A wedding setting

That special place for the special moment in time

By Grant Cameron

October 27^th, 2019

The Resort

On a recent photo trip on the west coast of the Gulf of Thailand, I was suddenly overcome by the need of ice cold refreshment on a very hot and sunny day, and came upon the Aleenta Hua Hin Resort & Spa.

The Aleenta Hua Hin is an award winning boutique resort some 30 kilometers south of Hua Hin featuring 25 unique residences, most with private pool, and each being mere footsteps from the beach.

The Restaurant

The Aleenta Restaurant, on the upper floor above reception serves modern Thai, international and western fusion cuisine, adjacent to a small bar and pool deck.

The bar serves excellent traditional and special cocktails. The cocktails are well mixed and tasty: I know, I had a Long Island Iced Tea, and my friend took a Margarita, we couldn't resist repeating our order and having a couple more.

Weddings and special days

The resort is the perfect location for small and intimate wedding celebrations or special occasions. For beach weddings, it is ideally located.

It should be noted that depending upon the size of the wedding group, or even the tides on the special day, Aleenta sometimes hosts wedding in their sister resort, the Aleenta Frangipani, some 400 metres away.

Reception

The resort reception is bright and airy, with friendly staff, and only metres from the beach.

The Beach

This view is looking at the resort, with the sea behind.

From the same spot, these two images are respectively looking left (north) and right (south). This is low tide.

Two of the beach residences overlooking the beach.

Grand Entrance

Immediately outside the hotel is a quiet road, but as there is no pavement, one has to be cautious. Nevertheless, speed bumps are frequent, so traffic speed is slow.

Getting there

Hua Hin is roughly 200kms south of Bangkok, on the western side of the Gulf of Thailand, with the Aleenta Resort and Spa being some further 30 kms south of Hua Hin.