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    <h4 itemprop="summary">&#8220;All first class&#8221;</h4>

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        <span>Reviewed 11 Jul 2015</span>
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        <p itemprop="description">The villa and property are beautiful. Great to relax there and an easy 10-15 minute walk to the beach.  The staff was  great and provided fine breakfasts - a good way to start of the day.  Greg, our host, was outstanding, very friendly, helpful and knowledgeable.  A true find and we'd certainly recommend it</p>
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    <h4 itemprop="summary">&#8220;Excelent Villa for a Wedding Venue, Had superb party&#8221;</h4>

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        <span>Reviewed 23 Apr 2015</span>
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        <p itemprop="description">We had Wedding reception and Party in this villa with the dinner set up for 50 people. This villa has amazing design, open, fresh, super clean, has great balcony in the second and third floor for people to chill out, good size of garden area and ow my God, the swimming pool is the best for the pool party, it has like shelf around the edges in the pool that allow people to sit in the pool while enjoying their drinks. Thanks to the great DJ and swimming pool, the party just end up really great. 

It amazed us that there are lots of plants, and the villa has many open area, like the kitchen and living room, but there was almost no mosquito around. 

The beach is 10-15 minutes walk, so we actually did the wedding ceremony on one of a cliff in Balangan beach (cost us 2 million Rupiah to hold the cliff free for the ceremony), then right after the ceremony we walked down to the beach for wedding photos, and had reception dinner and party in Aurora Villa. 

The owner, Greg is very nice person, really friendly and helpful, and flexible, he made everything just really easy for us during our stay, he sometimes came and make sure everything were fine, and when we had any question or needed help, we just went knock the door of the property right next to the villa, and he was always there ready to help. The staff are really nice, very polite, and keep all the room clean everyday really really well. The breakfast or lunch or dinner have to be ordered 2 hours before, the price was fair. 

We had nice barbecue, we ordered for our first day dinner, and we even still had the left over that enough to cover our next day's dinner. 

Had good WIFI, huge fridge and huge freezer. 

In good weather, the sunrise or sunset is very beautiful to be watched from the roof top. 

*minor problem for me: There are no power point in the bathroom for hair dryer, the power point are only special for the shaving machine. 

Everything else were just perfect.</p>
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    <h4 itemprop="summary">&#8220;Relaxing gorgeous accommodation&#8221;</h4>

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        <span>Reviewed 14 Sep 2014</span>
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        <p itemprop="description">Aurora villa met all our expectations the host Greg is very helpful & attentive, along with his crew.
The venue is beautiful & very spacious, we stayed during the dry season so even though it is an open living arrangement no Mosquitos to be seen but there are nets around the beds which we used in case. There's also fans and air-conditioning for those who need it. 
Bathrooms are large, all had showers except for one which had both shower & bath.

The pool area & pool are divine, comfy sun lounges, umbrellas, bean bags plenty to make you feel comfortable & right at home. 

Rooms & place was refreshed & kept tidy for us on a daily basis, breakfast, lunch & dinner all available in the comfort of your villa, Yummy tasty well priced food. The fridge stocked with a few basics water, soft drinks & beer also we'll priced (cheapest mini bar I have ever experienced but it's my first time in Bali). 

Housekeeper also arranges drivers, massages (in the villa or out if you prefer we liked having them in the comfort of our place), scooters, ironing...truly there isn't much you need to do here other than relax, eat & sleep.

Balangan Beach is beautiful and about a 10 - 15 minute walk or a 3 minute scooter ride, which we would recommend hiring cause there a few stray dogs around. Balangan beach is beautiful, just be prepared for the reef other than it's the best beach I have seen in Bali not too busy & touristy, pristine when compared to Padang & jimbaran, lovely white sand, banana chairs for hire.

We even had Greg lend us a shirt because we needed a top for a wedding & saved us a last minute rush to seminyak to buy some thing.... so we had more time to relax.

