How much de-stressing can be packed into a weekend? Prepare to have your soul blessed – and grab a bath pillow. Your time starts now.
″First they will do the offerings to the temple. Then they will start with you,” is not the kind of statement you expect from a butler at Raffles. However,It’s 7am, and I’m about to have my soul blessed at a small temple conveniently located next to my villa, one of just 32 scattered across the 23-hectare site. Hindu priest Nyoman Adi Susila is on hand with a couple of attendants and an impressive array of offerings: fruits, flowers and tightly bound pandanus leaves.
Occasionally, the security guys have to shoo away cows as agile as mountain goats that climb up and down the steep slopes to plunder the kitchen garden.The property has varied wellness and spa options . But really, just being in this place is enough to soothe my now-blessed soul.you conjure up, but there are now 15 properties worldwide.
The spacious, thoughtfully finished villas have a private pool and shaded outdoor lounge to while away an afternoon. The Japanese owner’s preferences are reflected in top-of-the-line toilets with warmed seats and an impressive line-up of features. And you have to wonder why it has taken the human race this long to develop the perfect bath pillow – but here it is with a counterbalance, a rod that hangs over the outside of the bath; no slippage and no ugly suction cups.
After gazing at my palm, chakra practitioner Ida provides a quick list of my personal pros and cons. These seem surprisingly accurate – and then I realise they are also rather flattering; she may have used some before on other guests. Her diagnosis of a problem with my left leg is spot on, though.I’m in a sufficiently blissed state to shell out for a chakra medallion with a personal four-number code etched on the back.
After a strange pandemic in which some stranded families called the place home for months, the 1899 main building is back and ready to show off. A two-year restoration that finished shortly before COVID-19 struck preserved the structure while embedding modern comforts like Wi-Fi, sophisticated lighting and sound-proofing.
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