We are traveling to Bali & Lombok in late April 2010.
2 adults, 2 14yr old boys & teenage daughter & boyfriend.
We need either a 2 bedroom family room for all the young ones & a double room for us or 3 rooms (whilst the boys are good we want them to be adjacent or quite close).
We perfer the bungalo style & definately want beachfront, cost (as we have to fork out for 3 rooms is also a factor), We DONT want modern motel style, we want more Bali style, with a bit of quiet & privacy (we can go out when we want noise and interaction).
We have previously stayed at Griya Santrian & Puri Santrian a number of years ago, We preferred the Griya, anyway they are a bit expensive and also booked out (no wander their customer service seems to have a don't care attitude).
Anyway we have narrowed it down to:
Peneeda View (family room @ $83 usd inc taxes & Villa @ $74 inc)
Respati (around $85 usd per room)
Besakih ($85 usd per room)
What do people recommend?
Will probably be booking through Balidiscovery or the other popular one (I can't recall name) as the hotel "Internet" rates on their websites seem to be higher & also the Peneeda View has a LOT of trouble working out how much they charge (they can quote you DOUBLE what the cheapest rate really is).
Location is important (but these all seem OK, Peneeda is a bit further away & from memory has a treed/shaded area in front before the beach & is a bit less "resort" type, but I know we can swim/drink/eat at any of the resorts anyway, so apart from a walk its less important
We would really like some feedback