I am a fan of this joint & would love to come back, I am not a fan of big resorts & sharing pools & touristy spots so aurora met all our requirements, actually exceeded.</p>
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    <h4 itemprop="summary">&#8220;Absolutely fantastic villa, great for big groups and families&#8221;</h4>

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        <span>Reviewed 19 Apr 2014</span>
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        <p itemprop="description">I never write travel reviews but we have just come back from this fabulous villa and knowing how hard it is to find good family friendly villas I thought I would share. There were two couples and 4 kids ranging from 15 months to 12 years old and every single one of them loved the place. 
We did not encounter any mosi problems in fact not one of us got bitten once which is unheard of for me as they usually love me. It is a 10-15 mins walk from the beach and it can be quite difficult for prams but was very manageable and made the beach all the more amazing because its isn't  too touristy.  The villa has the most amazing roof terrace for sunset cocktails. 
The place would easily accommodate 4 families or big groups of friends as each room has a double bed and a single bed. The owner Greg and the staff were fantastic and they couldn't have looked after us better. Great food as well. Would highly recommend this place to anyone.</p>
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            <span>Hi Tanya,

Thank you so much for taking the time to review the villa, it is greatly appreciated!  We enjoyed hosting you and your family and would love to welcome you back anytime!

Thank you again, 
Greg and Staff</span>
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    <h4 itemprop="summary">&#8220;Beautiful villa but disappointing stay&#8221;</h4>

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        <span>Reviewed 12 Jan 2014</span>
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        <p itemprop="description">Aurora Villa is without doubt a stunning villa with ample space, a nice pool and garden area.  The staff kept it clean and tidy and cooked / bar-b-q'd delicious food when we did not want to cook ourselves.  unfortunately there were a few things that were not as we had expected. There are no lockable doors downstairs (there are on all the bedrooms) - its all wide open, and this meant we were inundated with mozzies, ants, millipedes and any other bug you can imagine.  It was highly irritating and got worse in the evening. We must have all been bitten a hundrend times.  With 2 young children this was not ideal.  In addition, with vicious, roaming stray dogs in the vacinity of the villa and a visit from 2 rather large monkeys we felt quite unsafe as we could not shut them out.  The second major disappintment was the location of the villa.  We purposefully chose it because it states on the website / Trip advisor that it is a '5 minute walk to the beach'.  It is not.  It is a 15 minute walk to Balangan beach, which is difficult to access with ageing parents and young children / buggies.  There was a lack of general info  in the villa about the area, and the staff, while helpful and attentive, could not and did not explain anything to us on arrival due to language issues. The villa itself is very nice and reasonably well equipped with mozzie nets round the beds, TV, wifi, but the kitchen equipment, aside from plates/bowls and cutlery, was poor - dirty old kettle that leaked, tupperwear lids but no boxes, no kids cutlery (nothing provided for children at all in fact unlike other self catering villas we have stayed in (a box of toys, a few Dvds would have been a nice touch), a sink that kept overflowing the waste underneath, no colander and not enough dishes for cooking in the oven.  Finally, the pool filter had broken so we could not use the pool until late in the day on Day 2 of the holiday.  It was fixed but it was frustrating not to be able to use it immedaitely.</p>
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            <span>Thank you for the review Natalie, we appreciate you taking the time to describe your personal options of the villa.  We are definitely deeply apologetic as you know regarding the pool filter that broke the day you arrived, luckily we were able to get it fixed by the next day, but we do apologize for the 24 hours you were unable to use it.  Respectively, the walk time can vary between say guests older in age and parents with small children to younger couples etc.  But thank you for pointing this out and we plan to change it ASAP on our FlipKey profile.

Unfortunately, every villa in Bali will experience bugs and mosquitos due to the tropical climate:)  It is basically unavoidable here on this gorgeous island.  It is the guests responsibility to protect themselves with bug spray.  This is definitely our first experience hearing of monkeys on the villa grounds and we can definitely understand this must have been scary.  For other guests reading this response please look for a villa in a very busy area and not in a rural setting as stated in our profile as Bali again is a tropical region with bugs, animals etc., Bali (in general) is definitely not a city setting by any means.  

We are definitely open to answering questions about the area and villa location when asked (regarding restaurants, clubs, shopping, beaches etc).  But we do ask that if you are curious about these things to simply let us know before hand and absolutely research areas before booking (as a general travel rule).  We will definitely be including a restaurant guide and local beach guide in the villa from now on however.

As a general note when staying at the villa, please do not hesitate to ask for anything from the staff (if there is something broken like a kitchen appliance, or if you need something to cook with etc.) please let them know and they can replace/purchase items for you.   Also, in Bali we are required to staff Balinese workers so there can be issues with communication, all our staff speak English, but we ask for understanding when trying to communicate with them as it is their second language.

Thank you again Natalie for your review, we will take into account all your opinions and enjoyed hosting you.

Cheers, 
Greg and the Aurora Villa Staff</span>
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