Beach Lover? Romantic? 14 Best Luxury Hotels in Bali for You

For such a relatively small place, the island of Bali sure offers a deliciously large number of deluxe resorts – way over 50, by our count.

We’ve stayed at so many luxury hotels in Bali, we almost feel like Bali hotel inspectors!

Now we’ve compiled our reviews on the best luxury Bali hotels here in this one convenient guide.

Best luxury hotels in Bali

So without any further ado, here’s our guide to 14 of the best luxury hotels in Bali – to suit your style!

1) Most unique hotel in Bali

Hotel Tugu Bali

If you’re trying to figure out where to bed down in Canggu, put Tugu Bali on your list.

Staying at Hotel Tugu Bali is like immersing yourself in an engrossing book on Indonesian art and culture.

Among the most unique places to stay in Bali, this lovely boutique hotel – only 21 rooms and suites – is decorated with one of south-east Asia’s largest private collections of eye-popping paintings, sculptures, antique furniture and other treasures.

On Thursday evenings, you can watch free authentic Balinese dance performances.

Like to surf?

The Canggu beaches just beyond Tugu Bali’s lush grounds are hot spots for catching some of the best intermediate surfing waves on the island.

But feel free just to doze in the shade by the garden pool…

Read our review: Seeking bliss at the Hotel Tugu Bali

2) Best place to stay in Bali for couples

Kayumanis Ubud Private Villa and Spa

On your honeymoon? Celebrating an anniversary?

The 21 villas at Kayumanis Ubud Private Villa and Spa ooze romance.

Most guests have breakfast in their villas.

A butler arrives with a wicker basket of goodies and prepares eggs for you on your living room’s cooktop (included in the rates).

When you’re ready for your complimentary 30-minute massage, a bridge across a river leads to Kayumanis’ open-air spa bungalows.

(The massage treatments are so good though that you’ll want to book for longer.)

While there’s stiff competition, this place could possibly be the most romantic hotel in Bali.

Read our review: Kayumanis Villas make a splash in Bali

3) Best villas in Bali (Seminyak) with a kitchen

Kunja Villa and The One Boutique Villas

Sometimes when traveling you just want to feel like, well, you’re not traveling – you want to bring the feeling of home with you to the city or country you’re visiting.

Enter The Kunja Villas and The One Boutique Villas. 

These are two luxury Bali villas smack-dab in the heart of upscale (and happening) Seminyak.

As well, there’s complimentary on-demand chauffeur service when you want to hit the nightclubs or go into town for dinner.

Read the TripAdvisor reviews here (the Kunja Villas & Spa) and here (One Boutique Villas) and you’ll see that these are two of the best villas in Seminyak.

Read our review: In Bali, luxury villas in Seminyak with private pools are all the rage!

4) Best Seminyak hotel

Alila Seminyak

Okay, so a Seminyak villa sounds great. But you really want to be right on the beach.

Of all the resorts in Seminyak, the mod and stylish Alila Seminyak gets our vote for the best Seminyak beach hotel.

It’s set right on the quieter end of Seminyak Beach. And it’s spitting distance close to organic cafés, cool restaurants and trendy beach clubs.

Alila Seminyak has 240 rooms and suites – clean and uncluttered in décor – housed in four-storey blocks. Think white terrazzo floors and white walls lashed with dark wood accents.

We were super impressed by the Alila Uluwatu (reviewed later in this post). 

If Alila Seminyak is anything like the Uluwatu property, we’ve no doubt it boasts its own wow power.

5) One of the best hotels in Jimbaran

Belmond Jimbaran Puri

We adore the Belmond brand.

Their hotels always have a marvelous sense of place. Ditto for the Belmond Jimbaran Puri – which blends right into the lush Bali landscape.

Directly on Jimbaran Beach, it has 64 cottages and villas sprinkled around gardens blooming with bougainvillea, hibiscus and frangipani.

Interiors feature marble floors, teak furnishings and Balinese art.

The charming cottages are rustic-luxe, with high, open-beam, thatched roofs (the best ones have beach views).

