Xandra Dekker's video: Bali Villa for rent with staff and private pool Villa Rumah Lotus Lovina near beach Indonesia

Villa Rumah Lotus in Lovina,(private pool, staff and breakfast included) is 500 Meters from the beach, shops and market. Through the website Airbnb https://www.airbnb.nl/rooms/5018817?s=XqjU you can rent this villa. A large 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom house with a tropical garden and a lovely private pool. I can highly recommend this villa. When we woke up the staff was already at work. Breakfast and working hours in consultation. Kadek was the cook who made our breakfast. Every morning we started with a plate of fresh fruit or a smoothie. After the fruit we got every day something different like banana pancake, sandwich or toast with omelette or boiled egg. The staff will do everything to make your holiday unforgettable. On request Kadek could also provide dinner. This was not included in the price. We asked her to surprise us every day with a Balinese meal and she did. All the ingredients she used were fresh and the sauces she made from scratch. Much was steamed in banana leaves and everything tasted equally delicious. You pay just as much as at a local restaurant but the quality is much higher. Moreover, you get dishes that aren`t on the menu in a tourist restaurant. She is approximately 2 hours busy preparing a meal. Then she cleans the kitchen, doing the dishes and makes coffee or tea. We can definitely recommend you to ask Kadek to make your dinner. Komang ensures a clean house, and can do the laundry (pay per kg). Putu took care of the garden and pool. There is a beautiful garden full of tropical plants and flowers and a lovely private pool. Sacrifices were offered daily by Kadek in the little temples in the garden. Lovina is a relatively new name coined in the 1950s by the late king of Buleleng (Buleleng Regency) Anak Agung Panji Tisna, with a good eye for future tourism-based development. It started with small lodge built on his own land and named Lovina. After going through struggle of ups and downs, finally the community accepted the presence of Lovina. Nowadays the name Lovina is used for the stretch of seven traditional villages, which all slightly merge into one over ten kilometersof the main road which hugs the north coast to the west of Singaraja: Temukus, Kalibukbuk, Anturan, Pemaron, Tukad Mungga, Banyualit and Kaliasem. Kalibukuk is the main hub of this area and is often thought of "Lovina town centre". If traveling along the main coast road from Singaraja, you turn towards the Lovina coast at the only set of traffic lights on the entire north road. Impressive Balinese gates frame the entrances to the two roads where most of the restaurants and hotels are. Western style minimarts and ATMs are located on the busy main road. Lovina offers very reasonably priced accommodation from no star home stays to about three star resorts with pools. Posh private villas are tucked away all along the coast too. Food is cheaper than Ubud or the south coast by about a third. The whole stretch of coastline in the north is fringed by quite narrow black sand beaches, which are accessed by a multitude of small lanes which run perpendicular to the east-west coast road. The beaches are generally safe for swimming, and the waters of Bali's north coast, in direct contrast to the crashing surf of the south, are relatively calm. From a distance, the water does not look too clean due to the colour of the sand but it is in fact almost always crystal clear. The locals do make an attempt to clear away plastic flotsam too. Diving, snorkelling fishing dolphin watching, diving on coral reefs are the main activities, but perhaps above all else, this is an area in which to relax and take in a very slow, traditional pace of life. Lovina is ideal for family groups with young children or older adventurers who want to kick back and quickly become part of the community. It can get a little crowded in July and August, but outside that peak season, this is a quiet part of the island. Diving, snorkelling fishing dolphin watching, diving on coral reefs are the main activities, but perhaps above all else, this is an area in which to relax and take in a very slow, traditional pace of life. Lovina is ideal for family groups with young children or older adventurers who want to kick back and quickly become part of the community. For more information about Bali: http://bali-divine-island.blogspot.nl/