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| Inaya Putri Bali Villas |
What’s up Jakarta!
There will always be a period of somber and dullness in
one’s life that leads to a chronic need of a getaway even for a short period of
time. Year-end holidays seemed short lived, the hustle and bustle of Jakarta’s
busy life pushed me to breakaway and leave for the closest paradise, in a form
of Bali Island.
I found myself at Inaya Putri Bali resort at Nusa Dua area
where the best resorts are and decided to chill and stayed in for a good few
days, my version of hibernation. The resort was heavily renovated into a
minimalistic Balinese style, from the previous Ina Putri Resort, and reopened
in 2012.
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| the front of the main lobby from the side view |
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| the back of the main lobby |
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| closer look of the back of the lobby |
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| one and a half of the front lobby |
The contemporary renovated style and culture that evokes
warmth, elegance and simplicity seemed to resonate the atmosphere of the island
that is infamous of its openness and the hospitality in welcoming visitors from
outside the island.
The lobby was inspired from rice barn known locally as ‘Lumbung’, a place for the storage and
drying of harvested rice, which has a distinct omega shaped roof typically
found in Indonesia.
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| reception checked in desk |
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| 'lumbung' or rice barn concept |
The resort does not disappoint; warmly greeted at the lobby
by friendly staffs, the lobby was spacious and your eyes lead you to the grandness
of the property and ends on the beach with open water over the horizon under
the blazing sun.
The 22 acres property boasts 460 rooms; deluxe guestrooms,
deluxe pool guestrooms, bedroom suites and bedroom villas, complete with a
grand swimming pool and beach just right in front of the resort.
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| walk way to the rooms |
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| buggie to send you from one place to others |
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| another look of the walk way |
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| Soon to be operated chapel in 2016 |
The rooms are divided into several buildings that are
called ‘Puri’ which represents local ‘Penglipuran Viillage’, an untouched
village from modernization that is known for its culture and characters.
Penglipuran Village originated from ‘Pengeling
Pura’ that means remembering the ancestors, the resort paid its respect to
the island’s origins and it embodies the true meaning of being in the Island of
Gods.
There are 5 dining areas; Gading restaurant for breakfast,
Homaya restaurant is for dinner that serves asian styled food, Pesisir beach
bar serves as ‘street food’ that mostly grilled food by the beach and mostly
western styled food that works best with cocktails, mocktails and beers by the
beach.
The pool was a symbolic homage to ‘Terasering ’, rice terraces cascading down valleys that are iconic
to bali.
The resorts offer many activites that requires no effort to
step out of the resort; biking, banana boats and boating that allows you to
spend time in the open water.
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| nice ambiance to have a private chat with friends |
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| romantic view |
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| the beach from far |
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| main swimming pool with the beach view |
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| closer look of the main swimming pool |
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| Inaya Putri Bali from the beach |
Lets take a look of our deluxe lagoon pool access room
The property was quite big that a buggy had to transport me
to my deluxe lagoon pool access room at Puri 5. It is a shared pool of about 5
rooms with direct access pool from the hotel rooms.
The room was spacious with a nice view of the pool, the
bathroom was impressively large with a grand jacuzi-like bathtub and standing
shower, not leaving out the extensive spa quality toiletries in ample sizes, I
already felt pampered just looking at it all.
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| the look of the rooms from the outside |
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| the first floor is the deluxe lagoon pool access room |
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| comfy bed |
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| direct pool access |
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| private pool |
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| big bath tub in every room |
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| working table next to swimming pool |
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| Sofa bed in every room to enjoy |
After a nice relaxation at the pool and jacuzi-like bathtub
the night before upon arriving, I had an early night of a nice deep sleep to
almost having overslept, good thing the rumbling belly woke me up to remind not
missing the most important meal of the day, breakfast.
The gading breakfast
The opened air breakfast area is spacious and breezy with a
nice view of the swimming pool and it was a feast, there were variety of
selections of westerns and asian. Menu cards were on the table to allow guests
ordering a freshly cooked meal like eggs benedicts, omelets, etc. Not
forgetting the free flowing of beverages from juices, teas to coffees.
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| Gading Restaurant |
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| the interior of Gading Restaurant |
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| my eggy breakfast |
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| breakfast in style |
Jajan by the sea
Spending time at the beach sure makes the stomach rumbling
really fast, I decided to try the grill food by the beach. There are wide
selections of a typical BBQ grill menus; corns, prawns, meats in skewers
freshly prepared right by the beach. Time flies by quickly as you sip on fresh
coconut juice while snacking (I would call it afternoon snacks) looking at a
spectacular view of the sandy beach. To top it off, there is a local singer
with acoustic guitar and ukuleles to complete the casual yet romantic ambiance
that is perfect for couples on their staycation.
The homaya dining
I ended the night with a good meal at Homaya dining
restaurant, Homaya that means ‘Home at
Inaya’, it serves semi-fine dining of Indonesian food. The food was served
as you would at a typical asian home, a shared meal.
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| Homaya outdoor seating |
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| nice presentation |
Dinner was opened with Rawon soup as appetizer and oh boy,
was it delicious. The soup was perfectly spiced and meat was tender and juicy,
it was complete with preserved egg, fresh bean sprouts and shrimp crackers just
how the locals like to eat their Rawon soup.
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| delicious rawon dish |
Moving on to the main dishes that were placed in the middle
to share, consisted of Opor Ayam (Braised chicken curry with coconut milk),
Lamb Shank, Sate Lilit (minced fish on lemongrass satay over charcoal) and ends
with Wedang Ronde, comforting ginger based dessert.
The Lamb Shank stood out from the other dishes it was
simply delicious. The broth was rich with spice and the meat was cooked to
perfection. It was so tender that you could cut it like butter with a fork.
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| delicious sate lilit |
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| opor ayam (braised chicken curry in coconut milk) |
The dessert was to me a modern twist of local dessert that
has been around since ages ago. It was modernized by using of what would be
typical plain glutinous rice flour balls were replaced by taro and jackfruit
flavored rice balls. The otherwise hot dessert was cooled off with coconut ice
cream on the side to make it into a cool refreshing dessert.
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| A must try dessert (Wedang Ronde) |
Beverages were offered from a variety of traditional
drinks, the ‘Jamu’, that are supposed
to promote good health. The drinks were selected and developed into modern
taste with an intention of wellness of each guests.
It was such a good dining experience that I did not want it
to end but it had to end somehow. But I did walk away with high satisfaction and
an urge to come back for another fantastic meal.
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| My superb meal in Homaya |
Another few days of relaxation and pampering at the resort
I had to end the phenomenal staycation at Inaya. With heavy heart I have to
check out and gave a little slap of reality to remind me that Jakarta is
waiting for me back home. However, knowing that I can have a little bit of
heaven an island away do make it bearable.
Inaya Putri Bali Resort is definitely on my top list of
resort if I do decide to have another staycation. I would recommend anyone to
stay for a few days and get ready to be pampered.
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| Right before checking out |
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| Our Satisfying staycation here in Inaya |
Thank you Inaya Putri Bali ...
Inaya Putri Bali
Kawasan Wisata Nusa Dua lot S-3 Bali 80363
Phone : +62 361 774 488
IG : @inaya.putribali
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