For more sophisticated (and secluded) accommodations, pick a deluxe one- or two-bedroom pool villa. Decorated with Balinese art, they have black stone bathtubs and both indoor and outdoor showers.

You also get your own sunken swimming pool.

Not that you necessarily need your own pool.

The resort’s main infinity pool, made from Javanese stone, is huge and right by the beach. As it faces the sunset, it’s the perfect spot for sipping sundowners!

6) Best Bali surf hotel

The Haven Suites Berawa

Bali’s new haven of cool, Canggu, is home to this 60-room boutique resort.

While rated a 4-star Bali hotel, The Haven Suites Bali Berawa is more like other 5-star Bali resorts and gets great TripAdvisor reviews.

Rooms are appealing, contemporary in feel, but with artistic vintage tile floors and Balinese-style engraved wood accents.

Plum rooms are ones where you can go for a dip right from your deck in the huge outdoor swimming pool, which is the hotel’s star feature.

7) One of the best places to stay in Ubud

Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan

You can always count on Four Seasons to deliver in the luxury department, and the Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan is no exception.

It’s one of the top resorts in Bali (indeed, considered by many the No. 1 hotel in the world).

It certainly feels out of this world when you arrive – you cross a teak bridge high above a gorge to enter the resort.

Read our review: The Four Seasons at Sayan is fabulous, with private pool villas in the Bali rainforest

8) One of the most luxurious Ubud resorts

Mandapa, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve

When it comes to ultra-luxury, Ritz-Carlton Reserves are about as indulgent as it gets. (We’ve stayed at the first Ritz-Carlton Reserve, an exclusive 54-villa retreat at Phulay Bay in Thailand.)

The third Ritz-Carlton Reserve – Mandapa – is found on the outskirts of Ubud. And Mandapa is also on our hot list when we visit Bali next!

Resembling a Balinese village with its own rice paddy and farmers, Mandapa has 60 one- and two-bedroom villas.

They’re kitted out with private plunge pools, Balinese furniture, outdoor showers and riverfront, rainforest or rice terrace views.

Of course, you have 24-hour butler service.

The resort’s Kubu restaurant is a hit.

You dine by candlelight overlooking the river in one of 9 private cocoon-like structures made from bamboo – very romantic.

When you feel like visiting hidden temples and highland villages, Mandapa’s vintage Volkswagen convertibles can be booked for tours.

9) Among the best hotels in Nusa Dua

Kayumanis Nusa Dua Private Villas & Spa

Better still, take out the complimentary bikes and pedal all along the waterfront, bicycle-and-walking path in the private Nusa Dua enclave.

Then cool off with a swim in the ocean before heading back to your villa.

The villas themselves are sophisticated, contemporary-style havens – think polished wooden floors, four-poster beds, outdoor black marble bathrooms and private pools with mini-fountains.

The hotel’s romantic Piasan restaurant gets rave reviews (choose modern Italian or go for the smoked duck rolls on the Indonesian menu).

Read our review: The Kayumanis Villas in Bali spoiled us silly with private pools, massages and complimentary afternoon tea

10) Best sustainable eco-resort in Bali

Six Senses Uluwatu

“Minimalist chic” aptly describes the feel of the Six Senses Uluwatu.

We’ve stayed at the eco-friendly Six Senses Yao Noi in Thailand, where lovely wooden bungalows with private pools feel like treehouses.

In contrast, this Bali property is very modern.

Its 103 suites and villas are all built from limestone. Set atop a dramatic cliff, they have staggering views of the Indian Ocean.

We love how some suites are called “sky suites.” Sky pool suites each have their own outdoor pool and are 1,765 square feet in size.

And from the resort’s shimmering three-tiered pool, you look down at crashing waves.

What really sets this luxury resort apart though is its focus on sustainability.

Food waste is composted and grey water is recycled. Sensors turn off the air-conditioning when you leave your room. The Six Senses also bottles its own water.

And an organic garden supplies much of the produce and herbs for its three restaurants, while meat is locally sourced.

We found the dining fresh, healthy and totally delicious at the Six Senses Yao Noi.

