The Summer Place · Bali — two villas above Dreamland

Two villas, one plot

Sunrise and Sunset — rent one, or take the whole plot.

Two ~300 m² villas share a 600 m² freehold above Dreamland, a garden wall between them. Both look out the same way — sea, jungle, the volcanoes and the hills beyond — each named for the light it keeps.

East · Morning light across the pool.

Sunrise

The east villa wakes first, the morning sun arriving across the plunge pool and the mountains holding their outline before the day turns hazy. This is the one most guests ask for, and the one that is quietly for sale.

West · Evening light, the same plan.

Sunset

The west villa is the companion. Same footprint, same white-on-marble calm, oriented to hold the last of the light. Take it on its own, or take both and have the whole plot — two households, one garden wall between them.

A walk through

From the pool, in through the glass, up to the roof.

The walled plunge pool, marble steps to the water and the lit villa behind at dusk.

The plunge pool

A walled pool with a marble ledge wide enough to read on, set against the white render and a frangipani that drops flowers into the water by afternoon.

The living room where the glass sliders fold back to the marble deck and garden.

The glass living edge

Floor-to-ceiling sliders run the length of the living room. Pull them back and the floor — Indonesian marble throughout, cool underfoot through the heat of the day — continues out to the pool deck, so inside and garden read as one room.

A planted indoor garden lit by a skylight from the roof, beside the marble dining table, the timber kitchen beyond.

The skylit indoor garden

At the centre of the plan, a planted garden grows under a skylight cut from the roof — a column of daylight falling on stone and greenery beside the dining table, bringing the garden inside the house.

The mezzanine office

A proper desk on the mezzanine, glass on two sides and the same long view. Built for the kind of guest who stays a month and still has to work — and Starlink keeps it fast and steady: team calls and Zoom across the time zones, streaming, and even AI inference when the work demands it.

A bedroom turned to floor-to-ceiling glass and the Bukit treetops, a low bed and marble underfoot.

The bedrooms

Each bedroom turns to the trees behind floor-to-ceiling glass, marble underfoot and the palette kept quiet — white linen, a woven chair set where the morning light lands.

The master bedroom terrace

The bedroom opens onto its own terrace behind a glass rail. The Bukit falls away into green and, on a clear evening, the sea and the volcanoes sit on the far horizon while the light goes.

The master bathroom

A freestanding stone tub on a marble plinth, under a long skylight that opens the room to the sky. Marble floor to ceiling, bamboo blinds to soften the afternoon — a bathroom built to feel like a spa.

The timber deck terrace stepping down off the living room, potted frangipani at the corners.

The deck terrace

A warm timber deck steps down off the living room, potted frangipani at the corners. The spot for coffee before the heat, or the last of a drink as the garden slips into shadow.

The garden at golden hour — white walls, bougainvillea and frangipani, a figure on the marble steps.

A pink orchid in flower against the white garden wall.

The garden

Frangipani and bougainvillea against white walls, kept deliberately simple — a lily bowl on the stone, orchids in the shade. Green and white and stone, with colour where the light catches it.

Mount Agung in silhouette under an orange dusk sky, seen across the rooftops of the Bukit.

The view at dusk

On a clear evening the volcanoes settle on the far horizon and the sky turns over while you watch from the roof.

After dark

The pool holds the last of the light, then the house takes over.

Lamps come up behind the glass, the water turns to glass itself, and the Bukit goes quiet around you. The lights of the coast sit far off below.

Looking down the side of the lit villa at night: the plunge pool glowing turquoise, warm rooms behind glass, distant coast lights.

Take one villa, or take the whole plot for the season.

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The neighbourhood

Pecatu Indah Resort, above Dreamland.

The villas sit high inside Pecatu Indah Resort, on the southern tip of the Bukit — raised on the ridge, with a genuinely panoramic outlook and the surf beaches a few minutes down the hill. Quiet, well-kept resort roads keep the coast and the airport close even when the island is busy.

The terrace outlook: the green Bukit falling away to the mainland mountains on the hazy horizon. — The actual outlook, filmed from the terrace — jungle, a band of sea, then the volcanoes of the mainland. Swipe to pan across →

The outlook panning on: jungle below and a volcano rising on the far horizon. — The actual outlook, filmed from the terrace — jungle, a band of sea, then the volcanoes of the mainland. Swipe to pan across →

At the door

Most of it is a few minutes away.

The golf course runs right along the edge, with the DASH gym and the surf school at the gate. Everything else — Dreamland, the spa, the padel and a second gym at Arete — is a short moped ride on quiet resort roads.

