We visited 30 hotels, stayed at Bali’s 10 Best hotels, to find the best Bali boutique hotels & resorts: luxury hotels and the best Bali budget hotels. We test-drive every hotel before we ever make a recommendation so that we can give you our honest, expert, opinion about what hotel might be best for you. We don’t accept sponsorships from hotels – so our recs are 100% unbiased. Our Bali Top 8 resorts / Best hotels Bali list has candid reviews & tours. We did a bunch of research, developing our initial short list of 30 Bali hotels and resorts. This video will provide a quick tour of each resort we are recommending, plus a link to an in-depth review and tour of each hotel.
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Here are the full vidoes:
THE AMANKILA
Our full tour and review:
THE HANGING GARDENS OF BALI
Our full tour and review:
Aura House: House
Our full tour and review:
THE COMO SHAMBHALA ESTATE
Our full tour and review:
THE SOORI
Our full tour and review:
THE COMO UMA UBUD
Our full tour and review:
THE ALILA VILLAS ULUWATU
Our full tour and review:
THE CAPELLA UBUD
Our full tour and review:
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Bali E-Book Table of Contents:
+Intro
+A Really Brief History of Bali
+Culture, Customs and Behavior in Temples
+Bali by Region – What Area’s Best for You?
+Bali’s Best Hotels, Resorts and Airbnbs, By Area
+Food and Drink
+The Best Activities That Most People Don’t Know About
APPENDIX I: Planning Your Trip:
+Best time to visit
+Getting to Bali and getting around
+Safety and security
APPENDIX II: All the boring stuff: airport, customs, immigration, transportation (but you best read it).
APPENDIX III: Nyepi, Bali’s Silent Day
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0:30 Never have i been this offended to be called poor
a quick google of all the hotels and heres what i found the prices in INR
7. Amankila – 1.1 lac
6. Hanging garden – 44k
5. Aura House – 30K
4. The Soore – 1lac
3. Coma ua – 30K
2. Alila Villas – 1 lac
1. Capella – 1 lac
Some of the best.. are actually some of the most affordable 😂
Appreciate the list but let's be real this is a list of high end hotels
Hey im planning to go to bali in jan So i booked 3 days of hilton bali and now ia m thinking to book 3 days more in conrad bali , so may i book or not pls explain or if u think other hotels can be booked
How about Bvulgari?
Most of these are not in a good location if you’re going in the wet season!
Great video!
I'm thinking about going to Bali for my honeymoon. Capella and Alila are on the list!
I was also presented with a few other options, such as Raffles, The Ritz-Carlton, Bvlgari, and Nihi Sumba. Have you stayed at those? I'd love to hear your opinion.
All the best!
Cool
Thoughts on buahan banyan tree and Ulaman Eco Luxury. Thanks!!
Hi I am planning a 13 day holiday to Bali. Which all resorts do you recommend covering and in what order. Thanks
Are you able to share the other two you didn't prefer by chance? Was thinking about Four Seasons Jimbaran Bay coming up in September but was concerned it wasn't on your list! (your videos super helpful btw – thank you!)
Amazing Video, information and your Voice ( aha) Love your Content sir!
Without a price ball park this is a worthless video.
clickbait
All way above average price.
Shame on you.
Sexy
Como Uma is like $500 a night… If this is considered affordable ($$) then I dare not look up the others on this list 🤦
Did you stay at the Mandapa Ritz? Any thoughts?
How could you consider 500 euros/night as not expensive…?
Apik e cuok hotel e
Some of these places are crazy expensive and pretty unrealistic for most travelers four nights stay in the top hotels here will run you $5,000 or more
Have you stayed at Mandapa?
"Affordable" 🙂
Thank you for sharing this video my friend. I am now diving into my Bali adventure, setting some points up where to go and what to experience. Cant wait. I am already feeling it. I will watch the activity video next.
At first, I was unsure, but the report on Azarium helped figure it out.
Cvbn bapak Kalvin ngak mati
Post the prices!