Living it all at Double Six Seminyak

We've had a pretty hectic few months at work so jumped at the chance for a luxury getaway to beautiful Bali. We spent aged trying to decide where to stay but after recommendations from friends decided to book Double Six Luxury Hotel in Seminyak.


We arrived well past midnight and were welcomed by the check in manager, a butler took our bags from the car and we walked straight to our room. I was a little confused, but followed along anyway. We arrived at our room and were welcomed to our home for the next few days. The check in manager quickly explained that Double Six like to do things your way, so offer in room check in. The butler re-appeared with a tray of complimentary welcome cocktails, perfect after a few hours on a flight and a humid late night transfer to the hotel. After a few minutes our in room check in was complete and we were fully informed about the hotel's services. We sipped our cocktails on the balcony before jumping in to bed ready to wake up and really get to know the hotel.

The bathroom was out of this world, a bath big enough to sink into after a long day walking, a wonderful rainfall shower, there was a huge amenities box under the vanity and the shower was filled with beautiful smelling Hermes toiletries

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We woke up bright and early, made a cup of tea and sat on the balcony admiring the view. We were lucky enough to have an Ocean View Suite, which had a perfect view of both the beach and the pool. 

The pool stretches the entire length of the hotel meaning there's more than enough room for everyone.  

We head down to Seminyak Italian for Breakfast, I liked the option of dining in the poolside bar or the restaurant, but we preferred the restaurant with the view of the ocean.

Breakfast at double is again your way, no more warm buffets- hello a la carte breakfast menu with all you can imagine and more. You can order as much as you like and trust me when I say all the food is incredible.

The type to work off breakfast? Not a problem, Double six has a perfect little gym nestled behind the spa on the 2nd floor.

When I told some of the other girls at work we were staying at double six they screamed "you have to go to the rooftop" and I totally understand why they urged us to do so. The rooftop of double six is home to the most beautiful, tropical themed bar. You enter by glass lift at the hotel entrance, walk through a beautiful room filled with draped fabric before being greeted by the most gorgeous hostesses/

Sunken booths don't need a reservation, but they do require a minimum spend of 1mil (around $100 AUD), they seat 8-10 people which makes them super value for money. 

The perfect place to watch a beautiful balinese sunset! 

Walking back into the bar you'll find a door to the far right, it leads down into the Sling bar, a late opening bar perfectly designed and dimly lit perfect for chatting late into the night. From the Sling bar you walk down into Robert Marchetti's famous Plantation Grill...

I have never been so amazed by the design of the restaurant, The Plantation Grill oozes 1920's Great Gatsby style glamour, everything has been so incredibly planned from the lighting to the staff uniforms. A definite must do if visiting Seminyak.

Throughout our stay at Double Six we were made to feel so at home, the staff were absolutely incredible and couldn't do enough to help us, I've never received such high standard service from staff in a hotel and we cannot wait to return in the near future! 

You can find more information about Double Six at http://www.double-six.com

or via their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/DoubleSixSeminyak/ 

Address: Jl. Pantai Double Six No. 66, Seminyak, Kuta, Kabupaten Badung, Bali 80361, Indonesia

Phone: +62 361 730466

Hilton Brisbane hotel review

When choosing a city break one of the hardest things is finding the perfect hotel, you want somewhere that's central to the action, but also quiet enough to get a good nights sleep and somewhere that's luxurious enough to cradle you after a busy days exploring, but also somewhere that's not going to break the bank. I spent a long time scrolling hotel websites when booking our trip to Brisbane trying to decide between different areas and types of rooms and nowhere seemed quite as perfect as Hilton Brisbane.

The view of Brisbane city from our hotel room 

Right in the middle of Brisbane CBD is Elizabeth street, a short walk to the botanic gardens, south bank and Queen street mall and that too, is where you'll find the Brisbane Hilton. With a range of rooms and suites, valet parking, on site restaurant and bar, tennis court, swimming pool and spa the hotel is perfect for holiday makers and business professionals alike.

