Vakantie en citytrip naar Gianyar

Het uitzicht vanaf het zwembad was prachtig en de kamers waren mooi en comfortabel. Voor het geld dat je betaald (wat vrij prijzig is voor Balinese begrippen) was de communicatie van de staff slecht en waren er ontzettend veel insecten, kikkers en muggen omdat het nu regentijd is. Ook had ik 2 dagen van tevoren een spa reservering gemaakt in het resort, waar ik zo naar had uitgekeken, bleek de reservering niet in de computer te staan. Vervolgens een vervolgafspraak gemaakt op dezelfde dag in de avond, maar deze bleek erg tegen te vallen, omdat er veel insecten in de jacuzzi kwamen.. Niet erg ontspannen dus. Ook zijn de kamers erg gehorig en konden we een aantal dagen niet lekker uitslapen, omdat er mensen boven ons en buiten erg veel lwaai aan het maken waren. Daarnaast zijn de prijzen in het restaurant 3x duurder dan als je gaat eten bij een warung in het centrum van Ubud. De volgende keer zal ik eerder een hotel wat dichterbij het centrum willen hebben want het was toch wel jammer dat er niks in de buurt was van het resort en je altijd de shuttle moest nemen.

We were looking for a quiet and luxurious place and found it in The Balé. It's a boutique hotel in all meanings: discrete, beautiful, stylish and with extremely helpful staff.It was a great feeling to be pampered as we were in this hotel. It didn't even feel as a stay at a hotel, more like an invitiation at someone's private place but with all services you can imagine from a 5*-hotel. The Nusa Dua region however, is not a very authentic place to be, with very few things to experience in the close neighbourhood. Once you leave the immediate sourroundings of the hotel, it all looks quite artificial (e.g. the Bali Collection, an outdoor mall) and rather cheap. We went to Seminyak a few times (by taxi) and it was more lively, with plenty of restaurants and bars near the beach and long streets with shops and more.

Wow! What an amazing experience was our stay in Kayumanis Hotel in Ubud. We stayed in a Deluxe Villa and the villa is really big! Everything is so nice! The pool is big enough to swim. The beds are really nice and softe. The outdoor shower is wonderful, wish I had this one at home! So nice that you can have a drink from the minibar and the homemade cookies are delicious!! We spend 6 nights here and the staff is very very helpful. We used the limo service every day, so a car with chauffeur brought us everyday to the centre of Ubud which is a 12 minute drive. The restaurant is also very good; we ordered the first night the bbq-menu in our villa. Very very good! Never had such delicious spare-ribs before. So the last night we ordered them again :-)

I booked for three persons, before arriving I made a request for three separate beds. There was only one king size bed and they said that it was normal to sleep whit three persons in that bed. When I asked for an other extra bed the charge was 50 euro per night extra, eventually they made it 25 euro when is said it is not acceptable. There are two pools both are only 1,3 meter deep, very shallow in my opinion. There should be one deeper pool. Because of the coral reef is about 200 meters away and the tide takes the water out, a muddy pool is left over, so the sea is only accessible 50% of the time. So no good pool and no good swimming in the sea. The staff and rooms where excellent! The restaurant is quite expensive for Bali but excellent food. Overall the stay was good.