Poulo Condor Boutique Resort & Spa

Where time stands still… While searching for a quiet place for a weekend escape, the name Poulo Condor Boutique Resort & Spa will appear on many popular Facebook travel bloggers’ page, which will make you fall in love at the first glance with the charm of the Indochine architecture and amazing surrounding landscape of the … Read more

Island Gem

From prison island to paradise island, Con Dao’s unspoiled terrain makes it one of the world’s top destinations “Con Dao is an island of heroes, a great historical monument… It will be the property of the people and an invaluable asset for many generations,” declared General Secretary Le Duan on visiting the island in 1976. … Read more

Paradise Regained

Beautiful nature and dark history in the Vietnamese seas. After eight hours of chugging  for 100 nautical miles in a ferry off the southern coast of Vietnam, the lush, rugged archipelago of Con Dao took shape. In the sitting rooms, passengers stirred from their ad-hoc life jacket beds, and a sit-down karaoke marathon came to … Read more

Resort Review: Con Dao Resort

Con Dao Resort offers an affordable getaway on one of the island’s best beaches Set on the long stretch of An Hai, a scenic, sweeping beach just south of town, lies the Con Dao Resort. With 93 comfortable rooms in two hotel blocks (one newly built), the resort is ideally situated to help you make … Read more

Heaven on Earth

Finding bliss at Six Senses Con Dao When six senses resort opened on the tiny island of Con Dao almost five years ago, it seemed a curious partnership. An ultra-luxe, resource-hungry resort on a quiet island known mainly for its history as a prison colony, a “hell on earth”. Five years on, and both have … Read more