Lombok is what you do once you’ve fallen in love with Bali and want to go a little further – quieter beaches, thinner crowds and a genuinely unhurried pace just a short flight or boat ride away. Spend your days at the pool or beach, take a boat trip out to the Gili Islands for snorkelling, and let the resort do most of the entertaining since the infrastructure outside the gates is thinner than south Bali. It suits confident families who’ve done Bali before and want something more pristine. However you arrive – by air or by fast boat – the extraordinary hotels here make it worth the extra effort.
