Hotel lists by area, and a separate verdict on every hotel in them. Each page is written by one curator: who the hotel is for, which room to book, and what to know before you book.
Prices and availability are checked live before booking.
A ridge-top resort above the Petanu Valley near Petulu village: nine private-pool villa categories with floor-to-ceilin…
The Slow is a small, design-driven hotel on Batu Bolong, built around an art gallery, live music and a restaurant scene…
A long-standing Seminyak beachfront hotel built around 16 acres of mature gardens and 500 metres of sand, with thatched…
An all-suite beachfront hotel built for quiet rather than spectacle: every room has an ocean view and its own balcony,…
Bali's first boutique hotel, open since 1962 and still family-run: a small run of bungalows on a quiet stretch of Sanur…
A brand-new Berawa beachfront resort, open since December 2024: suites step straight onto a lagoon pool, and one-bedroo…
Thirty-two pool villas cascade down a hillside above Jimbaran Bay, each gated and private, built for couples who want t…
A river valley resort in Kedewatan where rice paddies run through the grounds and the Ayung River curves below: 35 suit…
Komaneka at Bisma sits on a hillside above the Campuhan river, with an infinity pool that looks out over rice terraces…
A small, quiet cluster of beachfront cottages and villas on Jimbaran Bay, closer to a private house than a resort.
Hotel Tugu Bali fills 22 suites and villas with a genuine collection of Asian antiques, each room built around a differ…
A hillside resort built into the Ayung River valley in Sayan, six kilometres from central Ubud: an entrance bridge onto…
Sierra's strongest point is its location in the heart of Soho Square, paired with a rich open buffet and a broad range…
Savoy opens straight onto Soho Square, so restaurants, bars, shops and evening entertainment are a walk from your room…
Novotel is the sensible first-time Sharm base: a big, well-run Naama Bay resort where you can walk to the promenade in…
A big, well-run Sunrise resort stepped down the Um El Sid cliff, with a jetty onto a good reef and a Posh Club tier tha…
The biggest of the Um El Sid hill resorts: 440 rooms in 11 buildings, four pools, an aqua park, a jetty over a good ree…
The Naama Bay hotel for people who want the strip within reach but not under the window: 298 rooms on a low cliff at th…
The best-built big resort in Nabq Bay: arches, high ceilings and swim-up terraces on a 584-room scale, run well enough…
A large, 1999-vintage Sheraton on the Al Pasha coast between the airport and Naama Bay, with a reef reviewers rate abov…
A very large Nabq Bay resort that works as a self-contained town: a 23-slide aqua park, more than a dozen restaurants i…
The Ras Um Sid choice for people who came for the water: a big, terraced Marriott resort at the southern tip of Sharm w…
A big, older Hadaba resort that earns its keep on two things: a sandy walk-in beach with a pontoon out to the Temple re…
An adults-only (16+) resort on the Om El Seid hill in Hadaba with what most Sharm hotels lack: two house reefs off its…
