In Reply to: HELLO ALL posted by grovey on Friday, 6. July 2007 at 23:40 Bali Time:
We have stayed at the GVC 4 times since 2000 and find it fantastic budget accommodation. It is on Jl Padma Utara and is one road back from the beach which is about a 5 minute walk. We were there again for 15 days in Feb/March 2007 and stayed in a Superior cottage, (renovated/refurbished cottage.) The "old" Standard cottage rooms are very basic, tiled floor, bed, wardrobe, small table, bed side tables and fridge. Shower over bath, loo inside bathroom, hand basin in main room. There are no fancy curtains/bedspreads etc but who needs them anyway. Each cottage new or old , has its own little verandah with table and 2 chairs. The "new" Superior cottages are exactly the same size as the "old". They have had the roofs re tiled, all insides gutted and repainted, retiled, new bathroom with the hand basin in the bathroom, new modern windows, curtains/bedspreads, pictures on the wall, new furniture, new lighting , new aircons (and ours worked brilliantly), TV, DVD player and fridge. The food at the restaurant is quite good especially the Sunday roast for about $6. The breakfast is ok, toast, eggs, bacon or ham, juice or Indonesian breakfast. But you can pick up cheap breakfasts out on the street if yo wanted something a bit bigger or different. They have a lovely "beauty parlour", hairdresser, nails, braids, massage, etc. The "old" pool is great as it is always lovely and warm with a swim up bar and a separate shallow end for the little ones. We watched the new pools being built over the last 2 years but they were not finished in time for us to have a swim this year. They opened the week after we left. They have live bands that are really good too, particularly the Yellow Band, that play every night until about 11pm but the bar is a 24 hour bar so after the band leaves they put on music DVD's on the big screen. If you don't want the hassle of finding transport out on the street they even have drivers who will take you anywhere quite cheaply. The newly built family rooms looked lovely and spacious. Hope this helps and have a great holiday