Alila Villas Uluwatu, Bali, is a magnificent ode to the beauty of the Indonesian island, situated on an elevated plateau running along the southern coast. Although its horizon-gazing views may give the impression of seclusion, the complex’s out-of-the-way location is actually only 30 minutes from Ngurah Rai International Airport.

Uluwatu’s 84 villas are spread across a beautiful site overlooking the Indian Ocean. The villas – which vary in size from single-bed properties to priva...

This vast archipelago sprawls across 5,000km of the equator, with 17,500
islands and 300 distinct ethnic groups descended from Chinese,
European, Indian, Malay and indigenous stock. There are 742 known
languages, yet the common Bahasa tongue and shared education have built a
strong common national identity. Parts of Indonesia remain unexplored
and new species are still routinely discovered there, making it a
tropical paradise for the intrepid.

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