In Reply to: Villa Natalie posted by lovebali on Sunday, 10. May 2009 at 08:39 Bali Time:
Hi there!
Villa Natalie was truly beautiful, peaceful, relaxing. Staff were a delight and happy to help with anything we needed.
The villa has two main bedrooms... one on either side of th living areas. Our children are old enough that they could stay in the seperate bedroom from us, about 10 metres away. However, your children would probably need to be in the same room as you. I am sure this would not be an issue at Villa Nat as the bedrooms are huge and have a sitting area which could very easily be turned into a sleeping area for your children.
The pool is terrific and has large steps that gradually increase in depth by 30 cms, each step.
The only issue you may have is with the steps. The main living areas are on a higher level than the pool and bedrooms. There are about 7 or 8 steps from living areas to pool and bedrooms. They are not steep and are maybe 1 and a half metres wide. But you may be constantly chasing the kids away from the steps in their efforts to climb and/or get back in the pool! Also as the living areas are raised, if the little ones climbed onto the lounge area and over the side they would be able to fall approx. 1 metre down onto concrete.
However.... as a parent of once young children I do believe that regardless of where you stay, be it at home, a hotel, an apartment or a villa you will have to watch them at all times anyway! In a hotel in Bali you will need to watch them to make sure they don't wander too far, over a balcony railing, into the pool, away with strangers, into the numerous fish ponds etc etc etc. At least with the villa you will know exactly where they are and the staff will be delighted to play with them! And you will have a full kitchen to cook for them if you needed to or the gorgeous Ketut will make you whatever you needed.
If you still have concerns email the owner Dan who I am sure will go out of his way to make sure your stay will be memorable, relaxing and safe.
Hope this is helpful.
-mrsxtro.