Festive Treats at W Bali and Essential Gifts for the Stylish Traveller
Happy Bali Days
Keen to have an extra glamorous holiday? The W Retreat & Spa Bali in Seminyak has a “Bring the Bright” festive lineup that sounds pretty memorable. Hotel guests will enjoy priority booking for all of the holiday meals and also snag two free tickets to the New Year's Eve events—which sold out last year. What’s in store? The W’s Fire restaurant will be serving up its own spin on homey dishes, featuring fresh seafood and live carving stations (buffet from IDR850,000 ($596) per person). Staying for New Year’s? Ring in 2014 with a mix of cocktails, food and fireworks in the W Lounge. IDR8,800,000 ($6,165) gets you a table for four, a bottle of champagne and a bottle of Beluga vodka, and techno from house DJ Scarlett Etienne, as well as sets from Mr. SukaMu and Damian Saint. The hotel is even trying to help you with that hangover, with an all-day Recovery Brunch at Starfish Bloo that’s heaving with comfort food (from IDR800,000 ($560)). Assuming brunch doesn’t quite do it for you, ask about the “Drift Away” spa package from Away Spa, which includes a 60-minute Balinese massage and a 30-minute “swift face yoga facial” that aims to refresh your skin for the new year (through Dec 2013; IDR1,150,000 ($805)).
Rooms start at $3,565. Jalan Petitenget Petitenget, Seminyak, Bali, (+62) 361-3000-106, www.wretreatbali.com.
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