Bvlgari Resort Bali

A resort of 59 villas and mansions on 8.4 hectares at the top of a 160-metre limestone cliff at Uluwatu, on the Bukit peninsula in the south of Bali, says the overview. It is the second property of Bvlgari Hotels & Resorts, after Milan; it opened in 2006 and turned 20 on 23 September 2026. The design mixes Balinese gates and thatched roofs with Italian interiors; the Mansions are by Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel.

MICHELIN gives it Two Keys, Forbes Travel Guide 5 stars in 2026, Tatler Indonesia the title of Hotel of the Year 2026.

9 categories, all with a private pool. The one-bedroom villas measure 300 m² in the booking engine: Ocean View, Premier Ocean View at the top of the resort and the 8 Ocean Cliff villas at the edge, each for up to 3, plus one Serpenti Villa of 300 m². The 2-bedroom Premier Ocean View and Ocean Cliff villas measure 550 m² and take up to 6.

The Bvlgari Villa has 1,300 m² on 2 storeys and a heated 20-metre pool; the Mansions start at 1,710 m² with 3 suites (up to 9 guests) and at 3,590 m² with 5 (up to 15). The villas have a terrazzo bathroom walled in glass on a garden, a bath, a separate shower and a double basin; the bed’s textiles are handmade in Klungkung, in Bali.

All of them. The one-bedroom villas have an infinity-edge pool, the 2-bedroom villas a private pool (the Premier Ocean View one adds a whirlpool for 2), the Mansions a 2-tier pool shaped on Bali’s rice terraces. The only pool the hotel calls heated is the 20-metre one of the Bvlgari Villa, which spills into a lower pool.

The main pool is now the Serpenti Pool Clvb: it overlooks the ocean from the gardens, with cabanas, loungers and parasols in the gold of Bvlgari’s Serpenti line, and resident guests get snacks, fresh fruit and cocktails through the day. The hotel does not say whether it is heated. A guest writing in October 2025 enjoyed the large infinity pool even more than the villa’s own.

Yes: Serpenti Beach, a white-sand cove at the foot of the cliff, reached only by the funicular, an inclined lift, and by stairs cut into the cliff, with 4 pairs of sunbeds and a cabana for resident guests. The reef closes it to the public by land and by sea.

The funicular was out of service for months; the chain announced the beach’s reopening on 24 June 2026, Sophibee reported the funicular running on 8 July 2026, and a guest writing in August 2026 calls the glass gondola down unbelievable.

Sangkar, on the highest point of the cliff, serves Balinese and Indonesian cooking from 6:30am to 11pm, with breakfast all day. Il Ristorante – Niko Romito serves Italian dinners with Balinese ingredients from 6 to 10pm, last orders at 9.

The Bvlgari Bar opens from 10am to 1am, with the aperitivo every evening from 5 to 7. La Spiaggia, on the beach, serves lunch only, from noon to 4pm, to resident guests: 16 seats, seafood and grilled lobster, prices in thousands of rupiah plus tax and 10% service.

Yes, in every rate, and at any hour: the villa pages list a 24-hour breakfast, served à la carte at Sangkar or in the villa. Guests praise breakfast at any hour and the view from the terrace; 2 guests, writing in February 2023 and September 2024, found the choice limited.

Yes, at The Bvlgari Bar and at Sangkar. The festive programme prices the season’s afternoon tea, from 14 November 2026 to 1 January 2027, at IDR 2,200,000 per couple, plus tax and service, from 2 to 5pm; the year-round tea’s price is not on the hotel’s pages.

The Bvlgari Spa stands on the cliffside, with views of the Indian Ocean; guests arrive in an antique Joglo from Central Java, and couples’ rituals take place in the Royal Spa Pavilion, which has a plunge pool. The hotel names no sauna or steam room.

On the price list: a traditional massage IDR 3,000,000, Healing Stones (120 minutes) IDR 4,300,000, Augustinus Bader facials from IDR 3,000,000, the Royal Lulur for 2 IDR 20,000,000, all plus tax and service. Beside it, a Technogym gym and a tennis court with free court time for resident guests.

Treatments are paid, except where a package includes one: Uluwatu Wonders gives 60 minutes in a one-bedroom villa and 90 from 2 bedrooms up. The beach, La Spiaggia and the Serpenti Pool Clvb are for resident guests only, and the hotel publishes no day pass; a visitor writing in June 2026 was told a coffee or a cocktail meant a minimum spend of IDR 1.5 million per person.

At Jalan Goa Lempeh, Banjar Dinas Kangin, Uluwatu, in Pecatu, on the southern cliffs of the Bukit peninsula. Ngurah Rai airport is about 17 km by road, measured on OpenStreetMap; the time depends on the traffic.

The location page gives the hotel’s car at IDR 2,300,000 to 3,500,000 per car each way, plus tax, with airport assistance for 2, and a taxi at about IDR 400,000; the Bvlgari Villa and the Mansions include the return transfer with VIP immigration.

