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Restaurant & Bar
Our philosophy
La Dolce Vita restaurant, wonderfully located just a few meters far
from the sea front, is ceirtanly the spot where our Italian traditions
have merged and fused with the Thai ones.
La Dolce Vita - Ristorante & Lounge Bar is a place for pleasures and
emotions. It couldn't be any different for the restaurant of the Blue
Ocean Garden.
Sitting at the table means let yourself be caught by flavours, by
perfumes that are born from the match of the creativity and taste of the
Mediterranean cuisine and the ingredients and tradition that only
Thailand can offer.
Nature is the main ingredient on the table here at La Dolce Vita:
fresh flavours, live perfumes and lit colours are guaranteed by the
freshness of every ingredient. Fish is guaranteed at sunrise by the few
fishermen that stay here ad Chao Pao. Just a few hours later, vegetables
are brought from Thong Sala market directly to our kitchen.
Creating new recipes preserving the natural being of each ingredient,
honouring the uniqueness of each flavour with matches and dressings that
sustain without covering, this is the philosophy at the base of
everything you will find at La Dolce Vita for breakfast, lunch or
dinner.
Wellbeing with us
La Spa
Our Hideaway Spa will open from July 1st, 2007.
In the meantime, our guest are more than welcome at the Paragon Spa
located just behind us and currently considered one of the best spas on
the island.
Treatments
Massages
* Traditional Thai massage
* Aromatherapy massage
* Relaxing oil massage
* Foot massage
Other
* Manicure
* Pedicure
Body treatments
* Sea salt body glove
* Cooling aloe & cucumber
* Papaya body polish
What To Do
In Koh Phangan Koh
Phangan, with its wonderful tropical sand beaches its relaxed and a bit
hippie atmosphere, is certainly the ideal spot for the ones looking for
the lost paradise. Just laying on a hammock, at the repair granted by
the palm trees shadow, or enjoying treatmentes proposed by the several
local spas, are experiences that alone deserve a vacation on this
island. Beyond relaxing, this island also offers many other amusement
opportunities. In the north-west side, where our Chao Pao bay is
located, you can find some of the most spectacular beaches of the
island, which are also ideal for snorkeling. In these bays the sea is
incredibly transparent an colourful. It hides a reef which is luckily
still intact. By plunging in these waters early in the morning, you will
witness a colorful explosion, with corals and fish of all sizes. It
should be noted that Chao Pao is considered the best snorkeling spot in
Koh Phangan. An amusing activity, as an alternative to snorkeling, is
fishing on board the typical "longtail" local boats. Just for few Bhats
local fishermen will take you around the island and will teach you the
local fishing tecniques. For sure will be famous and for long unbeaten
record the 7kg mekkerel caught by our very first guests, Andrea and Arik,
on April 9th 2007! For the ones looking for more sporty activities,
beaches can be substantially divided into two different kinds: those
with coral reefs where the water tends to be flat and without waves and
are therefore ideal for kite-surfing, and wide bays with sea slight
enough for surfing. However, Koh Phangan is not only synonym of
beaches and marine life. The inner island too, with its hills covered by
thick tropical vegetation and the many waterfalls, offers spectacular
opportunities for visiting. During the hottest days, it is in fact
possible to go across the endless palm tree plantations up to the Phaeng
or Than Sadet waterfalls, and bath in the freshwater. At Than Sadet, the
Great King Rama 5th came several times to bath into the pool at the base
of the waterfall, but also the Great King Rama 7th, and the current
Great King Rama 9th have visited this place. Than Sadet, due to its
history and abundant wildlife has been recently declared National Park.
The temples (wat) are yet another interesting option. The Wat Pho
located in Ban Tai welcomes its guests in a structure that houses a
reinvigorating herbal sauna. A fire burns these herbs thus creating the
perfumed steam that flows into the structure. The most celebrated place
for meditation is the Wat Kao Tham. Here you can learn the Buddhist
meditation in the Theravadin tradition. During all the time of the
meditation escape, guests must keep silent. Koh Phangan is also a
great place to explore the jungle on elephants or on mountain bikes. The
island has several interesting view points. There are also hidden paths
to be discovered, with some of them leading to secret and enchanting
view points in the middle of the jungle.
Around the island
Mu Koh Ang Thong national marine park Mu Koh Ang Thong has been
national marine park since 1980. Before it was under the administration
of the Thai Royal Navy, which used its labirynth of canals and inlets
for its drills. As a consequence, these islands were preserved from
environment exploitation. The park is constituted by 42 green-sand
rocky islands, all of them covered by dark green thick forest. Shining
white sand covers dream beaches, to deploy onto bays that smoothly
debase into the sea. Ang Thong islands vary in sizes, from enormous
and uneven sea cliffs that stand over white sand threads in the hugest
island, Koh Wua Talab, to small and tiny embankements not bigger than a
tennis court. On the biggest islands, beaches are huge and are
surrounded by the jungle, while mangroves grow where berms have
developed. Koh Ang Thong has been used for the setting of the cult
novel by the English author Alex Garland "The beach". The novel was
brought to the scenes in the homonym movie produced and perormed by
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