Darma House Villa Seminyak

We stayed in villa 2A for 6 days over Christmas and it was such a nice experience. The villa itself is very large, with the two bedrooms on opposite sides of the property, each with their own bathroom, so there is a lot of privacy. The bedrooms are separated by a large open air kitchen & living area, which we utilised often. There are enough pots & pans to make simple meals, plenty of cutlery and plates/glasses, full sized fridge, blender etc. The living area was bright, yet remained shady, with a ceiling fan to help keep flying bugs away, but we didn’t have any issues with insects. The best part of the kitchen was the drinking water dispenser - so much better than being given plastic bottles, I wish all villas had this. Having a pool was our favourite part of our stay. It was decent size, about 6x2 metres and 5ft at the deep end. It was a nice, cool temperature, perfect for swimming in the day or night and was very welcome after a day in the humidity. There was also a powerful and refreshing waterfall shower in the garden. We stayed in the main bedroom (it was just the two of us), good air conditioning, nice bathroom fittings and fluffy towels. Location is perfect, less than 10 minute walk to Petitenget beach, lots of vegan food options everywhere (4 minute walk to Kynd and 8 minutes walk to Clean Canteen and good vegan options at Ling Ling’s). Jiwa yoga studio 3 minutes away and Re Spa is pretty much across the road. We didn’t have to walk too far to get anywhere, which was great because traffic in the evening was very heavy over Christmas/ New Year. My advice would be to walk 5 minutes up to the Cnr of Jl Petitenget & Jl cendrawasih to save yourself 20 minutes of sitting in a taxi if you’re heading North towards Canggu in evening traffic. Overall we had a great stay and would come back to this villa again and I would highly recommend this villa. Lisa, the villa manager, was also very friendly, chatty and helpful.