For you jetsetters around the globe, it’s time to discover a new tropical paradise in beautiful Indonesia. There are about 18,000 thousand islands in the Indonesian archipelago and Bali is one of the most special islands in the country. It is full of culture and is known to be called, “The Island of the Gods”. The islanders dominantly engage in the Hindu religion. It’s a very spiritual place where every aspect of Hinduism is practiced in everyday life of the Balinese people. Ceremonies are done daily and are carried out throughout the whole day to please the Gods. Worshiping and praying is a very important feature for the Balinese because all good and even evil are controlled by the Gods. By constantly giving praises to the them, they are ensured vitality, wealth, and goodness in their lives.

Another reason to choose Bali as a next destination for your holiday is its amazing beaches. The water primarily remains warm throughout the year and the climate allows for ultimate beach relaxation and leisure. It’s one of the best places on the planet to bask in the sunrays and at the same time enjoy the amazing surfing beaches on the island. Many travelers who come to Bali become so absorbed in the culture that they take a little bit of the island back to where they came from. It truly is a magical place.

The island also offers astonishing accommodations such as your very own Bali villa, Boutique hotels, and 5 star resorts. Bali villas are the most popular choice of accommodations on the island. People chose to book a Bali villa because it’s very private, luxurious, and offers a homey feel to your stay on the island. You can get pampered and practically get any service you want in your luxury Bali villa such as your very own private chef, massage therapist, driver, babysitter, and many more. It is also a great idea to book a Bali villa for weddings, large parties, and special events because it offers a more personal and relaxing environment for everybody.

If you are deciding on a place to go on your next trip, choose Bali. Our company, Pambali, specializes in finding our clients the most superb Bali villa on the island. We will throw down all your options until you find the perfect Bali villa of your dreams. Contact us today at info@pambali.com and we will be more than happy to help you.

This Bali villa was designed by Italian GM Architects. It is one of 22 Bali villas in the Layar’s complex, which is located in Seminyak. Layar means “sail” in Indonesian and describes a distinct feature in the home, which is the sloping roof made from natural ironwood shingles. The roof extends from almost ground level and interplays with the horizontal and vertical planes and volumes. It attracts the eye from every angle you look at in the home.

This is a classic roof that GM Architects are famous for designing, but the company states that its work encapsulates much more. “We always look to create an organic type of architecture, one that is naturally connected to the environment, says a spokesperson. “Materials, textures, the finishing, the relationship between landscape and architecture-all are high on our agenda.”

This Bali villa definitely has a connection between the different internal spaces and the exterior. There are intimate protected spaces, sky decks that are fully open, and other areas that come together as two.  Adding different levels has provided a further dynamic.

Quality of materials is another plus: An array of natural building substances such as Indian slate, andesite stone, acid-finished unpolished marble and tropical benkerai wood are all utilized in this Bali villa with a deft hand. Soft and hard, bent and straight, fluid and geometric, all put together to make a strong architectural statement, yet one that sums up easy exotic living. Whatever you think about Layar’s original style, the home is user-friendly, compact, and energy efficient. And the proximity of the pool and garden, with framed views, makes for a real indoor-outdoor tropical feel.

In a bid to up the eco-friendly factor, the architects utilize natural light and ventilation wherever possible in this Bali villa. Light and breezes enter freely in places where one angular roof seemingly hovers over another, or where walls and partitions are separated from the roof structure. In addition, the ceiling above the upper living space at the back of the Bali villa is composed of a series of wooden L-shaped beams connected with panes of glass, these invite different types of light to filter through into the interior. Similarly, spaces between deck and living area, front entrance and interior, kitchen and garden are left fully open, facilitating plentiful cross-cooling. The only areas that are enclosed are the three bedrooms.

GM Architects has made a name for themselves in Bali’s architectural scene over the years. They are known for their bold, modern forms. It’s easy to gloss over their architects’ respect for the environment, their ability to redo traditional Balinese forms, and their adherence to what is a typical Balinese tradition: living one with nature. At layar Bali villas, these  factors are important to the overall plan.

