21 New Hotels in Bali: November 2026 Openings & Coming Soon

Sudamala Resorts, the group behind resorts in Sanur, Amed, Lombok and Flores, now has its first address in Ubud. Sudamala Resort, Ubud, about 5 minutes from Ubud Palace, soft-opened in October 2026. The design takes its cue from Balinese craft and the surrounding river valley, and the four room categories are named after Bali's rivers and its Subak rice-field irrigation system.

There are 46 keys. The suites, in the Ayung, Petanu and Campuhan categories, measure 45 to 54 sqm and come in deluxe, garden, panoramic and premium versions. At the top are the 62 sqm Subak villas, with jungle or panoramic views, each with its own private pool and garden. Tambus, the signature restaurant, cooks Indonesian dishes over charcoal, and there are also a lounge bar and a pool bar. Sudajiva Spa has treatment suites with private gardens and showers.

Ubud's art galleries, temples and museums are all within easy reach, and the resort arranges cultural outings around the area. The river-valley setting lends itself to honeymoons and private celebrations. We'd book it as a calm, new base close to town for couples and culture-minded travellers.

The Kayon Gangga Resort soft-opened in September 2026 below the slopes of Mount Agung, in Ababi, a rice-terrace village in Karangasem a few minutes from the Tirta Gangga water palace. It joins The Kayon Resort, The Kayon Jungle Resort and The Kayon Valley Resort as the newest address from The Kayon Hotels & Resorts, the Bali group behind all three. The resort is built largely from bamboo, and its gardens are planted according to Dewata Nawa Sanga, the Balinese cosmology that links each compass direction to a deity.

Six villa and suite categories run from the 75 sqm Kayon Gangga Suite to the 160 sqm Two-Storey Garden Villa with Jacuzzi, all with patios looking out over the rice fields. Four of them have private pools you step into straight from the bedroom: the Premier Pool Villa (100 sqm), Garden Pool Villa (110 sqm), Royal Pool Villa with Jacuzzi (125 sqm, with a hammock, gazebo and outdoor shower) and the Two-Storey Pool Villa (150 sqm). A floating breakfast over the paddies at sunrise and 24-hour in-villa dining with a private butler can be arranged.

Kepitu Restaurant & Bar, an open-air bamboo pavilion, serves contemporary Balinese and Indonesian cooking and hosts a weekly Night in Karangasem built around megibung, the Balinese tradition of sharing food from one vessel. Opening soon is Wanna Gangga, a cultural space and pool bar around a multi-level infinity pool, with Balinese tapas and workshops from canang-making to rindik music. Teppanyaki & Iori seats 24 around the counter for omakase menus, wagyu and sake. Serayu Wellness has five treatment rooms, each built around one of the Five Sacred Elements, plus a steam sauna, ice bath and daily yoga in the open-air Akasa pavilion. Couples come here for culture and rice-field quiet, far from the South Bali crowds.

A mother's unconditional love inspired Premadewi Resort A Pramana Experience, a new boutique resort south of central Ubud from Pramana Experience, a Bali-based hospitality management company. It soft-opened on 10 August 2026. The name joins prema, sincere and pure love, with dewi, feminine grace and nurturing care, and the tagline is "Beauty of Ubud".

There are only 18 keys. The 10 Prema Suites measure 42 square metres, with a natural stone bathtub, a rain shower and a terrace or balcony, and large windows onto the tropical gardens. The eight Ethnic One Bedroom Private Pool Villas are built in wood and measure 100 square metres, each with its own 23 sqm pool, and villa guests get a personal butler. Both room types include daily afternoon tea, a Balinese welcome blessing, scheduled yoga sessions and shuttle runs to and from Ubud.

The centrepiece is a 159 sqm two-level infinity pool framed by natural stone, palms and a rock waterfall. Anaman Restaurant & Bar sits on the second floor in an open-air bamboo pavilion and serves Indonesian, Asian and Western dishes from 7 AM to 11 PM. Siram Spa has two treatment rooms, and there is an open-air yoga shala and a fitness centre. Five "Yatra" journeys are being introduced through the soft-opening period, from floating breakfasts and flower baths to canang sari making, Balinese dance lessons and a melukat water blessing. Small and personal, it keeps couples and honeymooners close to Ubud but away from the busy centre.

