Ubud Inn & Spa

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Ubud Inn & Spa

Notes: Things work out. I’m glad the Green Field Hotel & Resort was not wheelchair accessible. I would have missed Jalan Monkey Forest, where most of Ubud’s life occurs, had I stayed on Jalan Hanoman. Jalan Monkey Forest and Jalan Raya Ubud are the main streets in Ubud. They have a fleet of hotels, villas and bungalows. In the middle Jalan Monkey Forest (more on the southern end) is Ubud Inn, which sits unpretentiously yet heroically for those who need a wheelchair accessible hotel in Ubud. I really liked this hotel and maybe because it was the ONLY wheelchair accessible hotel in central Ubud. Okay, that’s not true. The Four Seasons Hotel has wheelchair accessible rooms too.

The Ubud Inn has the best coffee, Kopi Bali. They serve it in their outdoor deck/pavilion that sits next to the entrance to the Ubud Inn grounds. They serve the same coffee at the delicious daily breakfast, which includes choices of crepes, eggs, fruit, rolls and more. The breakfast takes place in a beautiful little covered pavilion next to the swimming pool near the back of the hotel grounds. In between the swimming and the front Ubud Inn is the lobby, which has, as usual (what’s with it!), a ton of stairs but the staff will come down. The grounds cover an extensive are lush brush, well-tuned lawns, trees and exotic flowers. At one point, I saw the gardening staff climb the trees effortlessly and without breathing hard on the grounds, paring off branches. It was the craziest thing. No one even minded it. It’s just what the locals do.

The hotel property is much larger than meets the eye from the front. It spreads out east, west, north and south. Not that the grounds are unruly in size. Ubud Inn’s buildings and rooms just happen to be spread out amongst all the vegetation and foliage.

I stayed in a two-story family-sized room. The staff moved the beds on the bottom because they were very close to a staircase, which led to the upper floor. Read below for the wheelchair accessible rooms at the Ubud Inn.

ACCESSIBLE ROOMS
Rooms 218 and 219 are wheelchair accessible rooms at the Ubud Inn. They are located in the back of the grounds just beyond the swimming pool. You’ll have to take, unfortunately, a really pretty pathway that swings by the breakfast nook and the swimming and finally leads to picturesque bridge which overlooks a semi-ravine below. It couldn’t be more poetic.

These rooms have no steps and they are large and spacious. Their bathrooms have a lot of room too and basically, roll-in showers. You can just sit on the toilet and take a shower. This doesn’t mean that the bathroom is small. On the contrary, the bathrooms are obstruction free and large.

Location: Jalan Monkey Forest, Ubud, Bali 80571
Site: www.ubudinn.com
Email: ubud_inn@indosat.net.id
Ph: 62 361 975 071

Rates: walk in, $50 – $100, internet rates can be about $40

Accessibility
See above. Request rooms 218 or 219. They are wheelchair accessible. The only real problem with the hotel as far accessibility is concerned is that near the front, the path starts off with a couple of small steps. However, you can wheel on the grass on either side of the steps to reach the pathway again. The grass next to the pathway, however, have decorative plant pots and a little shrub. The staff moved the pot for me as well as another disabled tourist. I suggested they removed the little shrub as well for future tourists. Other than that, the Ubud Inn is wonderful.
Front Door: No front door to the hotel
Ramp/Step: There are a couple of steps at the beginning of the pathway that leads to the courtyard and hotel rooms. There are also grassy declines on either side to use if you’re in a wheelchair.
Elevator, Lift: No
Rooms, Bathrooms: See above
Bathtubs with Handles: No
Roll-in Showers: Yes

Features: Restaurant, free breakfast, swimming pool, spa and massage, travel services, laundry