Pure Bali                        (Global Venues)

Orient-Express Hotels' Jimbaran Puri Bali announces even higher levels of luxury accommodation in April 2009 when the boutique resort opens 22 idyllic thatched villas, each with their own large swimming pool.  Bob Kang (5 Dec '08)

Individual cottages and villas with private gardens adjoin the smooth white sands of Jimbaran Bay and the 42 room Jimbaran Puri Bali will be unveiling 19 one-bedroom and three two-bedroom villas.

Each villa is set amid a traditional Balinese garden and courtyard ensuring absolute privacy with a luxurious private swimming pool, which can be up to 9 x 4.5 metres in size. Villas also feature a shady teakwood deck where rejuvenating spa treatments can be arranged.

Furnished in traditional Balinese materials, the villas will feature indoor and outdoor showers, elegant bathtubs carved from black stone, flat screen televisions, DVD players and an iPod dock. A generous Balinese-style day bed allows guests to relax outside and look out over the trickling pool and the colourful tropical gardens.

Villa guests get dedicated butler service for the duration of their stay and complimentary laundry for the first day.

A complimentary welcome minibar, afternoon high tea daily and one 20-minute jet lag massage per person at the Beach Spa is also offered.

Complete isolation can be offset by taking advantage of the free access to wireless internet. Jimbaran Puri Bali’s other facilities include the private beach, swimming pool, the Puri Bar and the Nelayan restaurant, where locally caught fish and seafood, as well as French Mediterranean dishes, are served.

The Beach Spa offers a range of indulgent spa experiences and features three Balinese-inspired terraces, or bales, accommodating two people together for a duo spa treatment.

The pool villas are priced from US$738 (from £496*) per room per night and guests booking three nights before 31 March 2009 are offered a complimentary fourth night.

Guest staying seven nights are offered three additional nights complimentary.

The resort’s sister hotel, he 38-villa Ubud Hanging Gardens, is only a 90-minute drive away, situated adjacent to steep rice terraces with sweeping views across the Ayung river.

RK  _________________________________________