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NoKu Beach House, Seminyak in Bali. Where Your Towel Has a Better Holiday Than You
NoKu Beach House is a spiritual experience involving 25 staff, a marshmallow daybed, and a faint sense that Beyoncé has probably had her eyebrows threaded here.
The Gwyneth Paltrow of villas in Bali
Tucked like a secret among Seminyak’s chaotic fabulousness, the beach clubs, the cocktails served in pineapples, the influencer breakdowns over gluten , NoKu is the only absolute beachfront villa in the district. That’s right. Only. One. It’s the Gwyneth Paltrow of villas, effortlessly elite, and terrifyingly serene,.
Designed by the annoyingly brilliant Alex Zabotto-Bentley (whose name sounds like a high-end gin), the villa is part Moroccan riad, part Zen dojo, part Vogue shoot set where a supermodel has just flung off a silk robe and gone for a swim. There’s a 27-metre pool which frankly could host Olympic qualifiers or at least a very glamorous argument about astrology and the marshmallow daybeds are so big you might lose a friend or a small goat in one.
NoKu offers a complimentary driver on hand
Of course, NoKu is an ecosystem of curated perfection. A complimentary driver is on hand (because heaven forbid you carry your own beach bag), and there’s a personal in-house concierge who appears like a fairy godmother every time you even think the word “latte.” Spa? Tick. Rooftop terrace? Naturally. Secret garden plunge pool for pretending you’re Elizabeth Taylor in a kaftan? Absolutely.
This place is a full-blown lifestyle choice. The kind of place where you could host a wedding, a music video, or a high-stakes summit between warring fashion editors. Unsurprisingly, it featured on Netflix’s The World’s Most Amazing Vacation Rentals, presumably after the producers stopped weeping with joy.
NoKu is available via Elite Havens
NoKu is available through Elite Havens, which is sort of like the CIA of villa bookings, highly organised, extremely discreet, and capable of making things happen that mere mortals couldn’t possibly arrange.
So if you’re a celebrity, a weary overachiever, or just someone with excellent taste and an inheritance to burn, NoKu Beach House is the glittering Seminyak fantasy that delivers beachfront glamour without the Instagram filter.