Minutes by moped from the door — nobody walks far on the Bukit. The rings are roughly five and ten minutes' ride; the golf course, the DASH gym and the surf school are right at the door and an easy walk too.

Beaches Balangan, Dreamland, Bingin and Padang-Padang are minutes down the hill; the cliff at Uluwatu a little beyond.
Eating Bazaar for curry (the best on the island), Nourish and a health shop close by, the Uluwatu kitchens beyond.
Wellness Shiki Spa, the owners’ favourite, sits in the resort at Ruko Plaza; two peptide and recovery clinics are a short drive away.
Resorts The 4-star Swiss-Belresort Pecatu is a few hundred metres up the road; the Ayana, Anantara, Jumeirah and the Renaissance are minutes further.
Airport Ngurah Rai is about 8 km to the north-east, roughly 30–45 minutes by the Bukit roads.

Dreamland & Bingin beaches 5 min
Uluwatu temple & cliff 20 min
Ngurah Rai airport 35 min

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A surf beach below the Bukit, the headland beyond.

The limestone cliffs and turquoise water of the Uluwatu coast.

Sunset over the Indian Ocean from the clifftop.

The greens of New Kuta Golf running out toward the sea.

Badung, Bali.

Sport & wellness

A base built for moving.

The Bukit rewards an active month. Quiet resort roads to run at dawn, world-class surf a few minutes down the hill, a serious gym on the doorstep, a championship course right alongside and padel a short drive away — then a Japanese spa in the resort for the slower days.

Running & walking Arguably the best roads and pavements in Bali — wide, quiet and shaded, straight from the gate, through the resort and out to the cliffs.
DASH gym A serious performance gym — among the best in Bali — about 300 m from the door, by the Swiss-Belresort. Fitness fuelled to perform.
Surfing World-class breaks within minutes, with a surf school at the gate: Dreamland and Balangan to learn, Bingin, Padang-Padang and Uluwatu when it is on.
Padel Arete Sports Complex, a short drive down at Balangan — seven padel courts, plus a gym, a wellness studio and a mini-pitch.
Golf New Kuta Golf — the 18-hole clifftop course the villas sit right beside, greens running out toward the sea.
Spa & recovery Shiki Spa, Japanese-inspired and the owners’ favourite, in the resort at Ruko Plaza — open daily until 9pm.
Yoga & meditation The Istana, a wellness retreat on the Uluwatu cliffs — clifftop yoga, meditation and breathwork a short drive away.

The resort road dropping down the Bukit, the sea and the volcanoes across the bay beyond the trees. — The resort roads out to the cliffs — the sea and the volcanoes beyond.

A surf break below the Bukit cliffs. — World-class breaks, minutes away.

The reception at Shiki Spa in the resort — timber screens, a paper-lantern ceiling and a calm welcome. — Shiki Spa, in the resort — Japanese-inspired, for the recovery days.

Food & drink

A table on the doorstep, and the coast for the evening.

A few good kitchens sit inside the resort for the everyday, and the clifftop bars and restaurants of Uluwatu are a short drive down the hill for a long evening.

On the doorstep

Banyoo Inside the resort, set under a banyan by the lake — easy all-day breakfast and a garden lunch.
Bazaar Indian on Jalan Uluwatu, ten minutes off — the owners’ pick for the best curry on the island.
Nourish Wholefoods, bowls and sourdough nearby in Ungasan, for the lighter days.
Obano Coffee & Roastery A specialty roaster down toward Balangan — Indonesian beans, espresso and slow brews.
Smoothie Shop Smoothie bowls, cold-pressed juice and coffee, a few minutes up the road in Pecatu.

Around the Bukit

Alchemy Plant-based cooking and a build-your-own salad bar in a Bingin garden.
Alma Tapas Bar Spanish small plates and sangria at Bingin.
Ayana Rock Bar on the cliff and Sami Sami for Italian, both at Ayana toward Jimbaran, for the big evening.
Chela A bamboo-built brunch room at Bingin — smoothie bowls, açaí and the charcoal Black Soul bowl.
Drifter A surf shop and café on Labuansait — clean food, good coffee and the Uluwatu surf scene.
El Kabron Spanish cooking on a Pecatu cliff, infinity pool at the edge and a sunset show.
Gooseberry Wine and small plates among the trees at Bingin.
Mana A clifftop kitchen above Suluban — sustainable seafood and an infinity pool over the surf.
PEYIA East-Mediterranean at Ungasan — slow-cooked lamb, sumac salads and a pistachio tiramisu.
Ula Cafe All-day brunch on the Balangan road, the sea breeze through big windows.
Ulu Garden A garden restaurant near Padang-Padang — calm by day, live music some nights.