana Porto Malai does not have a beach, only a jetty for fish feeding and occasional stop for Star Cruise. I'm sorry to say that the pool is a joke, being so small and just a few steps away from the open car park. The ground floor (other than the lobby) is a waste as there's only one souvenir shop which seemed to be closed and many other shoplots being vacant. Kind of spooky to walk there at night!

Room was okay as what we expected since most of the hotels in Langkawi are rather old. We have a small wooden door that opens overlooking the sea.However I don't like the idea of having a sinky in the room, which is really weird. Housekeeping is satisfactory.

Unique Quality: I love their food. Their buffet breakfast offers wide array of food. We even tried out their buffet dinner which was really good and value for money for around RM30 (in 2007) only!

Despite their shortcomings, I would say that the price and package that Awana Porto Malai offers will still attract me to stay there.

You may refer to my blog www.tamkiapo.blogspot.com

Cruise ships port of call

Porto Malai (Malay/Malaysia Port?) is a bit further than the other hotels from the town area (Kuah) on the main island but it is quiet and have lotsa privacy.

Its a bit faded than the pictures on their brochures and service is so so but if you're not particular about these 2 things then the privacy is worth it.

Unique Quality: The cruise ships stopping nearby. Its promoted as a honeymooners hotel.

• Opinion of Price: more expensive than average

Awana Porto Malai Hotel Photo: Yahoo! Empty pool!

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Sea View Hotel

I always stay here during the Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace (LIMA) exhibition because of work related and I have to say that I wouldn't know how and what the hotel is like during normal days. The price is also abnormal during these times. It becomes outrages.

However, I must say that the hotel has such a good management because they can handle the guests, restaurants, rooms, facilities and activities at the same time when they are millions of people around. The room is as beautiful as any 5 star hotel but what I really like about it the view. They have a mini harbour, where all the yachts are there, including a pier for the Star Cruise. There's a view of the few islands and one of them is known as Pulau Bunting. They have a great outdoor restaurant where you dine on the platform deck while the waves splash and the lamb's roasting. The environment is really nice and it's closer to town. I like this place.

Unique Quality: Beautiful Views.

• Opinion of Price: more expensive than average
• Related to: Diving and Snorkeling, Beaches, Family Travel

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Wonderful View

• Opinion of Price: less expensive than average

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Malaysia's Mediterranean

It's a resort with a little bit of Mediterranean design located at the end of Tanjung Malai. It's about 25-30 minutes drive to Kuah Town. If you take a cab, it's about RM6 per head.

You can get a lot of privacy here, but, the place is not really as nice as what you saw in the websites. For people who enjoy noise and crowds...this is not the right place to be.

The building and rooms are still in a good condition, however there's only 2 cafe there...Seagull Restaurant...which sometimes the combination of buffet can be very messy....the only meal I enjoyed was its breakfast menu and Medi Cafe...where you can dine in while enjoying the lovely view from your table. Well, if you're looking for food or more shops...they're just 1-2 km away from Awana.

At night it's very quiet here, with not so much of things to do. There's a life band performing everynight at the resort's lobby...they're quite nice actually...very entertaining. If you're still not sleepy...you can dance the night away at Ground Zero...the resort's night hotspot.

Other activities you can do is swimming at it's pool which is open from morning till about 9pm. You can also take a boat and go for island hopping which will cost you about RM35 per head. They'll take you to the legendary 'Pregnant Maiden Island' where you can swim in the legendary lake and dip in your foot in hundreds of catfishes, then head over to Pulau Singa Besar where you can see many eagles from small to big ones, finally the boatman will take you to this small island ''Pulau Beras Basah''. The island is nice with a quite long stretch of white sandy beach.

Unique Quality: The greatest was to just seat at my room's balcony and enjoy the view... beautiful islands... blue water...boats coming and going or even docking.

• Opinion of Price: less expensive than average
• Related to: Romantic Travel and Honeymoons, Beaches, Spa and Resort

Awana Porto Malai Hotel Photo: Awana's deluxe room

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Amazing view

Stayed here for four nights in January 2006. Personally, I do not care much for the rooms but I suppose it is alright considering the fact that the hotel is quite old and the rates are resonable.

However, the layout of the rooms is more of an inn than a hotel. Each room has seperate toilet and shower room (both are quite small) and in most rooms, the wash sink is in the bedroom itself, rather than in the bathroom.

Unique Quality: But what really impressed me is the amazing view you get form the hotel. You should ask for a Sea View room as it looks out to the sea and some really nice little islands. It is absolutely amazing to wake up and see the stunning sun rise.

• Opinion of Price: less expensive than average

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Sunrise Hotel

This is my second time stay at this hotel. Staff is friendly. The hotel is clean, however, the housekeeping is a bit slacky compared to my 1st stay. Watch sunrise from your room and enjoy walks at the boardwalk. Plentiful of seabreeze. Very pleasant.

Unique Quality: Sunrise, sunrise and sunrise. Also you will see the fishing boats going off for the fishes.