Stay Villa Oia

Villa Oia
4 Bedrooms

A thousand square metres of the valley rim, taken whole

1,000 m²Total area

4Bedrooms

11Guests

PrivatePool & garden

WestFaces the sunset

The villa

A house, not a room with extras

Behind your own gate the resort stops and the house begins. Villa Oia sits at the far north end of the property, on the last plot before the ground falls away to the Petanu. Four bedrooms open onto a single covered living pavilion that has no walls on the valley side, so the house is really one long room with the gorge as its fourth wall.

It is let whole. There is no lock-off, no shared corridor and no other guests: a housekeeper comes with it, the restaurant kitchen sends meals up to the house until ten at night, and the place runs to your hours rather than the resort's. Families take it, and so do groups of friends who have quietly decided they would rather not meet anybody at breakfast.

Coconut palms overhead against the sky — The palms

The living pavilion, open along the valley side — The living pavilion

The kitchen island and the bar under the pendant lights — The kitchen

The pool, the deck platform and the thatched bale — The pool

Loungers under umbrellas on the pool deck — The deck

The outdoor bath in a planted courtyard — The outdoor bath

An ensuite bathroom with a double vanity — Ensuite

The garden path across the plot — The garden

Dining under the high roof, the pool beyond

The living pavilion

One long room
with no fourth wall

You will end up planning the evening around this room. Eight sit comfortably around the low table, and the whole west side stands open to the gorge, so the room changes colour twice a day.

Ceiling fans rather than air conditioning in the pavilion: at this height on the valley the air moves on its own after four o'clock.

Four bedrooms

Each with its own door
out into the garden

Bedroom 1 · Lotus

Queen · Ensuite · Pool side

Glass doors straight onto the deck and the pool. Double basins and a walk-in shower behind, with a screen of green outside the bathroom.

Bedroom 2 · Frangipani

Queen · Ensuite

On the garden side, under the frangipani tree. A wall of raw concrete, a writing desk, and doors that open onto the lawn.

Bedroom 3 · Heliconia

Twin + single · Ensuite · Outdoor shower

The family room: two single beds under one canopy, made up as a queen on request, and a daybed by the window for a child. The shower is outside, and the path to the door runs through heliconia.

Bedroom 4 · Jasmine

Queen · Ensuite · Outdoor bath

Next to the dining terrace. The bath is outside: a freestanding tub in a walled garden of palms, open to the sky.

Nine sleep in the bedrooms (two in each, three in Bedroom 3), and two extra beds, on request at IDR 600,000 each per night, take the house to eleven. The sofa in the media room has been slept on too, though we would not sell it as a bed.

Bedroom 4, Jasmine: the four-poster bed and the door to the terrace

In the room

What comes
with each bedroom

Queen beds in three bedrooms, twin plus a single in the fourth; all four ensuite
Air conditioning in every bedroom; ceiling fans in the living pavilion
Outdoor bath off Bedroom 4, outdoor shower off Bedroom 3, walk-in showers in the rest
Batik robe for each guest
Tea and coffee in the shared kitchen, not in the bedrooms
Fibre Wi-Fi throughout the house
Daily housekeeping; evening setup on request

Private pool

Swim at midnight if you like. Nobody walks past, nobody wants the lounger you left your book on, and the water is yours until the day you leave.

Included

What comes with the house

Staff

Daily housekeeping; evening setup on request
Pool and garden maintained while you are out, or once the staff have asked whether now is a good time
A small media room with a TV and a sofa, for children's films and slow evenings

Table

Breakfast at Sunset Point from 7:30, or brought up to the house. The villa is booked with breakfast or room only, your choice at booking, and a room-only stay can still order it and pay on the spot
Lunch and dinner from the Sunset Point menu, brought to the house until 22:00 and charged as on the menu
A full kitchen shared by the house: gas hob, oven, microwave, fridge, blender, toaster, and pots and pans for a long table
The kettle lives in the kitchen. The bedrooms do not have their own

Getting about

Free shuttle to central Ubud, four times a day
Airport transfers and a car with driver arranged on request, at a charge

The resort

Infinity pool, spa and yoga shala, plus massages in the house itself, on a portable table, booked a day ahead
The path down to the Petanu river
High-speed wifi throughout the house

A day here