There are a bunch of luxury resorts along the road that goes between Da Nang and Hoi An along the South China Sea coast. There’s a Marriott, Four Seasons, Wyndham, Renaissance and a bunch of local and regional hotel names that I wasn’t familiar with. There are also several new ones rising up from the sand.

In the end it was an easy choice to pick the Hyatt Regency Resort as I knew we would have Globalist benefits and I could use a suite upgrade award to confirm a nice suite. I paid cash as the rate was around $200 per night including taxes vs. 12k-15k points per night for the two nights.

We arrived from Hue around 1pm and our suite was not yet ready. We were assured we had been given a further upgrade to an Oceanfront Regency Suite. Check-in for Globalists was handled in the lounge, which was a large space with indoor and outdoor seating in the middle of the property. We were told that as Globalists, we could choose breakfast in the lounge or at one of the restaurants on property. Even though the only restaurant that showed breakfast hours on the website was Osteria, the all-day dining restaurant near the lobby, we were told that the others, Pool House and Beach Club, also offered breakfast.

We decided to store our bags and head to Hoi An so I could get fitted for suits and we could explore the town a bit. Around 3:30pm, we returned to the hotel and were shown to our suite. It was a lovely space, with a separate living room, extra half bathroom, multiple balconies and great ocean views.

This would easily be big enough for a family, with a large L-shaped sofa (not sure if it turned into a bed). The Wi-Fi was thankfully fast, after our Hue hotel’s 1990s speed. The only slightly negative thing about the location of the suite was that it was quite a long walk to get to the pool and beach despite the view from the balcony. There was no way to get down to the lower level and access the beach from our building. We had to walk to the lobby area, down some stairs (or an elevator) and through the pool area to access the beach. The suites on the ground floor had direct access to the pool and were much closer to the beach, however, they would likely lose a lot of the ocean view.

We were provided with some nice Globalist welcome gifts including Kombucha (?), fruit and nuts.

We went to the beach that evening around 5pm and it was fairly empty at that hour. My wife looked for shells and I enjoyed the waves. I stopped by the lounge for some evening drinks and snacks. They had a pretty good selection. If you bring kids, they could probably make a meal of it.

The lounge staff discreetly let me bring some food back to the room for my wife as they knew she had the ankle boot. They packaged it up for me in a to-go bag and let me bring some drinks back with me as well.

We were still a bit hungry later on so we ordered room service. We got the cheeseburger to share and it was very good. It arrived promptly and piping hot.

The next morning, my wife woke up super early so she went to the beach right at sunrise. We met for breakfast around 6:30. We went to the main restaurant and the breakfast was fine – nothing special. It was a large buffet, but the quality wasn’t quite on par with the Park Hyatts or even the Hyatt Regency Phnom Penh.

We spent some more time at the beach that morning after I returned from my hike to the Marble Mountains. There were always plenty of shaded loungers dotted around and even cabana beds on the beach, at no additional charge. We could get towels from the pool area and there were even servers that came around offering food and drinks from a menu.

The next morning, we tried breakfast at The Pool House. It was much better. There was a buffet but also a menu with Vietnamese and Western food.

The pool area of the hotel was very large, with lots of smaller and shallow pools for kids. It seemed like most of the families hung out here for the day. There were lots of Korean families at the hotel. I suppose winters in Korea can be cold and it’s a five hour flight from there down to Da Nang.

We asked about late check-out when we checked in and were told that we’d have to move to another room at 1pm as our suite needed to be cleaned for the next guests. The front desk called just before 1pm, when I had returned from my final suit fitting in Hoi An, and told me that it was OK for us to stay in the suite until 3pm, when we left and took a Grab to the airport.

We really enjoyed this resort. We had a bit of an early hiccup when the lady checking us in couldn’t find our bags when we returned from Hoi An to get into our suite. She found me later and apologized for the mix-up.

There are lots of options along the coast here and your choice may depend on where you have points or status (or whether you want to spend serious money for the Four Seasons.) You definitely won’t go wrong if you choose the Hyatt Regency Resort.

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