Seventeen private pool villas make up Nuju Uluwatu, an adults-only resort in Bingin, Uluwatu. It opened in July 2026 with a Melaspas, the Balinese blessing held before a new place welcomes its first guests. The resort is part of the L.V.X. Collection by Preferred Hotels & Resorts. The name means "towards" or "a journey into", and the resort draws on architectural forms from across the Indonesian archipelago, with woven textiles, carved timber and artworks by Indonesian artisans.

Villas come in four types: the 108 m² One Bedroom Pool Villa, the 144 m² One Bedroom Cabana Pool Villa with its own cabana, the 311 m² Two Bedroom Garden Pool Villa and the 436 m² Two Bedroom Signature Pool Villa, the last two with a living and dining room and a kitchen. Every villa has its own private pool. Some interiors take their cue from western Indonesia, with batik motifs and soft greens, and others from eastern Indonesia, with handwoven tenun and shades of blue.

Sana Uluwatu, the all-day restaurant, serves modern Australian cooking with Asian influences in the dining room, the garden, the lounge and beside the pool, and is open to non-guests too. Drinks flow all day at the swim-up pool bar, which the resort calls the only one in Bingin. For downtime there is a spa with treatments rooted in Indonesian healing traditions, a gym, a sauna and a cold plunge, plus batik painting, Balinese dance and storytelling sessions. Honeymooners and couples will find a quiet villa close to Bingin's surf breaks and cafés.

Warm terracotta walls, sculpted curves, arches and lush tropical planting give Ajowa Resort Seminyak a distinctive look, a style the resort calls eco luxury organic modernism. This boutique villa resort from Bali-based iNi ViE Hospitality opened in July 2026 with just 10 villas in quiet Umalas, between Seminyak and Canggu. The name comes from the Yoruba idea of togetherness, and the whole place is built around stays for two.

Every villa has its own private pool. Nine are Grand One Bedroom Villas of 85 sqm with a king bed, an open-air layout and the pool a few steps from the bed. The single Grand Two Bedroom Villa, 130 sqm for four guests, has two king bedrooms around a garden courtyard pool. The rooftop pool and lounge come into their own at golden hour, with a sunset spot to end the day.

Norii, the signature restaurant, serves contemporary Japanese cuisine and sushi and is open to outside diners too. Svaha Spa Ajowa offers Balinese, aromatherapy and hot stone massages, couples' rituals and floating sound healing, and mornings start with a gentle yoga session. Daily activities include a terracotta matcha ritual, pottery and sushi making. Couples can add a floating breakfast in their pool, flower decorations or afternoon tea. It's built for honeymooners and couples who want a private pool and a calm base near Seminyak, though the two-bedroom villa can take one small family or group.

Jimbaran Beach is about 300 m from THE SAND Suites & Villas, a brand-new hotel a short stroll from the Kedonganan seafood strip. It opened in July 2026 with 26 rooms and 12 private pool villas, pairing Balinese warmth with clean, contemporary design, and villa guests get a semi-butler service. Ngurah Rai Airport is about 5 km away, roughly 15 minutes by car.

Rooms start with the 23 m² Deluxe Double, Deluxe Twin and Sand Balcony rooms, and step up to the 37 m² Suite with Balcony and the 57 m² Two Bedroom Suite, both with a bathtub. Book a villa if you can: the 120 m² One Bedroom Pool Villa and the 174 m² Two Bedroom Pool Villa each come with a private pool, a terrace and a kitchenette with a microwave, so long, lazy afternoons in the villa are easy. On the fourth floor, the Rooftop Sky Pool and SAS Rooftop Bar look out towards the ocean and are made for sunset cocktails, while the first-floor Bistro Restaurant serves Western, Mediterranean and Asian dishes from breakfast to late dinner.

