In Reply to: Maharta Hotel posted by Debe on Friday, 6. January 2006 at 18:33 Bali Time:
The Matahari bungalows aren't on the beach.
The best rooms are 38-45 These are on the ground floor facing the grassed area by the pool. You walk straight off your verandah onto the grassed area. Very nice. These are the deluxe rooms so you pay a little extra. The rooms are exactly the same as the other AC rooms but they have a fridge. I was a little disapointed in the rooms as I expected deluxe (silly me). But they are OK. It's a nice hotel. Breakfast is very ordinary. Staff are nice. Try the massages in the massage place at the front of the hotel. Very well priced and good. You get a 10% (or was it 15?) discount if you are staying at the hotel.
The only thing I found anoying was being in the middle of Legian Road. Sitting in the bumper to bumper traffic everytime you wanted to get a taxi anywhere. Often I walked to Bemo corner or up to the change of traffic section in Legian road.
Probably won't be as bad now as I was there in school holidays and the 2 weeks preceding the last bomb. Have fun.