HOTEL CHECKOUT

BALI will welcome boutique hotel Nirjhara in the New Year – in Tabanan on the island’s south-west coast.

Designed around the spectacular waterfall after which it is named and set amid lush forest, Nirjhara offers 25 suites and villas, including seven treehouse Canopy Suites a short stroll from volcanic sand beaches.

Nirjhara’s aim is to create a truly sustainable hotel.

Rooms have traditional locally woven furniture and at chic restaurant, Ambu, 95 per cent of ingredients are sourced from the hotel’s vegetable garden as well as neighbouring farms.

On the spa menu of The Retreat at Nirjhara, there are ancient healing practices and rituals such as Japanese reiki, reflexology and sound healing.

Doubles from £260 per night with breakfast. Go to nirjhara.com

AWARD-WINNING all-inclusive Ikos Resorts is to open the Ikos Andalusia on the Costa del Sol in April.

The 411-room property on Playa de Guadalmansa is 15 minutes from Estepona and 20 minutes from Marbella.

The resort has seven on-site restaurants, eight pools and a beach waiter service. Activities include paddle boarding and mountain biking.

Doubles from £350 a night. Go to ikosresorts.com