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Grand Mercure La Veranda Resort & Spa

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Tran Hung Dao Street , Duong Dong Beach
Phu Quoc , Vietnam
84-77-982-988

COST: $

The poshest of Phu Quoc's dozen hotels and guesthouses, La Veranda sports paddle fans, butter-yellow exteriors, whitewashed louvers, and tropical gardens recalling a colonial plantation. Freestanding deluxe villas are the best choice for their sea-facing porches, spacious bathrooms, and cathedral ceilings. There's a good in-house restaurant, a lively bar, and a modest spa, but the real draw is the location: smack on a 12-mile stretch of soft sand with a prime sunset vantage over the sea. Swim out to the pontoon dock and doze off to the gentle afternoon swells, or indulge in a $5 surfside massage (vendors outnumber the tourists—at least for now). The concierge can arrange snorkeling or diving excursions in the nearby An Thoi archipelago as well as nighttime squid-fishing trips (Phu Quoc squid is among the finest in Asia).

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From Travel + Leisure , MAR 2008

The poshest of Phu Quoc's dozen hotels and guesthouses, La Veranda sports paddle fans, butter-yellow exteriors, whitewashed louvers, and tropical gardens recalling a colonial plantation....MORE>>

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From Travel + Leisure , JUN 2007

The $4.2 million Grand Mercure La Veranda Resort & Spa, which opened on Long Beach last August, is Phu Quoc's most imposing property yet and no doubt the vanguard of what's to come....MORE>>

– Peter Jon Lindberg Waking Beauty

Last updated March 2008

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