A famous artist by the name of Pascale Doumeng visited Bali a few years back and became fascinated by the beauty of the place. He enjoyed his holiday on the island so much that he decided to buy a piece of land and design his own Bali villa in the year 2000. He named his home Chalina Villa, which is a combination of the name of his children.

His villa in Bali is situated on a 6,349 square yards plot in the fishing village of Pereranang Canggu. He chose this area because it has a nice country feel and exotic landscapes. His Bali villa is literally surrounded by a river, rice paddies, and the ocean.

He had a lot of fun planning the layout of his Bali villa with a designer friend by the name of Yudi Atmajaha. Their plot was to architecturally construct a traditional Balinese home and use modern colorful art pieces and furnishings for the interior decorations. He used a lot of his own personal paintings as wall pieces in his home. It’s definitely a Bali villa with a classic combination of old and new working together. He wanted typical Balinese structures such as open freestanding pavilions, courtyards, and a temple surrounded by tropical gardens, meandering pathways, and lotus ponds.

It’s a complex that has a main two-storey structure that houses a master bedroom, junior bedroom, and thatched roofed pavilions for dining, living, and relaxing. It has one large rectangle pool with poolside sun loungers, which act as the main focal point for the whole complex.

The materials used to build this villa in Bali is teakwood, bengkerai wood, alang-alang grass, local stones, palimanan, polished cement, and terrazzo. They stuck with the most natural Indonesian materials used in building traditional Balinese homes.

There are other features to this Bali villa that stands out, which are the statues of Hindu god’s carved from stone, artistic Buddha head fountains, and driftwood carved into art pieces. These structures are placed all throughout the gardens and outdoors of the villa. This home was surely built from an Artist’s eye.

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Bali is an island of profound beauty, small but unique in variety. Dramatic high mountains and rugged seascapes are backdrops to artfully terraced rice fields, jewel toned crater lakes and river ravines in the manner of a Henri Rousseau painting. Tigers no longer roam the forests where monkeys, tropical birds and butterflies continue to live in abundance. A profusion of flowers and luxurious tropical foliage are no surprise in this paradise where warm temperatures are near constant year round, soils are enriched by volcanic ash and tropical rains create a greenhouse environment.

Alfred Russell Wallace traveled the Indonesian archipelago in 1869 and discovered the flora and fauna typical of Asia ends in Bali. East of Bali and only 35 kilometers away lies the island of Lombok. The deep water Lombok Strait narrowly divides the two islands and marks a beginning of more primitive biological forms as found in Australia. Lombok is Arid and thorny while Bali is blessed with an endless variety of plant life some quite exotic in nature and all bountiful in production.

On Bali one is always aware of the plentiful extravagance of fruits and flowers: their presence is constantly and absolutely felt. The warm, gentle sea breezes of the night are perfumed with frangipani and jasmine while daytime activities embrace their availability. Flowers entwined in the hair or placed behind the ear of men and women are a natural accessory. Costumes of performers almost always include fresh blossoms, and petals are showered upon audiences as a welcome in the traditional pendet dance. Statues everywhere are arrayed with hibiscus blossoms jauntily stuck here and there. Each morning small woven canang offerings containing fresh flowers, rice and sweet-smelling grass are place on and in vehicles, on doorsteps of shops or in a curve of the path or road. Priest, women, men, and children hold blossoms in the fingertips during prayerful worship. If it is thought the hands have touched something impure, a flower blossom is rubbed between the fingers. Flowers represent purity, an offering from the gods that gives the gift of fragrance and beauty to the splendid garden of Bali.

Practically combined with beauty is the Balinese way in all aspects of life including their gardening. Gardens within the walls of traditional Balinese compounds or Bali villas are generally not particularly designed or laid out but are rather randomly planted. Any available open space is used for growing useful or edible plants, fruits and flowers. A typical compound is planted with staples such as coconut, banana, citrus, rambutan, coffee, mango, pineapple, and papaya. Flowering trees and shrubs are valued for beautifying the compound as well as providing blossoms for use in the constant making of offerings. Compounds in the higher elevations or north Bali may have apple trees or the delicious salak which has a crunchy sweet texture like a crisp apple but with a nutty flavor the outer skin of the salak could easily be mistaken for brown snakeskin.

