Villa Sebali Ubud Villas

This beautiful, very spacious villa on the edge of Sebali, a pretty village just outside Ubud, is a luxurious haven from which to enjoy both the peace and the delights of Bali. The views from the house are of typical rice terraces and, in the distance, spectacular Mt Agung and the dramatic mountains towards the north of the island. We have been careful to be environmentally sensitive - green - with many eco-features including solar power and water heating, and a beautiful garden with organically grown fruit trees.

Villa Sebali is just 15 minute’s drive from the centre of Ubud, the cultural and artistic heart of Bali. All on good roads, half the drive is through typical villages, beautiful rice fields and tropical forest, and half past interesting art galleries, antique and craft shops, and restaurants. Ubud is about one and a quarter hours drive from the airport.

The house is built round three sides of a grassy, flower-ringed courtyard, with the fourth side an infinity pool looking down over a cascade of lotus and water-lily ponds to the orchard. It has four very special bedroom suites and combines the luxury of air-conditioned bedrooms with the delight of open air living. There is a fully equipped kitchen, a library/games room and a table tennis room. We have included many environmentally-friendly features, from the thick, alang-alang roofs which provide wonderful insulation, to solar powered water heating and electricity systems, and natural waste water treatment.

The garden is lavishly planted with many sweet-smelling trees and flowers. Beside the pool is a pretty balé, a traditional grass-roofed pavilion for shaded relaxation, while below it a path winds through the lotus ponds down to the orchard with its wide range of tropical fruit trees. As these mature, guests will be able to pick their own choice of fruits.

The villa is managed locally by the incomparable Rita Dewi and has six full time staff: three in the house including a cook, two gardeners and a night security guard. Our house staff will prepare your breakfasts, maintain the house and rooms immaculately, and be on hand to aid and advise you. There are many things to do and see – artistic, sporting, cultural, spiritual and purely self-indulgent - within easy reach.

But also, green, quiet, fragrant Villa Sebali is a wonderful place just to be.
Note: Villa Sebali has many ponds and a big swimming pool so guests bring young children at their own risk. The villa can be made wheelchair accessible.

Accommodation

The house is approached by a tree fern-shaded path leading from the front courtyard with space for three or four cars, over an ornamental pool and into the main building.

Dining area: spacious and equipped for up to 12 at table. It is open to the garden at one side and has two steps down to the living area. At the side is the

Kitchen: fully equipped with large fridge-freezer and permanent chilled drinking water.

Living area: an enormous room open to the garden with ample seating and many art works

All the above areas have rich terra-cotta coloured floor tiles, a lovely combination of warmth for the eye and coolness for the room.

Stairs lead from the living area to sky bedroom suite: vast, with a fantastic cathedral ceiling and flower-edged terraces facing all four points of the compass with views to die for!. A large dressing area leads to the bathroom which is partly open air with wash basin, WC, bath, separate shower. One of its four terraces is covered and has seating for relaxing and admiring the garden and view.

From the living area a lobby leads to the south wing with forest bedroom suite: equipped with twin beds which can also be joined to make one king size bed. The dressing area leads to the shower room with wash basin and separate WC.

A door leads through to the Library: an enchanting rotunda which can also be reached directly by steps from the garden. Equipped with flat screen TV, books, games and comfortable seating, this room can either be used as a sitting room for the Forest Bedroom, or as a communal room for all guests.

Again from the living area, a short path leads over the lotus pool to the independent Sunset bedroom suite: This is another generous room with cathedral ceiling and a queen sized bed. The spacious dressing area leads through to the bathroom with basin, WC, shower and garden. It has its own pretty patio.

Across the courtyard and opposite the library is another independent building Sunrise bedroom suite: As the name suggests, this huge room with its magnificent ceiling and king size bed faces east, towards Mt Agung, and has double doors opening onto a raised deck shaded by a flower-festooned pergola. Steps lead down to the pool and courtyard. There is a big dressing area leading through to the biggest bathroom of all which, again, is partly open to the sky and has its own garden. It is equipped with bath, basin, shower and separate WC.

All the bedrooms have mosquito nets and full air-conditioning, though the house is designed to optimise cooling: all the rooms are shaded by the deep eaves of the alang-alang roofs, and big windows allow refreshing air to flow through freely. There are ceiling fans in all rooms including the living areas.

Additional beds can be supplied, and there is also a very large comfortable daybed in the living area which would make an excellent extra bed. Guests who like the idea of sleeping under the stars could even sleep on the balé!

The Basement is reached by steps from the courtyard and is a very large room with table tennis table, and space to store extra furniture, suitcases etc..

Staff accommodation is situated under the front garden, cleverly cooled by its grass roof. It has its own entrance from the front courtyard car parking area.

The villa is built on almost 3000sq.m. (3/4 acre) so the gardens are generous and have been beautifully planted by a top professional and are maintained on organic principles. Beyond the courtyard and pool, a series of voluptuous ponds echoing the neighbouring rice fields and planted with lotus and water lilies cascades down to the orchard, and pretty paths wind between them. The orchard is planted with, among other fruits: avocados, pineapples, mangoes, papayas, bananas, jack fruit, durian, nutmeg, lemons and limes. There is also a herb garden for keen cooks.

