VILLA SHAMIRA

Villa Shamira is a five bedroom luxury Canggu villa set within private tropical Balinese gardens with a colonial design.

Villa Shamira is in a tranquil village setting along Bali’s south-west coast. Villa Shamira is a much-loved family home that’s given years of joy to its owners. This stylish yet utterly casual hideaway welcomes you with a 12m swimming pool, an extensive array of relaxing indoor–outdoor living and dining areas and a team of delightful, long-term staff who are part of the family.

Living Room

A contemporary tropical Asian style pervades at the heart of Villa Shamira where the expansive, open-sided living and dining area, fringed with foliage and cooled by natural breezes and ceiling fans, provides a variety of relaxed, informal living spaces. Throughout, there’s an eclectic mix of family photos, brimming bookcases, vases of tropical blooms, and antique Indonesian furniture and artifacts.

Dining Room

Facing the pool, a marble-floored dining area with a low sloping white timber roof above a long wooden table for ten, affords a boathouse effect. Flanking either side is a pretty blue and white cushioned daybed and a traditional-style seating area on a raised platform, providing two sublime spots for pre-dinner drinks. Adjacent, there’s a smaller dining area for more intimate soirees at the Villa Shamira.

Media Room

Two further dining tables and an antique daybed stacked with white cushions furnish the centre of the living and dining area while, at the far end, is the expansive TV room. Functional in design, this air-conditioned and entirely glass-encased room houses the villa’s only TV – a 40-inch flat-screen satellite TV with DVD player, which can be enjoyed from the comfort of white suede couches. A CD stereo system, iPod dock and multiple speakers are perfect accompaniments for get-togethers and pool parties

Garden & Pool

The pretty, natural stone, 6 x 12m swimming pool dominates the garden to the rear of the villa; its submerged ledge perfect for sunset drinks. A generous stone pool deck is furnished with five rattan sun-loungers. To the right, four woven rattan pod chairs and a large table are stunningly illuminated at night by a spherical lantern, resembling a golden moon.

At the pool’s opposite end stands a thatched balé stacked with comfy cushions – a gloriously peaceful spot for reading and siestas – while along the sides of the villa, even more outdoor sitting areas can be found. The gardens feature lawns adorned with stone steps and edged by lush, tropical flora, such as banana plants and tall palm fronds, encircled by a combination of stone walls and bamboo fencing.

Villa Shamira is a 5-bedroom luxury villa set within private tropical gardens. Villa Shamira is western-style in design, comprising three, yellow-hued buildings topped with tiled roofing. Quality materials, including teak, distressed woods, marble and Palimanan stone are used throughout. Villa Shamira sleeps 8 – 10 people (2 ensuite bedrooms with double beds, 3 rooms shared bathroom).

Master Bedroom

The master bedroom is reminiscent of a romantic boudoir in a French chateau– incorporating both bedroom and sitting areas. It features teak floors, a walk-in wardrobe and a wrought-iron four-poster bed, flanked by matching baby cot, also draped with mosquito netting. The large, flat-screen TV (for DVDs only) can be viewed from the bed or from the white suede sofas and armchair. The indulgent ensuite bathroom includes a vanity area and raised free-standing bathtub. Doors from here, lead out onto a private patio area with rattan furniture, prettily edged with bougainvillea and potted plants – a lovely spot for breakfast.

Guest Bedrooms Two and Three

Perhaps more ‘English country cottage’ than ‘French Chateau’ in ambiance, bedrooms two and three, like the master, lead off from a cosy, purple-hued first floor landing. Bedroom two is the larger of the pair and both rooms share a small bathroom with shower.

Guest Bedrooms Four

The appropriately named ‘garden room’ is surrounded by leafy foliage. Glass-encased, and with distressed wood floors, the sunlit fourth bedroom has a contemporary Asian feel; however the ensuite bathroom with walk-in rain shower does include a trademark chandelier! Doors at the far side lead onto the pool deck, while doors at the front open onto a stone patio with a table and four chairs.

Guest Bedrooms Five

Villa Shamira offers an extra bedroom designed to resemble a Balinese rice barn, or lumbung, with wooden floors, a high ceiling and narrow doors, plus a small but divine balcony overlooking the pool, furnished with a vintage rocking chair and armchair. This room does not have an ensuite bathroom but guests can use the glorious, tropical bathroom adjacent to the living and dining area. Crafted entirely from Palimanan stone, this semi-open bathroom boasts an indulgent, sunken stone bathtub and expansive, open-air tropical rain shower

Set within private tropical gardens, Villa Shamira is western-style in design, comprising three, yellow-hued buildings topped with tiled roofing. Quality materials, including teak, distressed woods, marble and Palimanan stone are used throughout.

The ground floor of the central, double-storey building houses a large, open-sided living and dining area, TV room, kitchen and bathroom. On the upper floor, three bedrooms and an outdoor dining patio are accessed via a teakwood staircase.

To the left of the main building and accessed via a garden patio stands a single-storey detached wing aptly named ‘the garden room’, containing bedroom number four. A separate wooden staircase to the right of the living and dining area leads to the fifth bedroom known as the Lumbung room (without ensuite bathroom), its distinctive curved roof a clue to the traditional touches that lie within.

Villa Shamira’s staff all live locally and are regarded as almost part of the family. Many have been employed by the owners for years. Delightfully informal and friendly, they are well experienced and great with children.

Villa Manager

The amiable villa manager, is an excellent source of useful information and a dab hand at organising whatever is required on behalf of villa guests. He speaks good English and goes out of his way to make sure guests have a wonderful stay at Villa Shamira. However, with the utmost discretion, he is only around when he’s needed!

Housekeeping

The head cook and housekeeper is not only extremely capable, but also something of a lovable motherly figure. She regularly likes to update her broad culinary skills with cookery lessons. It also has three housekeepers who also double as cooks, assisting the head cook in the kitchen.

Butlers

Butlers are on hand everyday to assist with serving during meal times and attend to other guest requirements throughout your stay.

Chef

The highly trained chefs are wizards in the kitchen and can prepare and cook local and international dishes based on your preferences. You simply pay for groceries that the staff buy and there is no need to go anywhere near a kitchen for your trip.

Security

Two villa security guards are stationed outside the property and working a 6pm to 6am shift.

Villa Shamira is located on a small lane straddling two beach roads. A pleasant stroll of under ten minutes along either road brings you to Canggu Beach. The road to the left (Jalan Batu Balong) takes you to Canggu Beach ‘proper,’ frequented mostly by locals, especially at dusk, and providing only simple food outlets. However, just before you reach the beach, you’ll find the divine Hotel Tugu, one of Bali’s most celebrated hotels, with excellent restaurants and a fascinating and charming bar area.

The road to the right of Villa Shamira (Jalan Batu Mejan) leads to Echo Beach, a long-time surfer’s haunt that increasingly caters to visitors with spas, boutiques and a diverse range of eateries. A circular walk – particularly lovely at sunrise or sunset – takes you along the beach and past an ancient temple where Hindu ceremonies invariably spill out onto the beach.

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