Bali Hotels
Bali is more than a destination, it is a celebration of life. And though it is a small island, Bali is grand in every way. The celebration that is Bali invigorates the senses and takes shape in every moment of your visit to a romantic Bali hotel. The essence of Bali then, is a distinctive approach to life that makes the island so much more than just another sunny holiday spot.
From before-dawn ritual offerings for resident spirits to mesmerizing dances in moonlit nights, Balinese culture and Hindu mythology guide the flow of everyday life and welcome visitors with authentic smiles and genuine hospitality. This magical, traditional and yet tolerant culture is wrapped in a stunningly beautiful natural environment; from pristine white beaches, brilliant corals and thunderous surf, to verdant tropical rainforests dotted with magnificent waterfalls, green rice paddies on steep, curving terraces, and the silhouettes of volcanoes that dominate the skyline and the imagination.
For travelers, Bali is all things to all people. Pulsing nightlife is everywhere on the streets of Kuta, opulent private Bali hotels in Seminyak, world-class five-star facilities and glistening sand beaches of Nusa Dua or Sanur, and the yoga, art and international cuisine in Ubud. Choose your Bali hotel, then enjoy a massage, dive a coral-encrusted shipwreck, take some sun on a white sand beach, play 18 holes at a championship course, marvel at an ancient temple, climb a volcano, spot a rare bird, refine your yoga practice, and make memories with new friends and old acquaintances- all, and more, is Bali.
Kuta
Kuta is a five kilometer white sand beach originally discovered by tourists as a surfing paradise. It is now equally well-known for its numerous shopping venues. Kuta is a 15-20-minute drive from the airport and is home to the busiest tourist venue in Bali. Rows of accommodations are available from the humble home stay to brand new, sprawling luxury resorts and hotels in Kuta. In between you will find every manner of restaurant, boutique shops as well as numerous bars, discos and clubs. The beach is wide and well maintained, though not as clean as it could be. There are many …
Tuban
Tuban – South Kuta is a relaxed and quiet, family-friendly area with white-sand beaches. The area was originally a sleepy fishing village but has since morphed into the home of dozens of Tuban hotels and resorts of varying sizes catering to different tastes and preferences. The area offers a range of attractions, including a variety of shops, restaurants and entertainment plazas. It’s only a few minutes drive from the frenetic pace and often crowded beaches of Kuta and about 10 minutes drive from the airport. The Hotels and accommodations in Tuban range from simple guesthouses to…
Legian
Legian is almost indistinguishable from the other popular nearby tourist spots, but located between Kuta in the south and Seminyak to the north. Legian offers easy access to a multitude of shops, restaurants and bars but a slightly more relaxed environment. Generally, the beachfront is in better shape and less hectic due to it being inaccessible to vehicles. The North part of Legian borders Seminyak at Double Six beach and offers a bit of an escape from the crowds and a popular surfing beach. In the South, Legian practically melts into Kuta roughly at Jalan Benesari but there …
Seminyak
Seminyak is located north of Legian and has grown over time to include an area that stretches through the Petitenget temple all the way to cover the remaining rice fields of the Kerobokan area. Seminyak is located approximately 30 minutes from the international airport. The area is is generally upmarket with many luxury Seminyak hotels, fashionable high-end restaurants, spas and boutique shopping. The Villas in Seminyak are especially outstanding. The entire area has really developed into a sophisticated, fascinating and exciting world-class vacation destination. The atmosphere …
Jimbaran
Jimbaran is located about 10 minutes by car south of the international airport. A good place to launch trips to explore places like Kuta or Nusa Dua, Jimbaran is also the home of a very calm, quiet bay with a gorgeous white-sand beach that stretches for roughly two kilometers. Formerly, a tiny fishing village, the area has now become home to many luxury Jimbaran hotels, villas and other types of accommodation. There is a traditional fish market at the north end of the bay which supplies many restaurants famous for serving delicious barbeque seafood dinners on tables set right on
Nusa Dua
Nusa Dua is a perfectly manicured, safe and clean tourist enclave on the east side of Bukit peninsula on the southern tip of Bali. Purposely created to establish a beautiful, world-class vacation environment, the area caters to mostly high-end leisure and business travelers, romantic couples and families. Many Nusa Dua hotels are fantastic, charming, and fully-equipped, offering the total vacation experience. Guests at many of the famous luxury hotels in Nusa Dua enjoy the popular golf course or utilize the main convention center facilities on the island. Nusa Dua features a long …
Canggu
Canggu was up until fairly recently, a charming fishing and farming village area 15 to 20 minutes north of Seminyak and approximately 45 minutes from the international airport. Canggu is a large area covering a long stretch of beach and rice-field dotted rolling hillside. The area continues up the coast starting from beyond Batu Belig (north Seminyak – Kerobokan) and running north from the village of Berawa through to Cemagi (just south of Tanah Lot) and including Echo Beach, Seseh and Pererenan along the way. Canggu is still somewhat undeveloped but rapidly becoming a popular vacation destination with new …
Tanjung Benoa
Tanjung Benoa is located on the long narrow peninsula of the north eastern tip of the Bukit peninsula in the south part of the island of Bali. The area is about 25-minute drive from the international airport. Tanjung Benoa is extremely close to the famous, luxury tourist enclave of Nusa Dua but still definitely a distinct area to its own with numerous large hotels and resorts spanning the length and both sides of the entire stretch of Jalan Pratama. The area has a wonderful white-sand beach and is generally very hot, dry and sunny. The oceanfront area is an …
Uluwatu
Uluwatu is the wide swathe of dry, high cliff-fringed land in the south and west portion of the Bukit peninsula at the very southern tip of Bali. This area is relatively quiet, isolated and remote and includes the villages of Pecatu and Ungasan. The picturesque views of the Indian Ocean from atop the lookouts are especially beautiful. Uluwatu is also home of one of the most important temples on Bali and a horde of curious monkeys. Uluwatu is famous for a number of excellent hidden coves that are home to high quality, fine white sand beaches, including classics such as Belangan, ...
