Bali Tourism Destination

Bali Travel Guide - Bali Island continues to grow with its tourism focus, this is comparable to the number of tourists visiting Bali which is increasing. Many new entertainment venues are created to enliven Bali tourism that is made by a local businessman as well as overseas investors. Seeing tourist arrivals to Bali Island that is dominated by tourists from Australia, this is what makes a famous Pool Club in Sydney Australia opened a branch in the area of Seminyak Bali named Mrs. Sippy.

Mrs. Sippy created and owned by Andrew Stanway and Ben May from Australia nowadays became a trending place that is visited by many local and foreign tourists. Mrs. Sippy which just opened in April 2017 yesterday presents the theme of oasis and pool club area, which has an area around of 800 m2 with the form of a stylish pool and sea salt water inside it. In addition, of course, there is a bar and restaurant around the pool that is very interesting enjoyed to relax.

Mrs. Sippy's area is partly a pool that is focused as a chilling pool, there is a diving platform that can be used for you who want to jump and it has different heights ranging from 1m, 3m, and 5m. For those of you who do not get a table, don't worry you can to choose an alternative to relax on daybeds around the pool surrounded by a very shady palm trees. The poolside of Mrs. Sippy is made to resemble the sand of the beach so you will feel very comfortable to relax in Mrs. Sippy's pool area.

Visitors can enjoy a variety of cocktails with a combination of fresh fruits that can be enjoyed in the Bar area or poolside while relaxing on a table or daybeds provided. In addition, the concept of the open-air kitchen where you can see the original chef from Australia that cooks the menu directly in front of you. Many of the menus that are offered can spoil your tongue like fresh salad, seafood grill, pizza and much more. At night you can enjoy the party accompanied by international DJ music from Australia. The price offered for the food and beverage menu at Mrs. Sippy is quite affordable, you can download Mrs. Sippy's menu directly from Mrs. Sippy's website.

The location of Mrs. Sippy is located at Jalan Ganesha Park, Gagak 8 Gang, Seminyak, this location is very near from Kuta Beach or I Gusti Ngurah Rai international airport you can reach this place about 30 minutes. Mrs. Sippy is open from 12 am to 12 pm. If you plan to visit this place I suggest you better is come with group friends to relax. For more further information, you can visit Mrs. Sippy's website.

Bali Travel Guide - Bali Island has a various kind of tourist attractions, which is the most dominant of them is beach tourism. Need to know, nowadays Bali Island is in developing that is start with the existence of the Tourism Village. The concept of this tourist village offers views of life and authenticity of indigenous Balinese culture inside it. One of the most famous and the first tourist villages in Bali Island is Penglipuran Village.

Penglipuran Village is one of the villages in Bali Island which until now still retains its ancestral cultural heritage and is not affected by the progress of civilization. This can be proven by you visiting this place, where the atmosphere of this village is still beautiful and even vehicles are not allowed to cross this village. The atmosphere of Bali in the past you can find when visiting this place.

Penglipuran Village is located in Kubu Village of Bangli Regency. The total area of Penglipuran Village is about 112 hectares but only 40% of the area is used as a residential area. When you reach this place, you will see only one street made of stone as the main road of this village from the lower area to the upper area. There are several gates or commonly called Angkul-Angkul on the left and right side of the road as the entrance gate to the area of the residential family. Angkul-Angkul and all the buildings of the resident houses have the same architectural form, it is intended that there is no difference between all residents. This is what makes Penglipuran Village looks very beautiful with the form of houses that are neat and look symmetrical.

The surroundings of Penglipuran Village are very clean even this village get the Kalpataru award certificate because they are able to preserve the environment. In addition, the village is also crowned as one of the cleanest villages in the world. If you visit this place, quiet and cool clean atmosphere you will get because of the location of this village which is quite far from the road and located 700 mdpl from sea level.

You can walk around the village by foot because there are no vehicles in this village. Vehicle parking is located further down and next, you can walk to the village area from the parking. This village area consists of 3 areas of which the lowest area is the cemetery, the second higher area is the residential area and the top third area is the temple where the residents do praying. In the northern part of the temple, there is a vast bamboo forest, tourists can also visit this bamboo forest by foot.

