Bali Villas

Bali villas | Ubud villas

In the quiet, unspoiled village of Lodtunduh, three kilometers south of Ubud, Villa Pantulan overlooks verdant rice fields and Mount Batukaru. From the moment our gates are opened, you enter a world of enchantment, seclusion and tranquility, far from the noisy, crowded beach hotels and busy roads of Bali.

Villa Pantulan comprises four pavilions, an artists studio and a meditation/massage bale. All buildings have traditional alang alang roofs (thatched), wood and terrazzo floors. The five bedrooms, which sleep ten comfortably, have sliding louvered and glass doors that open up completely to allow the cool mountain air to circulate and all rooms have ceiling fans.

The open environment of this Bali villa is an ever-changing scene depending on the season. The rice fields glimmer in shades of green and brown, and at sunset, when the sun descends behind the tree line, the frogs and crickets begin their nightly symphony and the mountain air brings a cool breeze.

This Bali villa is built around several water features including a reflecting pond, lily pond, swimming pool and a small bamboo forest waterfall. It is well suited for small weddings, a health/yoga retreat, or a corporate team seeking privacy and luxury.

We take great pride in the beauty of our home and have furnished it with many exquisite works of art both modern and antique. Great care has been taken to provide our guests with as many amenities as possible. Beautiful Balinese cotton kimonos and slippers are available for your comfort and to take home as a souvenir of this Bali villa Pantulan.

Pavilions

This Bali villa pavilion includes a living room, dining room, gourmet kitchen, library, entertainment room and bathroom. All spaces are connected by a soaring alang alang roof and walkways to each separate pavilion offering panoramic views to the rest of the house and the rice fields beyond.

Our gourmet kitchen is fully equipped to allow our staff to create memorable meals for your pleasure, offering both European and Balinese meals upon request. We also offer fine Australian wines, as well as a selection of beers and soft drinks. Breakfast is included in your package.

The Dining Room

The dining room is an extension of the kitchen dominated by a five meter mirbau wood table. Seating sixteen people comfortably, it overlooks the reflecting pond on one side and the bamboo waterfall on the other.

The Living Room

The living room is open to the rice fields and the lotus pond. The comfortable terrazzo seating is covered in cushions decorated in navy and gray Balinese cotton. A small table situated on the
rice field side gives splendid views in the morning while taking breakfast, or for playing games on a hot afternoon.

Above the living room, the library contains a PC and printer for your convenience. As of now, there is no internet connection available at Villa Pantulan. However, there are many excellent connections in Ubud, ten minutes away. It is also a comfortable place to read in privacy.

Our entertainment room includes a satellite television, DVD, music system and a Playstation. There are over 200 DVDs, as well as many CDs for your entertainment. Comfortably decorated in shades of green, the surround seating and futon mattress make it hard to leave this comfortable viewing room.

The bathroom conveniently situated next to the entertainment room is also used as a pool bathroom. Like all the bathrooms at Villa Pantulan, it has its own exterior garden.

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Bali villas in Umalas

Location in Umalas, north of Kerobokan, only 30 minutes drive from drive from the airport, and only ten minutes from the restaurant and nightlife center of Seminyak and Legian, the Banyan Estate holiday villa is a magnificent newly renovated Bali property. Named for the ancient and massive Banyan tree that dominates the land and the buildings, this compound boasts many modern amenities, allowing its guests to enjoy their Bali Holiday in style and comfort.

Within this Bali villa itself, following a style that is very common in Bali, are six individual structures. Starting from the main entrance after the parking area and staff quarters, the main house is adjacent to a large sundeck and swimming pool. Next is the guest house, a gym, and two outdoor bales (Balinese gazebos). All the buildings are painted in warm earthy colors set off by the white deck, green grass, thatched roofs and green ivy flowing down from the second floor of the main house. Terrazzo has been used for all the floors, leaving them cool to the feet in the tropical heat of Bali. Ceiling fans are located throughout all the rooms of this bali villas, and all the bedrooms have air-conditioning. Displayed throughout the grounds of the estate are a variety of elegant antiques and Balinese statuary.

The first thing guests will notice upon entering the Banyan Estate holiday villa is the huge Banyan tree in the middle of the complex that towers above the dining bale. To the west, lies a small lawn containing tropical flowers and strands of young bamboo. The Bali property is roughly triangular shaped and bordered on two sides by high walls, with its longest side next to a small river.

Owing to its large size and detached structures, there are many separate and distinct areas where guests can congregate in large numbers, or break up into smaller groups, depending on how the mood strikes them, making the Banyan Estate holiday villa eminently suitable for hosting large groups of people and entertaining.

The main house is made up of two floors with a large wrap-around deck on the second floor, topped by an alang-alang (thatched) roof. At one end of the ground floor is the dining room with its stately sixteen-seat wooden table that was custom built for the house. Separated by a wide counter and complete with bar stools, is a large open-plan western style kitchen with all the modern amenities. Adjacent, is the living room with a complete audiovisual center, as well as large couches opening out onto the sundeck.

At the other end of the ground floor is a bedroom with ensuite bathroom. All these rooms look out onto the large white colored sundeck complete with deckchairs, hosting a twelve-meter blue tiled, kidney shaped swimming pool, plus a smaller pool adjacent which contains built-in seats suitable for lounging while escaping the heat.

Upstairs, there are three distinctive bedrooms. At one end is the master bedroom with its own marble tiled bathroom and large walk-in closet. This bedroom opens onto a large wrap-around deck that overlooks the rest of the estate. Located at the other end of this floor are two other bedrooms, which share another marble tiled bathroom with walk-in shower. One of the bedrooms has a private balcony off the front of the house, whilst both can access the large wrap around deck through a door in the hallway.

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