If your idea of a perfect holiday is to be pampered for days on end and to feel like the only person in the world, then a stay at one of Ayana Resort and Spa Bali’s free-standing villas should be your cup of tea.
A member of the 2012 Condé Nast Traveler Gold List, Ayana Resort and Spa Bali’s 78 villas are modelled after traditional Balinese compounds, with private pools and tropical gardens. The thatched-roof pavilion in each villa can be opened up for a night under the stars; there are also modern comforts like a walk-in wardrobe, 42-inch plasma television and a sculptured soaking tub.
What really makes a villa holiday at Ayana truly decadent are the fantastic in-villa services provided. For instance, wake up to a “Floataway Champagne Brunch”: A three-course gourmet breakfast, including champagne, will be served on a floating tray as you laze around in your villa’s infinity-edged plunge pool.
Likewise, you can also dine-in with a romantic candlelight dinner, and call for an in-villa traditional massage sessions from the resort’s professional therapists. All these arrangements will be taken care of by your personal butler, who will also handle your laundry, offer to help you pack or unpack and will be on standby to render his services 24/7.
If you want to stretch your legs, then head out and explore the fabulous resort facilities like its 22,000 square-metre Thermes Marins Thalasso spa, one of the world’s largest seawater therapy pools, as well as its restaurants, cafés and bars.
Perched atop limestone cliffs overlooking the Indian Ocean, each Ayana villa offers great views of the sea and surrounding landscaped greenery, so you can tick off “sight-seeing” from your list without having to leave your room. If you must, hit the resort’s white-sand beach for some quiet tanning time, away from the usual tourist crowd.
There is now great news for guests checking into one of Ayana Resort and Spa Bali’s villas. Book an Ocean View Villa and you will enjoy a free upgrade to the uber-luxurious Cliff Villa. This one-bedroom “resort within a resort” has its own lobby surrounded by a lotus pond, two-tiered freshwater pool, library and recreation lounge.
This promotion is valid until April 2012, for a minimum of four nights’ stay. Additional terms and conditions apply. Ayana Resort and Spa Bali is located at Jalan Karang Mas Sejahtera, Jimbaran 80364, Bali, Indonesia. Visit www.ayanaresort.com, open the ‘Corporate Rates’ tab and quote ‘Cliffhanger’ to enjoy the complimentary villa upgrade.