*** A PANSEA ORIENT-EXPRESS HOTEL *** SURROUNDED BY ANCIENT TREES AND GRAVITY-DEFYING TERRACED GARDENS, UBUD HANGING GARDENS IS A UNIQUE HAVEN NESTLED ON A HILLSIDE WITH DRAMATIC VIEWS OVERLOOKING THE AYUNG RIVER GORGE. THE SURROUNDING GARDENS ARE UNIQUE, FLOURISHING WITH EXOTIC TREES AND ESSENCES OF THE TROPICS - COCOA, COFFEE, DURIAN, RAMBUTAN, LYCHEES, A VARIETY OF TROPICAL BAMBOOS, FLAME TREES, BIRD OF PARADISE FLOWERS AND ORCHIDS. UBUD HANGING GARDENS IS LOCATED AN EASY DRIVE FROM THE SMOKING VOLCANOES, KINTAMANI AND FORESTED PEAKS OF THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. TREKKING, RAFTING, AND BIRD WALKS ARE JUST A FEW OF THE ACTIVITIES AVAILABLE FOR NATURE LOVERS. 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. PERCHED ADJACENT TO STEEP RICE TERRACES, LOOKING OUT TO A TEMPLE ON THE OPPOSITE HILL, THIS UNIQUE VILLA PROPERTY OFFERS THIRTY DELUXE POOL VILLAS, SIX DELUXE SUITE POOL VILLAS AND TWO BEDROOM FAMILY POOL VILLAS - ALL CONSTRUCTED IN CONTEMPORARY BALINESE STYLE WITH THATCHED ALANG-ALANG ROOFS. THE VILLAS ARE SET HIGH ON WOODEN PILLARS WITH KING-SIZED FOUR-POSTER BEDS, INDOOR BATHS, OUTDOOR SHOWERS, DRAMATIC INDIVIDUAL INFINITY EDGE PLUNGE POOLS WITH ADJOINING BALES, AND A LARGE BATHROOM WITH BOTH INDOOR AND OUTDOOR FACILITIES, ALL INTERCONNECTED AT THE SAME LEVEL BY BURNISHED TEAK DECKING. ALL VILLAS ARE EQUIPPED WITH LUXURIOUS AMENITIES INCLUDING COLOR SATELLITE TV WITH PREMIUM CHANNELS, AIR-CONDITIONING, MINI-BAR, HYPOALLERGENIC PILLOWS, MARBLE BATHROOMS WITH DOUBLE WASH BASINS, BOTTLED WATER AND FRESH FLOWERS.