Dream Garden Villa @ Ubud, Bali

Description from the owner

Main house: Two en-suite bedrooms (King Size and 2 Queen Size), Living room, Dining room. Laundry room and pantry with cable TV and full WiFi coverage.

Kitchen house: Large kitchen and room first floor above kitchen for security/ driver.

Guest house: Three en-suite guestrooms with King Size respectively Queen Size beds with full WiFi coverage.

Office house: Fully furnished office, WiFi, phone, fax and secretary.

Big beautiful garden with pool.

Car (new Toyota Avanza) and driver as well as motorbike.

Maids (07.00h to 21.00h), gardener (08.00h to 16.00h)

Secretary/ PA upon request @ US$50 per day.

... WiFi on all property and cable TV in one guestroom and living room of main house.

Price: Less than 10 days US$600 per day. More than 10 days US$500 per day for max 6 pax. Additional US$100 per pax per day; children US$50.Read more

Additional Location Information

A unique, beautiful villa set in an outstandingly designed big tropical garden. 10min from Ubud town centre by car.

Quote wikitravel.org:
Ubud, a town in central Bali, is far removed from the drunken bikini scene in Kuta, and is regarded as the cultural centre of Bali. It is famous as an arts and crafts hub, and much of the town and nearby villages seems to consist of artists' workshops and galleries. There are some remarkable architectural and other sights to be found, and a general feeling of well being to be enjoyed, all thanks to the spirit, surroundings, and climate of the place.

In many ways, the history of the Ubud area (not so much the modern day town) is the very history of Bali itself.
Ubud has a known history back to the eighth century, when the Javanese Hindu priest Rsi Marhandya came to Bali from Java, and meditated at the confluence of the two Wos rivers at Campuan, just west of the modern day town centre. A shrine was established and later expanded by Nirartha, the Javanese priest who is regarded as the founder of Bali's religious practices and rituals as we know them today. At this time the area was a centre of natural medicine and healing, and that is how the name Ubud originated: Ubad is ancient Balinese for medicine.
Further temples and monasteries were established over the next 400 hundred years or so. The temple complex at Gunung Kawi, and the cave temples at Goa Gajah (just east and northeast of Ubud), are architectural remains from this period. Many of the dances, drama and rituals still practised in Ubud today, originated at this time. King Airlangga ruled all of Java and Bali in this era, and his seat of government was located in what is now the village of Batuan, just southeast of Ubud.
The Javanese Majapahit kingdom conquered Bali in 1343, and the key final victory was against the Pejeng Dynasty centred at Bedulu, just to the east of Ubud. A great flowering of Balinese culture followed, and the ancestry of Ubud's current day aristocratic families can be traced back to this period. In the sixteenth Century, there was a total transplantation of the Majapahit Kingdom to Bali as the Islamisation of Java forced them eastwards. Power flip-flopped between various dynasties and feudal lords, but the Ubud area remained a very important cog in the various regencies which ruled the island.
Goa Gajah originates from the 9th century
In 1900, Ubud became a Dutch protectorate at its own request, and the colonialists interfered little, allowing the traditional arts and culture of the area to remain relatively unchanged. The modern era of Ubud perhaps began in the 1930s, when foreign artists were encouraged by the royal family to take up presence in the town. From their Ubud base, the likes of Walter Spies and Rudolph Bonnet were instrumental in promoting an understanding of Balinese art and culture worldwide. From the 1960s onwards, travellers started to arrive in earnest, mostly intrepid types as the infrastructure was still very limited indeed. Since then, Ubud has developed rapildy into a high profile, top class international destination, whilst still maintaining its integrity as the centre of Balinese art and culture.
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Location Type River, Rural, Tropical

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• Sabine N.
  Ingolstadt

  Open kitchen near by the pool: It seems like paradies :-)

  Left on 04/18/2013 for a stay in March 2013
  
  

  Villa Kuntebunt: Whether working, cooking or just relaxing ... everything is possible under the open sky. The background noise of frogs, dragonflies of all colors gives a jungle dream. Ubud and the famous Monkey Forest accessible close by motorbike or car in 7 minutes. The perfect retirement home for Pippi Longstocking, because even a horse or parrot would feel here like in paradise.

  

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• Michelle Evangelista
  Estoril, Portugal

  Tropical Paradise

  Left on 04/16/2013 for a stay in February 2013
  
  

  The house and the grounds are lovely. The location is excellent, a short distance by car from the center of Ubud. The house is very spacious and well decorated, my favorite being the partial outdoor kitchen. The garden is very welcoming with a beautiful pool!

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