Wellness goes beyond the treatment room. Alongside massages at THE SAND Spa, there is an ice bath, yoga on the rooftop or in the quiet temple area, boxing and Muay Thai sessions, and chakra sound healing. The pool villas put honeymooners and couples within walking distance of Jimbaran's sunset seafood dinners, the two-bedroom suites and villas work for families, and travellers who like to stay close to the airport are well placed.

Set on Pengosekan Road in Pengosekan, 450 m from the ARMA Museum and 950 m from the Ubud Monkey Forest, Alaya Suites Ubud is the newest addition to the Alaya Hotels & Resorts collection. Alaya Hotels & Resorts announced its grand opening in June 2026.

There are 45 suites of 65 m², each with a private balcony, bathtub and shower, plus six one-bedroom villas of 100 m² with a private plunge pool. The design draws on Wayang Bali and the Balinese principle of Catus Patha, and each floor takes its theme from a natural element: water, earth, air, light and living beings. Facilities include a main pool with a pool bar, a Technogym gym and DaLa Spa, which has six treatment rooms and a treatment concept inspired by the same five elements.

Breakfast is served at Carbón, a Latin American restaurant centred on a live-fire grill with dishes rooted in Mexico and Peru. Baker Butcher Barista handles all-day dining with pastries and butcher-style cuts sold by the gram and grilled to order, while the Agave & Cigar Lounge pours more than 40 tequila and mezcal labels. Daily afternoon tea, an evening wedang ritual and a complimentary shuttle to Alaya Resort Ubud are part of the stay. It suits couples and families who want a calm base close to central Ubud.

Olive groves run through the gardens of MĀUA Olea Ubud, which soft-opened south of central Ubud in June 2026 as the second Bali address for MĀUA, the eco-luxury brand of Swiss-Belhotel International. The brand name comes from the Māori idea of togetherness, while Olea is the olive tree, and the whole stay is built around an olive-inspired idea of wellness and longevity.

Rooms come in two styles. The suites measure 55 to 65 square metres, with balconies or terraces over the pool and olive groves, and the Grand Premier Balcony Suite adds a third bed for families. The pool villas start with the 110 sqm Olea Studio Villa and the 120 sqm Olea Prestige 1-Bedroom Pool Villa, each with a private pool and a deep bathtub, while the 230 sqm Olea Signature 2-Bedroom Pool Villa has two private pools and a pantry. Interiors are finished in hand-carved Balinese woodwork, and every room includes Balinese afternoon tea, a welcome minibar and a Nespresso machine.

From 7 AM to 10 PM, KŌWHAI Restaurant serves Indonesian, Chinese, Indian and Western dishes cooked with organic olive oil and produce from local farmers, and Aroha Wine & Bar pours wine and cocktails until 11 PM. Pounamu Wellness & Spa focuses on Ayurvedic treatments such as Shirodhara. Morning yoga starts at 7 AM on an elevated deck overlooking the pool, and the gym looks out over the olive plantation. For couples and small families, it makes a calm, wellness-led base close to central Ubud.

Down a side lane in the heart of Canggu, La Mewali Resort opened in May 2026 as a design-led resort from Bali group iNi ViE Hospitality. Its name comes from a Balinese word meaning "return", and the architecture leans into that idea with sculptural, cave-inspired rooms, forms that echo bundled rice stalks, and a layered lagoon pool that winds through the property.

There are 41 units: 33 suites and eight villas. The 40 sqm Suites come with either a pool view and a bathtub on the balcony, or direct lagoon access and an outdoor bathtub, while the 75 sqm Grand Suites add more space and a bathtub inside the room. The eight 75 sqm One Bedroom Plunge Pool Villas each have a private plunge pool and open straight onto the lagoon. Besides the lagoon-style Tārā Pool, there is a Starry Night Pool for evening swims and a Glass Pool.

Wisteria, up on the rooftop, serves brunch and coffee from 6:30 AM to 4 PM, and Puri Pure turns to contemporary Indonesian dishes and cocktails from 5 PM to 10 PM. Sora Pool Bar pours signature cocktails with light bites by the water, and the Sandstone Lounge is a quiet corner to unwind. Balinese massage, hot stone rituals for couples and Nakara sound healing take place at Svaha Spa La Mewali, a private one-room spa. Daily workshops range from botanical scent blending to herbal elixirs, and there is yoga by the pool, mat Pilates in La Mewali Studio and a 24-hour gym. La Mewali is made for couples and honeymooners who want a striking, design-forward base in the middle of Canggu.