A familiar late afternoon sight is that of grandfather returning home from gathering grasses, sarong tucked up in pantaloon-fashion, carrying a large bamboo basket of greens for his beautiful cow. Young boys and old men alike cut wild grasses to provide feed for the cows, goats, and pigs kept in pens within the family compound or on tethers. There are no meadows for grazing as land has a premium value for cultivation of rice. The daily practice of cutting grass and weeds is a practical tradition that assures tidy roadsides and manicured pathways, including the terraced rice field paths.

A practical unity of people and nature is the environment of Balinese life. Garden courtyards are not just to be seen but to be touched, felt, smelt, and used. Balinese compounds consist of interrelated open spaces surrounded by walls with four or more open pavilions. Pavilions placed within Bali villa compound walls create courtyards as extended living spaces outdoors. Interplay of closed and open spaces provides an inner harmony, a balance of the yin and yang, that same philosophy of opposites evident throughout the Balinese culture.

There are contradictory and multiple levels of meaning in architectural planning of space surrounded by walls yet once inside the Bali villa there is in fact an interaction of space. Although there is simplicity outside the compound walls, inside the area there is a complexity of many pavilions and sheds. Walls are directional yet static as a place. These themes of complexity and contradiction are those seen in every aspect of the style of Bali tension within tranquility in architecture or in fabric design, dance, gamelan music even within the subtle natures of the Balinese people there is contradiction and complexity.

The exotic garden paradise of Bali and its remarkable culture will hopefully be able to remain as true to itself as the waringin family tree, continually putting down new roots while remembering their ancestral ways.

A well-known developer from Australia, by the name of Saxon Looker owns the fashionable Sentosa Club. He built this complex in 2007 specifically for the guests and owners of Sentosa Bali Villas to enjoy. However, many visitors and expats in Bali take advantage of everything the Sentosa Club has to offer.

This compound consists of everything that we all enjoy and love. It houses the well-known Blossom Restaurant, Luxe Gym & Spa, lounge bar, art gallery, and a swimming pool. It was built in a totally hidden area in Seminyak. Although it does not come complete with an ocean and rice field view, it still gets a lot of hype. The reason why Sentosa gets attention is because it was built with a very distinct architectural design. People love style and functionality and the Sentosa Club delivers this to its people.

The Sentosa Club is situated near Petitenget beach close to the famous Oberoi Street. It was architecturally designed Putu Semara who is a very talented local Balinese. He is a long time designer who is famous for creating exclusive Bali villas on the island. His idea was to create an L-shaped building to utilize open spaces for functionality purposes. It has inner gardens, a 35-meter organic rock pool, and a sundeck. Putu Semara purposely designed the complex to be very open, for breezy ventilation and natural lighting. The spa and gym is located in the center of the complex in a circular building on its own and the rooftop houses a beautiful wedding pavilion. The landscaping of this luxurious club is just exotically amazing. It is totally decked inside and out with tropical ornaments and ancient plumeria trees that are said to be over a hundred years old.

The products used to construct this complex are all natural material such as local stone called batu kali, polished concrete, glass, and snokoling and bengkerai wood. All the furniture and furnishings were all custom made to fit the artsy feel to this club.

Overall, this trendy club offers everything that any holiday enthusiast would crave. It definitely was built as an Oasis for ultimate relaxation and leisure.

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This Bali villa is every surfer’s dream home. Tim Watts is an American businessman who has a real passion for surfing. He visited Bali for the first time in 1970, and like everybody else who comes to the island for the first time, totally fell in love with the place. He was fascinated and blown away by how epic the surfing was in Bali compared to his home in California. He also loved the year round warm tropical weather and the friendly local people. Recently, he decided to finally build his fantasy villa in Bali, where he spends half the year soaking up the sun- rays and enjoying his private estate.

This luxury private retreat is located in the Bukit and offers incredible views of the Indian Ocean. It is situated on a hill that overlooks two of the best surfing beaches in Bali, which is Padang Padang and Suluban. Tim Watts picked this plot of land to build his Bali villa not only because of its awe-inspiring views, but also because of its easy walking accessibility to the beaches below. It is also only a few minutes away from other world-renowned surfing spots such as Uluwatu, Balangan, Bingin and Dreamland.