Penglipuran Village was inaugurated as a tourist village around 1995. This place is visited by many foreign tourists, after having appeared on the national TV show this place began to be visited by many domestic tourists. In addition to traveling around enjoying the village atmosphere, tourists can also visit the residential home and the surrounding residents will greet guests with very friendly.

To enter this tourist village of Penglipuran, you have to buy a ticket with the price of 30.000 rupiahs for foreign tourists and 15.000 rupiahs for domestic tourists. For those of you who plan to visit this place, I suggest using the travel services because this tourist spot located is quite far that is in the northern part of Bali Island. You can take this place with a distance of 45 kilometers with a travel time of about 2 hours if you departing from the international airport I Gusti Ngurah Rai Bali or Kuta Beach.

Bali Travel Guide - Tampak Siring is a tourist attraction on the island of Central Bali that is famous for the holy spring water in this tourist area. Tampak Siring is actually the name of a village from the location of this tourist attraction it is located in Tampak Siring Village Gianyar Regency. The real name of this tourist attraction is Pura Tirta Empul which is a temple in which there is a holy water bath inside it but somehow this tourist spot is more famous by the name Tampak Siring.

The meaning of the word 'Tirta' in the Bali language is holy water, this place is called Pura Tirta Empul because there is a source of holy spring water that appears in this temple area. This holy water is believed by the Balinese people to clean the body and soul of a person from all things that are negative. This is what makes Pura Tirta Empul many visited by people from all over the island of Bali to purify themselves. Many domestic and foreign tourists visit Pura Tirta Empul to see this holy spring water and bathing tradition in this place.

Pura Tirta Empul consists of 3 areas including the first area where there is a large hall that is used as a place to rest. The second area is where this holy water bath, where there are a pool and more than 10 of water shower that comes from the spring. Water that appears is very clear and cold even there is a lot of fish that live in this bath pool. The third area is a temple area where Hindus do praying after completion of self-cleaning.

Tourists who want to enter this place must buy a ticket at the price of 15.000 rupiahs and use the cloth that provided to honor the sacred temple area. Tourists are allowed to take a bath to clean themselves in this pool but there is a ban on women who are menstruating not allowed to enter the second area. For those of you who come during the holy day of Hindus then this place will be crowded with people who want to do the cleaning themselves.

At the top of Pura Tirta Empul area, there is a presidential palace building built by the first Indonesian president in 1957 to 1960 known as Tampak Siring Palace. You can see very clearly the area of presidential palace that very neat and clean from Pura Tirta Empul. Lately, the presidential palace area is no longer open to the public so tourists can not just go inside the palace.

For those of you who plan to visit this place, I suggest using travel services because the distance to Pura Tirta Empul from the international airport I Gusti Ngurah Rai Bali or Kuta Beach can be reached about 1 hour 20 minutes. If you are in the tourist area of Ubud, you can use the taxi to this place because the location is very close. Tampak Siring is a fresh tourist place that you must visit if going to Bali Island. 

Bali Travel Guide - Bali Island is famous for having many beaches which are not exhausted to visit. For most tourists in the world, the beach is the best place to enjoy the sunset. One of the best spots in Bali to enjoy the sunset on the seashore is La Plancha.

La Plancha is a restaurant and bar located on Mesari Beach Street that is an area of Seminyak which is not far from Kuta Beach. There are many access roads to this place, you can go around the edge of Seminyak Beach to more easily find La Plancha because it is on the seashore. You can get to this place about 20 minutes from Kuta Beach.

La Plancha is very busy visited by tourists both domestic and foreign around the afternoon at 4 to 6 pm because many people who want to enjoy the sunset in this place. Although La Plancha is crowded in the afternoon, but it is open from 8 am to 1 am in the morning. For those of you who plan to enjoy the sunset at this place should come at around 3 pm so as not to run out of seats.

La Plancha is a unique restaurant and bar with colorful concepts. Parts of the building are made of wood that is painted in multicolor. There is plenty of seating options provided among others inside the restaurant, at the top of the 2nd floor or on the beach in the sand filled with lots of colorful bean bags as seating and there are colorful umbrellas as a complement. So you can enjoy the sunset by relaxing while lying on bean bags on the beach with soft sand.