Long-lost Indonesian city pop records, rare groove and disco shape the design of Moon Gang, a five-suite hotel on the Sari Organic Walk (Subak Sok Wayah), a car-free scooter path through the rice fields just north of central Ubud. It opened in April 2026 as a collaboration between Firstbase Studio, Dance Card and interior design studio YSG, with object design by AA Practice. In Indonesian, "gang" means a narrow lane. Cars cannot reach the hotel, so guests check in at the Mini Moon Gang kiosk at the start of the path and the team brings them and their luggage up by scooter.

Velvet Mood and Night Fever are 70-square-metre suites with a queen bed, a separate lounge and two private patios. Midnight Runners is 51 square metres, with a king bed or two singles and a record player and a selection of records. Golden Shadow and Sun Dust are booked together as one 101-square-metre suite for four guests: Sun Dust is a separate indigo bamboo room, a private terrace links the two, and the suite comes with a writing desk and a telescope. Breakfast is included, and an all-day menu is served beside the natural pool at the Ambang Pool Club. The Nongkrong Lounge has a DIY DJ station and a vinyl collection of Indonesian and Japanese city pop, and the Cosmos Kiosk sells records, zines and souvenirs.

The Wellness Lab runs as a day and night spa, with facials and body treatments by Fields of Yarrow. In-house guests get free access to the infrared sauna, biophilia yoga, breathwork, meditation and silent-disco sessions, plus night programmes such as stargazing and moon bathing on the Melamun Terrace above the Wellness Lab and a Moonlight Typewriting Club. Design and music lovers, couples and small groups get a creative hideaway within easy reach of town, and the whole hotel can be booked for up to 10 guests.

Accor's new five-star Novotel sits in forested hills about 14 km north of Ubud Palace. Novotel Bali Ubud Resort opened in April 2026 with 159 rooms and suites, each with a private balcony over the pools or the Ubud forest. Mount Batur and the Kintamani highlands are about 30 minutes' drive away.

Rooms start at 33 square metres for the Superior Rooms and go up to 48 square metres for the Grand Deluxe Rooms, while the suite wing adds the Tropical Retreat, Valley View, Sanctuary and Serenity Suites, from 55 to 172 square metres, the two largest set over two floors. There are Kids Theme Rooms too. Two infinity pools face the forest, with a separate kids' pool beside them. The all-day restaurant, Siralada, takes its name from the Balinese words for salt and pepper and serves heritage dishes and international flavours with Asian influences from 6:30 AM to 11 PM. Sandwiches, light bites and drinks come with a view over the pool at Social Hub, the lobby lounge.

The spa runs its treatments in a private villa with forest views, and there is a fitness centre, a kids' playground and a wedding pavilion with panoramic windows for up to 50 guests. Free daily activities are part of the stay. Big pools and full resort service make it a fit for families and couples who would rather be in the quiet hills north of Ubud than in the busy town centre.

Above the sacred Wos River, on the quiet northern edge of Ubud, Adiwana Alas Harum looks out over forest and rice paddies towards the Campuhan Ridge Walk and Mount Agung. Designed by Balinese architect Popo Danes, this boutique resort from Bali's Adiwana Hotels & Resorts opened in early 2026.

There are 45 keys: 35 rooms and suites in the main building and 10 private pool villas. Adiwana Rooms measure 45 sqm with a terrace or balcony, and the 65 sqm Corner Suites add a living area and a soaking tub. The villas are the draw. The 100 sqm Jungle View Duplex Pool Villa has its own pool, the 85 sqm Jacuzzi Riverview Villa pairs a heated private pool with a private jacuzzi, and the 100 sqm Riverside Heated Pool Villa has a heated pool of its own. Villa guests build their own breakfast menu.

