Well Experience in Ubud, Bali

Bali and Tourism

Indonesia always offers any tourist all over the world with great places to visiting including Bali attractions. In Bali, you will find many references of tourism destinations especially Ubud. I believe many people have already recognized about Ubud. There are many different reasons as well in why people may visit Ubud. It is because they consider it to become their best vacation destination in Bali. So, what are the best values to get in Ubud? You will see many different opportunities to do as your vacation in Ubud indeed. Let’s do further review in this article about Ubud. The more you do the review is the better for your vacation.

Visiting Ubud

There are many things to do in Ubud as your Bali attractions. It is certain town in Bali which offers you with good quality of vacation experience. You will see different side of Bali in Ubud. Usually people have the image of Bali as music, drunken tourists, bikini, bar, and more. Yet, those things will never you get in Ubud. You can recognize as well that Ubud has become the cultural center in Bali. The aspect of tranquility and natural landscape will provide you with calmness indeed. So, you really need to make sure the best in how to enjoy best vacation in Ubud before visiting. Conducting review may become a must.

Green Paddy at Ubud, Bali

The atmosphere of the village is great to because you can enjoy the panoramic view of the green paddy there. There are many different attractions to enjoy as well including Pura Kehen, Mount Kawi, Goa Gajah, Tirta Empul, and many others. Especially Goa Gajah, it has been nominated as the world heritage site by UNESCO. Actually, there are still many other things that you need to know about Ubud. For further information, you can review this as your Bali attractions from the internet.

Must-Visit Attraction in Bali: Beautiful Royal Palace of Ubud

Being one of the most prominent places located in Ubud, The Beautiful Royal Palace of Ubud is considered and regarded as the landmark of the area. It was built during the reign of Tjokorda Putu Kandel. The legacy lives on as now the place is still being kept properly the heirs of the family. Visiting this gorgeous royal palace is one of the ‘must do’ that should take some of your first priorities during your visit to the Ubud Area, not only it will greet you with architectural beauty from the past, visiting the place will also give you mesmerizing touch of the culture in Bali. Being one of the most well preserved cultures and form of traditional cultures, it is definitely a must to be admired of and respected.

In this beautiful royal palace, you can also get to see some of the best Balinese dance performances, all in its finest state. You can also see some of the local arts in forms of sculptures, paintings, and many more, which is definitely something that any Bali tourist should not miss of. After a drive for approximately one hour from Denpasar, you will find that stopping by this beautiful remnant of the past is absolutely convenient. There are a lot of hotels and places to stay provided ints surrounding area. Moreover, the foods there are just great.

There are a lot of sections of this beautiful royal palace that may confuse you. However, if you find yourself lost, don’t hesitate to ask locals about directions. You can also use some help from a guide, although that means you have to pay more for the service and have to dig deeper out of your pocket. But, exploring the place by yourself can also be a great experience, just make sure that you grab a map and have a sense of direction, though!

Get Your Souvenir at Ubud Art Market

Do you want to visit Bali? If that so, you need to prepare everything, especially camera that you will need to capture all beautiful place in this island. However, one thing that you can’t forget is the souvenir. Bali is known with their unique and artistic sculpture artwork. Therefore, it’s a must for all tourists that visit Bali to get this souvenir. Where can we get the souvenir? Actually, every city and place in Bali has their souvenir center where you can buy Bali artwork. However, if you visit Ubud, the best place to get your souvenir is Ubud Art Market.

Ubud Art Market can be said as the art center of Bali. You can find lot of art masterpiece here. It has wide range, from sculpture to painting. You can enjoy all beautiful artwork here. But, the artwork here doesn’t limited to Bali artwork. There are also many other artwork from other area in Indonesia or even from other country. However, there are several things that you need to know, before you buy all artwork that you like here. First, do not buy it on your first day visiting this place. Use your first day to survey the place, price and product that you want to buy. Next, use your bargaining skill. Ask about half price of the essential price that the seller give to you. Then, slowly increase until you and the artwork seller agree with the price. If you have guide, you also can ask them to show the best place where you can buy artwork that you need.

After you enjoy all beautiful place and scenery in Bali, you just need to visit Ubud Art Market for the souvenir and the artwork. Make sure, you change your money with local currency, for easier transaction in this place. Now, everything is complete and you get one of best vacation in Bali.  

Best Natural Vacation in Tegallalang Rice Terrace

The main reason why we need vacation is relieving our stress. And, the best place where we can get the best stress reliever is back to nature. Enjoy the natural scenery of our earth and that would be the best experience that you need. Now, if you are currently spending your holiday in Bali or are still planning your vacation there, there is one place where you can get this experience. This place is Tegallalang Rice Terrace.

Like its name, Tegallalang Rice Terrace is a paddy field, but, it has different and unique shape. Tegallalang Rice terraces located in Ubud, where you can visit the traditional arrangement of rice paddies there, which involves the ancient technique of Subak, a cooperative irrigation system of Balinese rice fields. Subak is irrigation system that you can only find in this place. History said that the technique has been passed down from generations to generations, beginning from Rsi Markandeya back in the 8th century.

