Tropicana Resort***
Our brief comments: 
The Tropicana is a basic resort with mostly bungalow accommodation. Despite its limited facilities, it's popular with visitors and therefore often fully booked. It's recently undergone a substantial upgrade, adding rooms, air-conditioning in most rooms, and hot water.
Accommodation is in a small terrace of rooms overlooking nothing in particular and with a fan for ventilation. The rest of the accommodation is in attractive air-conditioned thatched bungalows with either garden or sea views. Inside, there's comfortable rattan furnishings and private patios. All rooms have en-suites without bathtubs.
The gardens are dotted with mature palms reaching down to an excellent beach with palm- thatched sun shelters, some with hammocks for mid-day snoozers.
The restaurant and bar are simple affairs of bamboo and rattan. There's not much in the way of on-site recreational activities, but an in-house 'fix-it' man can arrange just about anything for a reasonable consideration.
It's reasonably priced, as eco-friendly as you're likely to find in Vietnam, a friendly staff and a laid-back ambiance. If you can do without satellite TV, safety boxes and the rest of the paraphernalia in posher establishments, it's worth consideration.
(Last inspected in February, 2003)
Room facilities (?= awaiting updated information from the hotel):
Room Categories |
Fan Room |
Garden Bungalow |
Superior Bungalow |
Seaview Bungalow |
Family Bungalow |
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9 |
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Air-conditioner |
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Satellite television |
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Shower only |
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Bath with shower |
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Personal safety box |
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Coffee and tea facilities |
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| Laptop connection |
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| Free broadband access |
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Extra bed available? |
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Child's cot available? |
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Room size (m2) |
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40 |
40 |
40 |
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View |
none |
garden |
garden |
sea |
sea |
Additional room facilities:
Hotel facilities:
Outdoor pool |
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Non-smoking floor(s) |
n/a |
Pool bar |
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Non-smoking rooms only |
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Fitness/health centre |
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Vietnamese/Asian restaurant |
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Sauna |
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International restaurant |
Massage |
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Patisserie/coffee shop/cafe |
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Jacuzzi |
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Business centre |
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Additional hotel facilities:
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