Where to Stay near Menjangan Island

The only luxury resort in Banyuwedang sitting directly on the beach. Tented rooms and villas in a safari-style design, with an infinity pool overlooking the water, a beach club, spa, restaurant and fitness centre.

Distinctive architecture — multi-storey lumbung rooms built in wood, quite unlike the other resorts along this coast. Five room types from backpacker up to deluxe, and the main infinity pool looks straight out over the bay.

Fifty-four rooms from standard up to villas with private plunge pools, all with access to hot spring water piped from the Banyuwedang source. The restaurant looks across the bay to the volcanoes of Java, which makes it a good spot for sunset.

A family-run homestay with five garden-view rooms, parking, wifi and a small restaurant. Staying here puts you among local people rather than in a resort compound, which is the point of it.

A quiet retreat with a large pool and a vineyard on site. Rooms face the sea and across to the Java volcanoes, though the property itself sits back from the water.

Forty-nine rooms in an old Balinese style set in tropical garden, in the middle of Pemuteran village and right on the beach. Restaurant, spa, pool and dive centre on site, and the Karang Lestari Biorock restoration project is directly offshore.

Next door to Taman Sari and similarly placed — beachfront, village centre, easy walk to the shops and the snorkeling. Restaurant, pool, spa, bar and dive centre. The rooms are notable for their traditional Javanese carved timber.

Star-rated facilities at a lower price than the smaller resorts nearby, which makes it a sensible pick if you're travelling on a budget but want a pool and a restaurant. The large pool sits in front of Pemuteran Beach.

A budget choice that doesn't feel like one — restaurant, bar and spa on site, and easy access to the village on foot.

Set apart from the busier middle of the village, which makes it the quieter option. Guests consistently single out the friendliness of the service here.

A dive lodge with its own centre on site, plus a restaurant and spa. Set back from the beach among gardens, with the hills behind.

Set within the park boundary among the monsoon forest, with the Octagon restaurant, a spa, a dive centre and a pool overlooking the water. Deer and birdlife move through the grounds.

A quiet property deep in the park, well away from any road noise. The Bali Tower Bistro is the draw — a wooden tower rising above the trees with the strait and Java beyond, and the obvious place to be at sunset.

The most remote of the three, reached by the resort's free boat from Labuhan Lalang Harbour. You can snorkel directly from the beach here. Pool, spa, restaurant and wifi on site — but nothing else within reach, which is the appeal.