Villa Anjali Blue (4 Bedrooms)

Most Bali villas follow the same playbook: scatter a cluster of pavilions across a tropical garden, connect them with covered walkways, and call it done. Villa Anjali Blue ignores that entirely. French architect Laurence Dugue designed the Anjali estate on a “Long House” principle — a single linear structure where every space flows into the next along one continuous axis. The result is a villa that feels more like a modernist art installation than a holiday rental, with that signature 9-metre pool bisecting the living room via full-height sliding glass doors. Open them and the boundary between inside and outside simply disappears.

The four bedrooms lean into Balinese craft rather than away from it. Alang-alang thatched roofing, teak joinery, bamboo screens, rattan furniture and natural stone sit alongside marble floors and clean architectural lines — the French-Balinese tension is deliberate and it works. Two ground-floor bedrooms step directly out to the pool deck; a third opens to the garden; and the fourth sits upstairs with a private terrace that catches the Petitenget breeze. Every bathroom is at least partially open-air, with outdoor shower elements and tropical planting brought right into the space. One has a freestanding terrazzo bathtub that deserves a photograph before you use it.

The location on Jalan Cenderawasih puts you within walking distance of the finest restaurant strip in Bali. Sarong, Sardine and Metis are all under ten minutes on foot — a rare thing on an island where most villas require a scooter or taxi to reach anything worth eating. At $390 per night in low season, that works out to under $49 per person for a group of eight, which is exceptional value for a villa of this architectural quality in Petitenget. A complimentary airport transfer is included, and bicycles are available on-site for the 800-metre ride to Batu Belig Beach.