The ideal country has more than just sandy beaches. It also has French elegance, floating markets, motorbikes, lotus ponds and pot-bellied pigs.

It's Vietnam and today, you and your travelling companion get to stay in the ideal country for just $979.

Head 15 kilometres east of Hue City (easily accessible from Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City) and you'll stop at the beautiful Ana Mandara Hue resort on Thuan An Beach.

There, you'll spend five nights in a luxury Beach Villa with daily breakfast, return transfers from Hue Airport and two 60 minute massages at the resort's spa.

Normally such an experience would cost $2115 for two people but today, you have the idyllic in your hands for 54% less. And here's more about what you'll enjoy:

Five nights' accommodation in a Beach Villa

• Spread out over 106 square metres of personal space with a separate bedroom and indoor/outdoor bathroom. You're only ten metres from the beach, so you can watch dawn approach each morning from the sun lounge on your personal terrace. This is how life should be every day…

Daily breakfast for two in the resort's Lagoon Restaurant

• Meander down to breakfast before 10am each day and enjoy the personalised service that comes from a place that seats only 40 guests. Look over the beach as you ponder the day and enjoy your morning meal.

Two 60 minute massages at La Cochinchine Spa and Wellness Centre

• You've come to relax and take in Vietnam, so enter this utopia for unparalleled pampering. The massages, together with inspired Asiatic and Vietnamese specialties, revive and rejuvenate energies while relaxing mind, body and spirit

And return transfers from Hue International Airport

You're enveloped by picturesque rice paddy terraces, the serene Tam Giang lagoon and luxuriant coconut palms, manicured lawns and lotus ponds. And it's only a scenic 20 minute drive from Hue's ancient architecture, the old emperor's Forbidden Purple City, haunting canals and majestic temples.

So make your next holiday ideal by clicking on the 'Buy Now' button. It's only $979 for two people to stay five idyllic nights at Ana Mandara Hue - with a quintessential sandy beach included. 

• Offer is valid from 24th July to 30th September 2012
• You must make a booking by 31st August 2012
• Blackout dates: 22nd to 23rd August, 31st August, 1st September to 3rd September 2012
• Bookings are essential via phone or e-mail and subject to availability
• Offer only available for consecutive nightly stays
• Multiple vouchers can be purchased to extend stays, for separate stays or friends and family
• Additional nights can be purchased at the advised rate of USD 125 per room per night, including breakfast, payable direct to the hotel
• Upgrade request to Pool Villa can be made and will incur a fee of USD 125 per room per night, including breakfast, payable direct to the hotel
• Maximum capacity per room is three persons
• Additional adults can be added at the advised rate of USD 20 per adult per night, including breakfast, payable direct to the hotel
• Additional child (0-4 years) can be added free of charge sharing existing bedding. Additional child (4-11 years) can be added at the advised rate of USD 12 per night, sharing existing bedding, including breakfast and is payable direct
• Baby cot can be added free of charge
• Not valid with any other offer or promotion
• Not redeemable for cash