Carmelina Beach Resort Ho Tram

Great place to unwind We enjoyed our stay very much! It is a great place to come to when you just want to relax. It is peaceful, and nothing to do in the area except stay at the hotel, enjoy the beach or one of the pools. You should bring a lot of sunscreens! But else, it is totally worth the money!

Stay was excellent! We only stayed 3 nights over a long weekend, it took us 4 hours to arrive at the hotel from district 1 in Ho Chi Minh City. Our first impression of the hotel was incredible, an oasis from the hustle and bustle with plenty of day time activities were shown to us on our way through to the room. “We had a little hiccough when I accidentally booked a twin and not a double so we had to get an upgrade but I’ll elaborate later”. Our first port of call after a long drive was to go a grab something to eat, the restaurant had a lovely setting with the salt water pool surrounding the front of the restaurant overlooking a pristine beach, with plenty of indoor, outdoor and air conditioned seating areas. We opted for a steak and a chicken burger and the chicken burger was fantastic and just what was needed, the steak was cooked well but the fat was not rendered down enough. We left in good spirits and just wandered around the resort and went exploring around. We returned to our rooms and the bed was very comfortable, slightly firm but I like that and it was very quiet so we slept well, unfortunately there is a little window above the door that let light in at 5.45 as the sun rose but it was fine as it got our day going nice and early. The shower and jacuzzi in the pool view bungalow is great and there is a little fountain for the ambiance. Breakfast has a great selection for you to choose from, savory, sweet, healthy or not there was plenty of options. There is an omelette station which is always great, although there were a few issues with the chefs English I always got what I ordered. The hotel staff usually cleaned the room at around 9-9.30am and the rooms were cleaned really well. The resort is very clean too and the use of electric buggies/ golf carts to take you around the resort was welcomed greatly by us as Vietnam was in the middle of a heat wave, so walking was very hot. To go along with the salt water pool by the restaurant, there was also a fresh water pool, 2 tennis courts, 7 pickleball courts, a cinema, a games room, a soft play area, a fishing pond, archery tag, paintball, a kids fun pool, a spa and their very own fruit gardens where they grow all their fresh tropical fruit. We didn’t use most of these facilities but we played pickleball for the first time, on their main tournament court and loved it. Unfortunately I couldn’t give 5 stars, the way to book a room is overly complicated as it is an email system on their website and one mistake means you end up with a mistake in your room too. Some might put that down to me but the ease of booking a room is very important and key to making an enjoyable holiday begin well for us. Secondly the food at the restaurant is average, you can get a taxi out the resort to Ho Tram town but grab does not work so was difficult again to do that. Besides that a brilliant stay.