We were hosted for 3 night's at the newly renovated Inaya Putri Bali, Nusa Dua during the Bali & Beyond Travel Fair 2015. The resort is still in the soft opening stage and expected to fully open this September 2015.

Take a look at hotel grounds and the room we stayed. 

Hotel Lobby

Hotel Reception

Hotel Grounds

The beachfront

Hotel Pathwalks

Deluxe Room with Pool Access

View from the pool balcony

Spacious bathroom with rainshower

Private Terrace

Deluxe Room with Pool Access

*Tower 6

King Bed

Spacious Bathroom

*Rain shower

*Bath Tub

Work Nook / Sofa Bed

Pool 

Some of the room amenites

*hair dryer

*umbrella

*slippers

*bathrobes

*flashlight

*safety box

*free mini bar - replenished daily

*bottled water (about 6 bottles daily)

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Jimbaran is a small town located about two miles south of the Bali airport. 

The airport is very close by, we can actually see aircrafts in landing position. There was even an aircraft (Lion Air) that missed the runway and instead fell off to sea. Scary. Good thing we had a smooth landing via Air Asia.



The beach lining Jimbaran Bay is one of the best in Bali, its fine white sand an absolute pleasure to walk on. The beach's location makes it an obvious epilogue to any visit to the kecak performances at the clifftop temple.

About forty to fifty seafood restaurants of varying price and quality line the shore. Our partner tour operator chose Furama for our dinner.



The dining scene in the town of Jimbaran in Bali is nothing like the fancy restaurant crowd you'll find closer to Kuta or Ubud. Instead of sitting in intimately-lit dining spaces, you'll sit on tables set right on the sand, out in the open, next to the sea.



Your dinner will be simple yet very Balinese: seafood, marinated and spiced according to the island's culinary traditions, and grilled over burning coconut husks. You'll dine in the midst of one of Bali's most romantic dining settings: sitting on the beach with the sound of the murmuring surf in the air, your meal illuminated by candles and the moonlight, penjor waving in the wind.



There were a lot of seafood restaurants in Jimbaran Beach, all of them with the same setting of arranging dinner tables facing the beach where sun sets every evening



We were served

- Welcome Drink
- Balinese Peanut
- Fish Soup
- Grilled Fish 350 gr
- Grilled Prawn 2 pcs
- Grilled Clams 2 pcs
- Squid Calamari 200 gr
- Grilled Crab 250 gr
- Steamed white Rice
- Kangkung Vegetables
- Special Sauce Bumbu Bali
- Slice Tropical Fruits
- One Bottle of Mineral Water

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It was August 2012 when I got invited to a table top meeting with direct tour operators handling international tour packages. My business is barely a year old. I saw the Bali table and gave my business card. Had a little chat and told the owner, “Bali is on my bucket list, I want to go there”. He told me casually, “I can tour you around and you should do hotel inspection at the same time”.

That's us with our Bali partner tour operator

Air Asia BIG SALE came, booked a CRK-SIN-DPS-SIN ticket. Then SIN-MNL via Pal Express. My roundtrip airfare was around PhP 7,000.

April 17-21, Bali was crossed out from the bucket list. One down, many more to go. Lols. Two of my best girlfriends accompanied me. After a no sleep-road trip to catch our 6AM flight from Clark to Singapore, then a connecting flight to Ngurah Rai International Airport, we finally reached Bali with glee! That was a 15 hour ride-flight-wait before we got to our end destination.

We were greeted by Sutarja, our very nice and informative assigned tour guide in our 4 days stay in Bali. We were welcomed with frangipani welcome leis and a cold hand/face towel.  We were ushered to our designated Suzuki APV ride and met with our kind driver, Wayan.

It was almost 4PM when we arrived and traffic jam almost everywhere. We were supposed to go to Uluwatu temple but there was an ongoing ceremony.  A lot of the locals are headed to the temple to worship so we just turned around and went to do an ocular in Nusa Dua instead. Whew! One reason to go back to Bali.   

Amaroosa Hotel - Site Inspection

We were already hungry when the clock struck 6PM. We are set to have dinner in jimbaran and watch the sunset. We got to Jimbaran Bay with my tall wedge on and Mary Ann’s heels. We had to go back to our van and change to comfy slippers. I think that’s when we missed the sunset. Or sunset was no longer there when we came. Oh well!

We didn't stay long enough at Jimbaran. We were all tired and just want to take a nice shower and sleep our head off. We got to our hotel, Grand Mega Resort around 8PM. The front desk welcomed us with a sweet tamarind drink which I really like. It was soothing. 

I personally love this hotel. I love the color, the modern decor and it's nice bathroom. Wifi is complimentary and you got free bottled water too. 

We all immediately fell asleep after taking our much needed shower. I tell you, we completed an 8 hour sleep. So that's how comfy the beds are in this hotel. Good job!

 

End of Day 1.

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