Hotel
Tugu bali, pioneer in its research for quality
and personal services, has just been nominated
as the first member of Relais & Chateaux in
South Asia.
As
a guarantee of quality, this new membership sets
Tugu bali as one on the reference in culinary
art in the island. Tugu strives to excel in its
ability to combine traditional balinese style
with fine food, luxurious amenities and exceptional
warm hospitality.
Although
categorized as a luxury museum boutique hotel,
Tugu bali offers so much more of a unique experience
in terms of cuisine, hospitality and service.
Owned by a husband and wife who are ardent collectors
of Southeast Asian art and antiques, Hotel Tugu
Bali was built to recreate and preserve the Balinese
life, culture and romance of yesteryear.
A
collection of exquisite antiques from Java and
Bali blends seamlessly with modern luxury and
comforts.
The
staff takes care of guests with the exceptional
beauty, grace and thoroughness for which Asian
hospitality is known. In the gourmet side, Tugu
Bali presents the rare opportunity to savor superb
ancient dining experiences that have vanished
from the island's nowadays life.
The
Hotel is situated by a lonely beach in the peaceful
ancient fishing village of Canggu. Twenty one
thatched luxury suites and pavilions, constructed
in traditional Balinese style, are built beside
or over wild lotus ponds. All exotic luxury and
comforts are standards in all rooms, such as oversized
king beds with scattered rose petals at nights,
silvered local artisan's sunken baths, private
plunge pools and spa area, homemade natural amenities
and much more. The hotel spa offers treatments
using traditional Balinese methods and all natural
ingredients such as carrot, cucumber, yogurt and
Indonesian Jamu elixirs.
The
Le Mayeur Suite, with private swimming pool and
dining pavilion, is named for Adrian Jean Le Mayeur
de Mrepres, the late Belgian artist who moved
to the island in 1932, married Ni Polok, a renowned
Legong dancer, and created a legacy of paintings
depicting everyday Balinese life. The villa is
furnished with a canopied four-poster made from
antique Balinese pillars and matching side tables
and chest, carved by a blind woodworker in the
couple's employ. Personal effects, such as Ni
Polok's loom and several portraits of the couple,
are scattered around the suite. "Most os
all, I wanted the room to capture the spirit of
how they lived,"he says.
The
Suite is built in tribute to a famous German painter
for his great contribution to Balinese art. Other
some personal memorabilia of Walter Spies which
has been taken from his house in Java, this suite
also features private plunge pool, separate living
room, Javanese sunken bath and a private garden.
Walter Spies an artist who spent much of his life
educating artists in Yogyakarta and later, in
Bali found fame in Indonesia, his evocative paintings
portraying an era and natural beauty that has
almost disappeared. Tribute was paid to this great
artist by building him a unique and beautiful
pavilion in Djojodipoeran (Yogya) in 1924, a time
when Spies was still actively teaching young musicians
and painters in Yogyakarta. The colonial style
architecture of the Walter Spies Pavilion is reminiscent
of his days in Yogya.
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