AYANA Resort Bali

AYANA Bali is a 90-hectare estate on the Jimbaran cliffs that groups four hotels: AYANA Villas, AYANA Segara, the main resort and RIMBA. For weddings this gives a wide choice of settings within one property, from the white Tresna Chapel (ceremonies for 70) and the private KISIK Pier at sea level (30) to the SKY deck, the three-bedroom AYANA Villa, the Asmara Gazebo, the Bale Kencana courtyard and the glass-walled Astina Pavilion. The Champa Garden takes ceremonies for 800.

Four set packages are published: AYANA Villa Wedding, SKY is the Limit, Sweet Escape at KISIK Pier and the Tresna Chapel package. Each covers the ceremony set-up with a celebrant and live strings, guitar or a choral singer, a cocktail hour with canapés, a buffet or plated dinner for 30 to 100 guests, two or three nights in a villa or room for the couple, a block of RIMBA rooms for guests, a 60-minute Balinese massage and a menu tasting. Prices are given on request.

A resort wedding consultant works alongside the couple's own wedding organiser, so most couples still appoint an outside planner, and entrance fees for outside decorators, entertainers and cake makers are waived within the packages. Indoors, the Amara Ballroom holds up to 600 at dinner and the RIMBA Ballroom 400, which gives a straightforward wet-weather plan. With four hotels, Rock Bar and a large spa on the same grounds, the estate suits weddings spread over several days.