Swiss-Belhotel Harbour Bay - Batam Island

Being only 45 minutes ferry ride away, Batam Island is one of the most popular getaway destionation from Singapore. Thanks to its proximity, cheap food and shopping options as well as recently increased hotel quality, it offers a relaxed holiday destination for Singaporeans without going into the hussle and bustle of flying off the island.

Popularity of the island also brought good hotels. If you need Batam hotel recommendation to stay in Batam, you will be pleased to know that there are plenty of good hotel and resorts options. One of them is 4-star international Swiss-Belhotel Harbour Bay centrally located within walking distance to Harbour Bay Ferry Terminal. The 179 room hotel features Deluxe, Deluxe Pool View, Grand Deluxe, Suite, and Presidential Suite rooms with LCD cable television with satellite channels, IDD telephone, high-speed Internet access, in-room safety deposit box, individually controlled air-conditioning, mini-bar, coffee and tea-making facilities, bathtub or shower.

Swiss-Belhotel Harbour Bay is an new hotel. It has just opened its doors in June 2013.

Swiss-Belhotel Harbour Bay has 2 restaurants: a Chinese Restaurant serving authentic Chinese cuisine and Swiss-Cafe offers internations, Asian and Indonesian dishes with a variety of snacks, cocktails and mocktails are available through-out the day at The Lounge and Bar.

Harbour Bay Shopping Mall and Ferry Terminal to Singapore, situated adjacent to the hotel, provides a shopping mall and nightlife entertainment such as bars, pubs, music lounge, KTV and seafood dining restaurant.

Nagoya, located 5 minutes drive from the hotel, provides many entertainment and shopping facilities with a wide range of goods that are also available in many other shopping malls around the city.

Waterfront, located at The Waterfront City on the western side of the island,  fea-tures several attractions and activities, such as water and sports activities, including a Cable Ski Park, fishing pond, go-kart race track, football field, as well as a children's ten 10 pin bowling. There are also several restaurants and bars in the area.

Harmoni One Convention Hotel & Serviced Apartments - Batam Island

Just 20 km and a 45 minute ferry ride from Singapore, Indonesia's Batam Island, is the nearest and one of the most popular holiday destinations for Singaporeans. It is ideal for a weekend getaway destination from Singapore. With the proximity,  Batam also offers something like a staycation with some hotels providing excellent facilities and relaxed environment for Singaporean visitors.

If you are looking for a classic , elegant, and comfortable hotel in Batam with relatively low budget, Harmoni One Convention Hotel and Service Apartments offers a very good alternative. The hotel which is designed like a little palace offers 292 hotel rooms and suites. There are 9 spaciously designed VIP accommodations & Presidential Suite, each equipped with a personal whirlpool and private pool.

The most distinctive feature of Harmoni One Hotel is its huge and welcoming main lobby. Although a lot of space is wasted for this huge entrance, rooms are still spacious. The staff is quite helpful in all parts of the hotel. There is a main swimming pool (a little dip) and  a Jacuzzi.

One of the most popular ways to visit Batam and stay in this hotel is buying a coupon from one of the deal websites. For example currently, deal.com.sg has a 2D1N Batam Stay at Harmoni One International Convention Hotel which includes 2-Way ferry ticket from Singapore, return land transfer, authentic Indo buffet lunch, Balinese Massage (for adult) or Bird's Nest Soup (for child) and RP 100,000 shopping vouchers consisting of shopping discount vouchers (RP 50,000 off at First outlet with minimum purchase RP 200,000; not exchangeable for cash & non-refundable if unused).

Harmoni One Hotel Batam Island

Hotel's location is not the very best feature of it but it offers service to 3 shopping centers at town (call for booking for these service and the latest time from Nagoya is 8.40 pm).  Harmoni One Hotel is 15 minutes walk to Mega Mall, but it's quite far from Nagoya.

Tips:

• There is an Italian restaurant just one road away from the hotel. Food and service is great with  entertainment by the live band.
• Call for booking for bus services to shopping malls in Town center. The last returning service from Nagoya is 8:40 pm.

Other popular hotels in Batam:  

The BCC Hotel & Residence

I Hotel Batam

HARRIS Hotel Batam Center

Montigo Resorts Nongsa

I Hotel Batam

If you are looking for a good hotel in Batam Island with good location and affordable room prices, you should definitely check I Hotel Batam. The hotel is located 10 mins walking distance away from Nagoya Hill,  the biggest mall in Batam, and appeals to both business travelers as well as leisure travellers who would like to try a "town" hotel in Batam besides the fequent resorts.

I Hotel Batam is an integrated hotel and apartment specially designed for daily and long-staying business travelers in mind. More spacious than most other hotel rooms in Batam, I Hotel offers Superior or Deluxe room, Suite or Studio Apartment and Executive or Deluxe apartment. I Hotel in Batam also has 12 one-room apartments and three (3) deluxe apartments. The hotel also offers long-stay rates. Lowest rates for 30 meter square superior rooms start from USD $83++ and 68 meter square Suite Rooms from $200++.

The rooms in I Hotel Batam was clean and comfortable with a king bed, a clean tub and bathroom. The TV has around 40 channels to choose from. The Gym is just next to pool. The small, rectengular shaped swimming pool and heated Jacuzzi at Level 3 are opened until 10pm every night and are good for a night swim or Jacuzzi.

I Hotel Batam offers a good, clean  hotel in Batam Island
with good location and affordable room prices.

