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…
Must-see hotels in Banda Islands
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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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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…
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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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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 …
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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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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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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…
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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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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 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…
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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…
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A guesthouse of two halves (and floors); the more modern and expensive upstairs rooms offer splendid bay and volcano views. Downstairs rooms are old…
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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…
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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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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Run from a gleaming, comfortable (if small) family home, Neilaka offers three rooms with shared bathrooms in a new concrete building with a wooden ceiling…
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The Gamalama offers functional, relatively large rooms with OK beds beyond a lobby decked out in concrete trees. Bathrooms are mandi only. Staff are…
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Right on the beach, in the middle of Kampung Lama, this very simple homestay has basic rooms and a shared bathroom with a squat toilet. The food is pretty…
