Hotels in Malang

Windowless house, small rooms with what might be 20-year-old mattresses. The only entrance is 2 steps from a busy main road. A bit distant from the Malang city center but closer to shopping mall Town Square. Free Wi-Fi. (Despite a photo you might find on Google, there's definitely no swimming pool.)

Clean hotel that is overpriced due to being in a central location and its popularity among Western tourists. They'll send you upstairs to Kampong Tourist if you want a cheap room. Available rooms are Rp 200,000 (fan room) or Rp 280,000 (air-con). Free Wi-Fi. Tours can also be booked next door.

Dutch-owned backpackers hostel on the roof top of Hotel Helios. Great view over the city and the mountains. Choice between a 16-bed bamboo dormitory and three gazebo bamboo huts with 2 quality mattresses, but tiny blankets. Shared very hot showers and toilets. Well-maintained and clean. Free WiFi.

Basic but relatively clean, rooms are bigger than in Helios. Breakfast included. No Wi-Fi - bring you own SIM card. Little English may be spoken here.

Air-conditioned, 12-bed, mixed dorm with free breakfast and wifi. Security lockers.

Air-conditioned, 10-bed, mixed dorm with free wifi and self-catering facilities.

Fan double room with shared bathroom.

Centrally located mid-range hotel in the Malang city.

A converted colonial building that dates from 1930s. Designed by Dutch architect Ir Mueller. Has been operating as a hotel since 1994. 52 rooms, large swimming pool and restaurant.

Large 100-room modern hotel which is a little lacking in character but offers good value and service.

The sister hotel of the famous Tugu Hotel in Canggu, Bali, and a similar type of property. It is fitted and furnished with a range of Javanese antiquities. The owners of the Tugu rescued and relocated many splendid old trees here when property developers razed the old Malang botanical gardens.