Hidden Well – a sanctuary in Bali
If you ever need a writing retreat...
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We’re offering NE Where readers 1 free night for every 3 nights booked at Hidden Well in West Bali. Hit the button below to reach the Airbnb page, mention NE Where in your booking message, and I’ll add 1 complimentary night for every 3 nights you book. Valid for bookings made for stays before 30 June 2025; maximum stay of 15 paid nights.
Dear NE-One
Do you need a break from the world? Somewhere quiet and surrounded by trees, where you can indulge in a writing retreat, or simply find a sense of peace?
Whenever I get that need to escape my mind heads straight to Hidden Well. It’s a small cottage tucked into a coconut grove near a quiet beach in West Bali – yes, such places do still exist – and it sits in a garden shrouded by palms, bougainvilleas and fragrant frangipani trees that drip with vanilla vines. One wall inside the cottage holds beautiful black-and-white portraits of our Balinese family, and outside on the porch (not far from the old well that gave the cottage its name) there is an old yellow rocking chair, my favourite place to be when, come 6.45 every evening, cicadas call in the night.
I’ve been dreaming of Hidden Well a lot lately. January and February were months of near-constant moving (I’ve stayed in 30 places since Christmas) and with book deadlines looming and all the crazy world news creeping into my days, I’ve found myself longing for the sense of calm that settles around me whenever we stay at Hidden Well.
I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one who needs the breathing space that the cottage so generously bestows – and so along with our Balinese family, who own the cottage, we’re offering NE Where readers the chance to book Hidden Well at a discounted rate. For every three nights that you book, we’ll add one additional night, free of charge. This is valid for a stay between now and 30 June 2025, for a maximum stay of 15 paid-for nights.
Simply click the button above to get onto the Airbnb page, select the dates you’d like to stay and pop me a message (via the booking page on Airbnb). Be sure to mention NE Where in that message, and I’ll add one complimentary night for every three nights that you book.
This offer comes as something of a celebration – I’ve just an hour ago submitted my final chapter for Lonely Planet’s upcoming Morocco guidebook (yahoo!). I have so many photos from my research trip in the High Atlas Mountains, and I look forward to sharing those with you in the coming weeks.
Until then
Narina x
PS How to escape the crowds in Bali? Read this:
Planning a trip to Bali? Begin here
