Bintan’s Sanchaya blends European classicism into a spectacular Asian setting

A postcard perfect getaway.

If you were going to pay top dollar to wake up on an island paradise, wouldn’t you want to be in a decadent “beach house’’ on a breathtaking swath of land inches from the sea, framed by spindly coconut trees which dance to the tune of the waves? Your very own secret getaway. The only kind worth getting out of bed for.

Luckily for dreamy beach bums like me who are lured more by the romance of beachside-living rather than the great expanse of ocean, a perfect little hideaway called The Sanchaya has blossomed on a pristine, private stretch of sea-front on Indonesia’s Bintan island.