{"id":14036,"date":"2016-04-21T14:37:21","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T14:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flavorsandsenses.com\/en\/?p=1754"},"modified":"2019-04-08T08:40:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T08:40:47","slug":"banyan-tree-ungasan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/en\/banyan-tree-ungasan\/","title":{"rendered":"Banyan Tree Ungasan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Every single one of us has asked themselves, at least once, how paradise looks like… I constantly search for it everywhere around me, whether in certain moments of my travels, in small nature details, in works of art, or in small details of the history each place carries.<\/p>\n

I feel blessed for being able to find paradise so many times, better saying, what I consider as my paradise!<\/p>\n

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But, this definition of paradise has taken uncontrollable proportions in the moment we arrived at\u00a0Banyan Tree Ungasan<\/em>\u00a0in Bali.<\/p>\n

Bali was, on its own, one of my dream travels (yes, obviously\u00a0Eat, Pray Love<\/em>\u00a0helped a lot!) but what I didn’t know was places like that actually existed, so idyllic, mystical and divine!<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Banyan Tree Ungasan<\/em>\u00a0is located, as the name indicates, in Ungasan, at the South end of Bali, and just 35min away from the Denpasar\u00a0<\/em>airport. Very close to one of the most famous temples in Bali,\u00a0Pura Luhur Uluwatu<\/em>, located on top of a cliff and is said to be the protector of Bali against evil.<\/p>\n

Try to visit this temple, if you can leave\u00a0Banyan Tree<\/em>! I dare you!<\/p>\n

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This imposing and majestic hotel has the detail of being located right on the top of a cliff with an astonishing view over the Indian Ocean, and very close to one of the most beautiful beaches in Bali, Nusa Dua.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0The typical Asian bell that welcomes us at our arrival\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

First Impression<\/strong>
\nI guess you already know what my first impression was, right? But i’ll explain it in detail.<\/p>\n

For starters, the hotel organized everything in order to pick us up at the airport, after a short flight coming from Singapore (see<\/a>), and so there was an employee waiting for us, with a nice smile and a typical Balinese uniform (the most elegant one in the middle of all the look alikes waiting for future guests!).<\/p>\n

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When we arrived at the hotel we were received with a celebration ritual that blessed our life and prosperity (we were super cute with rice in our forehead and myself with a lotus flower in the hair)!<\/p>\n

We were invited to relax in the huge sofa while served a fresh welcoming drink and doing our check-in. The contemporary style Balinese architecure, mixed\u00a0with the surrounding nature had already got to me and in this moment I was already far away in that which would reveal to be the most perfect paradise I’ve ever seen.<\/p>\n

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Those who read the articles about Thailand (see<\/a>) know I’m passionate about Asia, the people, the smells, the architecture, the nature… it’s something that moves me and elevates my senses to other worlds. And I felt just like that when I arrived at Banyan Tree<\/em>, of course being in a land so spiritual as Bali was also an influence!<\/p>\n

Well, let’s not digress any longer! From the reception we were transported (in the true meaning of the word! In one of those golf cars) to our bedroom, I’m sorry! House!!! And what a house, ladies and gentlemen! Yes, because a space with\u00a0403m2 is not a room, is a house! Right?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The door to the small paradise that was our Villa\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Bedrooms<\/strong>
\nBanyan Tree Ungasan<\/em>\u00a0has 73 Villas, categorized in three types, the Pool, the Sanctuary and the Presidential. We stayed in a Pool Villa Sea View<\/em>, meaning, with a breathtaking view to the ocean.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The usual letter and the welcoming tropical fruits I like so much!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

And if I already thought the hotel was a paradise, here things took divinity like<\/em> proportions! A wood door opens into the house of Gods! From there, a path, among floating stones in the lake, takes us to the entrance of the house itself or to the garden and the the infinite pool that invites us in and to never get out.<\/p>\n

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We chose to first enter the house. Balinese music was making the ambiance, and in this moment I went away from the rest of the world and created a very distant and bucolic place, just for myself.<\/p>\n

The living room and the kitchen,\u00a0Kitchenette\u00a0<\/em>like, had a contemporry style allied to the Asian style, with very marked details of the Balinese culture. High ceilings assured a unique, imposing style, giving an even more Oriental look to the place. A window from the floor to the ceiling with garden and pool access filled the room with light and colour.<\/p>\n

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At the table we had waiting for us some delicious tropical fruits (I could live here just for these fruits!).<\/p>\n

Continuing to discover the house, we went down a hall that had a service bathroom (as if needed!), until we arrived to the bedroom. It followed the style of the living room, high ceiling above the comfortable bed, surrounded by glass doors and windows from the floor to the ceiling, opening to the garden and the pool, and when I say pool, I mean it! The door in front of the bed opened directly to the infinity pool which horizon was the sea!<\/p>\n

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On the back of the bedroom, the beautiful bathroom and the functional closet stole my heart in a blink, the bathtub surrounded by glass allowed in the beauty of the garden in, and was the ex-libris of this area.<\/p>\n

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Finished this tour of the house, it was time to meet the garden and the pool.<\/p>\n

Two sunbeds were waiting for us, but the tropical rain in that moment didn’t let us enjoy them.<\/p>\n

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