Bali Famous Tour

May 3, 2013 | Bali Tour | No Comments

The first point is visiting the Denpasar market, Denpasar is the capital of Bali Province. The main street of Denpasar is Gajah Mada Street where the main shopping center, there are 2 big markets, Pasar Badung and Pasar Kumbasari. Both of the markets have 4 stories and are open 24 hours a day time the market is open in the main building, on the base and second floor for vegetables, fruits, meat, and daily food selling, third and fourth floor for textile and temple procession equipment. From late evening till early morning the market opens in the parking area. On the main street, there are a lot of big textile shops.

Second stop at Museum Bali, this museum originally built in 1910 by Dutch Government. On 20 January 1917, this museum was destroyed by the biggest earthquake in Bali. In 1932 the museum again till today, there are 4 main buildings in the south pavilion has 2 story collection of prehistoric pieces, traditional artifacts, and some old paintings. Further north Buleleng building has a varied collection of textiles including endek and double ikat grinning. Another building Karangasem has a Balinese calendar and priest’ clothing. The Northern building is Tabanan has many Barong masks and Keris.

The third stop at Kuta Beach, Kuta is one district of Badung Regency that has Tuban Village, Kuta Village, Legian Village, and Seminyak Village, Tuban village where the airport is located, and some nice hotels. Central Kuta is a very busy area with a shopping mall and new-brand shops. The beach has a very good reef especially for beginner surfers and many surfing boards to rent along the beach. The main reason tourist comes to Kuta is because has many choices of the hotel from 5-star hotels to homestay and offer a variety of restaurant with different food taste.

The fourth stop is at Nusa Dua Beach, Nusa is Balinese mean island, Dua means two, and there are two small islands in this area. This is another Tourist Resort with a wide range of white sand beaches in the southern part of Bali and offered 5-star chains of hotels with international marketing connecting including Club Med, Nusa Dua Beach Hotel, The Westin, The Laguna Resort, Grand Hyatt Bali, Melia Bali, Putri Bali Hotel and the Ayodya Resort. The resort area also provides a golf course and many kinds of water sports, in the south part of Nusa Dua there is Geger Beach, a new beach for surfing.

The fifth stop at Uluwatu Temple, Ulu in Balinese means heart, and Watu means stone. This temple was built in the 11th century by Javanese priest Empu Kuturan or well known as Empu Raja Kerta. The temple is located on the southwestern tip of the peninsula, up to the blue sea cliff approximately 100 meters high, the best place to view the sunset. In the 16 century another Javanese priest Danghyang Nirartha visit this temple and add more buildings, he retreated to this temple for his final life, when he attained Moksa or freedom. The temple has a very aggressive monkey colony.

The sixth stop at Jimbaran Bay, Jimbaran located south of the airport, the beach has white sand and is famous as the fishing Village with a fish market. Now there are luxury hotels built, Bali Intercontinental Resort and Four Season Resort. Jimbaran bays is well known for its beachside Sea food Restaurant where enjoy the sunset and scenery with a cold drink and fresh grilled fish with live group music by local singers who offered an international song and the sing title could be requested. The seafood cost by weight