TUGU BALI IS THE ONLY MUSEUM BOUTIQUE HOTEL, BUT IT OFFERS SO MUCH MORE IN TERMS OF CUISINE, HOSPITALITY AND SERVICE, THAT ONE IS RELUCTANT TO CATEGORIZE A PLACE THAT OFFERS SUCH A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE FOR EACH OF ITS GUESTS. OWNED BY A A FRESHWATER SWIMMING POOL, ART AND ANTIQUE GALLERY, A BALINESE SPICE EMPORIUM , A MUCH PRAISED SPA AND SUBURB DINING. THE STAFF TAKES CARE OF GUESTS WITH THE EXCEPTIONAL BEAUTY, GRACE AND THOROUGHNESS FOR WHICH ASIAN HUSBAND AND WIFE WHO ARE ARDENT COLLECTORS OF SE ASIAN ART AND ANTIQUES, HOTEL TUGU BALI WAS BUILT TO RECREATE AND PRESERVE THE BALINESE LIFE. CULTURE AND LUXURY OF YESTERYEAR. A COLLECTION OF EXQUISITE ANTIQUES FROM JAVA AND BALI BLENDS SEAMLESSLY WITH 21TH CENTURY COMFORTS INCLUDING HOSPITLITY IS KNOWN. IT IS THE COMBINATION AND EMPHASIS ON BALINESE AND JAPANESE ANCIENT CULTURE AND ART THAT MAKES THIS PROPERTY SO DISTINCTIVE AND EXCEPTIONAL. BECAUSE OF HIS PASSION FOR PRESERVING THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF BALI, INDONESIA AND SE ASIA, HOTEL OWNER AND DESIGNER AOHAR SETJADIBRATA HAS ASSEMBLED REMARKABLE EXAMPLES OF BALIS RICH HISTORY. ANCIENT TEAK CARVINGS ARE EVERYWHERE. ORIGINAL LE MAYEUR PAINTINGS HANG IN THE GRAND LOBBY. GUESTS SLEEP ON ANTIQUE BEDS OWNED BY INDONESIA ROYALTY SURROUNDED BY AUTHENTIC ANTIQUE DECOR. ONE OF THE DINING ROOMS IS A 300 YEAR OLD KANG XI TEMPLE BROUGHT PIECE BY PIECE FROM EAST JAVA. THE SHOWPIECE OF THE HOTEL IS A SMALL STONE BOWL CALLED A CUPU MANIK A 16YH CENTURY VESSEL FROM WHICH A PRIEST WOULD SPRINKLE HOLY WATER AND HEALING WATERS OVER SICK VILLAGERS. THIS WAS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST SIGNIFICANT PIECES COLLECTED BY MR SETJADIBRATA WHEN HE BEGINS HIS COLLECTION TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO. THE TUGU BALI HOTEL IS SITUATED BY A SACRED BEACH NEAR THE PEACEFUL ANCIENT FISHING VILLAGE OF CANGGU. TWENTY FIVE THATCHED LUXURY SUITES AND PAVILIONS, CONSTRUCTED IN TRADITIONAL BALINESE STYLE, ARE BUILT BESIDE OR OVER WILD LOTUS PONDS. MANY OF THE BATHROOMS IN THE DEDARI SUITES GROUND FLOOR ARE OUTSIDE AND ARE KEPT ROMANTICALLY PRIVATE USING THATCH, WATER AND BEAUTIFULLY CARVED SCREENS. PLUNGE POOLS AND PERSONAL MASSAGE BEDS ARE ALSO STANDARD. IN THE REJANG SUITES HUGE SCREENDED VERANDAS HOLD THE LARGE BATHROOMS WITH A SUNKEN SILVERED BATH AND PRIVATE MASSAFE BED. THE ROOMS HAVE ALL THE AMENITIES EXPECTED OF A FIRST CLASS HOTEL INCLUDING MINIATURE CLAY JUGS OF HOMEMAKE LEMON SHAMPOO AND SOAPS. THE HOTELS DELUXE SUITES THE WALTER SPIES AND LE AMYEUR PAVILIONS ARE WORKS OF ART AND ARE THE ULTIMATE IN BALINESE LUXURY. THE HOTEL SPA OFFERS TREATMENTS USING TRADITIONAL BALINESE METHODS AND ALL NATURAL INGREDIENTS SUCH AS CARROT, CUCUMBER, YOGURT AND INDONESIAN JAMU EXLIXERS. BALINESE ENTERTAINMENT COMES NATURALLY HERE OFTEN BY MEMBERS OF THE STAFF WHO ARE TRAINED IN THE ART OF BALINESE DANCE AND MUSIC DELIGHT IN SHARING THEIR CULTURE AND TALENT WITH GUESTS.