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Nestled in a
garden of dense greenery and scattered coconut palms lies Villa Santai.
Centrally situated in the Seminyak area and yet close to the beach, this
hideaway is designed to provide the best of the Bali experience in urban
surroundings.
On
entering this recently refurbished villa, the immediate feeling is one
of overwhelming comfort and luxury set within cozy seclusion. The villa's
Balinese origins are instantly evident from the intricate decorative stone
carvings on many walls. Combined with an interior of dark wood enhanced
by smooth pastel ivory and lemon walls, views of greenery on all sides,
the natural stone swimming pool, and a small Hindu shrine in back, the
villa is almost a microcosm of Bali itself.
The natural beauty of the garden and the refined structure of the villa
border the scalloped shaped pool on either side, which serves to mould
the two together into one composite whole. An array of tropical plants,
ferns and bamboo, line the perimeter wall, whilst a lawn surrounds the
broad wooden sun deck and the pool tiled in Javanese palimanan stone.
Underneath several tall palms creating extra shadows over the garden area
and next to the pool, is a bale (Balinese gazebo) with its own alang-alang
(thatched) roof, furnished with purpose-built solid teak furniture to
inspire the relaxation this villa is named for. Next to this, a wooden
deck extending from the main living area of the house directly to edge
of the pool allows a transition from indoors to outdoors with minimal
effort.
Roofed in traditional alang-alang, this two-storied villa is comprised
of three bedrooms; two on the upper floor with a shared ensuite bathroom
and a detached bedroom, off to one side of the villa on the ground floor,
with its own ensuite bathroom.
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