Reviewed by Tom Bell
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THE NAM HAI - REVIEW
OK, so you need a healthy bank account to check in here, but the wildly swanky villas are temples of contemporary cool, making this a slice of paradise on the silky sands of White China Beach. The Nam Hai is a design hotel, a fact you will acknowledge within 30 seconds of arrival as the view from reception shows a half-kilometre avenue of swimming pools and reflecting ponds tumbling down to the sea. Restaurants and bars overlook it all, and a line of high palm trees flank the last pool like a platoon of soldiers standing to attention.
Summon a porter and you'll be whisked off to your wonderland villa. Some have their own pools, all open onto a horseshoe of sand that runs down to the South China Sea. Inside you find effortless elegance: showers in private gardens, deep eggshell baths, super-cool tented beds on raised platforms, a wall of glass that opens onto a private terrace. Hoi An and My Son are both close, so try as hard as you can to prise yourself away. There’s a spa that appears to be floating in the water, too.
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