During the Lunar New Year weekend, we had a couple of free days and decided to go on another spa-escapade to Batam Island at Harris Resort Waterfront Batam. I have reviewed this under Specialty Lodging as I really couldn’t bring myself to categorise this as a resort. A resort, in my opinion, has a special … Read more
Fresh from our trip to Bangkok, we went on a 2D1N “spa-cation” to Holiday Inn Resort Batam with the main aim of trying out their award winning Tea Tree Spa. Initially disappointed because the dates we wanted were fully booked, an email from The Missus to Holiday Inn Batam revealed that while they are no … Read more
As mentioned in my December 2011 blog post on Tempat Senang (wow, time flies!), we finally made it back to the wonderful little spa resort in Batam! This time round, we took the 2D/1N Weekend Overnight Spa Special at SGD$235 per pax, which includes land transfers (7-minutes only), breakfast, one-night stay in a standard suite and a … Read more
Just before our wedding, the two of us scooted off to Batam for a quick, day-spa session at Tempat Senang. Nope, we did not stay for the night and thus, we could not speak for the room and accommodation. The food was pretty OK though.
Instead, we opted to travel by ferry to Batam in the morning, and return to Singapore in the afternoon. After arrival at Batam Ferry Terminal (Sekupang), a staff of Tempat Senang picked us up and drove us to the resort, a mere 5-minutes away.