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 | Paradise Sandy Beach Resort: Family friendly Get-away at Tanjung Bungah
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This hotel is quite ideal for a family getaway. It is popular with Arab, Japanese, Singaporean and local tourists.
The room is spacious with a large balcony overlooking the sea front. Apart from the nice seaview, my room was on a high floor and looked down upon the Dalit International School next door (the school has its own swimming pool!)
The furnishing is a bit old, but more than adequate, and the room is a studio styled room, complete with kitchen cabinets, kitchen sink, and a kitchen counter top for meals. The bed was comfortable, but there was no duvet, only a thin blanket. However, since it doesn't get too cold in Malaysia, we were comfortable. The king sized bed was just perfect for me and my two daughters. (My husband and our son wasn't along for this trip)
Bathroom comes with a full sized bath-tub and the hot & cold showers work just fine.
Pool is a nice size for a lazy swim and there is also a reasonable kids pool. The terrace area facing the beach is pleasant and has deckchairs that are placed on the grassy area at the border of the hotel's grounds and the beach. The sea water is not that great, but a swim in the sea is possible and I did enjoy my swim there. The beachfront is nice for morning walks or a jog.
The hotel offers banana boat rides, paragliding, and have jet skis and catamarans for hire. Horse rides are also available in the mornings (click on pics 3).
I found the hotel buffet breakfast a dissapointment, except for the egg station, cereals, yoghurt and fresh fruit. Fortunately, there are other eating shops all within a 5-10 minute walking distance or you can take a bus or taxi to Gurney Drive, Batu Ferringhi or to Georgetown for more choices.
Getting around
The taxi to Batu Ferringhi was RM15 one way and to Gurney Drive between RM12-15 one way. For the time being, most taxis in Penang do not use the metered system and you would need to agree a fare beforehand. Taxi from the airport to this hotel is RM47.
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| Paradise Sandy Beach Resort: Paradise in paradise
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We have stayed at this hotel on a few occasions, and I am amazed by the comments from "bad experience" and "one time.com" The hotel has always proved to be spotless, inside and out, the staff are always extremely friendly and helpful, we have never had any cause for complaint, except two weeks always seems to go very fast. We will be back again this March, six weeks to paradise!!!!
We have had various suites and could not find fault with any, my personal preference would be an odd numbered room, as the sight of the sun setting behind the hills on that side of the hotel is spectacular. The pool area is very well laid out, and very pretty with all the shrubs in bloom, plenty of sunbeds as well, and loads of space to put them. Theme: HotelComparison: about averageDirections: Mostly residential, with a few shops, and hawker village about 400yds away
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| Paradise Sandy Beach Resort: Update on previous comment
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We have just arrived home after another two weeks in Paradise. We were a little worried after reading some of the comments, and thought the standards were slipping, but as usual it was brilliant. The hotel staff go out of their way to make your stay wonderful, always very pleasant and helpful. The standard of accommodation is good and well cleaned each day. The restaurant caters for all tastes, eastern and western, with a wide selection to choose from, you can also get snacks during the day from the pool bar at very reasonable prices. There have been some very unfavourable comments made about this hotel, which I feel are nonsense, if you are the sort of person who has to find fault in everything, then stay away, I think I saw a flower blown off the Frangipani tree in the pool !!!!!!! Can't wait to get back again. The VT comments are mine as well, I forgot to sign in !!!! Theme: Hotel
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