Four Seasons Resort The Nam Hai

Four Seasons Resort The Nam Hai sits on about a kilometre of beachfront within 35 hectares of landscaped gardens, just north of Hoi An. Da Nang International Airport is about 30 km away, which the resort puts at 30 to 40 minutes by car.

There are 100 villas, 60 resort villas including eight family villas, and 40 pool villas with one to five bedrooms. That makes it easy to house a big wedding party in one place. Dining runs from Lá Sen, with Vietnamese cooking from garden to table, to Nayuu for omakase and grills, and Cafe Nam Hai for Indian food with a royal touch. The Heart of the Earth Spa has eight treatment villas set over lotus ponds.

The resort lists beach, garden and pool spaces for celebrations. Central Beach takes up to 198 for a banquet and 300 for a reception, and the team pitches it for anything from sundown dinners to bonfire parties, with silk lanterns and fire dancers on request. The Spa Garden, ringed with palms beside the lotus pond, takes 60 for a banquet and 105 for a reception, rising to 84 and 120 when the deck is added.

The Family Pool areas suit smaller groups of up to 60 at dinner, and indoors the Open Lounge takes 66 for a banquet. The Vietnamese Song Hy package adds a Buddhist monk blessing and tea ceremony. Ask about exclusive use and the music curfew.

With 100 villas on site, almost every guest can stay at the resort. Pool villas of up to five bedrooms suit families and close friends sharing, and the Chuon Chuon Kids Club keeps younger guests busy.

The days around the wedding fill easily. There are three outdoor pools, including an adults only quiet pool, tennis, padel and pickleball courts, free kayaks, windsurfing and catamaran sailing, and a cooking academy with classes six days a week. Hoi An's old town, with its Japanese Bridge and lantern-lit nights, is close by. Vietnam's tourist board names March to May as the best months for Hoi An, with rain and storms most likely from October to January.