Finally manage to squeze a trip where only me and my wife can spend some quality time together and although it is only for a short 3 days, 2 nights (with a child anything longer will be a problem) getaway at Port Dickson Malaysia we still find it very relaxing and enjoyable.
A quick intro to Port Dickson for those who have not heard of it before. A beach and holiday destination situated about 32 km from Seremban and 90 km from Kuala Lumpur. It is located in the state of Negeri Sembilan in Peninsular Malaysia. It takes just over an hour by car to travel from Kuala Lumpur to Port Dickson along the North-South Expressway. Port Dickson is mainly famous for the seafood, which is a delicacy in the town. There are different seafood restaurants along the street which offers a range of cheap price with fresh seafood (but we did not get enjoy cos no transport...)
Apart from that, Port Dickson has night markets. There is a weekly night market, which falls on Friday and Saturday, and monthly night market which falls on the 15th (also we did not get to visit this cos we were only there between Tuesday and Thursday).
We choose to have a resort stay at Grand Lexis, a 5 Star resort that offers Balinese inspired villas with an unmatched level of luxury and comfort and each unit has its own personal pool and well-landscaped garden. Something like what you will get at Banyan Tree in Bintan. Our room is the Deluxe Pool Villa which is the smallest of all their rooms but even so it is still pretty big compare to most other hotel rooms we had stayed before. We do not want to choose a bigger room cos since there is only the 2 of us, it will be quite scarely especially when you have 2 king sized bed and you only slept in one...
Overall I will say the stay was good except for 1 thing which I think they can improve on and that is the food. Breakfast buffet was good a slight differences for the 2 days which we had breakfast but their buffet dinner really sucks big time... At RM60 per person the quality and selection of food they have really is questionable!
Also seriously I think the local government or maybe the developers should consider building more shopping, dinning and entertainment near the resorts especially since some of the visitors do not drive. The nearest seafood restaurant is like 1km away from Grand Lexis and to take a taxi to there will cost like RM20... Coming back would be another issue since it is almost impossible to flag any taxi on the road...
Despite all these I would still go back again and next time bring my son along so he can swim in the pool as well. Of cos I think either I will rent a car or if any Malaysian friends going there as well can help to drive us around.
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A quick intro to Port Dickson for those who have not heard of it before. A beach and holiday destination situated about 32 km from Seremban and 90 km from Kuala Lumpur. It is located in the state of Negeri Sembilan in Peninsular Malaysia. It takes just over an hour by car to travel from Kuala Lumpur to Port Dickson along the North-South Expressway. Port Dickson is mainly famous for the seafood, which is a delicacy in the town. There are different seafood restaurants along the street which offers a range of cheap price with fresh seafood (but we did not get enjoy cos no transport...)
Apart from that, Port Dickson has night markets. There is a weekly night market, which falls on Friday and Saturday, and monthly night market which falls on the 15th (also we did not get to visit this cos we were only there between Tuesday and Thursday).
We choose to have a resort stay at Grand Lexis, a 5 Star resort that offers Balinese inspired villas with an unmatched level of luxury and comfort and each unit has its own personal pool and well-landscaped garden. Something like what you will get at Banyan Tree in Bintan. Our room is the Deluxe Pool Villa which is the smallest of all their rooms but even so it is still pretty big compare to most other hotel rooms we had stayed before. We do not want to choose a bigger room cos since there is only the 2 of us, it will be quite scarely especially when you have 2 king sized bed and you only slept in one...
Overall I will say the stay was good except for 1 thing which I think they can improve on and that is the food. Breakfast buffet was good a slight differences for the 2 days which we had breakfast but their buffet dinner really sucks big time... At RM60 per person the quality and selection of food they have really is questionable!
Also seriously I think the local government or maybe the developers should consider building more shopping, dinning and entertainment near the resorts especially since some of the visitors do not drive. The nearest seafood restaurant is like 1km away from Grand Lexis and to take a taxi to there will cost like RM20... Coming back would be another issue since it is almost impossible to flag any taxi on the road...
Despite all these I would still go back again and next time bring my son along so he can swim in the pool as well. Of cos I think either I will rent a car or if any Malaysian friends going there as well can help to drive us around.
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| See thru glass panel to the sea below us! |
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| Nothing beats a nice morning swim after a nice breakfast! |
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