Black Garlic, the all-day restaurant, serves comfort food with Western and Asian flavours and a signature black garlic touch. Its rooftop hosts a Balinese cultural dinner on full-moon and new-moon nights. Flame Bar & Grill, which opened in July 2026, cooks Indonesian-style dishes over open fire at the table. There is a jungle-facing infinity pool, a Technogym gym, a rooftop for sunrise yoga and Tejas Spa. Morning treks on the Campuhan Ridge Walk leave daily, with Balinese dance on Tuesdays and Fridays, jamu making on selected days and daily painting sessions for children. We'd send couples and honeymooners here for jungle views and calm, with Ubud's ridge walks close by.

The team behind Melali Bingin opened Sejati Boutique Hotel in early 2026: an intimate 10-room hideaway on a quiet lane in Uluwatu, a short walk from Bingin Beach. The name means genuine or authentic in Indonesian, and the hotel centres on layered tropical gardens, towering palms and natural materials meant to age gracefully.

The 10 rooms and suites come in three styles. Timber and stone set the tone in the Sejati Suites, the calm entry rooms with an open-air ensuite bathroom; a Mezzanine version adds an upper-level retreat. Garden Suites are larger and open through floor-to-ceiling doors onto their own private planting. Pool Suites are the most spacious: one is wrapped by a generous L-shaped plunge pool, while the two-level version has a plunge pool, garden and deck looking over farmland, with a sculptural curved staircase. Every room has a king-size bed. Directly next door sits a one-bedroom Private Pool Villa with its own entrance, plunge pool, garden, separate living area and full kitchen, with breakfast and all of Sejati's services included.

Shared spaces centre on a lounge and a long garden pool lined with sun loungers, and the kitchen serves daily breakfast plus an all-day menu with drinks and cocktails. In-room massages can be arranged. Sustainability runs through the details: soaps, gifts and ceramics are sourced locally from respected businesses and independent artists, and a water recycling system filters wastewater through rock gardens to feed the greenery. Couples who want a quiet, design-led base close to Bingin's cafés, yoga studios and surf beaches should book here.

Rather than build from scratch, Meliá Hotels International gave its long-standing Meliá Bali, the group's first hotel outside Spain, a full renovation and converted it into Paradisus by Meliá Bali, Asia's first Paradisus. The all-inclusive beachfront resort in the Nusa Dua resort enclave opened under its new name in February 2026.

There are 492 keys: 485 rooms and suites, from 40 sqm Premium Rooms and 60 sqm Lagoon Access Junior Suites up to the 236 sqm Grand Presidential Suite, plus seven garden villas of 550 sqm, each with a private pool, an outdoor dining area and an open-air shower. The Reserve is an adults-only area for guests aged 16 and over, with its own rooms and suites, pool, private beach area and Santé restaurant. Families get Family Concierge suites, two Kidsdom kids' clubs for children up to 12, a Teens Club for ages 13 to 18 and the Aquazone water park with slides, alongside four pools.

Eight restaurants cover the dining: Malva for all-day meals, Spanish Peseta, Kanna Beach Restaurant for South American flavours and seafood, Middle Eastern Samira, Japanese Tokimeku, Arum for Indonesian dishes with daily Balinese cultural performances, Santé for guests of The Reserve, and The Shack by the pool. The bars are The Ginger Bar, The Mixton Bar and The Deck Bar. YHI Spa has 12 treatment rooms, a circuit pool, a sauna and a jacuzzi, and Destination Inclusive outings take guests to temples and villages beyond Nusa Dua. Families get an all-inclusive beach holiday; couples should book into The Reserve.

CV Garuda, a handicraft showroom and factory built in 1994, now houses The Craft Hotel Ubud, a 15-key boutique hotel north-east of central Ubud run by Manguning Hotels. It opened in February 2026. Rather than tear the building down, Bali-based Manguning Studio converted it over 11 months, keeping about 90 per cent of the original structural walls and roof and pairing the industrial frame with postmodern, tropical-brutalist design.

