Looking for a tropical get away where you can make your honeymoon dollars go far? Then Bali is the perfect place to start looking. It is here where you can enjoy pristine beaches, luxury resorts, top notch spa treatments, and luxury cuisine for a fraction of the cost of other popular honeymoon destinations. If that sounds good to you, keep reading, as we have complied a list of some of the best Bali honeymoon hotels, as well as some tips and advice getting the most bang for you buck.
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Responsible ecotourism includes those places or organisations that minimize the negative aspects of conventional tourism on the environment and enhance the cultural integrity of local people as well as evaluating environmental and cultural factors. These are integral parts of ecotourism and include the promotion of recycling, energy efficiency, water conservation, and creation of economic opportunities for the local communities. Novotel Benoa Bali is the first Accor hotel in Asia to achieve Green Globe Certified, a Green Globe qualification which recognises the hotel’s commitment to successfully implement an integrated Environmental Management …
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It seems lately that every time a travel or lifestyle magazine does a reader’s poll then ultimately Bali comes out as a favourite. Bali has won the Best Leisure Destination and the Ritz-Carlton Bali the Best Hotel Recognition in Readers’ Choice Award in DestinAsian. And, rightly so because it is a beautiful island with beautiful people and has a unique and ancient culture. There is so much to offer the traveller or holidaymaker with its terraced rice fields and spectacular beaches. Then there is the excellent range of hotels, activities and the vast array of restaurants to choose from. What I find amazing is how the Balinese themselves even manage to preserve their traditions and culture in the continual onslaught of ever-growing tourism. But, they do.
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Indonesia has some of the world’s best hotels, including the Four Seasons Sayan and the Amandari, both in Ubud. If you look hard enough you can also find small, boutique hotels that offer something quite unique. One of these is the Losari Coffee Plantation in Central Java.
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It always gives me a laugh when a hotel changes its name. There has to be a damn good reason for it.
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I have seen just about all there is to see on the island of Bali, know about a lot of the great places to eat and hotels, but I have to admit after reading an article today that I have never heard of or even seen the Ubud Hanging Gardens Hotel. Apparently the hotel & resort has just won the 2008 ASEAN Energy Award for an energy efficient building in the tropical category. This makes the hotel an excellent place to stay for those visitors who are eco-conscious in their choice of hotels. The award was won by the Ubud Hanging Gardens Hotel because it an excellent example of how developers have not destroyed the environment to establish a tourist resort. So, I had a look at their website and truly, this is a magnificent place and worthy of the award. It has38 luxury private pool villas, each with a heated private infinity plunge pool set high in the rice terraces overlooking the Ayung River. This is definitely one of those places where you can relax and soak up the peace and harmony of nature without the howling madness of the heavily-touristed area that is the Kuta Strip.
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Bali’s major arts and culture centre, Ubud has developed a large tourism industry and is located amongst rice paddies and steep ravines in the island’s central foothills. The town sits centrally among a group of villages - Padang Tegal and Nyuhkuning are to the south, Peliatan and Kutuh are to the east, Campuhan, Penestenan and Sayan are to the west and Sanggingan and Kedewatan are to the north-west. There is an abundance of accommodation to suit any budget, but if you can afford to lash out a few extra bucks then there are some great value-for-money resort villas in the area. Slightly out of town is Penestenan, you will find the Waka Namya Resort and Spa - a luxury Balinese architecture with a beautiful spa treatment available for every guest staying there.
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Where would Trump stay if he came to Bali? His ego is so big he’d probably build his own resort. But if he was just passing through, it would have to be the Bulgari.
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The Bali Barat National Park (Taman Nasional Bali Barat) has one very nice place to stay. Its called Waka Shorea, and is located in the middle of dence forest. The bungalows are on stilts, built in an eco-friendly way, without destroying the forest by clear cutting. The whole are is populated by wild animals including deer, boars, birds and other animals.
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Late last year I was down on the Bukit Peninsula with some Balinese friends of mine having a look around. I was eager to check out Pura Uluwatu to see if any changes had occurred as I had not been there for a while.
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