HOTELYEAR BUILT 1995ADDITIONAL PROPERTY DESCRIPTION DESCRIBING CHIVA SOM SIMPLY AS A HEALTH RESORT FAILS TO CONVEY THE EXTRAORDINARY KALEIDOSCOPE OF ITS RICH CULTURE,LIFESTYLE AND CUISINE.CHIVA SOM IS A REJUVENATING HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE.THE NAME ITSELF MEANS HAVEN OF LIFE AND THAT IS REFLECTED IN ITS DESIGN,PHILOSOPHY AND DAILY OPERATION.SET ON SEVEN ACRES OF BEACHSIDE GARDENS NEAR THE KING S SUMMER PALACE,THE 57 ROOMS AND SUITES SURROUNDED BY LAKES AND WATERFALLS UNITE THAI AND WESTERN ELEMENTS IN PERFECT HARMONY.THE ACCENT IS ON HAVING FUN, EMPHASIZING THE POSITIVE OF PREVENTION RATHER THAN CURE.MASTER CHEFS PREPARE DELICIOUS SPA CUISINE AND A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES EXTEND FROM TAI CHI TO MOUNTAIN BIKING.GUESTS RECEIVE A PRIVATE CONSULTATION THEN MODERN PRINCIPLES ARE APPLIED TO DEVELOP A REGIMEN TO MATCH NEEDS AND GOALS.AT THE RESORT S HEART IS THE ULTRA MODERN SPA WITH AN IMPRESSIVE ARRAY OF FACILITIES.CHIVA SOM IS SET ON SEVEN ACRES OF BEACHSIDE GARDENS NEAR THE KING S SUMMER PALACE. THREE HOURS FROM BANKOK AIRPORT.