This property puts an emphasis on comfort and offers well-appointed rooms that come with an array of standard amenities to make your stay a memorable one. The kitchen affords you the opportunity to prepare your own meals at your on schedule.

Dinning
With its beautiful and inviting ambience, the in-house restaurant is a perfect place for a fine dining experience. Barbeque facility is available on-site for your convenience and outdoor enjoyment during those special cookouts with family and friends.

Bali Police

To make it worse, many villas do not have standard security systems, including employing security guards, CCTV and other security equipment to guarantee guest safety.

“We have applied security certification standards in star hotels. We expect to do it with villas in 2010,” Sutisna said.

In the last few months, crime rates in Bali, especially in famous tourist destinations such as Kuta, Jimbaran and Nusa Dua, have significantly increased.

Cases of theft, murder and rape have occurred in these areas.

Sutisna complained that numerous villas were not equipped with building and operation permits.

“This makes it more difficult to control security in these villas,” he added.

The constructions of private and commercial villas in Bali, particularly in Badung regency and Denpasar mayoralty have caused concern among hotel operators, the police and regional governments.

Many private villas are now operated as commercial accommodation for local and foreign tourists. They operate their business without necessary permits.

In Badung regency, covering the areas from Kuta, Canggu, Seminyak to Jimbaran and Nusa Dua, there are 750 villas of which 250 do not have permits.

Bali Police office, he said, received many reports of crime occurring in such villas.

Last weekend, a British woman lost her purse containing cash valued at dozens of million of rupiah, credit cards and other valuable items, while she was staying at a villa in the Canggu area.

“The suspects entered the villa and took the woman’s belongings without any notice from the operator because of poor security,” said a policeman from Kuta Police precinct.

Many cases of crime have also occurred in villas across Bali due to a lack of security awareness among villa owners and operators.

“Poor security systems will damage a villa’s image. No one would like to be robbed while he or she is holidaying in Bali,” Sutisna added.

Gusti Kade Sutawa, head of the Kuta Executive Club, responded positively to the Bali Police plan saying it would increase people’s confidence in Bali.

“Bali is a world-class tourist destination. Security is a prime issue.

“Everybody has to work together to create a safe Bali for its residents and guests,” Sutawa said.

He admitted that many villas and even hotels still paid little attention to security issues.

-JP/Ni Komang Erviani

article source – http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/11/30/bali-police-certify-security-island039s-villas.html

Hide away from the crowded place and deep in the hearth of Bali, perched on a beautiful landscape at the bank of Pakerisan River – registered in world heritage museum, is the stunning hideaway known as The Mahogany Villa.

The architecture is set in combination of Balinese and Modern style in strategic positions of the river bank. The villa comprises 2000 square meters of covered area and it is set in 1000 square meters of tropical and terrace landscapegarden replete with cascading ornamental pool.

Extra Services:

• Free Pick-up and Drop from/to the airport
• Free Welcome drink upon arrival
• Free Fruit Basket daily
• Free 2 (two) bottles of refreshing water change daily
• Laundry service, dry cleaning and express laundry available on request
• 24 hours Security

Facilities:

• Internet connection available
• Electronic
• TV, DVD, Tape, and Telephone
• Car only or Car and Driver
• Available on request at additional charge

Tours & Activities

• A wide variety of choices are available
• Baby Sitting
• Available on request at additional charge
• Spa/Massage

The Santosa Villas & Resort is the new brand of hotel in East Indonesia,re-born with the new image and concept.

We are more then happy to welcome you at our Simple, Fun and Trusthworthy Hospitility.

Room accommodations :

It’s ensemble of:

• – 48 terrace rooms
• – 77 superior rooms
• – 32 deluxe rooms
• – 30 deluxe suites
• – 4 honeymoon villas
• – 1 family villa

Service and Facilities

• * Ball Room
• * 2 Restaurants
• * Sunken Bar
• * Lounge Bar
• * Spa
• * Kids Club
• * Sport & Recreation
• * Boutique Shop
• * Business Center

The villas are part of the latest building boom on the famous Indonesian holiday island, where homes for wealthy holidaymakers and expatriates are mushrooming across the bottle-green landscape.

