Villa Markisa – A Hidden Paradise 5 Bedroom Cliff Top Villa Overlooking the Golden Sands of Pandawa Beach

Villa Markisa is a stunning cliff-top villa offering five bedrooms, ideal for couples and families seeking a luxurious holiday with private spaces. The guest pavilion features two matching two-bedroom units, each with its own living and dining areas and pool, offering ocean views.

The master suite, located below the villa’s lawn and high above the ocean, provides a romantic setting with its own living room and pool, perfect for newlyweds. The villa also features an open-sided living pavilion and a large cliff-edge bale for communal living and dining.

Finished to impeccable standards, Villa Markisa shares access to a sports center with squash and tennis courts, a spa, and a gym with other villas on the Pandawa Cliff Estate. The estate can accommodate up to 42 adult guests (plus additional children) and is a sought-after destination for weddings, with the ability to host weddings for up to 400 guests across the estate and up to 100 guests in Villa Markisa alone.

The villa’s dedicated staff, including butlers, housekeepers, gardeners, security, and kitchen staff overseen by an experienced villa manager, ensure guests’ needs are met. Cars with drivers are available for exploring beyond the villa.

Pandawa Beach, with its crystal-clear waters and white sands, is easily accessible from the estate via a new road through the cliff. Nearby are some of Bali’s best surf beaches, the sacred sea temple of Uluwatu, Bali National Golf Club, and a variety of beach bars and restaurants in Jimbaran and Nusa Dua.

VILLA LAYOUT

The villa’s entrance leads to the upper storey of the ocean-facing guest pavilion, with individual access to two mirror-image interconnecting apartments.  Each has a living room and bedroom upstairs, and a second bedroom and dining room downstairs opening onto a private deck and pool.  An open-sided living pavilion faces the carpet of lawn that rolls towards the ocean, edged by a sunbathing deck and, down a slope, a breezy cliff-edge bale.  Hidden away below is the romantic master suite opening onto a cliff-edge garden and pool – with private entrance as well as villa access via the garden.

INDOOR LIVING

One of the many attractions of  this villa is the choice of communal and private living areas.

On the upper level of the guest pavilion are two interconnecting air-conditioned living rooms, each with chic designer furniture — comfortably upholstered L-shaped sofa and leather-seated chairs set around a stylish coffee table facing a 43-inch satellite channel TV. Stairs from both rooms lead down to the dining rooms, each furnished with a glass-topped dining table comfortably seating six and a pair of high stools set before the bar counter separating a small kitchen with fridge. (There’s a professional kitchen just behind the villa, fitted with everything required to prepare feasts for guests.) On both levels, the huge doors separating the living and dining areas can be closed off for privacy or retracted for sociable living.

There is also a private living room in the master suite, where a gilded Chinese engagement bed takes centre-stage. Other amenities here include a dining table for four, a butler’s pantry and guest washroom.

OUTDOOR LIVING

The social heart of this villa is the huge open-sided living pavilion that looks out over the vast expanse of lawn separating the guest wing from the cliff-edge master suite. This is the perfect place for afternoon tea reclining on stylishly over-sized rattan chairs, or for gathering family and friends around the eight-seater dining table for an early evening barbecue.

Making the most of the exceptional ocean view is a pavilion with a glass balcony virtually suspended over a small gorge that cuts into the cliff face. From here, you can gaze down on Pandawa Beach, see Nusa Penida on a clear day, catch the sunset, or even spot a migrating whale. Sit back here and enjoy sea-breeze-cooled lunches and leisurely candle-lit dinners accompanied by the soothing sound of the surf far below.

Set on the large ironwood decks that front each of the villa’s three swimming pools are all-weather rattan tables and sun-loungers or love seats. There is further turquoise-cushioned sea-view seating on a fourth deck that forms the roof of the master suite.

MASTER SUITE

It doesn’t get more romantic than this! Hidden out of sight from the rest of the villa, the cliff-front master bedroom at this villa enjoys spectacular views over its private bougainvillea-filled garden towards the ocean sparkling below. Antique furniture and colourful batiks decorate the room, which has a king-size bed, and seating area facing a 50-inch satellite channel TV. The marble bathroom is equally spacious, with walk-in dressing area, twin basins, rain shower enclosure and sea-view terrazzo bathtub. The bedroom opens onto an ironwood deck, where an upholstered loveseat sits before a large free-form swimming pool.

GUEST SUITES

All four air-conditioned guest bedrooms are furnished with split-king beds resting against upholstered batik headboards; each can be set up as a king or twins, giving added flexibility for different guest group configurations. Each bedroom has a seating area – whether a pair of high-backed Chinese chairs or a leather chaise longue – resting on the marble-edged teakwood floor. All enjoy enchanting ocean views; the upper-level rooms opening onto a glass-fronted balcony, and the two garden level bedrooms onto the pool decks.

The ensuite bathrooms are equally generous in size, with walk-in wardrobes/dressing areas, twin basins on marble vanities, monsoon shower enclosures, and statement bathtubs.

CAPACITY
10 adults (1 king and 4 split-king beds) plus 2 extra beds on request (additional charge applies).