The infinity swimming pool is 12m. x 4m. plus a side sitting area. For relaxing there are garden reclining chairs and big sunshades as well as the pretty balé. There is a built-in barbeque adjacent to the balé for al fresco cooking and dining.

Services

Staffing

Villa Sebali’s local manager is Rita Dewi, a renowned Balinese dancer. She has excellent English and can help with any problems and special requests. She will be sure to come to the villa to meet you and ensure that all is well.

Our senior house staff person is Made (pronounced Madé ) a well educated young man who also has very good English. As well as having considerable hotel experience, Made has run a tour company for individual travellers in Bali so can help with suggestions and plans for things to see and do.

His assistant is Ayu, a delightful young woman who also has some English as does our lovely cook, Ketut. If your party is very large, we can employ extra staff from the village, and babysitters can be arranged.

Catering

Breakfasts – eggs, toasts, fresh fruit and juices, tea and coffee – are included in the rental and can be served in the dining room or in your room.

Ketut is an excellent cook and she can prepare lunches, dinners and snack menus which you can help to choose, all at very reasonable prices. Equally, we can advise on restaurants which can deliver, at your cost. And there are dozens – maybe hundreds – of cafes and restaurants within a 20 minute drive of Villa Sebali, from the very modest to top level.

Alternatively, you may use the fully equipped kitchen (hob, oven, microwave) and the barbeque to cook for yourselves (the staff may well be willing to help out too). There is an excellent supermarket just 10 minutes away which has a huge range of foods, both European and Asian, and an organic section. For the adventurous, the market in Ubud provides all manner of local produce.

There is also an excellent health food shop and cafe in Ubud, just off the main street (Jalan Raya), called Bali Buddha.

Others
The second, more private salon is the home entertainment centre. It contains a Satellite TV, DVD, VCD, etc and has an outside terrace.

Green Credential

Other Inclusions

Villa Isabella has a range of facilities that are too numerous to mention but include a small library of books in English and French, a collection of movies for adults and children, a selection of music, various musical instruments including a Gambelan and a chess set on a table overlooking the river. The sheets are custom made and embroidered, there is a recycling program, a fish pond with lotus flowers, this is a fully equipped villa, it has everything you need.

Services

Villa Isabella offers an a la carte menu with wide range of Asian and Western cuisine at reasonable prices. If you want to organise your own food the cook can pepare either Indonesian or Western meals and will do the shopping on request

There are many services available in the local area, the staff can arrange for Balinese massage at home or outside, there is video rental available in Ubud and a wide range of take away meals are available nearby. The staff can arrange for car or motorcycle rental and just about anything you need.

The Staff

There are three Balinese staff employed at Villa Isabella, there is a house keeper/pool attendant and a cook employed full time plus a security guard is on duty in the evening.

Please note that staff salaries are included in the villa rental price but tips are welcolme for good service.

Green Credential

Villa Sebali was designed by a Balinese architect and constructed by a respected Balinese contractor using all local materials. We engaged an environmental consultant right from the beginning, and he worked with the architect and contractor to ensure his guidelines were followed.

We have a natural waste water treatment system, with the resultant clean water used in the garden to supplement the water running off from the rice field channels above us. We also have our own well and have tested the water which is of high quality, unpolluted by industrial and other contaminants.

Activities

Sport and the outdoors:
- White water rafting
- Elephant treks
- Horse riding
- Walking, including climbing Mt Batur
- Cycling
- Bird watching
- (There are, of course, numerous sea-based activities around the island including
sailing, surfing, snorkelling and diving)

Crafts:
- Painting and drawing classes
- Silversmithing
- Textile workshops

Balinese arts:
- Gamelan lessons,
- Balinese dancing
- Indonesian cooking lessons
- Indonesian language lessons

Healing and relaxation:
- Yoga - privately or in classes
- Meditation
- Reflexology - several clinics
- Massage - in innumerable spas or at the villa

Eating and drinking:
There are several hundred eateries in and around Ubud, ranging from simple road-side stalls to international standard restaurants in world-class hotels. The latter are also great places for evening cocktails! The restaurants in town offer a wide range of cuisines including not just Indonesian, but also Indian, Chinese, Italian, Japanese and fusion. The standard of cooking is mostly very high, and the food is generally carefully prepared so that one can safely eat salads, for example, in most places.

Entertainment:
There are no nightclubs in Ubud (one has to go south to Kuta or Sanur for that) but there are two excellent jazz clubs. There are frequent dance performances at various temples.
And, not to be left out - shopping!

Bali in general and Ubud in particular offer wonderful shopping opportunities, whether for clothes and accessories, or local crafts, paintings and antiques. There are several new and second hand bookshops in Ubud and in the latter one can buy books in several European languages very cheaply.

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