25 Best Beachfront Hotels in Bali 2026: Resorts on the Sand

Sofitel Bali Nusa Dua blends French elegance with Balinese style on a long stretch of white sand in the Nusa Dua resort enclave, about 15 minutes from the airport.

It has 413 rooms, a large main pool, a network of lagoon pools, a Sofitel spa and restaurants such as Kwee Zeen and the Toya Beach Bar & Grill. For families and couples on Nusa Dua's calm, swimmable shore, it's a reliable, great-value choice.

Amankila, Aman's retreat on Bali's south-east coast, sets stilted pavilions and private-pool villas on a hillside above the Lombok Strait, beneath Mount Agung. Its three-tier infinity pool, inspired by rice terraces, is one of Bali's most photographed.

The villas sit on the hillside rather than the sand, and the private black-sand beach is down at the Beach Club. Amankila holds two MICHELIN Keys. It is closed for seasonal maintenance and reopens on 20 January 2027.

Facing calm, swimmable water on Nusa Dua Beach, The St. Regis Bali has 124 suites and villas and no standard rooms, all with the brand's 24-hour butler service. Villas open straight onto the saltwater lagoon or the beach.

It holds one MICHELIN Key. Dulang serves Balinese cuisine, oceanfront Kayuputi serves pan-Asian, and the kids' club is complimentary. Booking.com guests rate it 9.7.

Set on the cliffs above Nusa Dua Beach, The Apurva Kempinski cascades down the hillside to the shore, where its Reef Beach Club has a 42-metre infinity pool, cabanas and watersports. Apurva means unique and magnificent in Sanskrit.

Most of its roughly 465 rooms, suites and villas have plunge pools. The resort holds two MICHELIN Keys and is home to Koral, Bali's first aquarium restaurant.

The Mulia, Mulia Resort & Villas is one estate with three ways to stay on Geger Beach in southern Nusa Dua: The Mulia on the sand, with butler-serviced suites only; the larger, livelier Mulia Resort; and the private pool villas of Mulia Villas on the hill behind.

The resort faces a secluded kilometre of beach with calm water and sunrise views. Book an oceanfront Premier Suite to look straight out to sea, as the entry-level Grandeur rooms face the gardens. More than 10 restaurants, bars and lounges, plus dedicated kids' facilities, mean you rarely need to leave.

Gardens run down to a white-sand stretch of Nusa Dua Beach at Grand Hyatt Bali, a 636-room resort inside the gated ITDC tourism area. It's a short walk from the Bali Collection shops and about 15 minutes from the airport.

Five pools, led by the lagoon-style Main Pool, sit between the rooms and the shore, so there is always somewhere to swim when the tide is out. Garden View rooms are the best value, and families can book the themed connecting rooms with a separate kids' bedroom.

Formerly Meliá Bali, Paradisus by Meliá Bali stands on the shore of the ITDC resort area in Nusa Dua and reopened in February 2026 after a full renovation. Its all-inclusive package covers meals, drinks and selected Destination Inclusive outings, and includes a free drop-off at the airport.

Couples can stay in The Reserve, an adults-only wing with lagoon-access suites; families get Family Concierge, the Kidsdom clubs and a waterpark. Down on the sand, curtained cabanas and loungers sit under shady trees beside a calm stretch of sea.

Spread across 90 hectares of clifftop above Jimbaran Bay, AYANA Resort Bali is a resort town of its own, home to the famous Rock Bar, perched just above the waves.

It's a clifftop resort rather than a beachfront one: an inclinator takes guests down to AYANA's private Kubu Beach, where Kubu Beach Club serves food and cocktails from 9 AM to 7 PM. The resort also has a kids' club and a heated seawater Thalassotherapy pool.

Sheltered in a calm bay along miles of sand, Four Seasons Jimbaran Bay has 156 villas on the hillside, each with its own plunge pool, and holds two MICHELIN Keys.

Down on the sand, Sundara Beach Club has one of Bali's longest beachfront infinity pools. Children have the Umah Rare Kids' Club, and restaurants range from Balinese at Jala to seafood barbecue at Sundara.

Alila Seminyak unfurls along the quieter end of the long beach that runs north from Kuta, mere steps from the Indian Ocean. Designed by Singapore architects URBNarc, it's wrapped in greenery and has five infinity pools, including a family pool and the Main Pool by the Beach Bar.

It's also one of Bali's most sustainable resorts, with EarthCheck Gold certification, and it's MICHELIN-selected. Sunsets over the waves are spectacular, but this is a surf beach: swim between the flags.

Hotel Indigo Bali Seminyak Beach sits where Seminyak's restaurant strip meets the shore. Managed by IHG, it has 289 rooms, suites and pool villas, with a long pool running through the gardens towards the sand.

The beachfront terrace of SugarSand is the place for sunset drinks and dinner, and the wide west-coast beach in front is ideal for long walks at golden hour. Ask for a room with a partial ocean view, or book a pool villa for privacy away from the main pool.

Next door to KU DE TA, The Seminyak Beach Resort & Spa puts you right in the middle of Seminyak's beach scene, with Beach Rooms, Ocean Suites with Jacuzzi and one- and two-bedroom pool villas on the sand side.

Its 45-metre infinity pool looks across the beach to the sunset, and Sanje Restaurant & Lounge sets up candlelit dinners on the sand. Book carefully: the 30 Garden Rooms are in a separate building across the road, so choose a Beach Room, Ocean Suite or Ocean Pool Villa to stay on the beach side.

