House names should speak volumes about a villa – or at least of an owner’s working knowledge of Sanskrit – and when the Balinese owner of Villa Di Abing named her place, she was speaking plainly, yet with a pleasant twist. In the Balinese language ‘Villa in the Jungle’ could easily have you thinking you were far from civilization and the good things in life, but here you’d be wrong. The property sits in the heart of Ubud’s now ever-bustling town centre, where it borders a small river and is shrouded in tall jungle trees that attract a multitude of birds and butterflies and an enormity of peace and serenity. Step through the doors and the busy world gets left behind in this three-bedroom Bali-style villa and its deep-green surrounds, from where the sights and sounds of the island’s cultural hub can be tasted at your leisure. Spiritual purists who have read “Eat, Pray, Love” will be thrilled that the villa is on the same street as Wayan’s traditional healing centre, as will shopping and food freaks at the abundance of shops and restaurants right on the doorstep. And when you are done, there’s nothing like having finished for the day and only being five minutes from home.
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