The A-List Treatment

Where celebs and royalty stay when they’re on holidays

When you arrive at The Mulia in Nusa Dua you are greeted by three things: a burst of warm Balinese air, a traditional welcoming ceremony with frangipani water and your own personal butler. The butlers, who are trained to a royal standard, are at your beck and call day and night (there’s a speed dial in every room – including the toilet). After you check into your ocean-view villa overlooking the statue-adorned Oasis Pool, your butler will unpack and iron your clothes while you unwind in the private hot tub on the balcony. Feeling a little parched after the flight? Your butler will deliver a mojito to your room on a silver platter. And it’ll be made with your favourite brand of rum, because they will have done their research.

The luxury gets even more decadent at Mulia Spa, which is home to the Asia Pacific’s first authentic ice room. Treatments start in the hydrotherapy pool before moving on to the steam room and sub-zero ice room, then you can finish at the Zen Spa Bar with a fresh ginger tea.

Everyone from Kate Bosworth to Alexander Skarsgard and Millie Bobby Brown has stayed at the 30-hectare property, which regularly welcomes Chinese royalty and Russian oligarchs. You’ll feel right at home rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous at The Café’s (complimentary) afternoon tea. While you’re sipping a cocktail admiring the grand views of Nusa Dua Beach, keep an eye out for Fergie, Mark Ronson and Liam Payne, who have all headlined the famous Mulia Rapture pool parties.

SOHO FARMHOUSE, UK

When it comes to princess-worthy destinations, Meghan Markle knows best. The Duchess of Sussex held her bachelorette party at the exclusive members-only club Soho Farmhouse in Oxfordshire, England, earlier this year. The sprawling 40-hectare property is home to 40 quaint cottages that are the height of #cabinporn with their claw-foot bathtubs and antique armchairs.