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Villa Sungai

Bali, Indonesia

Combining the pampering of 5-star hotel service with the privacy and freedom of your own home, luxurious Villa Sungai is the stylish way to do Bali. Set in a tranquil country village in the island's south-west, yet just 20 minutes' from action-packed Seminyak Beach, it's available for exclusive-hire only, with a 24-hour butler, chefs, chauffeur and a team of staff to spoil you. Book the three-suite main Villa Sungai or its smaller sister the two-bedroom, couple-friendly Sungai Gold (aka the Owners' Villa); or take over both for the ultimate Indo house party.

Need to know

• Rooms Three suites, or five if you commandeer two-bedroom Sungai Gold, too (Villa Sungai also has a fourth space that can be transformed into a bedroom at night). Each villa is exclusive-hire only.
• Rates Double rooms from $1100.00, excluding tax at 15 per cent.
  Prices have been converted from the hotel's local currency ($1,100), via XE.com, using today's exchange rate.
• More details Rates include welcome drinks, à la carte breakfast, evening canapés, chefs (ingredients cost extra), tea, coffee and bottled water, laundry, 24-hour butler service, concierge, eight-seater vehicle and chauffeur-driven airport transfers.
• Facilities Spa, yoga, gardens, WiFi throughout (around US$10 for 50MB). In rooms: Tivoli Audio sound system, preloaded iPod, LED reading lights, Acqua di Parma toiletries, sarongs, sandals/slippers and shopping baskets, spa gowns, flowers, free bottled water.
• Poolside Float to the infinity-edge of the 18-metre pool lining Villa Sungai for heady tropical jungle and river views. Loungers beckon beside it and the villa itself opens out onto the poolside.
• Check-out 11am, but flexible for a half-night's extra fee. Late check-out to suit departure flights can be arranged when no new guests are checking in. Check-in, anytime if no guests are arriving that day.
• Children Children are very welcome: baby cots are provided for free as well as comfy extra king singles for older kids. Babysitting, including overnight cover, is available for around US$5 an hour, ideally with half a day's notice. More...
• Also Rates include welcome drinks, à la carte breakfast, evening canapés, chefs (ingredients cost extra), tea, coffee and bottled water, 24-hour butler service, concierge and airport transfers. Smoking is allowed in open pavilions, but not in bedrooms.

Food and drink at Villa Sungai

• Hotel restaurant

  Chef Wayan heads up the kitchen, whipping up delicious pan-Asian and Australian dishes, including Thai fare, drawing on fresh local market produce. Modern interpretations of Indonesian treats include baby snapper steamed with Balinese spices, duck nasi goreng and a decadent full tasting dinner with suckling pig. Leave room for lemongrass and palm sugar panna cotta with orange and chilli caramel, washed down with lemon sorbet vodka shots. The eatery is exclusive to villa guests and their pals, so feel free to put in requests and time meals to suit your plans.

• Dress code This place has kaftan (or its 21st-century relative the maxidress) written all over it. Guys can rock a sarong, David Beckham-style. The villas are exclusive hire, so you set the sartorial tone.
• Top table Villa Sungai's breakfast table overlooks the river ringed by palms and bougainvilleas. But it's hard to beat the romantic dining balé, an open pavilion with space for 16 beside the pool and river, fringed by fragrant frangipanis and tuberoses.
• Last orders Breakfast is served from 5am, but otherwise there are no meal time restrictions. Last orders fit around the last guest standing.
• Room service There's 24-hour room service, with pretty much anything you want up for grabs anytime, from noodles to steak or burgers. Take a look at chef Wayan's menus for inspiration or indulge in all-day free Nespresso coffee with chocolate biscotti.
• Hotel bar

  Tropical open-air Sungai bar is perched above the pool and river below, and is open 24-hours from Bloody Marys at breakfast to champagne come sundown. On arrival you'll be treated to a free signature cocktail, a luscious blend of vodka, lime juice and palm sugar wtih kaffir, lemongrass infusions and soda. You're welcome to bring your own duty-free spirits to whip up with the bar's mixers or to help yourself anytime to drinks, which will be charged back to your room (there are no in-suite minibars, as sociable quaffing in the open-air bar balé is the norm). You can also dictate the tunes so bring your iPod, check out the villa's music selection or hire a DJ for special events.

Also worth knowing

• Weddings This property is suitable for weddings. More...

Villa Sungai Canggu, Bali, 82171