Setting new standards in service and facilities, Villa Upama is an award winning residence nestled in a large tropical garden a short stroll from one of Bali’s best white sand beaches. A collaboration of Bali’s top designers, the villa has become an icon on an island that already boasts some of the best villas in South East Asia.

Attracting artisans and holiday makers since the early 1930’s, Sanur remains the chosen destination for well?heeled travellers as well as many expatriate residents and consuls. Long appreciated for its seven kilometre protected white sand beach and laid back ambiance, the village offers every conceivable type of water sport in the safe confines of a protected lagoon shielded from the Indian Ocean’s swells.

Unlike other tourist destinations in Bali, village residents have had many years to slowly integrate tourism into their way of life allowing traditional village life to co?exist with tourist activities. Holding a special place in Balinese culture, the village of Sanur offers visitors a tantalising glimpse into Bali’s famous culture without straying far from some of Bali’s best loved restaurants and interesting retail outlets.

Rise early to catch the fishing fleet set sail from the beach as the sun rises on the horizon, wander along the shaded promenade to sit with the locals and sip a cooling fresh fruit juice, take a massage on the beach under the fronds of the coconut palms, visit one of the many spas or join in one of the ceremonies that occur almost daily in the village’s holy temples just a short walk from the villa. The options are endless. Many Sanur visitors find they rarely leave the environs of the village. However, Sanur is only a 15 minute drive from the airport, 30 minutes from the vibrant arts and crafts village of Ubud and 20 minutes and a million miles from the nightlife of Kuta, Legian and Seminyak.