This is an El Premier guide for the questions that actually decide an Asian trip: whether Bali or Phuket fits your dates and your taste, how to split a first Japan trip between Tokyo and Kyoto, and — hardest of all — which area of each destination to sleep in.
Choose the destination first, then the area, then the hotel. The area decision shapes the trip more than the hotel does, which is why every guide here resolves it before showing a single booking link.
Bali, Phuket, Tokyo, and Kyoto — each with a where-to-stay verdict and the area-versus-area comparisons travellers actually search for, including station sides, neighbouring beaches, and old-east Tokyo micro-places, plus the two cross-destination decisions (Bali or Phuket, Tokyo or Kyoto) that come before any of them.
Not a things-to-do list, not a hotel review site, and not a feed of this month's openings. Each page answers one decision, names the trade-offs, and sends you to official sources for anything that changes — timetables, entry rules, sea conditions, prices.
Premier Asiana is published by El Premier. Current fares, timetables, opening hours, and operating conditions remain with the official sources linked from each guide.