Judging by that, the Uluwatu resort no doubt dishes up equally tantalizing plates. One of its restaurants, Crudo, serves Japanese-Peruvian fusion cuisine; it especially sounds like a must-try.

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11) Best of the affordable boutique hotels in Bali

Ayung Resort Ubud

Where to stay in Ubud that’s 5 star but doesn’t break the bank?

One of the best affordable hotels in Bali, Ayung Resort Ubud is perfect. It’s tucked away in the lush rainforest about a 15-minute drive from Ubud town.

Huge hotel rooms have granite floors, four-poster beds and balconies overlooking a beautiful pool or the rushing Ayung River.

Or choose one of the immense Javanese villas with a private swimming pool. For cool places to stay in Ubud, you can’t beat these ornately-carved wood villas!

Ayung Resort’s top-rated restaurant is one of the best in Ubud – and you see exotic butterflies and monkeys in the trees.

Rates include a delicious breakfast, English-style afternoon tea, transfers three times a day to Ubud town and WiFi.

Read our review: Ayung Resort Ubud wows with its fantastic art and tropical luxury setting

12) Tops of the most amazing hotels in Bali (jaw-dropping views!)

Alila Villas Uluwatu

Having checked into so many fabulous hotels around the world, it’s sometimes hard to be truly wowed.

But Alila Villas Uluwatu – poised on a high clifftop overlooking the Indian Ocean – had our jaws dropping at every turn.

Its 165-foot infinity pool on the cliff edge is nothing short of stunning.

So too is the “lounge,” which is like a big wooden birdcage, cantilevered out over the water.

And then there are the 3,000 sq. foot villas (84 of them) built from recycled railway sleeper cars, volcanic rock and local bamboo.

How to feel like a multi-millionaire! Almost all the window walls on all sides slide open so you feel like you’re living outside (and you can almost slip right from your living room couch into the pool).

Can’t figure out the state-of-the-art sound system? Just ask your butler.

Alila Villa Uluwatu is a top contender on our list of best luxury resorts in Bali!

Read our review: Is Alila Villas Uluwatu the most luxurious hotel in Bali?

13) Best for escapism

Soori Bali

The Soori villa retreat, surrounded by UNESCO’s world heritage protected rice paddies, hugs a black sand beach on the southwest coast, near the sacred Tanah Lot Temple.

Formerly managed by the Alila Hotels group, it’s now run by the new Soori brand.

And it’s a world away from popular go-to places in Bali like Nusa Dua, Seminyak and Ubud.

On the drive to get there, we felt the stresses of everyday life melt away as we passed rice terraces and rural villages.

Award-winning architects created the 38 villas, most with ocean views (eight have mountain and pool views).

Recently refurbished, their Asian-themed décor is cool and calming.

Keep an eye out for the “Biebs” (if you’re into celebrity spotting).

Canadian singer Justin Bieber has stayed with his mother three times at the Soori property. (The hotel’s remote setting no doubt makes it paparazzi-proof.)

14) Best beach resort in Bali

Four Seasons at Jimbaran Bay

On a beach?

It’s a few minutes’ walk from lovely Jimbaran Beach – one of Bali’s best beaches – with calm waters for swimming during the day and simple seafood restaurants in the sand for dining at night. (Jimbaran is also less frenetic than, say, Seminyak or Sanur.)

Romantic?

You stay in a gorgeous villa (designed like a traditional Balinese house), with an open-air living room, outdoor shower and your own plunge pool.

Relaxing?

No detail has been overlooked at the spa, nestled in a garden, which begs to be visited. (Even the view through the doughnut hole of the massage table is pretty – we each looked at a blue, lotus-shaped, glass bowl with plumeria blossoms, before drifting off in pleasure.)

Nightclub action?

The resort’s Sundara is the spot when the sun goes down.

Yes, the Four Seasons at Jimbaran Bay – the last in our guide to the best of Bali’s 5-star resorts – has a little bit of everything to appeal to most all luxury lovers.

Read our post: Jimbaran Beach is one of Bali’s best beaches – and it has Sundara