When we went to check in we found out our room wasn't going to be ready for a few minutes, whilst that was totally okay for us the lady behind reception said it totally wasn't so offered us a drink on the house which was so well received after 5 hours stuck on a plane. Before we'd finished our room was ready so we grabbed our bags and head to the 20th floor.

I've always loved hotel toiletries (my nan used to bring them home for me from her travels around the world) and was pleased to find this little array sat next to the sink. The bathroom was compact, but was wonderfully clean and the shower was amazing. I wasn't too fussed about not having a bath to float in for an hours because of the onsite pool and spa..

Which were again wonderfully clean and empty and had an incredible view of the city. Thanks to Brisbane's climate I was able to spend my evenings floating in the pool in the rain (it's one of my favourite things to do).

The bed in our room was incredible, with a gorgeously squishy mattress topper and pillows that made it feel like I was falling asleep on a cloud (other pillows were avaliable). I also loved the evening turn down service, complete with slippers and camomile tea.

As part of our stay we also chose to have the buffet breakfast each morning, the wait staff were so friendly in seating us and serving us tea / filter coffee (barista coffee was available at an extra charge).  There was such a great variety each morning catering to Continental, Australian and Asian tastes alike. 

Rooms at Hilton Brisbane start from just $209 per night which I think is great value for money based on the facilities, service and location of the hotel. Valet parking is $59 per 24 hours. 

The Hilton Brisbane 190 Elizabeth St, Brisbane QLD 4000

(07) 3234 2000

Have you stayed at a Hilton hotel before? 

xo

This post has been written in collaboration with the hilton hotel chain

Celebrating with Crown Perth

We couldn't think of a better way to celebrate our one year in Australia anniversary, than a night at Crown Metropol, arguably Perth's most sought after hotel. We were treated like absolute royalty from start to finish and now fully understand just why Crown is known Australia wide for luxury. I'll warn you now I got a little bit snap happy...

After a 5 minute drive down the freeway we arrived at Crown Perth, we were greeted by the staff reception and checked into a King Spa suite on the 8th floor.

 

Impeccable styling, light, bright and open...but the most impressive thing by far was the views of Perth city..

Which I could sit and watch for hours

Dan however thought looking in the other direction was much more interesting, Crown are currently constructing a 6 star resort right next door. 

Every tradies dream view right?!

What I loved most though was the open bathroom (with shutters if you want privacy), more specifically the giant spa bath, I'd packed a Lush bath bomb the second I found out we had a spa bath. 

After a quick outfit change we head to the 9 Lounge, which you're granted complimentary access to if staying in a Spa suite (or you can pay extra to use it). We were welcomed by the most attentive, lovely hostesses that I've ever had the pleasure of being served by.  Between 5:30pm- 7pm we were offered complimentary drinks and canapés..

nothing says celebration quite like bubbles on a rooftop! 

We chose to sit outside so we could watch the gorgeous sunset, it was absolutely perfect, and the temperature was just warm enough now that we're going into a Perth summer!

From there we head down into the main resort to Modo Mio for dinner (more on that in my next post!)...and then may or may not have gone to the casino... (but we may have gone to bed early, you'll never know!)

We had the joy of waking up naturally the next morning, a total luxury for us both, and then head back to 9 lounge for complimentary breakfast. It was a lovely self serve buffet, but as with most buffets not particularly photo-worthy. The food and service was great none the less.

And after breakfast we head straight to the pool, we were warned it might not be warm enough for swimming yet (the indoor pool is however heated), so knew there was only one option...to jump straight in!

The partly submerged sun loungers would be the perfect place for relaxing in the middle of summer! 

We were pretty much the only people there for most of the morning, but that really wasn't a problem, it was the perfect change to relax, play silly games in the pool and check emails and social media! 

Sienna smock dress from cotton on 

Sadly come 11am we had to check out and go home, in hindsight we should have taken the first day off and checked in early. I can hand on heart say that from check in to check out we were treated like absolute royalty. The hotel was faultless and the staff were incredibly attentive. We've both agreed that we're going to celebrate every year in Australia with a stay at Crown Perth.

You can book the Crown Perth 9 Lounge Indulgence on offer from $458 until the end of 2015, it's worth every cent.

Have you stayed at any of Crown's resorts before? 

xo