This Bali villa was designed by the famous David Lombardi to use the ocean as its focal point. It was built with an open and spacious living and dining area where guests can take advantage of the beautiful views, garden, and the rest of the villas surroundings with an indoor outdoor feel.

This Bali villa consists of a long infinity lap pool that appears to be spilling into the ocean when looking from a distance. It also has a unique diving board built from a very old piece of driftwood. The landscape is green, clean, and simple with tropical palms, plumeria trees, and sea almonds.

This oceanside residence is definitely full of character. It has a one of a kind main entrance with large perforated copper doors, which was designed and constructed by Pintor Sirait, a well-acclaimed metal artist.

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This Bali villa is situated in between the villages of Umalas and Kerobokan. It is a very exclusive villa that was specifically designed to pay homage to the Indonesian archipelago. A French couple was so fascinated by the culture and artifacts of Indonesia that they decided to build their villa in Bali as a “tribute to Indonesian art and architecture”.

If you stepped foot in this Bali villa, you would automatically get a feeling of being in a very luxurious museum. It is totally decorated with masks, primitive artifacts, folk art pieces, ancient woodcarvings, and tribal paintings that were collected from all over Indonesia by this couple over the last 20 years. The art pieces are not placed in show case boxes, but instead put in strategic positions all over this villa in Bali to present the uniqueness in each piece.

This Bali villa may seem a little bit archaic, but don’t be fooled! It was designed and built for the Twenty first century with a state of the art modern kitchen, an infinity pool, contemporary jacuzzi, and a highly developed plumbing system. The deck that surrounds the swimming pool is made out of natural recycled teak wood and the poolside pavilion is made from an early 20^th century Minangkabau rice barn from Sumatra. This place has a lot of soul and history from the types of material used in constructing this Bali villa.

Guests who rent this Bali villa enjoy the outdoor feel that this place offers. The villa was built with an amazing relaxation area that is surrounded by rattan chairs, iconic bubble chairs, and stools that we’re made from the gamelan instrument. It’s a great area to socialize and make some music being that it is a room decorated with Indonesian instruments such as a drum, gong, zither, and the famous gamelan.

Many people who construct villas in Bali try to build and design their homes to have the ethnicity of the Indonesian culture, but none can compare to this amazing Bali villa. The owners of this property have traveled to the ends of Java, Sumatra, Sumba, Sumbawa, and to many other Indonesian islands to get the inspiration to build a home with so much culture and heritage.

If you are interested in booking this Bali villa or something similar to this cultural home, you can contact Pambali at info@pambali.com. Our trained staff is friendly and always willing to help you find the perfect Bali villa getaway.

The Bali villa of a famous home designer named Alessandro Landi is a unique pad amongst other villas in Bali, due to the fact that it was built without Indonesian design influences. It is a very modern home with a stylish, international, and contemporary touch. From the type of intricate artwork to the type of furniture used in this villa, you will notice that there is little reference incorporated to the culture of Bali, other than it being built to mediate the forces between nature and man.

This Bali villa is situated in the Bukit where the land is very dry and no rice field paddies are in clear sight. The theme that Landi was going for was something simple that embraces the feeling of abiding in nature, so an open plan living with beautiful plants and the natural scrublands of the Bukit were incorporated in the construction of this villa in Bali.

The style of this Bali villa has definitely a cosmopolitan habitat with the use of unfinished textures and materials that have a rough feel to it. They also integrated stone masonry, granite, slate, sandblasted glass, and bamboo flooring. It’s a home that uses contemporary colors such as red, blue, green, and many different shades of grey that are all intertwine with each other. The odd eye catching things in the house is the bright red day bed on the deck, crimson rug in the living room floor, and the red bar stools.

