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Villa Sebali
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,
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.
Water heating is solar (except for two bathrooms where we could not hide the equipment so use efficient on-demand gas instead), as is some of the electricity, with the balance coming from the grid. The house has a highly insulating alang-alang (thatch) roof. Although all bedrooms and the library have air-conditioning installed, we hope the relatively high position of the house and the big windows shaded by the eaves will mean it is little used.
The garden and orchard are maintained on organic principles, and guests may help themselves to any fruit in season. The ponds and pools all have flowing water and are stocked with fish which, along with the many dragonflies, frogs and birds, help control the insect population.
The house and garden are not suitable for very young children, but wheelchair accessibility can be arranged.
In keeping with local tradition, the house has been blessed with the appropriate ceremonies at various stages, and a lady from the village comes in every day to make the house offerings.
Ubud is a centre for many spiritual and alternative activities, and yoga and massage etc can be arranged at the house. Details on these and other treatments, spas, etc is available in the house guests’ information pack. There is more about these and other sporting, leisure and health
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.
The villa 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.
Green, quiet, fragrant Villa Sebali is a wonderful place to spend your vacation on Bali.
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