BALI offers a charm that no doubt, especially by foreign tourists. Beach beautiful, authentic local culture and feel a strong spiritual appeal that has made him invaluable. Want more familiar with Bali, following 36 hours in Bali, which begins Friday, as quoted by nytimes.com.

1. Art objects (Friday, at 17.00 local time)
Ubud is the arts center in Bali. Here you will find a variety of crafts such as masks and painted leather puppets displayed in various galleries. One is that you can go Fichot Jean-Francois (JF-f.com) of the Road Pengosekan 6, Ubud. This place has a collection of stone studded gold jewelry and objets d’art.

Next is the Gallery on Jalan Raya Nusantara Pengosekan 7, Ubud, which sells a variety of works of ancient art, including sculptures of wood and fine fabrics collected from around the Indonesian archipelago.

2. Japanese-style (at 19:00)
Satisfying culinary desire, you can go Sanggingan Highway, about 15 minutes northwest from the center of Ubud. There you will find Minami (Minami-bali.com) in Sanggingan Road, Ubud. This is a Japanese style restaurant. Although in Bali, there is no harm to come to this restaurant.

You can enjoy a sip of sake at Rp85 thousand in jasmine-scented dining room overlooking the garden with decorative lanterns are lit. Or tasting six meals worth Rp210 thousand, including sashimi and tempura.

3. Fun night (21.30)

After dinner, you may still want to find pleasure in the vicinity of Ubud, for that step forward foot to the cafes of Havana (cafehavanabali.com) on Jalan Dewi Sita, Ubud, to enjoy a cocktail and view salsa dancers.

When looking for a drink, you may go to Lamak (lamakbali.com) at Jalan Monkey Forest, Ubud. A bar in an open space to the right place to enjoy El Diablo El, a mixture of tequila, creme de cassis, lemon juice and ginger ale.

4. Bike tour (Saturday, at 07:45 local time)

Enjoy a tour through the expanse perawahan bersepada green with Eco-Cycling Bali (baliecocycling.com) which can be found at Pengosekan Road, Ubud. With the cost of 300 thousand, you can enjoy a bike tour that starts with breakfast while enjoying views overlooking Mount Batur. Next tour will pass through the hills with spectacular views.

5. Vegetarian dishes (at 13:00)

Want to vegetarian cuisine, you can go to Cafe (balispirit.com) on Hanuman Road 44B, Ubud. One of the menu can you message is Meg’s Big Salad Bowl, a plate of vegetables consisted of cabbage, peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes and tofu-tempeh crunchy worth Rp36 thousand. Or taste kitcheree, warm soup containing a mixture of lentils, brown rice, ginger and turmeric worth Rp32 thousand.

6. Massage transcendental (at 14.30)

It took 30 months to build Fivelements (fivelements.org) located in Banjar Baturning, Mambal. This is a health center that also at the same inn with five rooms. Here, you can enjoy a massage transcendental and costs around Rp731 thousand for 90 minutes. Post-treatment, you can enjoy a ginger tea and bamboo forests overlooking the Ayung River.

Mambal itself is a village that can be achieved with a 20-minute drive from Ubud.

7. Sunset (17.30)

One of the best places to enjoy the sunset at the Rock Bar Ayana is Resort & Spa, Jimbaran (ayanaresort.com). An outdoor lounge can be found at the Rock Bar is built on a cliff overlooking the Indian Ocean.

We recommend you arrive early to get the best seats. After that could order a cold beer while watching the price of Rp80 thousand colorful beauty of the sun when melted into the water.

8. Menyicipi seafood (at 20:30)

Seminyak, has become the center of nightlife in Bali and one of the places you can go is sardines (sardinebali.com) in Jalan Petitenget 21, Kerobakan. It is an art grounded restaurant where you feel right at home. With rice as the background, you can enjoy seafood like red snapper sashimi with shimeji mushrooms and shellfish worth 65 thousand worth Rp195 thousand fuel.

9. Find party (at 22:30)

Beautiful people usually gather to drink, jazz and DJ boom in Metis (metisbali.com) located at Jalan Petitenget 6, Kerobokan. Or it could be to Word of Mouth (wordofmouthbali.com) in Jalan Kunti 9, Seminyak, a boutique that doubles as a cool room at night.

10. Wrestled with the waves (Sunday, at 9:00 local time)

Big waves in Bali has attracted surfers since 1960. You’re curious, why not try it. You can try the first lesson for 75 minutes (Rp450 thousand) by Marcy Meachin (teachsurf.com), a surfing instructor from Australia who spent the last 30 years in Indonesia. As for beginners, Legian Beach offers a great place with shallow waters, sandy beaches and small waves.

11. Pizza (11:30)

Passing through the day, you can come to Nammos Beach Club at Karma Kandara Resort (karmakandara.com). This place can be achieved through the path in the limestone cliffs. Entry fee ranging from Rp250 thousand, already includes food for 100 thousand. Here, you can order a pizza with toppings like fig, prosciutto and Gorgonzola.

