Villa Belle is the fantastic combination of luxury with a home-like feel.
After a month of looking at various private villas in Koh Samui we zeroed in on Villa Belle for our family vacation. The advantage was that they had 3 bedrooms with 3 attached bathrooms and all the rooms had a double bed. This villa is ideal for 3 couples.
I was a little skeptical about not being by the beach, but trust me, the view from top of a cliff is breath taking!
We got off to a bumpy start due to some confusion regarding our airport pick up. Starting the trip with arguments and displeasure was a very very uneasy situation for me. But Noom, the villa manager, was apologetic and did not charge us for our first meal at the villa. That truly helped tempers calm down.
The villa is located on top of a hill and is not close to the noisier parts of Koh Samui. It is not easy to hail a cab here so you will have to depend on Noom or a taxi service to take you around. During the day I would recommend Noom.
The chef at the villa is Noom's wife and she is superb. She cooked our lunch on the first day and the dinner on our last evening. If only we had a longer stay at Villa Belle we would have eaten a lot more at home. And the best part - the chef services are shockingly reasonable!
You also have a live-in maid, Gift. Gift moves around the house like a ninja cleaning your room, making your bed and clearing up your breakfast. It was a delight to see her leaf and flower art she used to decorate our beds in the evenings.
I can go on about the cleanliness, the Apple TV, good internet speeds and all the amenities that Villa Belle provides...but this is not what sets it apart from other places I have stayed at. It is the people who run and manage Villa Belle. They make you feel special and also very very bad that your stay is so short.
It was the perfect location for my dad's slightly delayed 60th birthday celebration and we all do hope we get a chance to go back and stay longer at Villa Belle.