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The fun international beach holiday - three action-packed, value-filled, days and nights in Bintan Island, Indonesia, just 1-hour away from the cosmopolitan city-state of Singapore. The Indonesian island of Bintan may lack the exoticisim of Malaysia's coast or the 'cheap holiday tag' of Thailand's islands, but its close proximity to Singapore Airport, gorgeous beaches and excellent hotels make it one of the most accessible beach getaways to India.

The island has ten resorts catering to wide variety of budgets including the signature Banyan Tree Bintan Resort & Spa. The island’s resorts boast a plethora of amenities – world class golf courses, spas, fine dining, water sports, and nightclubs. Most of all, it’s a great place to get away from the frenzy of Singapore and enjoy a pampered resort holiday. Just avoid the monsoon months between November and February.

Bintan has a split personality when it comes to choosing where to stay. On its north west coast are the spectacular resorts, golf courses, watersports, and fancy shopping malls that are strung across like a necklace of pearls, each one trying to outdo the other. Choose any one of these places depending upon how much you want to spend, and you are assured of a great family vacation or a romantic and pampered interlude.

But cut across the island and head out to the eastern coastal road, and a different more real picture of Bintan emerges. Small fishing communities, small streetside hamlets with lazy shops, and a few rustic backpacker-style resorts are the only thing you will find. But the sea is a stunning aquamarine blue, there are plenty of tear-drop shaped coral islands off the coast for castaway trips, and kite-surfers rip up the wind. This is Bintan for the intrepid traveller.

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