Sanur
Sanur is Bali’s original upscale resort area and considered to be a mature beach side town appealing to mature leisure travelers and families. The area is home to a long strip featuring many restaurants, a supermarket and many lively pubs and nightspots. The hotels in Sanur feature accommodations of all types, sizes and styles. The entire area has a very quiet and relaxed feel with a nice stretch of breezy white-sand beach. Sanur is located on the southeast side of Bali and approximately a 25-minute drive north from the international airport. Sanur has a very nice paved …
Ubud
Ubud is located in central Bali about one hour from the international airport. The area is regarded as the cultural center of the island and is famous for its arts, fantastic variety of dining choices, music, yoga, spas and pleasant climate. The surrounding area offers gently curving rice paddies, stunning sunsets and many amazing temples, all easily enjoyed from one of the eclectic hotels in Ubud. The road to Ubud from Sanur passes through a series of small towns and villages that specialize in the production of stone, glass and woodcrafts that are exported to homes and hotels
Bedugul
Bedugul is a region of highlands including a volcanic mountain resort area with three major crater lakes located in the west central part of Bali between Denpasar in the south and Singaraja in the north. The weather in this region is mild and fresh with an average temperature of 18 Celsius and approximate elevation of around 1,100 to 1,500 meters above sea level. The hotels in Bedugul are reasonably priced and offer access to great activities such as watersports, trekking, waterfalls and even golfing. This place contains great natural beauty and extraordinary views and is …
Kintamani
Kintamani is a mountainous region of east central Bali encompassing several villages spread throughout the vast volcanic caldera and crater lake of Mount Batur. At an altitude of approximately 1200 to 1700 meters, the area contains five active volcanoes covered in rich green foliage with a cool, fresh climate and genuinely stunning views. The area is well known for an active agriculture industry including coffee growing, good quality oranges and producing organic vegetables. There are a number of truly traditional villages here including the ancient Bali Age tribe which have …
Candidasa
Candidasa is a beautiful stretch of lush coastline in Eastern Bali beginning near Manggis in Amok Bay and continuing to the main village center. Candidasa hotels are approximately a two-hour drive from the international airport and over an hour drive from Ubud. Candidasa is a tranquil village and the hotels in Candidasa offer varying accommodation, from basic to five-star resorts, some good restaurants and a charming lotus lagoon in the middle. Candidasa is a laid-back place well-known for excellent scuba diving. While relaxing is by far the primary activity here, there are many …
Tulamben
Tulamben is a small fishing village in northeast Bali. The area is quiet, hot and relatively undeveloped, but offers a number of black sand and polished stone beaches with clear turquoise water teeming with marine life. The area is peaceful and simple offering a good glimpse into traditional Balinese life. Tulamben is most well-known for a popular wreck dive just off the shore in this area. The USAT Liberty was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in WWII and intentionally stranded on the beach in Tulamben after taking on water. After a violent eruption of the Mount Agung …
Lovina
Lovina is a tranquil black sand beach area composed of a collection of villages that stretch for several kilometers located on the Northwest shore of Bali. Guests at a hotel in Lovina can enjoy the slow-paced, relaxed atmosphere, in contrast to the south, the sea is rather calm here and also pleasant for swimming, scuba diving and boating. The area is relatively dry and hot and the beaches are made up of lovely black sands that lend themselves nicely to a long, leisurely stroll. Dolphin watching is a popular activity here, but more than anything Lovina is a pretty place to …
Amed
Amed is comprised of a ten kilometer stretch of narrow paved road featuring a series of small rural villages situated on bluffs overlooking picturesque sandy bays. Located approximately a three-hour drive from the Ngurah Rai Airport, Amed is a quiet fishing area with plenty of friendly local people and a real feeling of village community still relatively untouched by tourism. The beautiful coastline is hot and arid with stunning views of the blue sea and in the shadow of towering Mount Agung. Amed has quickly become Bali’s newest developing area well-known for superb diving with …
Padang Bai
