YEAR'S BEST HOTEL 2011 Casa De La Flora

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Posted: 31 Dec 2011 | 9:56 am

Winding down the year we'd like to give our AA award (absolutely awesome) to Greater Phuket's stylish boutique resort Casa de la Flora in Khao Lak.

Instead of getting out of the box, innovative cube type designs by Thai architects VaSLab went into the square theme.

It's a stunning resort and more acclaim for departing from the oh so boring prototype that is possessing Phuket hotel developers.

If you haven't seen in make a New Year's resolution to take a one hour drive up over the bridge and see a truly unique resort.

Next up for the same Phuket owning company is The Naka -located between Kamala and Kalim. Set to open in 2012, the design led property is going to turn heads without a doubt.

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