Villa Puri Nirwana

Guests enter the two-storey villa through an open-air lounge into a reception hall adorned with glass lanterns. This leads into the living room, which is furnished with large sofas and fitted with folding doors into the garden. The dining room, next door, presents a massive table, crafted from the largest single piece of timber in Bali; it can seat up to 22 diners — and requires as many men to lift it! Adjacent is a large, air-conditioned media room with satellite-channel TV/DVD player, and on the far side is a state-of-the-art kitchen.

Four of the six, air-conditioned bedrooms are identical (two downstairs, two upstairs) and named after the colours of their ornate ceilings. Each has a king-size bed with a queen-size trundle bed underneath and a splendid ensuite bathroom with a walk-in shower and free-standing tub for two. The master bedroom (ground floor) has a four-poster king bed, and cavernous ensuite bathroom with twin rain showers, bathtub, three washbasins, and a walk-in wardrobe.

The smallest bedroom is the second level Sea View room, with a carved four-poster bed, ensuite shower room, and glass doors that open to a charming balcony with white wrought iron furniture and a stunning ocean view. Also upstairs is a second living room featuring a four-poster king-size bed under a vaulted roof, a horseshoe-shaped sofa for 12, and spectacular 180-degree sea views; this room may also serve as the villa’s seventh bedroom. Both upstairs rooms open onto an open-sided lounge with pool bar and a dining table for six.

Expansive gardens wrap around the villa, fronted with a glass wall to ensure a full view of the ocean. An alfresco dining pergola draped in passionfruit offers a table for ten next to the large swimming pool, while the kids’ playground and spa are situated in separate sections of the garden. The spa is gorgeous; housed in an antique, wooden joglo building, it is equipped with twin massage beds and an open-air bathroom with a copper bathtub and jacuzzi.