When you are travelling with an entourage be it for an extended family holiday or say a well-needed trip away with friends – staying in a villa that will meet your needs and them some is the perfect way to make it memorable (and less stressful). Large group holidays are our bread and butter, so when we hear the rumblings of a new spaciously designed villa estate that can be made into a mega mansion (if needed), our team wasted no time at all going and testing it out for ourselves.
We took an entourage (almost half our Bali office to be exact) and spent a night experiencing the newly built villa known as Elite Canggu Villas. More specifically, we stayed in Villa Elite Tara, a seven-bedroom oasis which when combined with Villa Elite Cassia can sleep a whopping 32 guests.
Designer Delight
Modern tropical ambience mixed with swanky contemporary furnishings, this is what perfectly sums up the look and feel of Villa Elite Tara. Open-plan in design, and split between three pavilions, this sprawling seven-bedroom abode is built to embody the booming enclave in which is located. Combining an abundance of mod cons with seven plush bedrooms, some of which feature flexible bedding configurations – this villa is more than just a place to base yourself from. Its an oasis you may just never need or want to leave!
The living room is enclosed and combined with the media room for convenience, whilst the dining room and kitchen is found in an open-air pavilion to one end of the pool making it an inviting space to entertain in hipster Canggu. Whilst some of our team spent the afternoon after check-in, relaxing by the pool, others wasted no time at all to run themselves a soak-worthy bath to relax let their mind drift of and dream of Canggu sunsets and coconuts. I mean, when the bathtubs are this cute, how could we not be tempted.
Daily Life at Villa Elite Tara
Swanky is an understatement. Villa Elite Tara has turned it up a notch when it comes to impressing guests with lavish luxuries like a swim up pool bar – that’s right, there’s no need to visit a beach club when your own oasis has one built in. The fabulous 12-metre swimming pool is lined with sun loungers and flanked on one end with a sunken pool bar and to the other an open-plan living and dining pavilion.
One of our team’s favourite features is the well-curated media room complete with a flat-screen TV, air-conditioning for cooling comfort and a karaoke machine to help guests unwind and entertain in a unique style. If you are still feeling the party vibe, this villa boasts its own sleek DJ / entertainment room which is essentially a private nightclub – complete with a bar, soundproof walls, DJ booth and club-like atmosphere. Meaning there’s little to no need to ever venture beyond the estates’ walls.
**Note: the DJ / entertainment room can be used by guests at an extra charge.
We enjoyed both breakfast and dinner in the open-plan dining pavilion around the vast 10-seater wooden dining table. For dinner, Villa Elite Tara’s skilled private chef prepared an Indonesian feast of mixed vegetables, chicken curry, fried tempe, beef rendang and also fried egg in chili paste plus crackers! To say it was exactly to our liking in an understatement. The onsite chef is a wizard in the kitchen and the proof was in the pudding when we woke the next morning to an American breakfast served promptly at 7:30am. The villas butlers were always on hand at meal times to ensure it smooth and seamlessly served, whilst the warm and welcoming villa manager ensure we were comfortable and well taken care of during our stay.
It’s All About Location at Villa Elite Tara
If you ask us for the best location to stay in Canggu that will bring you within mere metres of fashion boutiques, convenience stores, cute cafes and trendy eateries – Villa Elite Tara ticks all the boxes and then more. Nestled just 100-metres off the bustling strip known as Jalan Pantai Berawa, this locale is home to Two Fingers, Petiti Gourmet and Nude Canggu just to name a few. You can also reach Berawa beach, Finns Beach Club and Cafe Del Mar in a short two-minute drive.
14-Bedroom Estate in a Prime Canggu Locale
Wondering how this might work, when we mentioned that Villa Elite Tara is a seven-bedroom property? If we let you in on a secret, Villa Elite Tara has a twin known as Villa Elite Cassia which also has seven bedrooms. All the bedrooms are similar in size and come with ensuite bathrooms, so there’s no need to fight over who gets to stay in one of the “good” rooms. All villas connect through garden gates, allowing the villas to be booked individually or together with 14 bedrooms making it the perfect option for large groups.
It’s hard to go past Villa Elite Tara and more so the Elite Canggu Villas when you are travelling with a large group and wanting to still bask in a central Canggu location. Our team give the estate known as Elite Canggu Villas the Ministry of Villas stamp of approval for its location, design and formitable team whose service is discreet yet ever so attentive.
If you book at least 150 days prior to arrival your will receive 15% off the standard rate when staying for five nights or more. Now that is a fantastic offer. Just fill in the form below with the dates you are interested in, and one of our villa specialists will be in touch!