"Eyebrow-arching views greet you as you arrive at COMO Shambhala Estate on the island of Bali, a jungle-hugged designer health retreat on staggered hilltops above the Ayung River. For more than two decades, COMO Shambhala has reigned as a five-star refuge for luxury travelers looking to say farewell to stress and hello to spiritual development. East meets West at each of its 30 rooms, suites, and pool villas, whose otherwise spare interiors house hand carvings and fine antiques. (Stand-alone villas have private pools, and one-bedroom Retreat Villas have their own treatment rooms.) If it's wellness you want, there's a reason COMO Shambhala is one of our readers' favorite resorts in Asia: it's grander and more graceful than conventional spas; it's more transformative and soothing than corporate chain resorts; and it has every tropical panorama fit for Instagram." - CNT Editors, Betsy Blumenthal
