Imagine saying “I Do”, looking at the face of the person you love, standing under a glittering chandelier, as the rippling water in the pool around the chapel ushers a quiet blessing over the ceremony and the lashing ocean waves serenade your union. This isn’t the effect of reading too many romantic novels; it’s the [...]

I half expect James Bond to shimmy down the cliff face sporting his inimitable black-tie number. It would not even faintly surprise were I to hear a request for a martini; shaken not stirred, of course. Having almost shimmied down a 35m escarpment in an inclinator to the Bali version of a Monte Carlo bar [...]

The dawn chorus begins well before misty morning creeps across the emerald paddy fields. A reedy cockerel kicks it off; a shrill peeping soon follows; then all the birds in Bali join in, shrieking and whooping and whistling. The discordant symphony makes it impossible to go [...]

HotelTravel.com recently completed a customer poll on Asia’s most desirable island destinations and it is not surprising that Bali, Indonesia came out on tops in the region. HotelTravel.com Chief Communications Officer, Tom Racette, said demand for this alluring Indonesian tropical paradise remained as strong as ever.

Eight-year-old Manik Manu Harani likes studying on the floor of the Dharmayana Kongco temple hall in Kuta. “It is just more relaxing to study here” she said Thursday. Manik is one of the 25 third-grade students from the state elementary school SDN 1 in Kuta studying at the hall on Thursday afternoons. They all agree [...]

Bali may be one of the main targets for terrorist action in the 21st century, but that does not seem to deter luxurious businesses. Despite two bombings in the past four years, the island still attracts investors for super-luxury hotels for the rich and famous. Following the establishment of hotels like the Conrad and the [...]

The long, narrow lane would not look out of place in an old spy movie. It ends abruptly at what looks like a wall that swings open to reveal a private entrance to a 2.5-acre property nestled among the rice paddies of the Ayung River valley, near Ubud, at the center of the Indonesian island [...]

Infinity, one of the largest beachfront wedding venues in Bali, floats two meters above sea level within an ensemble of overflowing reflecting pools and marble walkways.
The air fills the sounds of romantic music as the bride with her father walks down the walkway over the black infinity pool. The majestic sight of the Infinity chapel [...]

On the beautiful Indonesian island of Bali lies the small village of Ubud where all but the strong men are forgotten. The women are not considered important enough to educate, the orphans must often fend for themselves, and the handicapped are expected to sit on the street corners and beg.
Yet in the midst of this [...]

Nammos once again takes its place alongside a small global portfolio of elite beach clubs, following an extensive rebuild and expansion of its facilities. Styled after a whimsical folly on some Greek island in the Aegean, complete with alang-alang grass roof and bamboo platform, the new Nammos Beach Club presides over a pristine sweep of [...]