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Amanjiwo
An Aman hotel in the Menoreh Hills facing Borobudur temple (9th century, UNESCO): a limestone rotunda and suites with private pools.
Amanjiwo (“peaceful soul”) lies in the Menoreh Hills near Magelang in Central Java, facing the Buddhist temple of Borobudur, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The hotel opened on 16 October 1997 and is run by Aman.
Designed by Ed Tuttle: a temple-like building with columns of local paras yogya limestone, 36 suites in a semicircle around a central rotunda, and a 40-metre green-tiled main pool among the rice fields.
Interiors
Limestone walls, domed ceilings, terrazzo, sungkai-wood screens, coconut-wood and rattan furniture, batik.
Views from the rooms
Some suites face Borobudur, others the gardens with private pools.
Who it suits
For trips centred on culture and architecture, and sunrises at Borobudur.
What to see nearby
- Borobudur — sunrise over the temple.
- Mendut and Pawon.
Location
Ds. Majaksingi, Borobudur, Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia
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Sources:
Wikipedia (EN); Official website; photos — Wikimedia Commons (free licences, authors credited under the photos)
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