Bali: Where to Stay: Newcomers: Bulgari Resort

Bulgari Resort

Located next to the Uluwatu temple on the southern Bukit Peninsula, Bulgari is Bali’s latest and greatest property. Opened in October 2006, it comprises fifty-nine villas built of tropical woods and volcanic stone with thatched roofs (request an ocean-view villa near the bar for eye-popping sunsets), with sunken baths and private plunge pools. Guests are assigned butlers who organize such details as a buggy pickup or a massage at the spa, housed in an intricately carved Javanese building (at night it glows like a lantern). There’s plenty of diversion on the property: a mile-long private beach and beach club (both are reached via an inclined elevator); an open-air bar and two restaurants, one Italian and the other Indonesian; though guests who are restless can take advantage of the resort’s on-site helicopter and vintage Harley-Davidsons. One-bedroom villas from $1,250.