This irrigation system also the reason, whey people here can plant rice on the steep hill. They also use this land characteristic to get water easily. When you visit this place, you will find beautiful natural green scenery. This place is great place where you can take beautiful photo. You also can take photo of people’s activity when they work on this paddy field. Or, you can ask them to pose for your photo, but, you need to pay them.

Visiting one of these interesting Bali attraction is one of the best ways to get the mesmerizing views of the natural scenery in Bali. The vista is breathtakingly beautiful as it offers you a great glimpse on how the agro-culture of the locals truly is. You can also visit the nearby village of Pakudui which located not far from the rice terraces, and find out the best craftsmanship there on the work. This village is the center of traditional handicraft of Bali. So, this is the right place where you can get the souvenir that you need.

There are many handicrafts you can purchase it, and the prices of the souvenirs can also be haggled or bargained. The most important thing that you must have is bargaining skill. Most of these beautiful souvenirs are quite expensive. But, they are not fixed price. So, just bargain until you get satisfying price, and you can get these beautiful souvenir and save more money. However, keep in mind that the sellers and farmers there can be extremely pushy when it comes to selling their goods, so it is best if you negotiate the price modestly as it will save you a lot of energy rather than wasting your time on arguing with the locals.

There are also a lot of sculptures and amazing works of arts on display there, so you can also get a beautiful glimpse of the locals’ arts and what makes it really ticks in the first place. Aside that, there are also other interesting Bali attraction surrounding the area you can visit, from the amazing food to amazing arts, and mesmerizing vista, you can find them in nice little package during your stay in the beautiful place.

Overall, Tegallalang Rice Terrace is the best place that you can visit in Bali, if you want to get best time to relax your mind. Of course, you also can get lot of beautiful photo shot in this place.

Bali Vacation at Ubud Monkey Forest

Bali is one of best destination you can choose for your vacation. Of course, if you want to get best experience in this island, you need to know what to do. One of best attraction you can enjoy is Ubud Monkey Forest.

Like its name, this place is the forest of monkey. You will find hundred monkeys wandering around freely here. You also can interact with these cute animals. You can even give them food, but, the guide will give you information about what you can give to the monkeys. This place is also known as the sacred forest for monkey. Therefore, there are several rules that you need to follow, if you don’t want to get some problem here. The most important thing that you must understand when you visit Ubud Monkey Forest is keeping your things. Do not wear too much accessories. Why? We can say that all monkeys that you can find in this sacred forest have big curiosity. So, it’s not surprising, if they take your watch, necklace, scarf and even your camera and mobile phone. Therefore, don’t wear or bring them, or if you want to use it, make sure you keep it in safe place, like bag or other place. But, if your stuff has been taken by the monkey, you don’t need to worry. Just ask the guide in this place, and they will help you to get your stuff back.

Ubud Monkey Forest also has beautiful scenery you can enjoy. But, one of interesting thing is there is a myth here, where in the center of this forest, there is a sacred temple. This sacred temple is the place where king of all monkeys, which is said as giant monkey, live. But, you can’t go to this temple, because it’s like forbidden area. Overall, this place is beautiful, unique and gives you some of great experience.

Photo by Aleksandr Zykov (CC-BY)

Visiting Ubud in Bali

Well, it is very lucky for you if you have ever come to Ubud in Bali once in your life. This place is known as the very comfortable for vacancy in Bali. Even, you can meet up with many places such as beach, resort, mount, and lake, Ubud has become the place where you can do many visit naturally and historically. Also, this place is known due to its cheap expenses compare to the other places such as Kuta. So, within this article, we would like to provide some important information which related to Ubud. Therefore, this article might be very useful as your tour guide during your Bali visit.

Festivals in Ubud

Ubud in Bali has been known because of its festivals. Firstly, if you are lucky enough, you can enjoy Ubud Writers and Readers Festival and Bali Spirit Festival. For the first festival, you can enjoy it while in October where you can all the writers and readers gather for celebrating the writing which touches Bali. This is the very academic-culture festival where people can directly learn how the Balinese culture is ongoing. For the second festivals, there will be a very popular yoga and dance which held by dancers from Yoga Barn. If you want to enjoy such festival, you may come to Ubud in earlier April.

What Else?

Monkey Forest at Ubud, Bali

Ubud also provide you the natural and wildlife holiday. You can visit Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary (see Vacation at Ubud Monkey Forest) where almost 300 monkeys live within this sanctuary. Before you come, make sure you keep all your things in safe places. If you ever watch Indiana Jones, this temple looks similar in the film. The thing is you can enjoy the forest nuance within this temple for sure. So, if you are going to spend your holiday, it is very pleasure if you can come to Ubud in Bali.

Photo by Aleksandr Zykov (CC-BY)