Our Insiders Guide to Candidasa & Eastern Bali

25 years ago my husband, David, still young, single
About
fancy-free, came to Bali as part of a whistlestop tour of
and
Asia, but paused long enough on Bali to realise
South-East
he needed to come back again – soon and for longer!
that
OUR
STORY
So began his love affair with the island, which then saw us
visit together for the first time on our honeymoon - and I
(luckily!) fell in love with it in the same way he had.
M A I L I E G R E E N
Once we had our two boys, Adam and Jed, we started
staying in villas rather than hotels, and immediately realised
that villas are the ideal way for families, friends and groups to
holiday. That set us dreaming about owning our own villa on
Bali and, in 2010, after extensive (and I mean extensive!)
research, we settled on Villa Sagitta in Pejeng, just outside
Ubud.
We subsequently purchased Villa Cocoa Maya in Candidasa,
and Villa Bebek in Seminyak. Together with our two
properties in South Africa we now run the five properties as
Global Villas Ltd.
Our boys have grown up with Bali as their second home.
Over the years we have brought family and friends on holiday
here (it’s amazing how your social group grows when you
suggest a free holiday in paradise!), and our boys are now at
an age that their friends are joining us too.
Yet, sadly, one of the tragedies of life is that one can't holiday
year round (!), so we also rent out our properties to guests.
We really enjoy the experience of being long-distance hosts,
and we are very serious about making sure that our guests’
hard-earned holiday goes well on our watch!
It’s always fun to read the reviews in our guestbook, and on
T R I P A D V I S O R
TripAdvisor, and our staff get a huge kick out of it too. There’s
R E V I E W S
something very satisfying about knowing that our guests get
as much enjoyment out of our homes as we do!