Sometimes we stumble upon a website or in my case a beautiful stay - and you just feel like you have arrived - and you are home
That's how I felt when I found Calma Ubud - and yes .... the feeling of calm, and peacefulness and tranquility all springs to mind. A gentle structure nestled amongst the ricefields in a traditional Balinese village just outside Ubud - surrounded by nature - and magical sunsets at night
I love the lightness and the brightness and the vast open plan lounge and breakfast area that overlooks the soothing turquoise waters of the swimming pool - pool view, ricefield view - nature all around
What more can one want?
This a small luxury resort with only 10 beautifully designed individual guest rooms and suites - the emphasis here is definitely the simplicity of the design, the traditional Balinese craftsmanship enhanced by the contemporary tropical architecture - I'd like to call this rustic eco chic - however I do believe this is rather less rustic, and lots more luxury
Definitely one for the list .....
Images via calma ubud
Today I had the pleasure to stumble upon another exquisite boutique resort called Dea Villas ... and I quote:
'Welcome to Dea Villas - four tropical garden villas in rural Berawa close to Canggu. A sense of space sets this exclusive enclave apart; each villa comprises living and bedroom pavilions set in its own private gardens with swimming pool, sun deck, lotus ponds and myriad quiet corners.'
'Villa Sati comprises a series of individual pavilions, well screened in delightfully established gardens. The largest of these is the open-sided living pavilion, which looks over an amphitheatre style performance space near the large free-form swimming pool. Encircling the pool are four joglopavilions, each housing a bedroom with garden bathroom and sun terrace. Among these is the sixth and smallest building – an antique lumbung(traditional rice barn) which doubles as a playhouse.'
Spacious - luxurious - traditional Javanese vernacular - yet translated beautifully in a contemporary manner. The lush tropical gardens are landscaped to perfection - and the layout of the villa's allows enough privacy to retreat to - and again, enough openness to engage and interact with your fellow family members or friends also staying at Dea Villas
I can only imagine how tranquil it must be to awake here - in the midst of a beautiful paradise - life cant get much better than this!
'we travel not to escape life - but for life not to escape us'
Images via Dea Villas
http://www.thevillaguide.com/villa/dea-villas-villa-sati.aspx#exp
http://www.baliultimatevillas.net/dea-radha/
