Our little family of three spent the past weekend at Bintan Island and it was just so lovely.
Bintan Island is a very special place. My big sister Bintan was born there + it is where my Mum and Dad's brave and scary refugee boat journey from Vietnam ended back in the late 70s. However the Bintan Island today is a very different place to that which my parents first saw.
Full of golf courses and luxury resorts and being only an hour ferry ride away from Singapore, it makes for a nice little escape destination.
We stayed at Bintan Lagoon which on the whole was very good:
Pros -
Bintan Island is a very special place. My big sister Bintan was born there + it is where my Mum and Dad's brave and scary refugee boat journey from Vietnam ended back in the late 70s. However the Bintan Island today is a very different place to that which my parents first saw.
Full of golf courses and luxury resorts and being only an hour ferry ride away from Singapore, it makes for a nice little escape destination.
We stayed at Bintan Lagoon which on the whole was very good:
Pros -
- It has a ferry terminal right on the resort's doorstep - which means no faffing around with transfers with a little baby.
- The rooms have been recently renovated so are nice and as it is an older resort the rooms are also very spacious. There was a big roomy daybed to lounge around on which was also the perfect corner for the little Miss to play and crawl on. A bonus too was the balcony (which was great as we could go out there and read, chat etc) whilst the little one was napping in the room.
- Beautiful beach and great pool area - the little one loved her first experience in a swimming pool!
- Family friendly - lots of kids around and high chairs in all the restaurants
Cons -
- A BIG and probably only con was the food. It was pretty expensive for what it was and although not bad, it wasn't worth writing home about and nothing I would rave about.
But all in all, a lovely way to spend a long weekend away.
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