TRIOFFE · HOTEL GUIDES
Where to stay, which hotels are worth it and which are not — researched, priced and written for travellers across Southeast Asia.
Ten small and design-led hotels in Kuala Lumpur — a 1930s rubber building in Chinatown, pre-war shophouses, an architect’s house in Bangsar and the one big-hotel exception — with prices, caveats and transport tips.
The peninsula, the Mekong riverfront, the Nam Khan side, the villa streets of Ban That, Phou Vao hill or the countryside? Every Luang Prabang area compared, with prices, transfers and the hotels we’d book.
Ten small hotels in Luang Prabang — Mekong riverfront houses, prince’s residences with pools in Ban That, a nine-room hideaway across the Nam Khan and Amantaka — with prices, caveats and how to get there.
Pub Street, the French Quarter, Wat Bo, Wat Damnak, the temple road or the rice fields? Siem Reap’s seven areas compared, with airport and Angkor times, prices and the hotels we’d book in each.
Ten small hotels in Siem Reap, quarter by quarter — from a 14-room gem by the Night Market and the top-rated Viroth’s to rice-paddy villas at Phum Baitang — with prices, caveats and Angkor pass facts.
Kuta, Selong Belanak, the Mertak coves, Senggigi, Sekotong, Tetebatu, Senaru or Medana? Every Lombok area compared with airport times, prices and the hotels we’d book in each.
Eight small stays across Gili Trawangan, Gili Air and Gili Meno — stilted pool villas, a five-room design house and two adults-only hideaways — with transfers, prices and which island suits you.
Oberoi, Petitenget, Batu Belig or Umalas? Seminyak’s neighbourhoods compared, eight boutique hotels from US$32 to US$544, and the traffic and beach-club rules worth knowing.
Eight small hotels on the Bukit cliffs — Bingin eco-stays, Balangan cabins, a Javanese-house wellness retreat and villas above the Uluwatu wave — plus which hamlet to choose and when to surf.
Toyapakeh, Crystal Bay, Sampalan or Diamond Beach? The five areas of Nusa Penida compared, seven hotels we’d book, and the fast boats, drivers and manta trips explained.
Seven small hotels on Nusa Lembongan — Batu Karang on the cliff, French-designed beachfront villas at Jungut Batu, lumbung huts on Mushroom Bay and a two-room hideaway at Sandy Bay — plus how to get there from Sanur.
Ten small, design-led hotels across Bali — Seminyak villas, a MICHELIN-Key house in Canggu, wall-less balés above Ubud, a coffee plantation in Munduk and the island’s original boutique in Sanur.