Amanjiwo
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Amanjiwo is a luxury hotel in the Menoreh Hills near Magelang
, Central Java
, Indonesia
. It lies opposite the 9th century Buddhist sanctuary and UNESCO World Heritage Site, Borobudur
. It is operated by Aman Resorts and was opened in 1997. The name "Amanjiwo" means "peaceful soul".
(paras yogya) and 15 of the rooms have private pools. The hotel has its own library (which often hosts lectures on the history of Borobudur), art gallery, Javanese spa and a swimming pool with Javanese green tiles, known as hijau danau, set into the rice fields. The main pool measures 40 metres (130 foot) in length. The hotel has 36 lavish suites, laid out in two crescents around the central rotunda. The suites have limestone walls, domed roofs (some are thatched), high ceilings, terrazzo
flooring, sliding glass doors, a central four-pillar bed, sungkai wood screens, coconut wood and rattan
furniture, old batik
pillows, and traditional glass paintings. Many of the rooms have portraits of notable Indonesian people on them or traditional carvings. The rooms range from $650–$2,600 a night, excluding 21% tax.
The main restaurant to the hotel is crescent shaped and open-aired, supported by neoclassical
columns. It serves Indonesian and Western cuisines. A circular black marble bar is located in the lobby and featured Gamelan
players and local girls performing traditional Javanese dance
every day.
Magazine's Best of the Best and a bronze award by the Hotel Inspector Awards in 2010.
Magelang
Magelang is one of the largest cities of the 1,130 km² Magelang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. It is also the largest town in the Kedu Plain between Mount Merbabu and Mount Sumbing in Central Java, Indonesia...
, Central Java
Central Java
Central Java is a province of Indonesia. The administrative capital is Semarang. It is one of six provinces on the island of Java.This province is the province of high Human Development in Indonesia and its Points Development Index countries is equivalent to Lebanon. The province of Central Java...
, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
. It lies opposite the 9th century Buddhist sanctuary and UNESCO World Heritage Site, Borobudur
Borobudur
Borobudur, or Barabudur, is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist monument near Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The monument comprises six square platforms topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues...
. It is operated by Aman Resorts and was opened in 1997. The name "Amanjiwo" means "peaceful soul".
Architecture
The hotel was designed by Ed Tuttle and is built in the form of a pillared temple from local coral-beige limestoneLimestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
(paras yogya) and 15 of the rooms have private pools. The hotel has its own library (which often hosts lectures on the history of Borobudur), art gallery, Javanese spa and a swimming pool with Javanese green tiles, known as hijau danau, set into the rice fields. The main pool measures 40 metres (130 foot) in length. The hotel has 36 lavish suites, laid out in two crescents around the central rotunda. The suites have limestone walls, domed roofs (some are thatched), high ceilings, terrazzo
Terrazzo
Terrazzo is a composite material poured in place or precast, which is used for floor and wall treatments. It consists of marble, quartz, granite, glass or other suitable chips, sprinkled or unsprinkled, and poured with a binder that is cementitious, chemical or a combination of both...
flooring, sliding glass doors, a central four-pillar bed, sungkai wood screens, coconut wood and rattan
Rattan
Rattan is the name for the roughly 600 species of palms in the tribe Calameae, native to tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Australasia.- Structure :...
furniture, old batik
Batik
Batik is a cloth that traditionally uses a manual wax-resist dyeing technique. Batik or fabrics with the traditional batik patterns are found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, China, Azerbaijan, India, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Nigeria, Senegal, and Singapore.Javanese traditional batik, especially from...
pillows, and traditional glass paintings. Many of the rooms have portraits of notable Indonesian people on them or traditional carvings. The rooms range from $650–$2,600 a night, excluding 21% tax.
The main restaurant to the hotel is crescent shaped and open-aired, supported by neoclassical
Neoclassical architecture
Neoclassical architecture was an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century, manifested both in its details as a reaction against the Rococo style of naturalistic ornament, and in its architectural formulas as an outgrowth of some classicizing...
columns. It serves Indonesian and Western cuisines. A circular black marble bar is located in the lobby and featured Gamelan
Gamelan
A gamelan is a musical ensemble from Indonesia, typically from the islands of Bali or Java, featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones, xylophones, drums and gongs; bamboo flutes, bowed and plucked strings. Vocalists may also be included....
players and local girls performing traditional Javanese dance
Javanese dance
Javanese dance is the dances and art forms that were created and influenced by Javanese culture. Javanese dance is usually associated with courtly, refined and sophisticated culture of the Javanese kratons, such as the Bedhaya and Srimpi dance...
every day.
Recognition
The hotel won La Dolce VitaLa Dolce Vita
La Dolce Vita is a 1960 comedy-drama film written and directed by the critically acclaimed director Federico Fellini. The film is a story of a passive journalist's week in Rome, and his search for both happiness and love that will never come...
Magazine's Best of the Best and a bronze award by the Hotel Inspector Awards in 2010.