Banda Islands
For comfort, service and value, Cilu Bintang remains head and shoulders above any other accommodation in the Banda Islands – an immaculate Dutch-colonial…
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Romantically rustic cottages are stilted over the sea and enjoy fabulous bay views, but all the accommodation here shares a lovely white-sand beach backed…
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Seven spotless rooms on a peerless stretch of beach sit with splendid views of the bay. All rooms share terraces and have their own bathrooms, the most…
Banda Islands
A rustic boutique hotel in an 1859 Dutch colonial-era house; characterful if slightly overpriced rooms come with rain showers, solid wood furniture and…
Banda Islands
To find the class crashpad on Ai, walk up from the jetty, right at the T-intersection, past the fort, then 500m further past a school and pineapple…
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This blissful island hideaway, with 11 rooms in three bungalows that only open in the dry season when guests are expected, is ideal for a small group of…
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By far the best hotel in Langgur, the Grand Vilia has spacious, comfortable and modern rooms with excellent beds, decent bathrooms and safety boxes. There…
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For pure soporific serenity, few budget guesthouses in Indonesia can beat Savana Cottages. Watch the swooping curlews and the tide retreating in the…
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The 20-room Mahu Lodge offers sizeable, old-fashioned and clean rooms set around a fine garden with a swimming pool and hammocks to laze in while gazing…
Banda Islands
A guesthouse with a colonial homestay feel, Mutiara is owned by the same team who run the more upmarket Cilu Bintang. There's no hot water but rooms are…
Banda Islands
Allan's has five bungalows, all jutting out over the bay and sharing a terrace. The largest and most expensive is well-suited to a family. Rooms come with…
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At the beach’s reputedly haunted and much quieter northern end, 700m beyond Ohoililir village, Coaster Cottages is a wi-fi–less retreat with a variety of…
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Perched above the sea and linked by wooden walkways, this long-standing traveller favourite juts out over Teluk Sawai. It offers large and simple wooden…
Banda Islands
Budget-friendly Vita offers a great bayside location with seven simple but sizeable rooms set in a colonnaded L-shape around a waterfront palm garden …
Banda Islands
Set around a pleasant, plant-filled courtyard, the charming Delfika has a range of mostly well-renovated and large rooms, although beds can be a little…
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Friendly and sweet Johanna offers two simple but spotless rooms with fans, OK beds and reasonable bathrooms, both with terraces directly overlooking the…
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Five wooden cottages set 100m back from the beach, with comfy beds, Western toilets and balconies. They're more expensive than other nearby options but…
Banda Islands
You're paying for the prime location on the waterfront – with great views from the garden and the huge communal terrace on the upper floor – at this long…
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There's a languid, siesta-at-any-time-of-the-day feel to the Dragon, but that's not out of keeping with Langgur generally. There are a variety of room…
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Run by a hospitable Muslim family, this basic guesthouse shaded by coconuts and ferns is set back from the snack-huts at the Ngur Bloat end of the beach…
Banda Islands
The Green Coconut has a pleasant seafront location in the village (walk east from the jetty), with a common dining room and wonderful sea views from the…
Banda Islands
New Selecta's name is reminiscent of a bad DJ and it's an oddity in untouristy Bandaneira, offering a chain hotel-like experience with little atmosphere…
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Incorporating the former Penginapan Lease Indah, the Perdana is the best choice in Kota Saparua. The more expensive rooms are clean with reasonable beds…
Banda Islands
Away from the main stretch of beach, a 10-minute walk south of the mosque in Kampung Lama, this place has OK rooms with Western toilets and a pleasant…
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The Irene (pronounced ‘ee-reh-neh’) is friendly with rooms placed around a courtyard that's set back from the road. It's worth spending extra for the…
Banda Islands
The biggest guesthouse on Hatta, with seven concrete rooms, two wooden ones and a big bungalow set back from the beach, this place attracts people here…
Banda Islands
Just to the left of the jetty and right on the beach – look for the yellow house – Greenpeace has two upstairs rooms sharing a small terrace with great…
Maluku
To one side of the bulky, tiled Kimson Center, arranged around a colonnaded courtyard, Aurelia Hotel offers rooms decked out in the height of 1980s chic…
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The cheapest rooms here are windowless cells, but the others are big and comfortable enough, if old-fashioned, with reasonable beds. A sizeable swimming…
Banda Islands
A guesthouse of two halves (and floors); the more modern and expensive upstairs rooms offer splendid bay and volcano views. Downstairs rooms are old…
Banda Islands
The more expensive rooms have views over the harbour towards Gunung Api, but all are clean and comfortable for the price. Bathrooms are very cramped…
Banda Islands
Perched on a small black-sand beach with harbour views towards Banda Besar, the four rooms at this quiet guesthouse are reasonably-sized, bright and clean…
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Adjacent to the market, the Mandiri has sleepy staff and small, basic rooms with mandi (ladle bath) bathrooms and Disney-themed cabinets. Its greatest…
Banda Islands
Reached by steps cut into ossified coral, this proudly immaculate concrete home is located on the second 'tier' of the village. Its three rooms all have…
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Behind the tiled lobby, where there's a useful travel agent and the local Garuda desk, the Suita is rather faded. Bathrooms especially are plain. But the…
Banda Islands
There's vibrant papaya-coloured paintwork, a patio and a pleasant deck overlooking the bay, but the bathrooms are mandis (ladle bath) and some toilets are…
Banda Islands
A basic but friendly homestay just behind the mosque in Lonthoir. Rooms are compact and clean with Western toilets and mandi (ladle bath) bathrooms. The…
Banda Islands
Sara doesn't speak English, but she is friendly and offers big wooden rooms with attached Western toilets and mandi (ladle bath) bathrooms. All share a…
Banda Islands
Simple fan-only rooms with mandi (ladle bath) bathrooms in a biggish house a five-minute walk east of the jetty. Look for the sign. The helpful owner…
Banda Islands
A step up from most of the other homestays: well-kept wooden rooms come with basins, reasonable beds and a water machine. The shared terrace for meals…
