Imagine flinging open the curtains in the morning to the fresh sea air and a stunning sea vista.  Picture slipping through your garden gate onto a carpet of golden sand that shelves gently towards the sea, then returning for a dip in your private beachfront pool while staff prepare a sumptuous breakfast for you in the breezy open-sided living pavilion.  And that’s just the start of the day! It’s hard to find a villa that is actually as close to the beach as Villa Cemara; not only is it ‘absolute beachfront’, to use real estate parlance, it enjoys a staggering 60-metre frontage all to itself.  The view is glorious – across a sweep of golden sand towards the sparking sea stretching toward the rugged outline of Nusa Penida shimmering on the horizon. Equally appealing is the multi-pavilion design conceived by famed Balinese architect Popo Danes, with generous space and liberal use of local materials such as alang-alang thatch,

Benkirai and Merbau wood, Palimanan stone, granite and terrazzo – plus a lavish sprinkling of Indonesian art, artefacts and Dutch-style furniture.  With the five bedrooms spread across three separate pavilions, everyone gets to enjoy a welcome level of privacy that’s hard to match in a standard all-under-one-roof villa.  So a group of friends would be very comfortable staying here, as would a large family or two families holidaying together.  Kids will love building sandcastles and splashing around in the shallow lagoon-like waters – the safest, family-friendly swimming beach in Bali.  Older kids will make a beeline to the sea-sports centre a few moments south for a kite-surfing lesson or jet-ski ride.  And guests of all ages will enjoy relaxing by the pool or socialising in the enormous open-sided living pavilion while the villa’s lovely staff remain discreetly on hand ready to serve an ice-cold Bintang, organise a massage, or prepare a casual barbecue or candlelit dinner.

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