Padang Bai is a beautiful little bay located approximately one hour and a half drive from the international airport. The azure waters of this tranquil port town are where most people take a ferry to and from Lombok, Gili, Komodo islands and Flores. The main beach is covered with many colorful double outrigger fishing boats with two quiet, hidden coves at either end of the bay featuring nice white-sand beaches and clear water. There is some excellent snorkeling and diving in this area and there are many tour operators that cater to these activities here. The village is also
Gianyar
Gianyar is both a city and regency that covers a large area of east-central Bali. Hotels in Gianyar are located approximately one hour from the international airport. This area stretches from a long expanse of beaches and stunning coastline in the east all the way to the spectacular rice terraces in Tagallalang situated in the shadow of the volcano. This area contains some of the most fascinating cultural elements and beautiful natural landscape that Bali has to offer. The entire area has become famous due to the rich artistic heritage of various villages such as Celuk and …
Denpasar
There are generally two kinds of Denpasar hotels, newly built by groups or professionally managed chains catering to younger business and leisure travelers and local hotels built to host seminars, meetings or groups. Always of varying in age, quality and type of facilities, Denpasar hotels are typically medium size, multi-story city hotels. Hotels in Denpasar are usually conveniently situated within walking distance of numerous shops, restaurants, banks, hospitals and parks. Denpasar hotels are centrally located with good access to other areas in Bali and mostly mid-range, affordable …
Medewi
Medewi is a small tourist enclave located in the Jembrana district on the way to Negara in the west part of Bali. This area is one of the most sparsely populated and least developed areas on the island. Very much a surfing hot spot, Medewi is a huge stretch of large, smooth rock beach with patches of gray sand. Close to the mouth of a nearby river and home to one of the longest point breaks in Bali, the lack of serious tourist infrastructure means that visitors to this quiet, dry coastal fishing village are generally here for one reason only. It is said that the hot tropical …
Pemuteran
Pemuteran is a small fishing village in a remote area of northwest Bali. A relatively untouched area of extreme natural beauty, Pemuteran has become more popular recently due to the close proximity to Menjangan Island Marine Park and the West Bali National Park. There are a number of resorts, villas and hotels in Pemuteran with a wide range of categories and quality in this area. Pemuteran is suitable for those who desire absolute peace and quiet in a beautiful, relaxing environment. Hotels in Pemuteran are approximately four hours by car from the international airport, the road to …
Lembongan
Lembongan is one of three relatively small islands off the southeast coast of Bali located approximately 30-minutes across the Bandung strait by fast boat from Sanur or Benoaharbor. A mere 8 square kilometers in size, Nusa Lembongan is surrounded by coral reefs with many narrow white sand beaches, secluded coves and rocky limestone cliffs with a relatively large natural mangrove forest on the north and east. There are very few cars on the island and most people use bicycles or motorcycles to get around. The island is separated into two main areas called JunungBatu beach
Tanah Lot
Tanah Lot is located about one and a half-hour from the international airport. Tanah Lot temple is perhaps one of the most iconic sites in all of Bali and very popular among tourists. The temple itself is a rocky promontory which is accessible at low tide and said to be the work of revered 15th century Hindu priest forming an important spiritual element of a Balinese pilgrimage. A short drive from the nearby Tabanan city, the road to Tanah Lot is lined with many beautiful, classic Balinese rice terraces. The area is particularly busy when visitors come to watch the spectacular …
Lembongan
Lembongan is one of three relatively small islands off the southeast coast of Bali located approximately 30-minutes across the Bandung strait by fast boat from Sanur or Benoaharbor. A mere 8 square kilometers in size, Nusa Lembongan is surrounded by coral reefs with many narrow white sand beaches, secluded coves and rocky limestone cliffs with a relatively large natural mangrove forest on the north and east. There are very few cars on the island and most people use bicycles or motorcycles to get around. The island is separated into two main areas called JunungBatu beach …
Kerobokan - Umalas
Kerobokan-Umalas are two distinct, adjacent, semi-rural districts located in the rapidly developing area between northwest Seminyak and the southeast portion of Canggu. Quickly becoming some of the most sought after and desirable property in Bali, Kerobokan and Umalas are well-known for being quiet, idyllic and pastoral, but located within close proximity to the famous beaches, surf spots and popular shopping and dining in nearby Canggu and Seminyak.