By road: Pura Luhur Uluwatu about 6 km, Padang Padang beach about 5 km, Jimbaran about 10 km, Seminyak about 23 km, Ubud about 48 km, on OpenStreetMap’s roads.

The hotel organises the sunset at Uluwatu temple with the kecak dance of 50 performers, private surf lessons with a video review and a day cruise to Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Penida.

Yes, free: secured outdoor parking on site, says the location page, and the booking engine lists free valet parking. Cars stop at the arrival court and guests go on by buggy.

Google Hotels, read on 16 October 2026, a night for 2 adults with tax and service included: IDR 33,533,224 on 16 November 2026; IDR 41,916,528 on 24 December 2026, the highest figure in the calendar, repeated on 25 December and on 3 and 4 January; IDR 30,970,350 on 22 January 2027, the lowest; IDR 31,459,328 on 12 May and IDR 36,298,752 on 1 August 2027.

The figures name no villa; the sellers’ links on Google Hotels show the total with tax inside. On the hotel’s booking engine the Ocean View Villa for 16 to 23 November 2026 came to IDR 33,880,000 a night with tax and fees, breakfast included. The calendar gave no price from 28 December 2026 to 2 January 2027.

Every rate includes breakfast at any hour, the minibar’s soft drinks and snacks, unlimited laundry and pressing, a butler round the clock, pool snacks from noon to 4pm, the sunset aperitivo at The Bvlgari Bar, yoga, a village walk and a melukat purification, and one extra bed with breakfast per bedroom, as the villa pages list them.

Prices are quoted before 21% of tax and service: IDR 28,000,000 becomes IDR 33,880,000 in the booking engine. Booking.com adds that cash is not accepted and that the card used to book is checked at arrival.

On 16 October 2026: Uluwatu Wonders, for 3 nights or more, with a spa treatment, a dinner at Il Ristorante – Niko Romito without wine and the airport pick-up (return from 2 bedrooms up); the Serpenti Villa package for 2 nights or more, with breakfast and cocktails round the clock, afternoon tea and a massage; the Form & Flow programme with a Technogym check-up.

Yes. The Bvlgari Chapel, the first Bvlgari wedding chapel, is built in Paras Kerobokan stone and glass, beside a Pavilion Terrace of 300 m²; La Terrazza, 136 m² over the sunset, takes 12 for a ceremony and 30 for dinner; the Pavilion up to 100; in the Mansion wedding the altar floats on a transparent carpet over the upper pool, with 2 nights in a 5-bedroom Mansion. Civil registration under Indonesian law costs extra.

The hotel publishes no price. A Bali wedding planner, Bali Wedding Solutions, listed the chapel ceremony package at IDR 160,000,000++, with 2 nights in an Ocean View Villa, and a ceremony with a reception for 30 at IDR 320,000,000++, read on 16 October 2026.

Yes. On 31 December 2026 the festive programme has a party at the Pavilion from 6pm, with entertainment and the countdown at The Bvlgari Bar, at IDR 9,000,000 per person with drinks, free for resident guests; or an Italian degustation at Il Ristorante – Niko Romito at IDR 9,000,000, wine pairing IDR 3,000,000 more, all plus tax and service.

It is open all year. The beach and La Spiaggia were shut during the works on the funicular and reopened in the summer of 2026; the official La Spiaggia page lists lunch every day from noon to 4pm.

Yes, with one limit: Il Ristorante admits no child of 5 or under. The Little Gems Clvb has Serpenti-themed games and towels, and teepees can be set up in the villas. Cots are free under 2 and one extra bed with breakfast per bedroom is included; a one-bedroom villa takes up to 3, a 2-bedroom one up to 6. A guest writing in October 2025 called the kids’ club a highlight.

Check-in from 3pm and check-out by noon, as Google Hotels and Booking.com list them; the overview promises early arrivals and late departures whenever villas allow. The card used to book and a photo ID are asked for at check-in.

On the hotel’s booking engine, through the reservations team on +62 361 847 1000, or on the travel sites. The engine shows a flexible rate with breakfast and the cancellation terms for the dates chosen; the hotel publishes no general cancellation rule.

No: pets are not allowed, says Booking.com.

Not easily in a wheelchair: in the booking engine every villa type read comes in no mobility-accessible version, with a tub or a roll-in shower, and the resort runs down a cliff, with paths and steps covered by buggy.

Free for guests: yoga with an instructor, a walk through the Banjar village and a melukat purification ceremony, plus court time at the Bvlgari Tennis Clvb. At extra cost, 90-minute sessions with a tennis coach. The hotel also arranges surf lessons, the Uluwatu temple and kecak at sunset and the cruise to the Nusa islands.

On 16 October 2026 Google showed 4.7/5 from 2,017 reviews, Tripadvisor 4.6/5 from 1,193 and Booking.com 9.8/10 from 162. Guests return to the cliff and the ocean from the villa, the butlers, breakfast at any hour and the private pools; the complaints concern the months without a beach, the distances covered by buggy, some tired furniture and the prices at the bar and restaurants.