Firstly, the selling point to the Parigata Villas Resort, is that all “Villas” come with their own private courtyard, and each private courtyard has its own private pool. Not just a plunge pool, or spa, but a decent sized (about 5 meters?) little swimming pool. Deep enough to stay cool, long and wide enough to fit a couple or few people in, without banging into each other. The step in has Spa jets, so sitting on the step can give a gently Spa treatment. The courtyard is entered from the main room of the Villa, as well as a lockable garden door, off your entrance courtyard. All very secure, and very private!

The Villa itself, is really a single, large room, with kingsize bed, with a separate small room with mirror, basin,  bench, cupboard and suitcase stand, that removes a lot of your gear from the living/bed area. It also has a semi-open bathroom, with toilet and bath. Unfortunately, no real shower inside, just a hand held showerhead you can lift above yourself in the bath. It does have a heated, outdoor shower though, and being in the courtyard, this is completely private.

The open bathroom/toilet has some privacy issues though, and I would much rather a toilet that shuts off completely from the rest of the room.

There is a bar fridge in a useful cabinet in the main room, and an older style, picturetube TV, with a very limited number of non Indonesian stations. Two bottles of water are provided daily.

All in all, the room was good, mainly due to the pool. The rest of it was good, without being great (especially considering the cost). I would stay there again, but only if I intended to spend a lot of my day around the pool.

I will post again shortly, and give some overall opinion on the Resort in general, as well as the service, meals etc