Taman Selini Wahana Beach Resort — Hotel in Pulau Bali

The positives: At first look, this is a beautiful beachfront resort. You get your own bungalow (with no shared walls). The food is also good, and the employees are friendly and helpful. They can do your laundry for a small fee. They provided me with free blue things for the electric mosquito repellent in my room. And they loaned me a soiree so I could attend a ceremony nearby.||||The negatives: the bathroom is outside, which means you will get bit by mosquitoes when you shower or use the toilet. Worse, even inside the room, the mosquitoes are never ending. ||||I discovered the reason on my fourth day there: when you slide the front doors closed, there is a gap between the doors and the wall. It's almost an inch thick. On both the left and right sides of these sliding doors, mosquitoes kept flying into my room. ||||On the second night, I woke up hot and sweaty, then discovered that the air conditioner had turned itself off. I turned it back on but it had poor airflow. When I woke up, it was off again. My third day I reported the problem. A freelance repairman came over. I was told that he replaced a part. The A.C. stayed on that night, but only because the vents were almost closed. ||||My fourth day, each time I opened the vents to get more airflow, the A.C. would turn itself off after an hour. I reported the problem again. An employee told me the A.C. was broken. He offered to move me to another room which was closer to the street. But the sound of scooters and motorcycles was already disturbing my sleep, so I declined.||||He removed the vent cover to improve the airflow. From that point on, the A.C. turned itself off about an hour after I turned it on, over and over again. This occurred about an hour after I went to sleep, and I woke up hot and sweaty in the middle of the night. Had to turn it back on, and the repeat this again in the wee hours.||||My final issue is not the hotel's fault, but it's still worth noting. I was in room 4 which is somewhat close to the main street. I could hear scooters and motorcycles, as well as roosters, barking dogs, and very loud music from nearby mosques, and this kept me from falling asleep when I got in bed at 10pm, and sometimes woke me in the wee hours.||||I think the quietest rooms are room 1 and 10 and 11. Those are closest to the beach. Of course, it's a public beach, so the hotel cannot prevent barking dogs or boom boxes...

Incredibly charming and beautiful place - the epitome of Balinese beauty, kindness and hospitality. Last year - in September 2022 - we came for a couple of nights and we ended up staying there for our entire vacation (just spending two days in Ubud). The staff is wonderful (kind, welcoming, professional, but with deep Balinese kindness), the place is beautiful : instead of being packed with hastily decorated concreate bungalows, you will find spacious, spread out wooden traditional dwellings with more-than-adequate comfort surrounding a well maintained green lawn, with beautiful frangipani trees and flowers. These wooden bungalows, beautiful from the outside and from the inside, are nicely furnished and just meters away from the beautiful, large, partly shaded swimming pool, which - in turn - is no more than 30 meters away from the beach and from the sea, The beach is great, and even more beautiful underwater (the "biorock" project has managed to grow amazing colorful coral, no more than 50 meters away from the shore... ).|All in all, this is simply paradise, and one of the main reasons we came back this year, in September 2023.|Whereas in 2022 the restaurant was closed (except for breakfast) , due to the aftershock of the Covid pandemic affecting badly tourism in Bali, it is now open and just delicious (both the Greek dishes - very well made, even if that sounds strange - and the Indonesian ones. For instance, their Nasi Campur and Soto Ayam are very tasty.)|And all of that comes at a very reasonable price !||(PS: if you're looking for ultra-modern room amenities, like hairdryers, television, minibar... you're in the wrong place. But is that really the reason you're coming to Bali? Aircon is very quiet and efficient, the superb bed is surrounded by an ample mosquito net, the bathroom is clean and well equipped, and there's ample storage room for clothes - these are the only amenities that...

I really enjoyed my stay in Taman Selini. It's a lovely small place right on the beach. I really just enjoyed the simplicity of staying here. I didn't actually do anything there except swim, read and then pop up to the village for a meal in one of the many excellent warungs there. On a lounge by the pool you can look one way to the mountains and the other to the sea. The gardens around the hotel are well looked after and lovely. The hotel restaurant is quite good too and has an interesting mix of local and greek foods. The restaurant staff were excellent. ||I highly recommend getting up for a sunrise. It's spectacular and I had the beach to myself each time. ||The rooms are a traditional balinese style with a pretty simple outdoor bathroom. I loved the space out the front with daybed and chairs. ||||A few of the not so great parts:||-internet was pretty patchy and there were some days it didn't work at all.||-it was very windy and that meant that a lot of debris was blown into my outdoor bathroom during the day making it hard to have a shower at night. Housekeeping were often sweeping outdoor areas so perhaps on those super windy days, it might be worth doing a second sweep of bathrooms.||- no safe or fridge in the room||- the room was quite dark so I struggled with reading at night. ||||Pemuteran was a great place to spend time and I highly...