Jimbaran Puri, A Belmond Hotel, Bali

What the classifiers highlight

Fifteen minutes from the airport on a curved beach, this low-rise, 64-room resort mixes Balinese and Indonesian design with cottages built from bamboo, teak and alang-alang thatch. Forbes describes the emerald-cut infinity pool, tiled in Javanese stone, as the centerpiece. Nelayan Restaurant serves a beachfront tasting menu built around lobster and yellowfin tuna.