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Villa Seroja
Welcome to our private Bali seminyak villa where beauty and comfort meet. This luxurious private villa is situated just 30 minutes away from the Ngurah Rai International airport in a quiet residential area at the end of a cul de sac. Within 10 minutes driving distance (free shuttle transportation with our villa car) you will reach the illustrious beaches of Bali, the 30 most popular ...
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Villa Surya Damai
Villa Surya Damai is a sublime introduction to Bali villa living. This delightful five-bedroom property comes uniquely infused with touches of colonial elegance, high quality interiors and furnishings and all the modern creature comforts required for the perfect tropical villa holiday. Essentially, Villa Surya Damai is a much-loved private family residence that promises to make guests’ modern-day stresses melt away. Here, classic good taste mixes ...
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Villa Umalas
Villa Umalas is a complex that incorporates 3 individual villa units located beside one another. All villas, Umalas 1, 2 and 3 are similar and use an uncomplicated design and colour scheme. The villas have the trappings of Bali style design with a private pool to while away your time reading a book or taking a dip during the heat of the day. With TV, ...
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The Grove Villas
The Grove Villas is a residential styled complex that incorporates five individual villa units in the semi-rural district of Umalas. Each villa is a contemporary retreat that has been designed for optimal relaxation away from the frenzied pace of mainstream tourist activity. The property offers a choice of two, three or four bedroom villa categories to accommodate families and small groups of friends. Each villa ...
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Villa Banteng Bawah
Situated in the peaceful Kerobokan and Umalas area overlooking natural lush rice paddies, offers guests private luxury accommodation. Built along the slope of a rice terrace, both Balinese-styled villas are fully equipped and offer complete privacy and seclusion. Location : Umalas Price : US$ 350 – US$ 450 Setting : Ricefield View Villas Bedrooms : 3 Villa Banteng Bawah comprises three air-conditioned bedrooms and is located next door to Villa Banteng Atas. ...
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Villa Ben
Relax with the Entire Family in a Home-Style Tropical Environment at Villa Ben Villa Ben is a stylish complex featuring three smart units in the residential neighbourhood of Umalas. A private driveway, with a security post at the front entrance, provides access to this holiday compound. Designed to accommodate the needs of a family or small group of friends travelling together, each unit has three bedrooms ...
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Villa Songket
Villa Songket located in the greater area of Seminyak, the village of Umalas is still traditional and green and allows you to hit the hot spots of Seminyak within a minutes ride. Tucked away along the road you will find villa Songket. Recently built as designed and wishes from the owners. Location : Umalas Price : US$ 350 – US$ 530 Setting : Individual Villa Compound Bedrooms : 3 Villa Songket has 3 ...
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Grand Avenue Villas
Grand Avenue Villas & Spa captures the essence of tropical living on the island of Bali with a collection of 10 modern villas in the heart of Kerobokan. Each luxury villa has been designed as a private haven nestled within the refreshing confines of a tropical compound complete with a pool and lush garden. Whether you are a honeymoon couple embarking on a new beginning ...
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Khayangan Estate
Introduction Khayangan Estate rests in blissful seclusion upon 1.5 hectares of prime, cliff top land, 170 metres above the rolling surf of the Indian Ocean on the southernmost tip of the island of Bali. The Estate is located near the famous Uluwatu temple, and is immediately adjacent to the Bvlgari Hotel and Resort, overlooking Selonding Beach below. Set in a magnificent tropical garden, the Estate ...
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Villa Bayuh Sabbha
Designed to merge perfectly with its dramatic coastal setting, the magnificent five-bedroom Villa Bayuh Sabbha employs a delightful mix of limestone, teakwood and alang-alang thatch, blending traditional architecture and antique elements. The main three-bedroomed villa and a two-bedroomed guesthouse, each with its own swimming pool, laze luxuriously amongst the tropical cliff-top gardens creating a holiday villa with style and personality. Bayuh Sabbah was one of ...