Nagoya Hill Mall, largest mall in Batam, is a plus of the hotel on its own. Many visitors who would like or need to stay in town chooses I Hotel Batam because of its proximity to this mall. A pathway behind the hotel and a 10 minutes walk will take you to the mall  which is packed with food outlets on 1st and 3rd floor. There are many shops in the mall such as j.co donuts, A&W, Polo Ralph Lauren and there is a departmental store, Matahari. Some staff sold here are a lot cheaper compared to Singapore. A must visit for travellers from Singapore is the huge supermarket in the mall which sells many items at a fraction of Singapore's prices.

Other popular hotels in Batam:

The BCC Hotel & Residence

Turi Beach Resort

HARRIS Hotel Batam Center

Montigo Resorts Nongsa

Turi Beach Resort - Batam Island

Batam Island of Indonesia is one of the most popular weekend holiday destinations from Singapore. Located only 20km from Singapore, this  45km x 25km  island is the nearest Indonesian island to Singapore and easily accessible with a short ferry ride. Until recently the island was mainly a sex and night life getaway from Singapore (and Bintan was the destination for families and idyllic holiday seekers) but in the past few years, Batam has also been slowly transformed into family resorts destination.

There are several nice hotels and resorts to stay in Batam. If you are looking for a Batam resort which is a little away from everything then Nongsa Resorts area is for you. 4-Star Turi Beach Resort is nested in Nongsa Resorts, at the northeast of Batam Island, and  is surrounded by 18 hectares of lush tropical landscape and offers beautiful and serene place to relax and enjoy great sea view. Although it takes 15 minutes to reach by ferry, the location of this Batam resort is a bit out of the way and far from the city. But if you are looking for a nice resort to relax and for a short getaway from Singapore and away from a busy city, Turi Beach Resort offers one of the best and easiest to access alternative. With different type or rooms such as Tirta Junior Suite, Riani Deluxe Beachfront, Tirta Premier Beachfront, Riani Suite, Tirta Premier, Riani Suite Beachfront, Tirta Executive Suite, Riani Deluxe, Riani Superior, all equipped with Air conditioning, Cable television, Coffee/Tea maker, Minibar, Dressing area w/vanity & sink etc., the beach and swimming pool will be just right in front of the room.

Turi Beach Resort gets generally very good reviews with its scenic view and staff performance scoring high. Spacious and generally clean rooms with nice view of the sea + pool and private small balcony with Balinese-style furnitures in some of the rooms, air con, big bed and bathroom and relaxing sound of waves from the sea are the additional positives of the resort.The pools and small beach are also quite nice and well-maintained, surrounded by beautiful coconut trees.

Turi Beach Resort  of Batam Island offers a short getaway destination from Singapore.

Turi Beach Resort is a 35-minute ferry ride from Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal - Singapore and 5-minute drive from Nongsapura Ferry Terminal. A return transfer between the ferry terminal and this Batam resort is provided to all resort guests. Simply indicate the arrival time and our staff will assist you at the ferry terminal.
This is quite nice because Singapore does not have these type of resorts and Batam and its resorts fill in this gap.

Turi Beach Resort on the Batam Map.

Batam Island has tropical climate with an average temperature of 28-32 degree Celsius and humidity levels of 60-90%. Expect more rainfalls from November to February.

Other popular hotels in Batam:  

The BCC Hotel & Residence

I Hotel Batam

HARRIS Hotel Batam Center

Montigo Resorts Nongsa

The BCC Hotel & Residence - Batam Island

Batam Island of Indonesia, the nearest Indonesian island to Singapore, is a popular destination for Singaporeans. It is quite near to Singapore and just a short ferry ride away which makes it a perfect weekend getaway destination from Singapore. With the proximity,  Batam offers something like a staycation with some hotels providing excellent facilities and relaxed environment for Singaporean visitors. 

If you need a hotel recommendation in Batam to stay, I can recommend BCC Hotel Batam. This is a brand new high-rise hotel hotels in Batam which is opened around January 2012. Originally meant to be a condominium The BCC Hotel & Residence offers diverse accommodation options starting from Premiere Suites for 2 guests to 3+1 apartment bedroom to rent for up to 6 people. The hotels most highly pointed feature in the reviews are the big room sizes which makes it very comfortable to stay.

Just 2 minutes' walk from BCS Mall and Food Centre, The BCC Hotel & Residence is centrallylocated (10 minutes drive from Batam center) with 5 star hotel standards and one of the best thing about this hotel is the size of the rooms. Even the smallest units in the hotel, Premiere Suites, are huge and spacious with super king size bed and a huge bathroom equipped with a jacuzzi bathtub (Jacuzzi not working). The hotel is near a shopping mall and there is a food center behind the hotel (something similar to a big hawker center in Singapore) with a good variety of food. Recommendation? i-seafood store is in this food center is decent and the food is cheap and fresh.

Currently, there is a deal which is for 2D1N/3D2N Luxury Stay at The BCC Hotel. The deal includes 2-Way Ferry, breakfast, 7-Course Seafood Lunch, Balinese Massage and shopping voucher. There are 4 price options available.

BCC Hotel & Residences Deal

Since this is a hotel residence there are good apartment options to stay here. You can stay in 2 bedrooms 72 square meters apartments, 3 bedrooms 98 square meters apartments or large, 128 square meters 3+1 bedroom apartments.

Other popular hotels in Batam:

Turi Beach Resort

HARRIS Hotel Batam Center

Montigo Resorts Nongsa

I Hotel Batam