Mount Agung provides the spellbinding backdrop for this graceful resort overlooking the Lombok Straits in eastern Bali. Swathed in frangipani and bougainvillea, its freestanding alang-alang villas rise in thatched ranks up the hillside, affording sublime views of the cobalt-blue ocean; some have their own infinity pools and walled courtyards. The same vistas may be enjoyed from the hotel’s three-tiered pool, and there’s a serene black-sand beach below which you can swim from. As ever with Aman properties, location is key: miles of pristine, forested countryside dotted with traditional craft villages and temples stretches alluringly inland, while the resorts of Manggis and Candi Dasa are close by.
