Bali's Pearl of Culture
There’s nothing quite like Hotel Tugu anywhere
on Bali’s south coast. Though its special
qualities and dream location are known
only to a few, its décor and facilities place
it firmly among the island’s most exclusive
and romantic properties.

Tugu is unabashedly comfort oriented. Plunge pools, personal massage beds, one-of-a-kind teakwood interiors, natural furnishings and first-class amenities are all standard. The hotel’s

Starting with the 11th century stone statues guarding the entrance, the hotel is a depository of priceless sculpture, furniture, table settings, turn-of-the-century charcoal paintings, temple braziers and other vintage religious accoutre-ments. Tugu is a showcase of Indonesian cultures and influences – from Chinese peranakan to Dutch colonial, from the Golden Age of the Majapahit to the rich Islamic era.

Tugu’s dining rooms, filled with museum quality artefacts, are in a class of their own. The Sutra Room is completely enveloped by a Chinese temple dating from 1706. With its original collection of antiques and period paintings, the room imparts the look and feel of mandarin China. This Kang Xi family temple from Surabaya in East Java is the perfect backdrop for the elaborate Chinese-Javanese Babah dinners presented in the imperial court manner or more earthy family style.

The Bale Puputan, across a walkway over fishponds, befits a dinner served in the grand colonial-style. The marbletop table used in the Dutch governor’s residence in Surabaya 150 years ago now accommodates guests attending a ceremonial rijsttafel.

Dinner at Tugu is as much a cultural event as it is a fine dining experience. Decorating the walls behind the diners are historical objet d-art salvaged from Denpasar’s raja’s palace razed by the Dutch in 1905.

Waroeng Djamoe Spa expertly provides
treatments that have been used for generations in Java’s royal courts.

The Gallery, beyond Bale Puputan, is filled with meticulously annotated antiques, paintings, old photographs and heirlooms from the centuries of the Chinese peranakan presence in Indonesia. The adjoining library offers vital services such as fax and 24-hour internet, music and movie videos for the enjoyment of guests, as well as special book collections on Balinese art and architecture.

The intimate dining rooms that also serve as meeting rooms, the gracious public spaces, the Balinese-style architecture, the tete-a-tete pavilions, the lotus ponds and other water features, together with the lush grounds all conspire to make Hotel Tugu Bali an inspiring and innovative venue for small incentive groups, workshops and seminars.