The Elysian, Bali

The Elysian is sleek in style and every villa has a pool. Set within lush, tropical gardens, there are only 26 villas in total, each within a private walled garden. Bedrooms are spacious and open directly onto your private deck. Bathrooms are modern with sunken bathtubs and rain showers.

There is an in-house restaurant – Rush Bamboo – which is excellent, but we definitely recommend heading out to the road nick-named ‘eat street’ where you’ll find gourmet cafes and world class restaurants side by side with buzzy bars and intriguing boutiques crammed with original pieces of art and Balinese treasures.

Relaxation comes in the form of a centrepiece swimming pool, complete with poolside cabanas shrouded in white muslin, and the Elysian Spa where all the elements used for treatments are Indonesian.