Sumatra Hotels & Hostels (44)

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The very modern Aston is decorated in the reigning trend of global minimalist. The business travellers stay self-contained here for conferences.

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Next door to Tabo Cottages, Bagus is the recovering professional's choice, a bit more hip for midlife wanderers. Rooms in traditional Batak houses overlook avocado trees and a children's playgrou…

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If you've got the loot to spare, you'll like Padang a whole lot more from the vantage point of this refurbished Dutch bank building in the old colonial quarter. The four rooms are artfully decora…

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International-standard hotel.

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Considered Tuk Tuk's swankiest (a relative term), Carolina is neat and orderly, perhaps too much so for dishevelled types. But its economy rooms are an eagle's eyrie with a hilltop perch in a pol…

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Dipo has some handy tourist facilities with a 24-hour restaurant, moneychanger, a Home Country Direct phone and internet facilities. Oh yeah, and the rooms are overpriced.

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Immediately behind Indrah, Garden has basic rooms in a nondescript building.

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Set on a quiet street, this is a decent choice with fairly basic rooms.

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Not much going for it but location.

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When a little more comfort is needed, Hotel Asia delivers 'deluxe' without a self-absorbed price tag. Staff are friendly and the rooms pristine.

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Has comfortable rooms that have seen better days.

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A mini resort near the airport, Danau Toba International is starting to show its age, but Sumatra isn't youth-obsessed.

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Quintessentially Sumatran: laid-back and comfortable, but sloppy and run-down.

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Doesn't look like much from the outside, but after scrambling up and down mountain-like stairs, you'll find a pair of economy rooms worth every rupiah. The basic rooms have their own patio garner…

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The rooms are better than the common space would suggest.

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Almost hip, Garuda Plaza is Medan's homage to Jakarta, with modern, corporate accents.

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Unchanged from the days of pillbox hats, Hangtuah is pleasantly retro, if a little noisy.

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Recently rehabilitated from sloppy to swanky, Inna Muara will tickle the bargain-hunters when promotional discounts are in full effect.

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Meticulously maintained hotel with a tidy grandmotherly lobby of potted plants and doilies. There's a comfy upstairs sitting area and clean rooms.

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The freighter boat has been removed from the parking lot and many of the flooded rooms have been nicely renovated.

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One of the more affordable spots, Prapat has motel-style rooms with Western toilet and clean sheets.

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A bit of an improvement from the other SM Raja cheapies.

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This smart, upmarket hotel has rooms that match what you would get back home for the same price, plus a few more fingerprints. But when measured on the Sumatran scale, this is top-grade.

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On a noisy junction, this hotel has the best 'deluxe' you'll find for the money.

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When the NGOs hit town, this was one of the only functional hotels and has been packed out ever since. The rates are ridiculously overpriced and the going joke in town is that this is a two-star …

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Add another zero to the price tag and rooms in Medan start to look a lot better.

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In a leafy area, this mini resort is filled with Indonesian bigwigs, but the rooms don't quite deliver.

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Most backpackers' default choice, Zakia seems great until you've been feasted on by bedbugs.

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A cheery spot, with minty green walls and new tiled baths.

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As sweet as a tall glass of Fanta, Immanuel is a small, friendly place with comfortable air-con rooms and a cast of outgoing long-term boarders.

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International-standard hotel. Occupies the site of a colonial hotel, supposedly where Mata Hari was once bedded.

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Kitty-cornered to the park entrance, Jungle Inn has got personality. One room overlooks a cascading waterfall, while another incorporates the hill's rock face and the bathroom sprouts a shower fr…

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Bukittinggi's only top-end hotel bears an international name but not quality. The curious Arab-/Moghul-style building has sumptuous public areas, a great view bar, but rather standard rooms. It's…

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International-standard hotel.

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A basic multistorey number where backpackers hope to meet other backpackers to swap trail notes and work through no-tourist shell shock.

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Close to the airport, in the aristocratic section of Medan.

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Popular with a German clientele.

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Travellers who get stranded in Parapet overnight typically get escorted to Samosir Cottages, a package-type hotel that discounts its rooms to suit budget tastes. A nice sun and swim area keeps th…

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For a basic cheapie, Singgalang has a surprisingly breezy atmosphere.

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