Ubud Hanging Gardens

Desa Buahan - Payangan - Ubud - Gianyar
Bali, Indonesia


The hotel is located in Buahan Village, only a 20-minute drive from the centre of Ubud, and a 90-minute drive from the airport.This 38-room club resort, which opened in 2005, is on eight levels. It is constructed in contemporary Balinese style on gravity defying pillars with thatched alang-alang roof, and cascades down the hillside towards the Ayung River. The distinctive architectural design of the hotel, with the villas perched on steep terraces, reflecting the rice terraces on the other side of the gorge, was at first considered impossible to build. It has a lobby, hotel safe and a restaurant. Room and laundry services are subject to fees. Parking facilities are available to guests arriving by car.Surrounded by ancient trees and gravity-defying terraced gardens, this unique haven nestles on a dramatic hillside overlooking the Ayung river gorge.Perched adjacent to steep rice terraces looking out to a temple on the opposite hill, this breathtaking property's individual Villas are all constructed in contemporary Balinese style with thatched alang-alang roofs and private plunge pools.A private funicular permits easy access to the Villas, the restaurants, bars, boutique and library. The vast elliptical infinity pool emphasizes the natural curves of the hillside, and the Spa, set close by the Ayung River, shares the beauty of the view and the sounds of nature where guests indulge in exotic treatments.The garden, conceived by the landscape architect William Warren (author of Balinese Garden) together with John Pettigrew, is unique. Nature becomes a spectacle here, with exotic trees and essences of the tropics - cocoa, coffee, durian, rambutan, lychees, and a variety of tropical bamboos, flame trees, bird of paradise flowers and orchids...The villas are set high on wooden pillars with king-sized four-poster beds, indoor baths, Outdoor showers and dramatic individual plunge pools with adjoining Bales. Each of the Villas has an infinity pool, a traditional pavilion for relaxing called a bal? , an open air shower, an interior bathroom with Pansea Orient-Express Hotels? signature bath in terrazzo (hand molded and polished with stone) and a huge bedroom with a four-poster bed and mosquito net. The Villas are primarily finished in precious woods, with Merbau flooring inside, Benkirai outside, and wooden furniture with sculpted doors in the Balinese tradition. The mosquito net holder is styled in the form of a traditional Balinese bed, and on the deck a large Paras stone pot is decorated with papyrus. The restaurant features the delights of both Balinese and French cuisine. It enjoys a dramatic view of the other side of the valley, a dense curtain of tropical vegetation surrounding a temple and looming over the Ayung river gorge.The Caf? looks down over the gorges of the Ayung River, and its terrace appears to be poised on gigantic treetops, a remarkably restful ambience in which to enjoy the light and healthy cuisine served here with an appreciation of well-being. The resort?s bar is located near the main pool and the river, and offers an excellent setting for a relaxing long drink at sunset ? be this a freshly squeezed fruit juice or something more indulgent.The Ayung Spa, set close by the Ayung river, shares the beauty of the view and the sounds of nature ? the rainforest, waterfalls and birdsong. Here, guests indulge in exotic treatments in three riverside Spa Villas. On the other side of the river is a sacred spring, where traditional Balinese ceremonies are organized by the villagers.