The Best Hotels Near The Menjangan by LifestyleRetreats, by the Record
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A resort so deep in the West Bali National Park that Kuta might as well be a rumor. The villas sit a few yards from the beach, with outdoor baths and traditional architecture; the Monsoon Lodge rooms cluster around a pool in the forest. Clubbing is firmly off the agenda, replaced by snorkeling, sea kayaking, diving, and serious birdwatching in the park. This is Bali for people who find the southern coast exhausting just to think about.
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Eight rooms in treehouse-style towers connected by elevated walkways, with a black lava-sand beach out front and jungle pressing in from behind. This small boutique resort from Frankfurt's Lindenberg group sits in quiet Pekutatan, well past the Bali crowds, ten minutes from Medewi Beach and its famous long break. A Balinese spa, local home-style cooking, and electric bikes for the coast road fill the days. The Michelin Guide awarded it one Key.
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Fourteen mod-Balinese villas on a forested mountainside above Lovina Bay, about as far as you can get from the Denpasar party circuit, which is largely the point. This small resort reads less like a traditional villa compound and more like a sleek residential complex that remembered where it was, with plunge pools, private pavilions, and open-air spa treatments. The three-hour drive from the airport is a commitment; the guests who make it tend to stay put.
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Black sand beach on one side, working rice paddies on the other: Soori Bali is a 45-villa resort on the island's quieter west-central coast, about ninety minutes from the airport. The architecture leans clean and contemporary, with open-plan spaces that dissolve the line between indoors and out. An infinity pool, a spa, and restaurants serving Balinese cuisine round things out, and the Michelin Guide has awarded it one Key.