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Recent Comment From: Uday Gupta |
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We (2 adults and 2 small kids) stayed at Putri Ayu for 4 nights in March, 2007. Here’s the lowdown:
a) Accommodation consists of 8 rooms, 2 up and 2 down, in 2 cottages. The rooms are large (25 feet by 25 at least I guess), each with a large attached bathroom (which in itself is larger than double rooms at most budget hotels). Each room has a walk out balcony. The upstairs balconies have truly stunning views of the rice fields. The lower balconies open onto a lily pool, and also have good ricefield views beyond a low boundary wall.
A small swimming pool completes the property b) Bamboo furniture is solid and well designed if basic. The a/c’s really work. No TV’s.
c) Breakfast is good, but other meals are not served. However, requests for tea are cheerfully met (and not charged !)
d) The staff are truly exceptional even by Bali’s high standards. The property and pool are immaculately kept and service standards are exceptionally high.
e) The ‘family suite’ basically consists of the two upstairs or downstairs rooms. The only connection between the rooms is if you go around the wall which divides the balcony into two. There is no connecting door between the rooms.
f) Lighting throughout the property is ‘atmospheric’ and dim, sometimes excessively so. You might find it difficult to read a book in your room. Since this is the only property for at least 150 meters all around, the all encompassing gloom sometimes gets oppressive.
g) Access is a problem. Jalan Bisma is a narrow 5 foot wide private road through the rice fields, which is paved for about 50 meters where it joins up the main road. For the next 300 meters to Putri Ayu, it is unpaved, and becomes a morass when it rains. There are no street lights of any kind on this stretch, the only light coming from the one or two hotels located here. Since the last property is about 150 meters from Putri Ayu, it is pitch dark for those last 150 meters. There are very few, if any, people around after evening. This is not a walk for families with kids, even with a torch. On the other side Jalan Bisma joins up with Jalan Monkey Forest via a footbridge, 100 meters from Putri Ayu.
However, since this hotel is the last habitation on Jalan Bisma, this last part of the road is seldom used, and it basically degenerates into a narrow, barely discernable footpath through waist high vegetation on both sides. After dark, we did not spot anyone using the footbridge path, even with a torch. You’ll definitely need transport after dark. Recommended, and great value for money, provided you have transport. |
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