Slow Private Pool Villas Gili Air
Private villa estate, Gili Air
Photos: Slow Private Pool Villas Gili Air
Slow is a ten-villa estate in a coconut grove on Gili Air, and it is the property we point to when a couple wants the whole place to themselves. Every villa has its own pool, its own walled garden and a thatched roof over carved timber, with stepping stones across the water at the entrance. The villas are one and two-bedroom, so a wedding party fills the estate and turns a public island into a private one for the weekend.
The property publishes a wedding offer, arranged with Gili Travel Agency, with a brochure and a questionnaire rather than a price list. Ceremonies happen in the gardens between the villas or on the beach a short walk away, and Slow Spa and Yoga covers the morning before and the day after. There is no restaurant on site: breakfast comes to the villa and dinner is either a private chef or one of the places along the beach, which on Gili Air are good enough that this stops being a problem. It does mean a wedding dinner is brought in rather than ordered from a resort kitchen.
Gili Air is the island we suggest most often for a wedding group. Quieter than Trawangan, better supplied than Meno, small enough to walk end to end. Wedding costs are quoted per event rather than published, and we reconfirm current figures with the property for your date.
Key details
Ceremony & reception spaces
Why we love it
Ten villas means the whole place is yours
This is a small estate, not a hotel, so a wedding party can take every villa and effectively own the property for the weekend. Full-property bookings are possible, and that is the cleanest way we know to run a wedding on the Gilis, where nothing else is private.
Gili Air is the island we recommend most
Trawangan is loud and Meno is nearly empty. Air has real restaurants, a relaxed pace and enough infrastructure to feed a guest list, which is why it is our default suggestion for a wedding party rather than an elopement of two.
Architecture that carries the photographs
Thatched roofs, carved timber doors, walled gardens, green-tiled pools and stepping stones across the water. The property was built with an eye rather than assembled from a resort catalogue, and it shows in every corner of the place.
What the venue offers
- Ten villas, one and two-bedroom, each with a private pool
- Walled private garden to every villa
- Set in a coconut grove in the quiet middle of Gili Air
- A short walk or cycle to the beach
- Slow Spa and Yoga on site
- Wedding brochure and questionnaire, run with Gili Travel Agency
- No restaurant on site: breakfast to the villa, or a private chef
- Full-property bookings possible for wedding groups
Where it is
Slow Private Pool Villas Gili Air · Gili Air, Gili Indah, Pemenang, North Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara
Good to know
Common questions
Can you get married at Slow Gili Air?+
Yes. The property publishes a wedding offer arranged with Gili Travel Agency, with a brochure and a questionnaire rather than a price list. We work with that or bring our own suppliers, and we confirm the shape of the day and a written quote before anything is booked.
How many guests does it suit?+
Ten villas of one and two bedrooms, so think a wedding party staying on site and a ceremony to match rather than a large reception. Guests beyond that stay elsewhere on Gili Air, which is small enough to walk. For a big seated dinner we would look at Gili Trawangan instead.
Is it on the beach?+
No. Slow sits in a coconut grove in the quieter middle of Gili Air, a short walk or cycle from the white sand and further again from the harbour. The property publishes no distances, so we check the walk for elderly guests before we recommend it. Ceremonies happen in the gardens or on the beach nearby.
Is there a restaurant?+
Not on site. Breakfast comes to the villa, and dinner is either a private chef in the villa or one of the places along the beach. On Gili Air those are good enough that it stops being a problem, but it does mean a wedding dinner has to be brought in and we plan the catering accordingly.
Why Gili Air rather than Bali?+
Because it is quiet, car-free and still has restaurants and a working supplier chain, which Gili Meno does not. The Gilis are off Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara, a fast boat of about an hour and a half to two hours from Padang Bai in east Bali and closer to two and a half from Serangan, so we always build a buffer day into the travel.
