Riverside Villa Site

Swarma Villas is an eco-chic retreat of three houses by the river in Singakerta, Ubud, built from teak and bamboo around a garden pool, with its own restaurant, Paon, in a restored Javanese wooden house. Rates start at IDR 500,000 a night.

Swarma is three houses in the village of Singakerta, a few minutes from the centre of Ubud: a traditional Javanese teak house with an open-air bathtub, a hexagonal bamboo house with woven walls, and a bamboo dome. Each one is a different way to stay, so the site gives each its own page, with the bed, the size and the nightly rate up front. Around them sit the reasons to choose Swarma: Paon, the restaurant in a restored Javanese wooden house, massage and body rituals, packages, and a short guide to getting there. Booking is a direct enquiry, and the site keeps nothing about its visitors except the enquiry they are writing.