For a very different kind of beachfront, Plataran Menjangan sits inside West Bali National Park on the quiet Bali Sea shore, with Ocean Front Pool Villas and Ocean Front Mangrove Villas served by butlers.

The park is home to the endangered Bali starling, and the resort's PADI dive centre, run with Queen Dive, takes you to Menjangan Island's reefs. The shore is better for snorkelling and diving than for swimming.

On the white sand of Tanjung Benoa, Conrad Bali is a family-friendly beachfront resort with four pools, a lagoon pool bar, a kids' club and Deluxe Family Rooms that connect to sleep up to six.

Dine at Suku, Japanese Rin or Eight Degrees South, and look out for the Infinity wedding chapel above the sea. Booking.com guests rate it 9.0 from more than 1,500 reviews.

Styled as a modern Balinese village on Sanur's calm, reef-protected beach, Andaz Bali has 149 rooms and suites around garden courtyards, plus beach villas and the beachfront Fisherman's Club restaurant.

Its Shankha Spa, shared with the neighbouring Hyatt Regency Bali, is one of the largest in Sanur. The Village Square has four restaurants, and there's a kids' club. Booking.com guests rate it 9.4.

Hyatt Regency Bali spreads across nine hectares of tropical gardens, opening straight onto Sanur Beach and its seaside promenade. Its 373 rooms mix Balinese and Japanese design.

Days split easily between the main pool, the adults-only pool and the sand, and the beach path leads north and south to Sanur's cafés on foot or by bicycle. Breakfast is at Omang Omang, while Pizzaria and the Pool Bar cover lunch. Camp Hyatt keeps 4- to 12-year-olds busy from 9 AM to 6 PM.

Opened in 1962 by Wija Wawo-Runtu and still run by his family, Tandjung Sari is one of Sanur's original beach hotels: thatched bungalows in walled gardens, furnished with Balinese antiques.

Only the two Beachfront Bungalows sit right by the sand, with sea views from an upstairs loft; the Village, Garden Seaview and Family Bungalows are a short walk back through the gardens. Breakfast is served in the seaside restaurant, and children from the local village dance on stage on the first and third Saturday evenings of the month.

The Legian sits right on the beach in Seminyak and is one of Bali's most stylish hotels, with one MICHELIN Key. All 79 rooms are suites of 110 m² or more, clustered around a three-tiered pool that faces the ocean.

For more privacy, The Club next door has 11 private-pool villas with butlers. Booking.com guests rate it 9.6.

Footsteps from the surf at Echo Beach, COMO Canggu (formerly COMO Uma Canggu) has 119 rooms and suites looking over the lagoon pool or the coastline, plus 12 three-bedroom penthouses with rooftop pools and butlers.

It's made for surfers: coaching is run by the luxury surf outfitter Tropicsurf. COMO Beach Club and COMO Shambhala wellness are on site.

Regent Bali Canggu brings IHG's luxury Regent brand to Canggu Beach, with 150 suites, oceanfront penthouses and pool villas a short walk from Canggu's cafés and beside the Batu Mejan sea temple.

Stays include all-day breakfast and unlimited laundry. For the sand itself, book the One Bedroom Beachfront Pool Villa, steps from the shore with a 30 m² pool. The Lagoon Access suites suit those who would rather swim in the resort. The Beach House serves cocktails and seafood from 8 AM to 9 PM.

Right on Jimbaran Bay, Jimbaran Puri has 57 cottage suites and villas and holds one MICHELIN Key. MICHELIN singles out the beachfront villas as the cream of the crop.

Dinner at Nelayan is served at tables on the sand. The resort also has The Beach Spa and an infinity pool, and the airport is only 15 minutes away.

On the quiet east coast, Alila Manggis has 55 rooms and suites in two-storey thatched pavilions, all angled towards the sea and Nusa Penida, just a 20-metre walk from a wide, open beach.

Formerly the Serai and designed by the architect Kerry Hill, it's a peaceful, great-value base for East Bali. Seasalt serves Balinese megibung shared feasts.

Opened in 1990 on 10 hectares of Kuta Beach, Discovery Kartika Plaza is a classic oceanfront resort with 316 rooms, including oceanfront rooms and beachfront villas with their own pools.

There are three restaurants, four bars, a spa and indoor and outdoor kids' clubs. Discovery Mall is next door, and the airport is about 5 minutes away.

In Pemuteran on the calm north-west coast, Taman Sari has a beachfront pool, the Poleng beachfront restaurant and spa treatments on the sand, at a fraction of south-Bali prices.

Its coral restoration project won a UNDP Equator Prize in 2012, and you can see the project right off the beach. The on-site Karang Divers run trips to Pemuteran's reefs and Menjangan Island.

Puri Dajuma Beach Eco-Resort & Spa has welcomed guests to West Bali's quiet black-sand coast since 2002, with 35 rooms in 1.5 hectares of tropical garden close to the Medewi surf point. It is a long drive from the airport, so plan to stay a few nights.

Book an ocean-view VIP Cottage, or a round Bendega villa beside the 50-metre infinity pool that looks out to the Medewi surf. Rama restaurant, a stone's throw from the beach, serves Indonesian, Thai, Indian and European dishes from 7 AM to 11 PM.