Thank You for our wonderful holiday!
Review Submitted: August 14, 2010
Date of Stay: July 2010
Absolutely everything about this property is wonderful! When we arrived it was even better than the pictures - a completely enclosed, tropical garden, totally private, blue lights through the pool, water running from a fountain, low level lights around the garden and Playo, waiting for us with a welcome drink. Budi had already picked us up from the airport, made us feel really welcome and then tolerated us falling asleep in the back of the car following our 28 hour journey to get here - which was totally worth it!
The villa has everything you could possibly want in terms of home comforts - and then more. Budi and Playo keep it spotlessly clean, and are always available to help with anything.
Budi suggested various places to visit, and then arranged the car and was our driver whenever we wanted - but also made the trips really enjoyable as he explained about his culture, the island and so on - it was like being shown around by a friend.
The owner wrote to us ftequently before we left, not pushing, just to make sure that everything we wanted or hoped for would be on hand, and also wrote while we were at the villa to double check everything was fine.
We went diving while we were here - and can recommend the Shangrila Dive Center - really friendly, very professional and a great dive guide in Wayan.
Candidasa is well positioned for seeing interesting places, it is a small village/town, with a number of good restaurants (Toke, Vincents, Le 48, Water Garden just a few of them) However, if you want the high life - late night drinking, clubs, lots of people, then it's not for you - most places are closing up by 10.30pm. If you want to drink in your own villa (spirits/wine) then you need to bring some with you - you can buy spirits but not in many places and they have huge import duty on them.
The villa itself is just on the outskirts of Candidasa - which we liked - we enjoyed the walk in and out of the center, and if we didn't feel like walking, there are taxis everytwhere, which are really cheap, with helpful drivers.
You can probably tell, we loved it here, and could keep on going, talking about it - nothing to fault!
Recommended for:
Age 55+,
Tourists without a Car,
Sightseeing,
Romantic Getaway
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Helpful votes: 16/16
