Villa Candi Kecil Tiga

Villa Candi Kecil Tiga sits within a traditional walled compound in Pejeng, one of Bali’s oldest continuously inhabited villages, roughly twenty minutes east of central Ubud. The name means “small temple three” in Indonesian, and the estate lives up to it: you enter through a carved wooden doorway into a garden of stone sculptures, frangipani trees, and an eight-metre private pool flanked by sun loungers and broad parasols. At $200 per night in low season, this three-bedroom villa with daily staff, open-air bathrooms, and a pool surrounded by tropical greenery is one of the most genuine value propositions in our Ubud collection.

The architecture is unmistakably traditional Balinese. Alang-alang thatched roofs cap the main pavilions, open-sided living and dining areas draw the garden indoors, and soaring ceilings finished in natural timber create a sense of space that modern concrete villas rarely achieve. Three air-conditioned bedrooms are arranged across a single-storey pavilion, each furnished with canopied queen-sized four-poster beds, teak and rattan pieces, and floor-to-ceiling glass doors that slide open directly onto the garden. The result is a villa where the transition between interior and exterior feels genuinely effortless, perfectly suited to Ubud’s cooler highland climate.

The open-air en-suite bathrooms deserve their own mention. Each is enclosed by carved stone walls and surrounded by tropical plants, with rain showers that let you bathe beneath the sky. It is the kind of detail that sounds indulgent on paper but quickly becomes the part of the day you look forward to most. Beyond the bathrooms, the villa’s open-plan living pavilion holds rattan sofas, a flat-screen television, and a long dining table for group meals, while the fully equipped kitchen can be used by a private chef arranged through the staff.

Pejeng’s cultural credentials run deep: the village is home to Pura Penataran Sasih and its two-thousand-year-old bronze drum, the atmospheric Goa Garba cave shrine, and the kind of unhurried village rhythm that has largely disappeared from Bali’s southern tourist corridors. Goa Gajah temple is a five-minute drive away, central Ubud with its galleries, restaurants, and the famous Monkey Forest is within twenty minutes, and the Tegallalang Rice Terraces lie to the north. The resident staff handle daily housekeeping, garden maintenance, pool care, and security, while a complimentary Indonesian breakfast is prepared each morning. Tiga is also part of the wider Candi Kecil compound alongside the four-bedroom Empat and the combined seven-bedroom Tujuh, so groups needing up to fourteen bedrooms can book the entire estate.

For couples or families drawn to Ubud for its temples, rice terraces, and artistic heritage rather than beach life, Villa Candi Kecil Tiga delivers traditional Balinese architecture, attentive daily staff, and a genuinely peaceful village setting at a price that makes it one of the most compelling options in our collection. From $200 per night in low season to $304 at peak, it is difficult to find this level of authenticity and service for less.