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Our favourite rooms: We love the uninterrupted ocean views from Room 2’s cushion-lined outdoor area, as well as the Hemingway-esque writing desk on Room 3’s porch, from where you can admire both crash waves and luxuriant greenery. More adventurous Smiths should try the two-floor Lumbung Sasak house with a bathroom and sitting room on the ground floor and bedroom upstairs – it was originally used for drying rice.
Packing tips: Bring your dancing shoes: Puris Mas’ owner, Marcel de Rijk is a former ballroom dancing world champion, and delights in giving personal lessons to resort guests.
Also: The outdoor showers are Balinese in style, so be prepared for the overhead-water-jug-with-removable-cork type of ablution.

need to know - Puri Mas Boutique Resort & Spa

Current offers

Smith card offer: Welcome snacks and a souvenir set of traditional wooden cow bells; members booking three nights or more will receive a couple’s massage, followed by a herbal Jacuzzi

Puri Mas Boutique Resort & Spa

Lombok, Indonesia[view map]

Style: Old-school Indonesian rusticity
Setting: Balmy beach or valley gardens

Owned by a champion ballroom dancer and animal lover (look out for cockatoos, dogs, monkeys and porcupines outside the master villa), Puri Mas’ twin resorts are peaceful escapes into traditional Indonesian living. The two sites – one chilling in the jungle, one basking on the beach – are both set in meticulously manicured gardens and contain a boutique array of traditional thatched suites and villas, all filled with ornate features, Lombok antiques and intricate carvings.

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Rooms: 20, including one villa and 10 cottages.
Rates: $75–$410, including full American breakfast; excludes tax and service charge at 21 per cent.
Check-out: Midday, but Puri Mas strives to be as flexible as possible.
Facilities: Spa, gym, yoga area, dance studio, dive centre, library, DVD selection. In rooms: TV/DVD player on request (standard in Superior Pool Villa), fridge, dial-up internet (IDR0.520 a minute).
Poolside: The kidney-shaped pool at the beachfront resort is surrounded by tropical flowers and foliage and set against the imposing backdrop of the Superior Pool Villa. Over in the Village, a serene mushroom-shaped pool is watered by quirky stone frog fountai
Also: You can smoke on your terrace. There’s a three-night minimum stay during high season (July–August).

Food & drink

Hotel restaurant: The sea-side Sunset Beach Restaurant delivers a diversity of dishes from Indonesia, Asia and the Western world. Fresh seafood is a specialty, and you’d be foolish to miss the traditional Dutch-colonial risttafel, a mammoth tapas-style platter.
Dress code: Light, bright linens and floaty silks.
Top table: You can’t beat dining alfresco on the beach for romance, but the berugak open-air pavilions set across from the main dinging area come a close second.
Last orders: Sunset Beach closes at 11pm, but snacks can be provided if you’re arriving at Puri Mas later.
Room service: Restaurant meals and snacks can be enjoyed in your room between 7am and 11pm.
Hotel bar: Head for the Sunset Beach bar at dusk to watch the sun go down and savour a gleefully exuberant Puri Mas Flaming Cocktail.

Other facilities

Children: Cots are free. Under-12s stay free if sharing their parents’ bed; extra beds are $15 a night. Staff can be booked to babysit for $5 an hour. Puri Mas is more of a couple-ish haunt however.
Weddings: This hotel is suitable for weddings. More info…

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Welcome snacks and a souvenir set of traditional wooden cow bells; members booking three nights or more will receive a couple’s massage, followed by a herbal Jacuzzi

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