Hotel Bella Vista Langkawi

Our room @ Hotel Bella Vista Langkawi...a superior room with 2 single beds but quite a small one though for two. Barely had space for us to perform our prayers. Feels like entering a Tune Hotels room instead of a comfortable room for conference. It's not that I'm too demanding but have been to hotels in Kota Kinabalu and Kuching few years back for official duty and sharing too but it's still comfortable for two.

The toilet and bath is quite comfy though with its own hairdryer, thank God despite the packness. But then, the hotel doesn't provide iron and ironing board service to superior room and we need to go to ironing room outside in order to iron our clothes...that reminds me to bring my very own iron for the next official trip! Had never thought to walk down and carrying all the baju kurungs and tudungs over the corridor in order to iron them! Thank God that I bring my own clips and hangers to ease the job.

The hotel is quite unique though, designed to look very much like British Colonial era and there's also sea view but am not sure whether we can swim or not at the beaches.

A nice and historical architecture in the form of old castle

The sea view where the hotel pool located

Anyhow, the hotel is not really strategically located. It's in Kuah where the shopping heaven are located but somehow the hotel is far from the main road and hard to get taxis unless you call up for them. We actually walked quite a mile today to shop right after checking in for we had not much time to spare since our workshop is jam packed until night.

This hotel is not really suitable for super shoppers unless you're willing to fork some money for taxis every time you want to go out and shop. A taxi would cost RM6-RM8 to the shopping spot in Kuah, depends on whether you call them to pick you up @ the hotel or the taxi is already @ the hotel waiting for passengers. Honestly, it's still hard to find a taxi that's already waiting for you in the hotel area.

Tips for future guests in Bella Vista : Get the contact number of the taxis when you arrive in Langkawi or asked the hotel receptionist to get you one. For guests who rent cars, then it should not be any problem.

p/s : We were told that this hotel is the only choice that we had since others have already been fully booked especially one that is convenience to walk to the shopping paradise (^_^). It's not that we were only thinking about shopping and not our main purpose coming here. But then since we are already here, better take the opportunity to grab some hot items especially the one that is much more cheaper here than others...wink....wink...