Nestled on the pristine shores of Phuket, Thailand, the InterContinental Phuket Resort stands as a beacon of luxury and tranquility in the world’s most sought-after destinations. This exquisite resort combines modern sophistication with the natural beauty of its surroundings. InterContinental Phuket Resort offers guests an unforgettable escape like in paradise. The Intercontinental Phuket Resort is a haven of relaxation, inviting guests to leave their cares behind and embrace the serenity of the surroundings. Supported by its architecture, this resort is a perfect blend of contemporary design and traditional Thai elements, creating a luxurious atmosphere rooted in local culture.
Luxury resorts often feature expansive and well-designed pool areas that complement the natural beauty of their surroundings. The pool at Intercontinental Phuket Resort is a relaxation and recreation place, offering a serene escape with breathtaking views and top-notch amenities. This resort has a few pools with infinity style, presents natural color to create calm vibes to relax. The main pool provides beautiful beach views, supporting the aim of relaxing and creating tropical ambiance. Here are some used natural stones in InterContinental Phuket Resort :
Green Sukabumi Stone Pool View
Almost all of the pools in InterContinental Phuket Resort use Bali Green Sukabumi stone for the inside. It showed off the green color which supports the serene and tropical ambiance. The green color can also create a calm and relaxed atmosphere, perfect choice for the pool with breathtaking ocean views. Bali Green Sukabumi has a Zeolite substance that can destroy microorganisms in the water. Its substance can also help to purify and clean the pool water. By its natural color, Bali Green Sukabumi is the best tile to use in the pool as the purifying and cleaning features. Another benefit of this stone is its anti-slip feature even if the surface is smooth, will be safe for barefoot walk.
White Palimanan Pool Deck and Black Pebble
Bali White Palimanan stone also exists in this resort for outdoor flooring. This stone creates tropical vibes as like sand color combination with black and green of the pool color. Not only applied on the floor near the pool inside the private room, but also to the near of main pool which has breath-taking views of the ocean. A calm and relaxed atmosphere can get on this place easily. Bali White Palimanan has a stable temperature and can absorb heat, so it’s safe to walk barefoot on this stone. This stone is good to apply on the floor, wall, also deck of the pool. White Palimanan also has an anti-slip feature even if the surface is smooth.
Bali Andesite Cobble Stone
Bali Andesite stone is known as the hardness stone. This stone has a good density so its hardness and strength can be considered. InterContinental Phuket Resort used this stone with Cobble type. This type has a unique style. Cobble is one of the finishes for Andesite, its finish is thicker than other finishes. Commonly, cobble type is used in driveway, pathway, carport, or other area which have high-pressure conditions. This choice is the best way as this type will last a long time in all conditions. Will save time as long time needed to replace the new stone.
Black Lava Stone Irregular (left) and White Palimanan Irregular Random (right)
InterContinental Phuket Resort uses Bali Black Lava and Bali White Palimanan stone for wall cladding. The stone type they used is random irregular in size, it has a natural surface of stone. This type of stone will create a unique appearance as the shape and pattern formed. Any pattern form can be created with this stone type. Positioning this stone on the wall along the path near the stairs is a good choice. Enhancing the aesthetic look instantly.
Bali Pebble Stone for pool deck
Other stone that is commonly used in luxurious resorts for a drainage infinity pool is pebble. Pebble which is used in InterContinental Phuket Resort shows a greyish color. This color matches the coping and outside wall stones’s color that has black elegant color. In a few parts of this resort, pebbles are also applied to absorb or infiltrate water so there will be minimized puddles on the floor. Pebble stone has stable temperature feature. Some people use it for aquarium, garden, floor, and aestethic purposes only.