The old two-level showroom now holds the lobby, a gallery and four suites, and 11 rooms were newly built. The Suite Room is 60 sqm, the Suite Room with Private Pool is 80 sqm with a bathtub, and the two studio types (58 and 60.5 sqm) each have a private pool, one with its own garden and one with a view. Salvaged factory timber now forms the staircase, the restaurant floor and the deck at the pool's edge, and more than 300 restored handicraft samples from the factory are placed through the building.

DICE, the restaurant and bar, serves fusion dishes such as grilled barramundi and slow-braised beef short rib in rendang style from 7 AM to 10 PM. DICE also takes in a vinyl listening lounge and the pool with daybeds, and the gallery hosts rotating exhibitions, workshops and events. We'd pick it for creatives, remote workers and couples who want a design hotel with a story rather than a large resort.

Hiliwatu, Bali Ubud, a Tribute Portfolio resort and part of Marriott Bonvoy, spreads over about 26,000 square metres of hillside among rice fields and forest north of central Ubud. It opened in January 2026, and its name joins the words for hill and stone. The arrival sets the tone: a lobby about 24 metres high, with water cascading through three tiers of pools.

There are 38 keys: 24 suites (Hili Garden and Hili Panoramic), 12 one-bedroom villas with private pools, one three-bedroom villa and one four-bedroom villa, all finished in natural materials and hand-crafted décor, with floor-to-ceiling windows onto the greenery. Tapis, the all-day restaurant, serves modern Indonesian favourites and its own versions of heritage dishes, using ingredients from nearby partner farms. At Omber, the signature fire-grill restaurant, the menu runs to Mediterranean flavours, prime cuts and seafood, while Nira, the poolside cocktail bar, turns into a lounge after dark.

Samya Spa works with Balinese healing rituals, and there is a 24-hour fitness centre. A wedding chapel beside a pond and an open-air pavilion suit destination weddings, and there is a heliport with views over the Ubud landscape. For couples, families and wedding groups, it trades a walkable address in central Ubud for a quiet jungle resort.

Terraced rice fields and the valley that runs down to Manuaba Waterfall fill the view from Equipoise Resort Ubud, a bamboo-and-stone eco resort on a ridge north of Ubud run by iNi ViE Hospitality. The waterfall is about a 3-minute walk away. The resort opened in December 2025 and is part of the MICHELIN Guide's hotel selection.

All 18 villas have their own private infinity pool. The One-Bedroom Villas (118 sqm, for two) come with garden or rice-field views, a signature round bed with Aireloom bedding, a bamboo spiral staircase and a living area that opens onto the terrace and pool. The two-bedroom Presidential Villa (232 sqm, up to four guests) has a private pool that seems to run into the paddies. Villas use smart room controls and an in-villa iPad for dining, spa and activity bookings. A shared main pool sits in the gardens, and Aura Bar & Lounge looks over seven-tier pools.

Terra Verte serves Italian-Mediterranean food in a bamboo pavilion with 180-degree rice-field views, while Riserva is a fire-and-smoke steakhouse for just 16 guests. Hammana Spa pairs a Turkish hammam ritual with Wariga, a Balinese birth-calendar reading that guides the choice of oil and treatment. Days can include sunrise yoga, a guided walk to the waterfall, time in the rice fields with local farmers and workshops with batik, clay, silver and wood artisans. Every guest is offered a sleep concierge ritual. Quiet, couple-sized villas, with floating breakfasts and flower baths on request, make it a natural choice for honeymooners and anyone after a slow, nature-first stay.

A glass wedding chapel that glows after dark sits at the centre of Amayi Resort Nusa Dua, a villa resort that opened at the end of 2025 with just 34 private villas on a two-hectare site.

Guests choose between two villa types. The One Bedroom Pool Villa covers 150 m² with a 20 m² private pool, a star-view terrace and floating breakfast, while the Two Bedroom Pool Villa stretches to 280 m² for up to five guests, with adjoining bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen and a 35 m² pool. Every guest has a personal butler, around the clock.

The restaurant serves a breakfast buffet from 7:30 to 11 AM and a Southeast Asian menu of around 30 dishes from 11:30 AM to 10:30 PM, with in-room dining 24 hours a day. There is a gym and spa area, and the resort runs its own wedding team, with a glass chapel for 60 guests, a 300 m² lawn for garden ceremonies, and in-house planning and photography. The appeal is privacy and space, for couples, honeymooners and small destination weddings alike.

