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 marble floor 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 on stone and greenery beside the dining table.

The mezzanine office

A proper desk on the mezzanine, glass on two sides and the same long view. Built for the guest who stays a month and still has to work — Starlink keeps it fast and steady for calls across the time zones.

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 open to the sky. Bamboo blinds 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.

A band of sea on the far horizon at sunset, the Bukit jungle falling away below in warm golden light.

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 goes still, and the Bukit falls 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 Bukit is Bali’s southern limestone peninsula — the clifftop, surf and temple country around Uluwatu, set apart from the busier lowland south. The villas sit high inside Pecatu Indah Resort near its southern tip, 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 villa high on the Bukit ridge at golden hour — white volumes among green hills, the resort and coast on the far horizon. — Raised on the ridge inside Pecatu Indah Resort, the coast a few minutes down the hill.

The full terrace outlook in one sweep: the green Bukit and resort rooftops, a band of sea, and the chain of mainland volcanoes with Gunung Agung on the horizon. — The actual outlook, filmed from the terrace and stitched into one pan — jungle, a band of sea, then the volcanoes of the mainland, all the way round to Gunung Agung. Drag 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.

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

Dreamland & Bingin beaches5 min
Uluwatu temple & cliff20 min
Ngurah Rai airport35 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 & walkingArguably the best roads and pavements in Bali — wide, quiet and shaded, straight from the gate, through the resort and out to the cliffs.
DASH gymA serious performance gym — among the best in Bali — about 300 m from the door, by the Swiss-Belresort. Fitness fuelled to perform.
SurfingWorld-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.
PadelArete Sports Complex, a short drive down at Balangan — seven padel courts, plus a gym, a wellness studio and a mini-pitch.
GolfNew Kuta Golf — the 18-hole clifftop course the villas sit right beside, greens running out toward the sea.
Spa & recoveryShiki Spa, Japanese-inspired and the owners’ favourite, in the resort at Ruko Plaza — open daily until 9pm.
Yoga & meditationThe 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 — wide and quiet, out to the cliffs.

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

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

Around the Bukit

AlchemyPlant-based cooking and a build-your-own salad bar in a Bingin garden.
Alma Tapas BarSpanish small plates and sangria at Bingin.
AyanaRock Bar on the cliff and Sami Sami for Italian, both at Ayana toward Jimbaran, for the big evening.
ChelaA bamboo-built brunch room at Bingin — smoothie bowls, açaí and the charcoal Black Soul bowl.
DrifterA surf shop and café on Labuansait — clean food, good coffee and the Uluwatu surf scene.
El KabronSpanish cooking on a Pecatu cliff, infinity pool at the edge and a sunset show.
GooseberryWine and small plates among the trees at Bingin.
ManaA clifftop kitchen above Suluban — sustainable seafood and an infinity pool over the surf.
PEYIAEast-Mediterranean at Ungasan — slow-cooked lamb, sumac salads and a pistachio tiramisu.
Ula CafeAll-day brunch on the Balangan road, the sea breeze through big windows.
Ulu GardenA garden restaurant near Padang-Padang — calm by day, live music some nights.