I can’t think of a better place to end a magical trip. I LOVED The Alaya and even years later it still stands out as special. Enjoy!

So glad you had a great experience as well, and that Alaya is still keeping up the good work! I’ve stayed in Nusa Dua as well and while the beaches and properties are gorgeous they don’t quite have that same personal touch. Alaya (and Ubud in general!) are just super special. The more I travel the more I appreciate places like this!

I can assure to everybody that the pictures represents the real atmosphere of the hotel…up close and personal. My sister is a professional photographer based in UK, so I know any good photographer like Alex definitely can capture a priceless pic in perfect moment.

After Alaya we moved to Nusa Dua and stayed at Sofitel. Unfortunately, despite being an upscale hotel it’s less accommodating in term of hospitality and personal touch as we had @ Alaya.

Let’s get real, Mihai. You’re just jealous because you can’t take awesome photos like Alex. It’s okay, I’m totally jealous too.

The only “dark shadow” on this review is your false accusation 🙂

Are you for real?

1. Someone with a website as successful as this would not use stock photography without crediting it. That’s business 101. The internet is a transparent place, lest you forget.

2. Alex is clearly is obsessive about her own photos, take a look around the website, she meticulously selects and edits them to fit the story.

3. Of course there’s no people in it, I don’t like photographing the places I stay with strangers in it, especially not to market it on my website.

Mihai, these are not stock photos. When I visited the hotel it was newly opened and I was strategic about timing my shots so there weren’t stray people in them. I would be happy to send you the files so you can see from the EXIF data that these were taken with my own camera, or you can feel free to contact the hotel directly to ask. I will choose to take your comment as a compliment to my photographic skills!

Looks like stock photos to me too. Unless Alaya payed for professonal photography work from alex i hardly doubt it she can take so many pictures with no people in it. Like pool without people :).

Lets get real people :). This casts a dark shadow over this review

Agreed. these look like stock photos and why? there are no people in these pictures. A good hotel will have many guests and how many times you as tourists can take a out-of-the-blue picture with no other tourists in it.

Let’s get real. I’m not buying into this review.