Many of the bungalows at Magia de Uma are built around 150-year-old Javanese joglo structures, relocated and restored. This small heritage hotel, a member of Design Hotels, sits in Umalas, a quiet rice-field village just inland from Canggu. Jacopo Sertoli created it with his long-time friend Gabriele Salini, founder of GS Collection, by restoring and extending a former family home, and it opened in November 2025.

There are 15 rooms, from 30 sqm Standard Rooms in the colonial-style main building and two-storey Junior Suites to wooden bungalows in the garden. Pick a Garden Bungalow with an antique king-size bed frame and an open-air bathroom, a Ricefield Bungalow with a sunset terrace, or the 65 sqm Ricefield Bungalow Premium with a plunge pool in its open-air bathroom. Families can book the 120 sqm Master Bungalow, which joins two Pool Bungalows around their own pool. The 600 sqm Private Villa has three bedrooms, a private pool and its own chef and butler.

The restaurant serves Indonesian and Balinese dishes made with produce from the garden and local markets. Communal dinners are held at a long outdoor table, and the international wine list is strong on champagne. A pool sits beside the preserved rice fields, and the spa, built from antique Indonesian wood, has a sauna, a cold plunge and a yoga shala. Couples and slow travellers after design, wellness and quiet within easy reach of Canggu should start here.

A 25-metre pool designed as a living artwork by the artist Koketit, its flowing lines of light moving with the water, is the centrepiece of AWWA Boutique Hotel. Set on a quiet lane in Canggu, about 8 minutes from the ocean, the adults-only (18+) art hotel opened in November 2025.

Rooms come in three types. The 35 m² Deluxe Pool Access rooms open straight onto the pool from a private terrace, the 35 m² Deluxe Pool View rooms sit on the second floor behind floor-to-ceiling windows, and the 38 m² Deluxe Boutique Collection rooms look out over the pool and tropical gardens. Interiors lean on linen, natural textures, terracotta accents and handmade ceramics. The Pool Access and Pool View rooms add a kitchenette with fridge, gas stove and microwave, and guests in them are welcomed with a tropical fruit plate on the terrace.

Dining is deliberately low-key: a flexitarian menu of plant-based dishes and local proteins, created with a Stanford-trained nutritionist and served in the restaurant and bar or in the privacy of your room. Days drift between afternoon tea, rooftop yoga and sunset sound-healing sessions afloat in the pool. The hotel is also home to Ukrainian fashion label Ruslan Baginskiy's first showroom in Bali, devoted to its hats. Couples and slow travellers have a calm, design-led base moments from Canggu's restaurants and beach clubs, and monthly rates make it an easy pick for longer stays.

Echo Beach, Pererenan Beach, Nuanu and Tanah Lot Temple are all within easy reach of La Tropica Canggu Bali, a boutique hotel with private pool villas near the rice fields of the Pererenan–Canggu area. Managed by Kanaya Hospitality, it opened in October 2025 and blends modern comfort with warm Balinese hospitality.

Seven room types start with 32 sqm Deluxe Rooms, some with direct access to the pool, and 42 sqm Suites near the spa and gym. The pool villas stand out: One Bedroom Pool Villas of 76 sqm and One Bedroom Deluxe Pool Villas of 72 sqm each have a private pool, a separate living room and a bedroom that opens onto the water, while the Two and Three Bedroom Pool Villas (84 and 120 sqm) spread their bedrooms over separate floors for privacy. The 20-metre infinity pool looks out over the rice paddies, next to the Terrace Lounge.

Grillos Restaurant, open from 7 AM to 10 PM, pairs Western dishes with Eastern flavours and has a coffee shop, and room service runs until midnight. On the third floor are the two-room Tropical Spa and a gym, and the rooftop takes up to 50 guests for dining, yoga, team events or weddings. For couples, it means a private pool without a luxury price tag, while families or friends can share the multi-bedroom villas.