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Spa Days and Starry Nights: My Week at Alila Villas Soori

Contrary to budding urban myths, Alila Villas Soori sits a surprisingly convenient striking distance from the action in Seminyak or even Ubud. As we drove into the verdant countryside, I could feel my breathing slow down, as if the drive provides an intended transition from urban stress to beachfront bliss. At the end of the hour’s journey I felt ready to embrace the smiling crowd of staff gathered to welcome me outside the sleek open air lobby. I even managed to remember a few names.

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Alila Villas Uluwatu: Where the Eagles Vacation

When we finally picked a name for it, we decided to call it the “eagle’s nest”. Because the parochial term, “cabana”, just didn’t do it justice. Constructed with alternating boards of reclaimed wood supported by bamboo segment frames, these series of box-like sitting areas are perched all over the Alila Villas Uluwatu.

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Olive Ridley Turtle hatchings discovered in Kelating Beach, Bali

Light plays an important part in our lives. In the natural world, the soft twinkle of starlight and the warmth of moonbeams guide much of the behavior of wildlife. Sea turtles live most of their lives out in the open sea and converge within 15kms around nesting sites for about two months during nesting periods.

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Alila Villas Soori: City Girl Meets Mother Nature

You know you’ve been living in a city for much too long when you start looking for the volume control on the nature soundtrack only to realize that it was the sound of actual birds chirping outside. That was me – a few hours post my arrival at the Alila Villas Soori, on the Western [...]

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Alila Villas Uluwatu hits Travel+Leisure ‘It’ List 2010

Travel + Leisure set out to find the best new hotels in the world again, and this year, Alila Villas Uluwatu is their only pick in Bali, Indonesia, amongst the 45 most exciting openings in the world.

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What’s Cooking in Alila’s Kitchens?

Three of Alila’s Bali resorts have welcomed new chefs into their kitchens, each bringing an assortment of wonderfully fresh gastronomic experiences to the table to tempt and tantalize you!

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Signature Spa Sensations at Alila Villas Soori

Hidden away beneath the resort’s reflection pool, Spa Alila welcomes you into a serene sanctuary. Here are some recommended signature treatments for your pampering needs.

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Bathing in Bliss

Guests staying in any of Alila Ubud’s deluxe rooms can now indulge in the sublime pleasures of Spa Alila’s new sensual My Bath in-room services. Luxuriate in a choice of five blissful bath rituals.

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