La Plancha's food menu is mostly Spanish and western cuisine because the owner of this restaurant comes from Spain. The price offered was not too expensive about 30,000 - 80,000 rupiah. Most tourists who visit this place order pizza, potatoes and beer as a complement to enjoy the sunset.

For those of you who have already gone to this place but run out of seats, you can also try a place that has a concept almost the same as La Plancha and they are located very close called The Champlung Bar and Restaurant. Around La Plancha, there are also many lodging or hotels with prices ranging from 300.000 rupiahs because the location of La Plancha is a tourist area of Kuta Seminyak. 

Bali Travel Guide - Bali Island is famous both nationally and internationally with its nickname as the island of a thousand temples. Pura is very identical with the worship of Hindus, this is what makes Bali island became one of the world's tourist attraction. In addition, the location of this temples are also have the beauty of its own place and one of them is Taman Ayun Temple.

Taman Ayun Temple is a historic sights of the local royal heritage that has the beauty of the layout of the building. Originally the temple was built in 1643 as the place of the king's resting and a place to honor fighters who died on the battlefield. Taman Ayun Temple area is surrounded by a large lake almost about 1 hectare, the located of the temple is located in the middle of the lake and surrounded also by the park. Taman Ayun Temple is visited by many domestic and foreign tourists, it can be seen by the many buses that are in this place every day.

Taman Ayun Temple has 3 areas inside it, the first and second area contains a park and a place to rest like a large hut. There is a 10 meter long bridge as the main entrance of the temple area. In addition there are also many statues of gods and relief royal relics. This area is commonly used as a meeting place or art show. The third most important area is a sacred area containing many temples where local resident who are Hindus do worship. The park inside the temple area is very neat and kept clean. The beautiful garden and the location in the middle of the lake used by many tourists to take pictures.

Location of Taman Ayun Temple is located in Mengwi Village Badung Regency with distance of 20 kilometers from international airport of I Gusti Ngurah Rai Bali and about 1 hour trip time. For those of you who want to visit Taman Ayun Temple in my opinion do not need to stay because the distance is near from airport or city of Denpasar. There are several cafes and restaurants around this parking area and there are also many artshop selling various handicrafts. 

Bali Travel Guide - Lovina Beach is the most interesting tourist spot in North Bali area. Quite a lot of tourists who come to this place both domestic and foreign tourists to enjoy the beauty of the sea. The thing that famous and attracts many tourists to visit this place because Lovina Beach is famous with the show or attraction of the dolphins which is naturally in the middle of the sea not from the beach.

Lovina Beach is located precisely in the Kalibukbuk Village and Buleleng Regency, you can reach this place from the international airport I Gusti Ngurah Rai Bali with a distance approximately for 120 kilometers or about 3 hours more drive. Dolphin shows you can see 1 kilometer from the beach in the middle of the sea around 6 - 8 am in the morning. So for those of you who plan to visit this place and see the dolphins, I suggest you already there at Lovina Beach at 6.30 in the morning.

You can go to the sea by hiring a boat owned by a local fisherman who does provide services to see a dolphin show in the middle of the sea, you only need to pay about 100,000 - 150,000 rupiah. During the journey to the middle of the sea, you also can enjoy the beautiful view of the sun rising from the sea comfortably because the water in the Lovina sea is very calm. Upon reaching the sea you will see a bunch of dolphins swimming and jumping following your boat walking.

In addition to the attractions of dolphins, at Lovina Beach, you can also found activities for snorkeling and diving. For those of you who want to see the attractions of dolphins, I recommend to go when the weather is sunny. No need to fear if you are starving because around the shores of Lovina Beach there are many cafes and restaurants with the original menu until the western menu like spaghetti can you meet there with a more affordable price compared to the South of Bali.

For those of you who do not want to trip far in the morning, there are also many villas and resorts even also homestay you can rent to stay with facilities up to 3 stars. On the way to Lovina Beach from the airport, you will also pass some tourist attractions that is Bedugul Botanical Garden, Ulun Danu Bratan Temple. I suggest to use travel services to this place due to the distance is quite far.