Amanjiwo
Style Stately pleasure dome
Setting Forests ancient as the hills
Almost as unforgettable as its neighbour, the colossal ninth-century Buddhist temple of Borobudur, Amanjiwo is fashioned entirely from coral-beige paras yogay, the locally hewn limestone, and features tall walls, dramatic domes, and, as you’d expect from Aman, flawless service.
Need to know
- Rooms 36 suites.
- Rates Double rooms from $750.00, excluding tax at 11 per cent. Please note the hotel charges an additional service charge of 10% per booking on checkout.
- More details Rates include airport transfers from Solo airport. Transfers from Jakarta airport can be arranged for US$40 a person. Breakfast is excluded.
- Facilities Massage/beauty treatment room, tennis centre, library, DVD/CD selection, art gallery, boutique, free WiFi throughout. In rooms: CD player, iPod, minibar.
- Poolside A sliver of lapis lazuli in a lushly forested setting, Amanjiwo’s elegant limestone infinity pool is flanked by rows of cream parasols and wooden loungers, where you can lie back and admire sweeping views of the surrounding rice fields and volcanic p
- Check-out Midday, but flexible, subject to availability.
- Children Under-12s stay free, and babysitting can be arranged (the first four hours are free). Children can enjoy pony or bike rides and there’s also a designated kids’ room to play in. More...
- Also A smoking room is available on request. Lectures on Borobudur’s history and Indonesian culture are often held in the library.
Food and drink at Amanjiwo
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Hotel restaurant
Loft-ceilinged, open-aired and wooden-floored, Amanjiwo’s main restaurant is housed a majestic crescent lined with neoclassical columns. The food is a blend of Indonesian and Western cuisines – the hotel’s club sandwich could rival a New Yorker’s. -
Dress code
Although T-shirts and flip-flops won’t get you ejected, you’ll want to be attired in keeping with the grandeur of your surroundings. We suggest long linens, sweeping sarongs or little black numbers. -
Top table
Tables 5 and 11 offer the most unhindered, heart-pausing views of Borobudur. -
Last orders
While non-residents are turfed out at 9pm, if you’re staying at Amaniwo you can dine in the restaurant until 11pm, or privately 24 hours a day. -
Room service
Drinks, snacks and meals can be brought to your suite even in the earliest hours. -
Hotel bar
Concealed in a corner of the lobby, the circular black marble bar is as discreet and refined in as the rest of the resort. Gamelan players perform twice a day, and young girls from neighbouring villages conduct traditional Javanese dance every day.
Amanjiwo Borobudur, Magelang, Yogyakarta, x
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Our favourite rooms
Borobudur Pool Suites 24 and 26 are both to be lusted after, with private pools stretching from the bedroom doors to daybed-enhanced balé pavilions, and, most impressively, jaw-dropping views of Borobudur itself. To ladle on the luxury, head straight for the Darem Jiwo Suite, a cavernous two-bedroom villa with a private entrance, elevated outdoor living area (ideal for intimate wedding receptions) and a curvaceous 15-metre private pool.
Packing tips
Pack a spare memory card for your digital camera; with one-of-a-kind panoramas in every direction, you’ll want to make sure you have something to remember them by.
Also
So inspiring are the views, in fact, that Amanjiwo’s rooms all come with a watercolour set in case you’re overcome with artistic inspiration and need to get your Constable on. Your fellow guests’ masterpieces are displayed in the library.
