Looking for a last-minute weekend escape destination before the onslaught of Christmas, New Years and Chinese New Year begins? Banyan Tree Lang Co might be the locale you’re looking for.
You work hard (we presume), and you deserve a break from time to time. So, what if we told you about a place where the air is clean, the sand the colour of honey, and the pounding surf a constant backdrop to idyllic beachfront living. It’s an exotic retreat, with a sun-kissed coastline and smiling, lingering-eyed locals; a place where world-class golf is only steps away, and where the day spa promises to poke and prod you into submission. All you have to do is choose who you’re taking with you.
The Banyan Tree Lang Co quietly opened on Lang Co, a hidden beach outside Danang, a few years ago, beside its more wallet-friendly sister property the Angsana, and has quickly built up a cult-like following of sun-kissed short-haulers.
Think of a stay here as well-deserved R&R on China Beach’s lesser-known, more attractive sibling. Here there are no touts and no backpackers looking to get derailed in Uncle Ho’s ‘victory garden’. Instead, you’re left to your own devices in one of 49 palatial pool villas, with views of what the locals call the East Sea. You’ll finally get the sack time you so richly deserve; the spa’s therapists do house calls, and the chefs can even come to your villa to prepare a bespoke bbq, so you’re under no obligation to leave.
Of course, if you do manage to drag yourself from your king-sized bed, your plunge pool or the Olympic-sized soak tub in your bathroom, you might want to perfect the swing at the Nick Faldo-designed golf course, dine on royal Thai cuisine at signature restaurant Saffron (the views alone are worth a visit), or go for a midnight swim – skinny dipping optional.
That just made you rethink who you’re taking, right?
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