In Reply to: Le Meridien vs Grand Hyatt posted by Zahi & Ghada on Friday, 30. April 1999 at 14:40 Bali Time:
Le Meridien has a great series of pools with a fast waterslide and a waterfall to swim beneath with a cave behind it. I imagine it would be loads of fun for kids. My husband and I used the waterslide for hours, and we're 40 year old kids.
There are ponds around one of the restaurants with different kinds of fish. We would take some of our breakfast bread and feed it to the fish -- more fun for kids.
The grounds are lush, but because the property is only a year and a half old, the palms are held up be scaffolding to secure them. Kind of an odd sight.
The entrance to the hotel has more ponds with lotus.
The service is terrific, especially if you like being waited on hand and foot.
There are plenty of Balinese motifs, but hotel rooms are pretty western. The only problem is the same recorded gamelan music that plays incessantly throughout the hotel.
We traveled to Ubud and beyond, using Le Meridien as a base.
Hope you have a great time.