This four bedroom Bali villa offers spectacular views of the Indian Ocean and incredible sunsets. The location of Landi’s home is also a catch, being that it is so close to world famed surfing spots such as Uluwatu, Balangan, Bingin, Padang Padang, Dreamland, Green Balls and the famed Uluwatu Temple. At the same time this villa is private and is located in a quiet area. It also has a large lap pool made with green sukabumi stone, which is surrounded by a wooden sun deck and a lawn that has rows of Stipa gigantean grass.

If you are interested in renting Alessandro Landi’s Bali villa in the Bukit or something similar to it, our company, Pambali, can assist you in doing so. We have the ability in finding you the perfect villa in Bali that you are looking for. You can contact us through info@pambali.com if you have any questions or need further information in booking a Bali villa.

This year Nyepi Day fell on March 16^th. It is a day in the Balinese Hindu culture where the island is silent and the people fast and meditate. It’s a day of self reflection. From 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. the next day the whole island of Bali comes to a sudden halt. Nobody is allowed to be on the streets as special officials monitor and enforce people to stay in their homes and keep silent. Everyone is restricted from work, lighting fires, using electricity, traveling, talking, any kind of self entertainment, and for some, not eating anything at all.

Nyepi is predominately a Hindu holiday, but other people who live in Bali or visit the island observe this day of silent too. They may not believe in what the day is all about, but they participate out of respect for the Hindus on the island.

For people who spent their holidays in Bali during Nyepi and did not wish to participate in keeping the day for self reflection, they were taken in consideration. They were allowed to watch television and enjoy all the amenities of their hotel or Bali villa, but they were not permitted to be out on the streets or on the beach. They had to stay in their hotels or villa in Bali. Even all the busy touristic areas that are usually jam packed with people such as Seminyak, Kuta, and Ubud became total ghost towns.

During this day of silence, no airplanes were allowed to land or take off at the Denpasar International Airport, as it was completely shut down for 24 hours. Although no one was allowed on the streets, they made special exceptions for people to be transported to the hospital for any type of serious emergencies such as women who were in labor and life threatening causes. Planes were only granted special permission to leave Bali for people who had serious traumatic injuries, which needed special attention to be flown out of the island. The only people that were allowed on the streets were what they call in Bali the Pecalang, which are security guards and police who enforce the prohibition rules.

The day after Nyepi is called Ngembak Geni. Slowly everything came back to normal, as the streets were busy again. There were many ceremonies that were performed around the island and people celebrated for accomplishing a day of total self reflection and meditation. The Balinese Hindus repented and forgave each other for all the wrong they have committed. It surely was a very festive day in Bali, Indonesia.

Tra villa is a chic Bali villa located in the countryside of the Canggu Village. When the owners of this tropical haven first set foot on the island, the first thing that came to their mind was how busy and full of activity this place was. The upbeat lifestyle of Seminyak and Kuta was something that did not tickle their fancy. They would have never thought of building their fantasy villa in Bali, until they explored the islands lush and green rural area of Canggu. They totally fell in love with the area.

Tra is a fairly new Bali villa. The Construction of this villa was launched in 2006 and was finished being built in early 2007. Yoka Sara is a well acclaimed architect that was chosen to design this Bali villa. Her aim was to construct a villa that was exclusive, yet have a simple outdoor feel to it. She succeeded in making a magnificent luxury villa with a modernist twist. Its use of materials such as alucobond aluminum, hollow steel, glass, and ironwood that was recycled from old electrical poles, gives a unique touch to this villa in Bali. The flooring in Tra villa is made from a combination of pebble washed stones, terrazzo, polished concrete, grey sandstone, and sukabumi stone. Yoka Sara and interior designer, Dominique Seguin, together created a unique style to this luxury villa that is aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

The villa is known for it’s tropical transparency. Yoka Sara says that this villa has the ability to “appear yet disappear” because of how it was designed to look one with nature and its environment. It totally blends with its surroundings of a beautiful flowing river, rice paddies, king grass, banana trees, and exotic plants.

This villa also catches everyone’s attention because of its two very distinct towering walls that were placed strategically in the middle of the pool. The wall structure is made of stunning green sukabumi stone, which look black when it is wet. The massive walls interplay with the horizontal planes of the whole structure of the villa, therefore eyes are always drawn to these walls no matter where you look.

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