The 15 Best Luxury Hotels in Jakarta

Above the rooftops: At The Langham Jakarta you swim in a heated, 16-meter sky pool on the 63rd floor, with a hot tub and reserved for hotel guests; a second pool sits amid greenery on the sixth floor. Park Hyatt Jakarta has an open-air lap pool with skyline views. At Hotel Indonesia Kempinski Jakarta, gardens surround the Sky Pool on the roof, and the Sky Pool Bar serves light bites and drinks into the evening.Park Hyatt Jakarta · Zentral-JakartaIn a garden: Raffles Jakarta has a 25-meter lap pool in the Hendra Gunawan Garden on the 14th floor, with a leisure pool with submerged loungers beside it; at Navina Pool Bar you can book a cabana. The pool at The St. Regis Jakarta is framed by Bill Bensley's “Discovery” garden, and the pool bar stays quiet. Grand Hyatt Jakarta has a 43-meter lagoon pool among tropical plants, with a restaurant at the water's edge.

For families and long laps: InterContinental Jakarta Pondok Indah adds a children's pool and a water play area in the Planet Trekkers kids' zone on the eighth floor to its outdoor pool. The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta Mega Kuningan has a tropical, Olympic-size outdoor pool with a whirlpool, a lifeguard and its own children's pool. At Shangri-La Jakarta, a large pool lies in a tropical garden, long enough for laps, with a pool bar and a small play area.

If the pool is what decides your 5-star hotel in Jakarta, the choice is between laps in a garden and a swim with the city lights below.

Room to unwind: At Raffles Jakarta, the Raffles Spa covers more than 2,000 square meters. It has six treatment rooms, two VIP couples' suites and a hydrotherapy area with an outdoor whirlpool and ice fountains, and the Signature Heritage Massage blends Lomi Lomi with Balinese and Javanese techniques. At The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta Mega Kuningan, 19 treatment rooms are set in tropical gardens, among them four spa villas with private outdoor soaking tubs.Raffles Jakarta · South JakartaAsian healing arts: The Chuan Spa at The Langham Jakarta follows Traditional Chinese Medicine, for example in the Chuan Stone Therapy with hot and cold stones; facials come from Biologique Recherche. At InterContinental Jakarta Pondok Indah, the Inaria Spa draws on Indonesian healing traditions with native fruits, herbs and roots. At Mandarin Oriental Jakarta, therapists combine Javanese massage techniques with Chinese meridian theory.

Up high: At Park Hyatt Jakarta, the spa occupies floors 34 and 35, with separate hydro-pool areas: a flotation pool on the women's side and a cold plunge on the men's side; treatments use natural ingredients such as betel leaves. The spa at Hotel Indonesia Kempinski Jakarta sits on the 17th floor with skyline views and is also open with a day pass. So the spas of the luxury hotels in Jakarta reach from garden level up to the 35th floor.

Under 115 €, rates start at Gran Meliá Jakarta from 77 €, Mandarin Oriental Jakarta from 104 €, Shangri-La Jakarta from 110 € and Fairmont Jakarta from 112 €.Gran Meliá Jakarta · South Jakarta CityBetween 130 and 165 € you will find, among others, The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta Mega Kuningan from 134 €, Grand Hyatt Jakarta from 142 €, Hotel Indonesia Kempinski Jakarta from 147 € and InterContinental Jakarta Pondok Indah from 163 €.

Around 175 €, The Langham Jakarta starts at 173 €, The St. Regis Jakarta at 174 € and Pan Pacific Jakarta at 178 €.

At the top end are Park Hyatt Jakarta from 199 €, Raffles Jakarta from 210 € and The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta Pacific Place from 218 €. What is available on your dates, and at which daily rate, is shown in the hotel list below.

Always included: At all 15 hotels, breakfast for two is included. An upgrade subject to availability, plus early check-in and late check-out subject to availability, come with 14 of them; Gran Meliá Jakarta instead guarantees check-in at 10 am or check-out at 4 pm.

Hotel credit: You get 100 US dollars at seven hotels, for example Raffles Jakarta and The St. Regis Jakarta, and 50 US dollars at four, for example Park Hyatt Jakarta. At Mandarin Oriental Jakarta it is 25 US dollars for food and drinks, at Gran Meliá Jakarta 100 US dollars from three nights, and for The Langham Jakarta your travel advisor will tell you the amount.

Minimum stay: At Grand Hyatt Jakarta and InterContinental Jakarta Pondok Indah the benefits apply from two nights, at the other 13 hotels from the first night.

Programs: Marriott Bonvoy applies at The St. Regis Jakarta and at both Ritz-Carlton hotels, World of Hyatt at Park Hyatt Jakarta, Grand Hyatt Jakarta and Keraton at The Plaza Jakarta, ALL (Accor) at Raffles Jakarta and Fairmont Jakarta. Add IHG One Rewards, Brilliant by Langham, Fans of Mandarin Oriental, GHA Discovery and Shangri-La Golden Circle. We book at the hotel's direct rate: points and status nights are credited where the program provides for it, and your status is recognized at the hotel.

Jakarta through the year: May to September is the dry season, with sunny days and evenings that belong to the rooftop terraces. November to April is the rainy season: heavy, mostly short showers pass through, the city turns green, and the luxury hotels in Jakarta play to their indoor strengths, with spas, restaurants and bars: a good time for food lovers. Whichever season you choose, the suitespot benefits at your 5-star hotel in Jakarta stay the same.

How long to stay: Two to three nights at a 5-star hotel in Jakarta are enough for Monas, the old town of Kota Tua with the historic port of Sunda Kelapa and an evening at a rooftop bar. Many guests combine the city with Bali or Yogyakarta.