The Best Hotels in Bali, From Beach Bungalows to Cliffside Villas
"Over the past decade or so, most of the boutique hotels in Bali have become a little predictable: the rattan lampshades, the swirling infinity pools, and the bamboo yoga shalas. This whip-smart new arrival wants none of that. After traveling through the rice fields and past the near-deserted beaches of Bali’s little-visited west coast to the sleepy backwater of Pekutatan, the last thing you’d expect is a Las Vegas-esque wall screaming “Holiday Fast” in flickering neon. Lost Lindenberg, which opened its doors in 2022, is the first international outpost of The Lindenberg, a small, Frankfurt-based hotel group of a similar ilk as, say, Soho House or The Hoxton, where guests aren't just guests, but a ‘collective,’ and hotels are referred to as communal living spaces. The eight studio-like rooms take over the watchtowers in sets of two and are built just high enough to spot the Indian Ocean through the floor-to-ceiling windows that cover most of their wall surface. The bathrooms are practically open-air: their louvered walls let the sea breeze seep in but keep the neighbors from peeping. Dining is communal and completely plant-based, with hummus wraps and jackfruit baos served for lunch on a single, very-long table." - Chris Schalkx, Juliet Kinsman
