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Naples Children Education Foundation
Naples Children Education Foundation
2010 AUCTION LOTS

Auction Lot #60 - A Feast for the Senses
  • Eight (8) days, seven (7) nights for two (2) couples in a two-bedroom Beach Villa Suite at Soneva Kiri by Six Senses in Koh Kood, Thailand
  • Upper class, round-trip airfare from San Francisco, California to Bangkok, Thailand for two (2) couples
  • Round-trip plane transfer from Bangkok to Soneva Kiri for two (2) couples
  • Daily Soneva breakfast experience
  • A wide selection of water sports including catamaran sailing, sea kayaking, windsurfing, water-skiing, wake boarding and snorkeling are available, as well as a fleet of wooden speedboats for excursions to other islands and local sites
  • Two (2) Six Senses Spa Signature Treatments per couple
  • Unique “Six Senses” experiences throughout the stay
  • Dinner for four (4) people at NWWF Chef Nancy Oakes’ Boulevard Restaurant in San Francisco

Imagine every sight, sound, texture, taste and aroma in one blissful experience. We’ve all had memorable meals, wonderful wines and spectacular surroundings. But few combine in one unique, life-changing experience. That is what you’ll discover at Soneva Kiri, by Six Senses in Koh Kood, Thailand, a remote island in the Gulf of Siam known for its pure waterfalls and crystal clear water. Life at the resort is designed around preserving nature and sustainable resources, from the bicycles and electric carts to the woods and fabrics in the architecture.

You’ll begin your trip of a lifetime in San Francisco, where NWWF Chef Nancy Oakes will welcome you at her restaurant Boulevard. Since it’s opening in 1993, Boulevard has been hailed as one of San Francisco’s best restaurants. You’ll enjoy a special dinner paired with incredible wines, before flying off for your spectacular journey.

Your luxurious, 6,000-square-foot, two-bedroom Beach Villa Suite, complete with a personal butler, is just the first of the wonders you’ll encounter. Then, every one of your senses will be indulged and delighted.

Few sights compare to the waterfalls surrounded by an ancient tropical forest where you’ll have a luxurious picnic and barbecue. Or to Cinema Paradiso, an over-the-water outdoor theater, where you’ll watch a classic film under a canopy of stars.

Sound arrives in waves gently breaking on sugary sand as you enjoy a romantic moonlit dinner. Taste the warmth and spice of indigenous Thai cooking, first in a private cooking class where you’ll learn how to recreate its flavors long after your trip, and later at dinner in Khun Benz Restaurant overlooking the mangrove forest.

What about touch? You’ll be touched and pampered by trained spa professionals with two signature treatments for each couple. And you will touch the ingredients you pick from the organic garden—as the resort’s chef teaches you how to transform them into organic “slow food.”

And ah... the smell... the absolute hedonistic aroma of exotic chocolates and fine wines, enjoyed at a private tasting in the hotel's chocolatier.

But this is not the end—there is a sixth sense. You’ll have the rare and unique pleasure of dining in the world's first treetop “Dining Pod” in what promises to be the dinner of a lifetime.

You can close your eyes and imagine bliss or see it, smell it, taste it, hear it and have it with one sensational bid!

Insider's Info: Trip to be taken between February 1 and December 19, 2010. Additional activities and meals outside of those listed are not included. Advance reservations required. Dinner at Boulevard in San Francisco could be used for lunch if flight times do not allow enough time for a dinner.

Donor: Soneva Kiri by Six Senses and Nancy Oakes of Boulevard
Airfare donated by Carol & Tom Lund, Susie & David McCurry, The John P. & Anne Welsh McNulty Foundation and Cynthia & Bruce Sherman