Sunee Grand Hotel S Club Health and Spa, Ubon Ratchathani.

I have visited the Sunee Grand Hotel a few times; this is the newest hotel in Ubon Ratchathani and by far the best in terms of quality and also what it has to offer. I visited to the newly opened S Club Health and Spa a few weeks ago but I couldn’t take too many photos as there were so many people.

I made it back again and it was early in the morning so no people about and I had the best wishes of management to spread the word of the new facilities. After taking the lift to the 5th floor, you exit and turn left and see this door.

The waiting area of the S Club is truly relaxing. You walk through the doors and are met with the beautiful scents of oils burning and the vivid couches, chairs and cushions that are incredibly comfy.

Last time I was here there were plenty of people just sitting and enjoying a meal. I think their children were swimming and they were keeping cool and enjoying the food.

The problem is that it is a little too relaxing and makes me want to sit rather than workout, it is okay if you are going for a massage but trying to be pumped up for a workout makes it hard.

Just how good does this look? Would you want to go and workout or sit down for a cool beer and some food?

The staffs at Sunee Grand Hotel are very professional. They are attentive but not overbearing. This is Miss Supapat (Think correct) and she was lovely, not just good looking but really friendly and so helpful and she speaks English very well.

The Fitness Centre is not a huge room but has top quality machines. You will not find this quality anywhere else in Ubon. I haven’t used the ski machines but have used the stationary bike and I can tell you that a pre programmed ride I did the other day that had some small simulated hills really had the blood pumping and legs hurting. The session was 1 hour and 45 minutes and I averaged 27klm per hour.

There are 4 of these running machines. The first day I went on one I thought I would do a preset 5klm run. I put in all the statistics it asked for and then set off. The pace started off slowly, I thought too slowly, but it quickened up, at one stage too fast and I had to slow it down. And when the hills kicked in my legs were exploding. For the 5klms it took 36 minutes. It is much easier in the park to run 5klms and you are not sore for 2 days after it either.

Every good gym needs one of these. In this machine you can do nearly every exercise imaginable to work any body part. Also you can train heavy weights without a spotter as it has safety locks you can set at a certain height if you cannot lift a weight.

The weight machines are all class. They are so smooth and you can work every muscle imaginable. The dumbbell range is huge as well.

Now this is where you want to go to put your feet up. Here you can sit back and relax and look out at the swimming pool while getting a foot massage. If you are a member it costs you 200 Baht for 1 hour, if not a member 400 Baht.

This is the entrance to the Thai Massage Room; you place your belongings into one of the lockers and then are off for a very relaxing hour.

And this is what you see, very nice indeed.

It looks relaxing and I am sure I could fall asleep easily on this bed, but if you have ever had a real Thai massage you know this wouldn’t be possible. I remember have a tiny Thai lady once, she would have been 35kgs ringing wet. When she asked me if she wanted a hard, medium or soft massage I laughed at her as she looked weak and wouldn’t be able to do a hard massage. Oh man I was so, so wrong! This is also 200 Baht per hour for a member and 400 Baht if not.

And the spa, this looks like a relaxing way to spend an hour or so too. Then a full body massage. Who wants to work out?

The sauna rooms are not finished yet, but will be in the next few weeks apparently. There are also aerobic classes, yoga, jazz dance, Hip hop and also strength ball classes. Pretty well something for everyone.

So if you live in Ubon Ratchathani or visiting and any of the above sounds interesting then please head along to the Sunee Grand Hotel and they will look after you like you are the most important person in Thailand.

Brunty