Some see the growth of the villas as a boon. Others such as Sukadana, who toils not far from a beach favored by expats, see a threat to a way of life that stretches back hundreds of years.

“Farmers are working harder now but we’re earning less. Our major problem is a lack of water,” said the weather-beaten 44-year-old.

“Concrete buildings are every-where, blocking irrigation. When it rains, the water flows to the beach instead of being absorbed through the soil,” he said.

“I think mine will be the last generation in Bali working the rice fields.”

While Bali is no stranger to hotels, at both the high and low end of the market, the fad for villas — many with open-plan design and swimming pools in huge gardens — is relatively new.

Developers say they are seeing very little impact from the global economic woes.

Land sales and construction of luxury villas have increased 30% every year since 2003, mainly due to demand from well-off Western Europeans and Asians, said Hera Heronika of construction company Bali Property.

“They usually come here during winter and rent out their villas for high prices when they are away,” Heronika said.

The trend is driven by foreigners moving towards quieter parts of the island to be close to nature — and Bali’s unique Hindu village culture — and away from well-worn tourist traps such as southern Bali’s storied Kuta beach.

“They like the rice fields and a view of the beach. Even with the global economic crisis, we continue to receive a lot of requests,” said Bali Villa Rentals Association board member Dharma Putra.

Rent for a top-end villa complete with swimming pool, maid service, gym and private cook can vary from $500 a night to as much as $2,500, he said.

But activists said the villa fad comes with other costs to the island.

Around 600 to 1,000 hectares of “green space” disappears beneath concrete in readiness for villa construction every year, especially those areas surrounding the tourist centre hub on the island’s south, said Friends of the Earth Indonesia campaigner Agung Wardana.

The trigger for the explosive growth of the villas was national political reforms passed in the last decade that gave more power to local and provincial governments, allowing the spread of large-scale tourist developments in previously restricted areas, Mr. Wardana said.

“It’s like a cancer that spread out very quickly,” he said.

The main environmental problem is one of water. More buildings mean less land to absorb floodwater, leading to the inundation of low-lying areas.

Meanwhile, increasing water use by swimming pools and paved-over land disrupt the intricate irrigation system that waters the famous rice terraces that spread from Bali’s volcanic interior to the seaside.

“Bali is a small island. If this villa development continues, it’s not impossible that in 15 years Bali will be abandoned by tourists,” Mr. Wardana said.

Adding to the squeeze is the fact that the demand for villas is pushing up property prices and with them, land taxes, he said. This leaves farmers with ever-decreasing incomes.

In some parts of Badung district, where Sukadana farms, the land tax has doubled annually in recent years, Mr. Wardana said.

But Chandra Kirana, the owner of Bali Property, said farmers too can share in the boom.

“As demand increases, the price of land goes up and local people benefit. They can sell their land at a high price and buy cheap land somewhere else,” he said. — AFP

resource from : http://www.bworldonline.com

Agga Citta Villa

All guest rooms feature with king-size beds, fully equipped kitchen, spacious lounge rooms, in-door and out-door marble bathrooms, Television and air-conditioning.

Bougainville Villa
One Bedroom Villa with 64sqm studio villa, garden view, smaller than other villas.
King-size beds, complete kitchen facilities, spacious lounge rooms, magnificent in-door and out-door marble bathrooms, TV and air-conditioning.

Lotus Villa
One Bedroom with 116 sqm featuring a beautiful dining and living room, king-size beds, complete kitchen facilities, spacious lounge rooms, magnificent in-door and out-door marble bathrooms, TV and air-conditioning.

Jasmine Villa
Two Bedroom Villa of two storey building suitable for 4 person featuring a beautiful dining and living room, king-size beds, complete kitchen facilities, spacious lounge rooms, magnificent in-door and out-door marble bathrooms, TV and air-conditioning.

Orchid Villa
Two Bedroom Villa of two storey building suitable for 4 person featuring a beautiful dining and living room, king-size beds, complete kitchen facilities, spacious lounge rooms, magnificent in-door and out-door marble bathrooms, TV and air-conditioning.

Hotel Services and Facilities:

• Swimming pool
• Jacuzzi
• restaurant and bar
• spa
• treatment & massage service
• room service and car
• parking.