Lexington Palace Villa

Lexington Palace is not one villa but three, arranged around a single long pool on a quiet lane in Uluwatu. That layout solves the problem every large group runs into: how to be together without being on top of each other. Everyone gathers at the water, at the poolside bar pavilion, or under the thatched bale for dinner — then each household retreats to its own building, its own kitchen, its own front door. Multi-generational families and groups of friends travelling together tend to exhale when they see it.

The architecture is confident and contemporary — pitched roofs, walls of glass that fold away, warm timber against white plaster, and woven rattan softening the edges. Inside each villa the living spaces are open-plan and generous, with ceiling fans turning under high ceilings, Smart TVs for slow mornings, and kitchens equipped well enough to cook properly rather than just reheat. Green upholstery and pale oak give the interiors a calm, modern feel that photographs beautifully and, more to the point, is genuinely restful to sit in.

Six bedrooms are spread across the three buildings, each with crisp white bedding, timber joinery and a bathroom finished in microcement with a walk-in rain shower. Several open directly to the garden or a terrace. The gardens are wide and properly planted, with lawn running to the pool edge and frangipani along the boundary. Melasti Beach and the cliff-top break at Bingin are a short drive, as are the Uluwatu clifftop bars — but with a pool this long and this much space, plenty of groups find they barely leave.