Step past the lacquerware-red entrance door, across a pond lined with saffron-robed mini-monks and directly into the open living area; then you know you’ve stumbled across a secret gem.  Resting on a floor of traditional patterned tiles is a cluster of stunning Indonesian furniture – including an heirloom roll-top bureau, marble-topped table and deeply cushioned four-poster daybed draped in mosquito netting.  Opposite, chairs upholstered in burnt orange line a wall of plantation shutters that are only opened when the villa is booked together with Des Indes Villa III next door.  The living space flows seamlessly into a flat-roofed pergola-style dining area where a small marble-topped dining table for four looks across the 16-metre swimming pool topped by a waterfall wall at one end.  Further along is a reading corner, where two colonial style chairs and a coffee table sit under the gaze of a peaceful garden Buddha, set before a second wall of plantation shutters looking onto Des Indes III’s pool (when open).

Facing each other across the 10-metre swimming pool in perfect symmetry are the two bedroom pavilions – both with a wall of glass doors opening onto the narrow pool terrace.  A magnificent four-poster king-size bed is the focus of the richly decorated master bedroom, set before a 47-inch curved TV with satellite channels and DVD player.  Its equally grand ensuite bathroom has a dressing area, bathtub, twin basins and pool-view monsoon shower enclosure.  Within the guest pavilion, sitting on an over-sized platform under a tall mosquito net are twin beds that can also be configured as a king.  A rocking chair is set before the 43-inch curved TV (with satellite channels and DVD player) and beyond a sliding door in a fabric-paneled wall is a walk-in wardrobe and dressing area.  The ensuite bathroom has twin basins, a tub and monsoon shower. Both bedrooms and bathrooms are air-conditioned, and there’s also a ceiling fan in the bedrooms.