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sayang d’Amour
Step through the large wooden entrance portal of Villa Sayang d’Amour and close your eyes for one second. Open them again and you might just believe that you have been transported – by magic carpet – from an ordinary residential street in Bali’s Petitenget area to a magnificent Moroccan Palace on the other side of the world. With its Moorish-inspired contemporary ...
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Villa Levi
Naming villas has become an art form in Bali. In an effort to seduce potential guests with mental images of paradise some appropriate the names of Hindu gods or resort to using ancient Sanskrit words to describe Balinese objects of beauty. Four-bedroom Villa Levi is less audacious, preferring to let this river-island sanctuary speak for itself. A villa as stunningly designed, positioned and furnished as this, needs no gimmicks. They say that to design a new ...
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Pandawa Cliff Estate – The Pala
The Pala is truly epic. The sense of scale inspires awe the moment you enter, starting with the towering, carved and gilded entrance doors. Dangling from the glazed roof of the light-filled double-height entrance hall, four bronze birdcage lights cast artistic shadows on the floor of polished-to-sheen marble. This is a place that doesn’t do anything by halves – a fact confirmed on stepping into the enormous second-level living room and setting eyes on the ...
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Kuta Square – Kuta Beach Shopping
Kuta Square is a popular shopping arcade in Kuta 200m north of Kuta Art Market, and is located approximately 50m from Kuta Beach. The two-way avenue is flanked by rows of fashion stores and dining outlets. The Matahari Kuta Square department store, boasting a hypermarket and fashion stores within, shares the same locality with an assortment of surf wear retail outlets, franchise restaurants, ice ...
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Monkey Forest Road – Ubud Shopping
Jalan Monkey Forest in Ubud is the namesake route passing the famous sacred sanctuary home of the grey long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicuiaris). The one-way road follows on further south from Jalan Hanoman and turns at Ubud’s main town centre, across the road from the Puri Saren royal palace and Ubud’s famous art market. From where the Jalan Monkey Forest starts, rows of shops, boutiques ...
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Discovery Shopping Mall in Bali
Discovery Shopping Mall is one among the largest shopping malls in Bali and the largest in Kuta. It is located on one of Kuta’s main roads, the Jalan Kartika Plaza, and features a beachside location with an amphitheatre on the sands of Kuta Beach. It is a 10-minute drive from the airport and approximately 45min from Denpasar, Bali’s capital city. The large three-storey mall houses numerous ...
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Kuta Art Market – Kuta Beach Shopping
Kuta Art Market is a small beachside bazaar-like compound where Bali souvenirs and handcraft items can be bought. The compact marketplace is easily located at the end of the Jalan Bakungsari one-way thoroughfare, adjacent to the Kuta Sidewalk and just before Jalan Kartika Plaza Street. Here, visitors who stroll along the street as well as from the sands of Kuta Beach ...
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Tegallalang “Handicrafts Village”
Jalan Raya Tegallalang, Gianyar Tegallalang and nearby villages specialise in the carving of softwood figures. Brightly painted flowers, signboards, fruits, frogs, tokay geckos, ducks, cats and animal figures all feature heavily. All the way along the 12-kilometre road shops also sell furniture and handicrafts made from glass, wood, bamboo, ceramics and shells – and many are much better quality than those you find in ...
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Celuk Gold and Silversmiths in Bali – Celuk Village – Ubud Shopping
The village of Celuk, located approximately 4km southwest of the Sukawati District, is also Bali’s major centre for goldsmiths and silversmiths. The main road of Jalan Raya Celuk is lined up with galleries and workshops. The village is usually an included stopover on tour itineraries to the central and northern regions such as Ubud and Kintamani. The silver and gold shops line the roads ...
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Jenggala Keramik in Bali – Jimbaran Beach Shopping
Jenggala Keramik, often referred to as simply ‘Jenggala’, is an internationally renowned Bali-based glass and fired-ceramic tableware design and manufacturing company. Jenggala started its endeavour in 1976 as a cottage industry in Batujimbar, Sanur, and now operates and showcases collections at its headquarters in Jimbaran. Jenggala’s current headquarters boasts a workshop where guests and children can partake in various ‘paint-a-pot’ and pottery classes; a main ...