Villa Manoa

Roa, in Austronesian, speaks of vastness — a richness drawn from nature itself. 

Perched at the very top of Villa Manoa, the room lives up to its name: naturally ventilated, its wooden walls rising open to catch the breeze coming off the sea. Sheer white curtains fall in soft folds around a canopy bed dressed in grey and white ikat, the fabric catching the light differently through the day. In one corner, a tufted red velvet armchair sits like an unexpected jewel against the pale wood-panelled walls — a touch of theatre in an otherwise quiet room.

Step onto the private terrace, carved wooden railings framing garden and sea below, and the room seems to keep unfolding outward, with white rattan lounge chairs inviting long, unhurried mornings. Inside, the bathroom flows openly from the bedroom, separated only by a chevron-carved wooden screen rather than a wall — no real boundary between waking and bathing. A handcrafted wooden bathtub sits beneath a white sunburst mirror, sunlight filtering in from the corrugated roof above. Roa is not a room to pass through quickly. It's a room built for staying — for lovers, for stillness, for the slow architecture of doing nothing at all.

• 2 guests
• Naturally ventilated (no air conditioning)
• Panoramic sea and nature view
• Large private terrace with lounge seating
• Open ensuite bathroom with handcrafted wooden bathtub
• Hot water
• Sitting area & reading nook
• Starlink Wi-Fi
• Breakfast included (direct bookings only)

Timur means East in Indonesian, and true to its name, this is where Manoa greets the morning first. Every dawn, sunlight slips uninvited through white curtains, spills gold across the diamond-patterned mosaic floor, and wakes the room gently — not with an alarm, but the way the tide finds its rhythm, slowly and without asking permission.

The room wears its warmth openly: walls of deep terracotta red, a gilded sunburst mirror catching the light, and low gold-framed seating dressed in soft cushions — a touch of quiet opulence that never tips into excess. Air-conditioned and cooled further by a floor fan for those who prefer the whisper of moving air, Timur is a room that feels gathered rather than staged — lived-in, warm, unmistakably itself. Carved wooden doors fold open onto a private veranda lounge, where white rattan chairs and orange cushions wait around a low wooden table, garden and hammock swaying just beyond. 

The ensuite bathroom, tiled floor to ceiling in blue-and-white mosaic and centred on a hand-carved stone basin, turns the simple act of washing into something unhurried. A small writing nook waits in the corner for those who like to rise with the light — to write, to dream, or simply to watch the day begin before anyone else does.

• 2 guests
• Air conditioning & floor fan
• Private ensuite bathroom, blue-and-white mosaic with hand-carved stone basin
• Hot water
• Carved wooden doors opening onto a private veranda lounge
• White rattan seating facing the garden
• Writing nook
• Starlink Wi-Fi
• Breakfast included (direct bookings only)

Named after Sara, the saint venerated at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer as protector of travelers and wanderers, this suite carries her spirit of quiet welcome. Tucked beneath swaying palms, the room holds a free-spirited, sunlit charm that feels almost unplanned — as if it simply grew this way over time. 

Air-conditioned and warmed by island light rather than heavy fabrics, its deep terracotta walls, carved wooden shutters, and white scallop-edged woodwork give the room its warm, handcrafted character — the same festooned motif returning in the mirror frames and the carved headboard. A rattan peacock chair sits in one corner beside a wooden cabinet worked in geometric cutwork, while light filters through the carved shutters in shifting patterns as the day moves. A large arched window opens onto the coastal garden, letting in the morning air and the particular scent of salt that clings to everything here.

The private bathroom, entered through its own door, is where the room's artisanal spirit fully unfolds — handcrafted tiles in kaleidoscopic blue and white patterns cover every surface, and a raw, unpolished stone basin sits beneath a white scallop-framed mirror. Daylight slips in through leaf-shaped openings set with green glass and a tall arched window, so the walk-in rain shower stays washed in natural light rather than shut away from it. Step onto the large private terrace, framed by white-painted tree-trunk columns, and the same garden and coastal views that frame the bedroom continue outward, uninterrupted — a fitting resting place for those far from home, under the watch of the saint who guards the road.

• 2 guests
• Air conditioning
• Private bathroom with raw stone basin and walk-in rain shower, entered through its own door
• Hot water
• Large private terrace with garden and coastal views
• Rattan seating & artisanal furnishings
• Starlink Wi-Fi
• Breakfast included (direct bookings only)