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Teatro Gastroteque
Teatro Gastroteque is a fine dining restaurant on Seminyak’s Jalan Kayu Aya, which is great for couples and special occasions. The classy restaurant promises a memorable dining experience with its fine French and Asian fusion, with creations from multi award-winning Indonesian celebrity chefs Mandif Warokka and Daniel Edward. Now a significant part of Bali’s fine dining scene, its ...
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Tegallalang “Handicrafts Village”
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 Sukawati ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Jenggala Keramik 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 ...
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Paloma Villa
Paloma Villa is nestled in the peaceful surrounding of Pererenan Village, 800 meters from the Pererenan Beach, on Bali’s south-western coast. It is perfectly suited for families and small groups of discerning people who want to experience the best Bali can offer. Villa Location Set in the midst of a splendid terraced rice field and alongside of a peaceful small river, Paloma Villa is a brilliant revelation of magnificent luxury, 40 minutes drive from Ngurah Rai International ...
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Simona Oasis & Spa
The spectacular Simona Oasis & Spa is a 5-bedroom destination villa and spa, resting upon a venerated spur of land fed by a holy spring at the confluence of two rivers. The single storey accommodation comprises seven self-contained thatched pavilions, and is located close to the beach at Canggu, a traditional fishing village on Bali’s southwest coast.The property is heralded by a dramatic Balinese gateway of carved stone and double doors, leading into ...
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Villa Mako
Villa Mako is a peaceful 3-bedroom retreat, complete with swimming pool, located in a quiet traditional village above a small river valley. The single-storey villa is neo-colonial in style, similar to the Dutch guesthouses of the Javanese and Malay hill stations, characterised by louvre shutters, old teak doors, and spectacular high wooden ceilings built of seasoned timbers. The eclectic interiors reflect the travels and passions of the owners, introducing Balinese and Javanese antiques, ...
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Villa Niloufar
Introduction The splendid five-bedroom property known as Villa Niloufar, meaning “LOTUS” in Persian, rests in blissful seclusion in a rural setting in southwest Bali. It is an ideal destination for guests who want to escape and enjoy relaxation, fitness, and wellbeing within a stunning location.Niloufar is just twenty minutes drive from the trendy and buzzing area of Seminyak/Oberoi, where Bali’s most popular beaches, chic boutiques, excellent restaurants and fashionable bars are located. The nearest ...
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Villa Mana
Villa Mana comprises three air-conditioned master bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms, two large king-bedded rooms with ensuite bathrooms, and a kids’ room that sleeps three. There is also an office with a queen-size bed positioned on a mezzanine level loft, suitable for a nanny or a child. There is a spacious communal area for living, lounging and dining, an 18 x 6 metre infinity-edge pool, a children’s playroom/entertainment room, an upstairs TV room and ...
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Villa Pangi Gita
“Welcome to Paradise” is Villa Pangi Gita’s official greeting and it could not be more fitting for this luxurious hidden retreat. Respectful of the Balinese culture and local environment, lush terraced gardens rich with foliage and exotic blooms slope down to the river, enveloping traditional-style living and sleeping pavilions that feature polished teak and terrazzo floors, vaulted ceilings, iron-wood shingle roofs, and large glass doors that open out to the emerald green surrounds. ...
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Jabunami Villas
Designed in partnership with Mahastana a Balinese architect, Jabunami villas respect the style, proportion and symmetry of traditional Balinese architecture within a modern tropical design. We have tried to create a place that is chic, and eclectic; by collecting art pieces from all the places where we have travelled and lived. Built as a series of three pavilions and constructed with uncompromising attention to detail, the villa is finished with the highest quality ...
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Villa Jasmine
Villa Jasmine is a modern style 2-bedroom villa with a private swimming pool and Jacuzzi, within a secured complex of 7 individual private villas near and between Batubelig beach of North Seminyak and Brawa beach of Canggu.This beautiful property was built in 2010 with harmonious design where the outdoor area is spacious in respect to the rural nature for guests to feel the breeze of Canggu and enjoy the gardens, set on 540 ...
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Villa Merayu
Set in a complex of 5 villas, Villa Merayu exudes luxury from the moment you walk in. Your family or friends will be thrilled when staying at this four bedroom, four bathroom, air conditioned poolside villa surrounded by rice fields. Location : Canggu Price : US$ 725 – US$ 925 Setting : Individual Villa Compound Bedrooms : 4 Location Situated in the picturesque area of Canggu, guests are only a 45 minute trip from the Ngurah Rai international airport and within a ...
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The Beji
Taking its name from a sacred spring, the magnificent six-bedroom villa, known as ’The Beji’, rests within 40-are of land, bordered by rice terraces and a river, within walking distance of the beach on Bali’s south-western coast. The property is comprised of ten single-storey pavilions, together with one double-storey building, a 27-metre swimming pool, and ornamental ponds, leisurely spread throughout lush, expansive gardens. Constructed of local materials, with ironwood shingle roofs, the style ...
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Villa Valentine
Villa Valentine, just around the corner of Canggu Club and Canggu Deli, this true gem of a villa is hidden deep down in one of the larger properties on the island of Bali. It boasts a lush garden of 3000 square meters which harbors some 100 coconut / palm trees and guarantees the typically tropical feeling you expect during a private, romantic holiday on the island. Originally, the residence was built as a ...
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Villa Campur
A perfect small hide away in a typical Balinese village at the beach between the famous Tanah Lot temple and buzzing Seminyak area. Villa Campur is a combination of open tropical architecture, western comfort and modern design; A special choice for the ones that want to experience the real Bali village life in a contemporary style tropical home. Location : Canggu Price : US$ 165 – US$ 230 Setting : Individual Villa Compound Bedrooms : 2 It’s location at the beach ...