Posted by Hunters on 6/11/2005, 3:33 pm I've really been enjoying putting our recent Bali adventure into a story I'll give my personal rating of the hotels below, based on a 10 point scale. Taman Harum Cottages (7) This establishment is located in Mas, which is a wood carver's village just Puri Dajuma is located in south western Bali, in an area close to Medewi. The cottages are located on the most picture perfect location that is on a Did I mention the restaurant?? This place gets a 10+ rating for the food. Don't think because this place is miles away from the Kuta crowd that it None of us wanted to leave this resort. At the end of our trip I
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form and appreciate all the kind remarks that keep nudging me on to do more.
One thing I realize is that some information just does not fit into a story
format, but is still valuable to those seeking information. In a style
different from the JBR's I've been doing, I wanted to give a quick run down
on the hotels, drivers, and restaurants that our family experienced. Hope
it proves to be beneficial for those of you still planning to go to Bali.
This review will be just on Hotels. I'll try to do the other topics later.
outside of Ubud. We stayed in the Ubud area for 5 days due to so many
activities that are in close distance from there. This was our first hotel
and the one we spent the most time at. We made reservations here based on
the recommendations of others who have stayed here with families. The
cottages offer nice rooms, quite gardens, a clean pool, free transport
anywhere in Ubud or surrounding area, and one of the best morning meals we
had anywhere. The family room is huge and should be considered a house. It
had 5 beds in 4 bedrooms, two baths, and a wonderful balcony overlooking the
rice field to the front and the pool to the side. The only negative thing
about the hotel was the portion given with meals, not included in the room
rate. We ate one supper there, and were disappointed by the small portions
and quality of meat. To their credit, they never pressured us to eat there
again and were glad to provide us free transport to all the other
restaurants that we tried. I'd recommend this cottage for anyone who needs
lots of room, does not feel a need to be in walking distance from all the
Ubud action, and does not need 5 star luxuries. Run the name on an internet
search and you will find their web-site.
Puri Dajuma (10+)
This place was the hidden gem that we were lucky to find while on Bali. We
were planning to go from Ubud clear over to Pemuteran (on the north west
side of Bali) in just one day. A week or two before leaving I found out
just how long of a trip that would be and decided to break it up with a stop
in between. I sent out emails to the few places in western Bali that have
web-sites and gave them my budget requirements. The staff at Puri Dajuma
quickly responded and welcomed us at a nice discount. While I could not
find much information about Puri Dajuma, I was none the less excited due to
the knock out pictures I was seeing on their web-site. The pictures on the
web-site, as nice as they are, do not do this place justice. This was the
most fabulous place we stayed during our whole trip to Bali. This is not
just a hotel. It is like a private resort for anyone lucky enough to find
it. It was so great that we ended up canceling the following night in
Pemuteran, just to stay another day and night at Puri Dajuma.
slight hill that overlooks the incredible landscaping and black sandy beach
below. The pool is wonderful and the restaurant is divine. I'm not making
any of this up. This is a place for honeymooners! My wife and I would get
remarried just to go back there! It is also a great place for a family that
wants to get away from crowds and see the real Bali. To meet our budget,
the kids stayed in a fancy tree house room called a rice barn, and
absolutely loved it. The kids loved the pool, the badminton court, huge
cinema room, body boarding with no other tourists in site, and playing
soccer in the afternoons with the local children. Note: I'm talking about
kids that are 10 years old and up.
I was thinking we would pay out our noses to eat here and had originally
planned to find a cheap diner somewhere else. Our mouth dropped as we saw
that the prices in the menu were better than any place we had previously
eaten at in Ubud. My next thought was that the portions had to be small for
the price. How wrong I was. We were pigging out on fillet minion pepper
steak, chicken cordon blue, and host of other incredible meals for less than
US $4 a meal. Most meals were in the US $2-$4 range. Since we had the
place basically to ourselves, the chefs were cooking just for us at most
meals. At my wife's request, the chef even took her into their super fancy
kitchen and showed her how to make one of her favorite dishes! The chefs
and waiters at Puri Dajuma made each meal a truly pleasurable experience.
might not have modern conveniences. They have internet access, the most
modern rooms we stayed in, and top notch service. The European owner of
this resort has spared no expense and has found a fantastic staff. From the
facilities to the attitudes of the staff, Puri Dajuma is a class act!
individually asked the children where their favorite hotel was. They all
listed Puri Dajuma as their favorite. Our whole family highly recommends
Puri Dajuma. You may be cheating yourself if you don't spend at least a
couple days here. Normally, a hotel / resort should have to pay for a
review like this one. In this case they earned by giving us the best stay
on Bali. You can find them in an internet search. By the way, not one
person ever approached us on the beach or in the area, who was trying to
sell us something.
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