Le Meridien Nirwana Golf & Spa Resort

PO Box 158

Bali, ID

Rating: 5 Star

With a commanding view of the famous Tanah Lot sea temple, this oceanfront resort offers superb luxury. Its magnificent pools, traditional spa and rice-paddy landscaping provide a true Bali experience. Le Meridien Nirwana Golf & Spa Resort is the only hotel in Bali with its own 18-hole, Greg Norman-designed golf course. It is also close to the main tourist and shopping attractions of the island. The beautifully designed and luxuriously appointed 278-room Le Meridien Nirwana Golf & Spa Resort is set within 100-hectares, allowing its guests an exhilarating feeling of spaciousness and an affinity with the natural surroundings of rice terraces, lushly landscaped gardens and pools. At Le Meridien Nirwana Golf & Spa Resort, the breathtaking vistas and natural ambience make this resort unlike any other in Bali. The view from the lobby takes in the crashing waves and rice terraces. The seat of Bali's mystical culture is just next-door where the enchanting Tanah Lot sea temple is perched on a rocky outcrop and the views at dusk are spectacular! Guest rooms and suites all feature large balconies with views of the Indian Ocean, golf course or gardens. The beauty and simplicity of the traditional architecture of the low-lying buildings is striking. The hand-thatched ceiling of the lobby reveals the skills of local tradesmen and sets the scene for a true Balinese experience. The resort features stone relief carvings, delicate wood detailing and temples, which capture the essence of Bali. No detail has been overlooked and great care has been taken to ensure that each facet of the design is in keeping with Balinese style. Water is a predominant feature of the resort and is incorporated throughout the hotel's extensive gardens, waterfalls and ponds, providing a very pleasant stroll for resort guests. Special Condition On December 31, 2008, there will be compulsory New Year's Eve dinner which costs $100 USD plus tax per person. Please contact the resort for further information.

Room Information

Golf and Garden View

A deluxe room of 44 square metres including a six square metre balcony over looking the lush gardens, golf course and rice terraces of the Nirwana Bali Resort. Rooms are luxuriously furnished with traditional Balinese materials from fabrics to wood carvings. The bathroom consists of a separate oversized marble bathtub, toilet, and shower cubicle. Open shutters with artistic Balinese wood carvings provide a view of the bedroom and beyond from the bathroom. Facilities in the room are as follows, make up mirror, air conditioning, IDD telephone, safe-deposit box, television, cable television, cable movies, mini-bar and tea and coffee making facilities. All guests receive complimentary fruit basket and flower arrangement on arrival.

Full Ocean View

Same amenities as deluxe garden view rooms (see above).

Executive Suite

Approximately double the size of a regular guest room at 77 square metres features a separate living room with guest toilet and separate television. All Executive Suites come with King-size bed, while the en-Suite bathroom features a walk-in wardrobe, separate toilet cubicle, and open shutters overlooking the lush garden, golf course or the Indian Ocean.

Presidential Suite

Luxurious 228 square metre ocean-facing Suite with King-size master bed, marble en-Suite bathroom with jacuzzi, walk-in closet, dressing rooms and private entrance. The living area features ocean pool views, private lounge and office, full dining room with bar and kitchenette. There is an optional interconnecting twin bedded deluxe room. The Suite is decorated with antique Balinese artefacts and exquisite traditional Balinese materials.

One Bedroom Villa

250 square metre villa with one bedroom in classical Balinese style. Villas afford guests the luxury of private plunge pools, terraces and courtyards which overlook outdoor pavilions and Balinese baths, and the Bungalows overlook the Indian Ocean and the golf course. Furnished with Balinese artworks, the villa comes with marble flooring, separate air conditioning units, separate shower, bathtub and toilet. This villa-style accommodation offers the very highest of luxury and service including a unique Butler-style service called Nirwana Village. Here, a village chief welcomes you to your villa. from serving breakfast in your own pavilion, flight confirmations, room service orders, temple offering and frangipani baths. The views from here are of the spectacular golf course, or for more privacy, half the rooms are surrounded by lush gardens. Our villa guests are rarely seen after check-in. There isn't any reason to leave.

Two Bedroom Villa

450 square metre two bedroom villa in classical Balinese style. The two bedroom villa affords the guest the luxury of private plunge pools, terraces and courtyards, which overlooks an outdoor Balinese pavilion and traditional bamboo shower. The villa has views of the Indian Ocean, or Garden and Golf Course. There is an optional separate entrance for the second bedroom. Furnished with Balinese artworks, the Bungalow comes with Marble flooring, separate air conditioning, separate shower, toilet and bathtub. Facilities include, IDD Telephone, voicemail, safe-deposit box, remote control television, cable movies, mini-bar, tea and coffee making facilities (although our village chief will prepare your coffee to your liking every afternoon with some snacks to accompany it), and complimentary newspapers.

Restaurants

Restaurants and Bars

Spacious and fresh in the morning light, the Cendana restaurant rouses the appetite at the start of the day. In the Balinese open style Pool Grill, overlooking the crashing surf, fresh seafood, grills and salads delight and satisfy lunch and dinner desires. Reclined in the generous luxury of the Sunset Lounge, a lazy afternoon tea is fine accompaniment to the splendid sunset behind Tanah Lot temple; when darkness has fallen classical piano music serenades the cool evening breeze. Evenings are graced with the Asian Rijsttafel of the Nirwana restaurant, followed by a few relaxing drinks and games in the Nautilus Pizzeria & Fun Pub, also serving Italian food daily. Dining is a treat. The resort has four restaurants and one Sunset lounge, including a pub where pool tables, chess and darts games are played and books are swapped. The amphitheatre set on our lush garden hosts regular cultural nights accompanying Indonesian cuisine delights prepared by our talented chefs. The show starts early in the evening with the sunset colours still pictured in the sky. Le Meridien Nirwana Golf & Spa Resort Bali has won island wide cooking competitions and has been highly recommended by the local community for the quality of food and beverage. The pastry kitchen produces some of the finest breads and pastries that you'll be hard pressed to beat.

Recreation

Leisure Activities

The resort incorporates the 'Asia Golf Resort of the Year 2000 & 2001', but even if you're not a golfer, don't worry you'll never feel as though you need to learn about golf, this resort has something for everyone. Well equipped gymnasium, tennis courts and squash courts, extensive spa treatments and various supervised daily activities including lessons on making traditional offering, Balinese dancing, cycling to the nearby village and beach (fee applies), and sunset walk.