Friday, September 4, 2026

  1. Perched on a clifftop nearly 500 feet above the Indian Ocean at Bali's southern tip, this Forbes Five Star resort makes the setting the main event. Sixty-odd villas and mansions blend Milanese furniture and traditional Balinese craft in a way that somehow doesn't feel like a mood board. Frangipani-scented paths wind down through volcanic gardens to the water, and the buggy ride to your villa is its own quiet ritual.

    Two honors, in evidence:

    The record strongest first

    One number, weighted & current 95

    How we score

Nearby in the record closest first

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Eat Score

The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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    Drink Score

    The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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      Stay Score

      The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

        How we score →

        Do Score

        The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

          How we score →

          Best Place Score

          The Best Place Score rates the area around a point, not any one place. Most of it is the record: the scored places within reach, weighed by distance, so more good stuff nearby means a higher score. The rest is how life is in that country: how people there rate their own lives, how long and how well they live, how safe they are, and what they breathe. If it looks low, we probably haven't found enough critics out here yet.