12. Shopping (14.00)

Buy some souvenirs in Jalan Laksmana. One of these places can be visited Ban Cafe Press is the number 50 to buy a handmade wooden shoes and other goods. Can also to Lily Jean (lily-jean.com) Simplekonsepstore number 102 or number 40 (sksbali.com) to buy T-shirts with limited design, origami bags, and various other interesting items

Want a spa on the rocks or on top of a mango tree? Please select. This new stance Bali tourism actors to lure tourists. Sunset Road just after dusk. Shophouses transformed as a spa-stands sanus per aquam or healthy with water-berpendaran light. At Spa Avenue, two beautiful girls bali berkebaya welcome guests as friendly as possible.

“Do you want a spa what? There are spa packages of chocolate, honey, avokado, wine, or a papaya, “said one of them, smiling.

Want a spa on the rocks or on top of a mango tree? Please select. This new stance Bali tourism actors to lure tourists. Sunset Road just after dusk. Shophouses transformed as a spa-stands sanus per aquam or healthy with water-berpendaran light. In Spa Avenue, two beautiful girls bali berkebaya welcome guests as friendly as possible.

“Do you want a spa what? There are spa packages of chocolate, honey, avokado, wine, or a papaya, “said one of them, smiling.

When the guests had agreed to take a spa package, faced girl oriental body language such as Japanese were immediately brought a small glass of ginger tea. Then, he talked about the efficacy drink.

The spa is newly established two-three months ago was competing with dozens of spas where the distance is close, such as Reborn, Cozy, A Day Spa, and Body Scrub Bali Tangi. Spa places generally stood three or four years ago along with the development of Sunset Road from a deserted area into a new business area in Denpasar.

On the Road By Pass Ngurah Rai, where the spa is no less hectic. There was Lavender Spa, Coco de Heaven, Abiansmara, Chinese Dragon, confusing, and others. Spa manager there put up big signs with pictures of flowers or a beautiful woman is a spa. Papers listed in the board name using the Latin alphabet, England, Japan, China, or Korea.

In Kuta, where massage and beauty salons also “transform” themselves into place despite spa spa services provided mostly limited to soak the feet of guests with lukewarm water, then massage. Spa at the three areas that generally serve middle-class guests. Peg their rates are still friends in the pockets of tourists, which began tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of rupiah, depending on which service pack is taken.

Beyond that, growth is also spa-luxury spa. In Jimbaran, there Ayana Hotel and Spa which offers spa packages on The Rocks. Consistent with the name, place of spas in the form of a small villa perched on the rocks, right in the lip of the Indian Ocean. In the evenings, guests can watch the sunset while a massage.

In Ubud, there Kirana Spa spanya rooms built right on the side of the Ayung River valley. Not far from there, there are complex Manggo Tree Spa at Kupu Kupu Barong Villas and Tree Spa. As the name suggests, where the spa is built on a mango tree that grew on the edge of the abyss.

“If the tree bear fruit, guests can pick them,” said Director of Sales Kupu Kupu Barong Villas and Tree Spa Darmiyati Ketut.

Third place this spa set spa rates ranging from tens of dollars to 1,000 U.S. dollars or nearly USD 80 million. The target market is clear: rich people, especially tourists from Japan and Europe, which lightly poured millions of money just for the massage, scrubs, and soak in water for several hours.

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Spa apparently is becoming the new prima donna who can suck tourists to Bali. Kirana Spa Operations Manager Made Sumerjaya said that most customers come to Bali with the main purpose of pampering the body with the spa.

“The indications, they booked a spa package in advance, long before they come to Bali. Some come straight home after enjoying a spa, “he said.

Currently there are an estimated 800 spas, including those inherent in the hotel. Spa-spa located in the international hotel chain’s mostly foreigners. Stand-alone spa outside the hotel is also largely owned by people outside of Bali, such as Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, and Jakarta.

Sri Feny Sulistiawati, Bali Spa & Wellnes board-which oversees the association of 107 places in Bali-spa, said spa bertumbuhan quickly on the island because the market is there. They include travelers from Japan, Europe, and Russia. Later, tourists from Singapore, China, and Korea became a fantastic spa market.

Initially, information Feny, places limited to introducing the spa massage and traditional Balinese body work. Later, they adopted a variety of fitness services from abroad. Along with that, the products of foreign cosmetic spa and went inside and used spa industries ranging from oil, cream, cream, up to scrubs.

IN seeking inspiration and enlightenment, Elizabeth Gilbert traveled the adventure of a lifetime to spend time in many countries. He believes the best exile from life is to enjoy life itself. And he found it in Bali, an island of gods and goddesses. Author United States is pouring out the story of his journey in memoir titled Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia. In March 2009, this book is in the New York Times Best Seller for 110 weeks.

This memory also has made movies and starred by actress Julia Roberts and you can follow in the footsteps Elizabeth Gilbert to visit Ubud in Bali, just like he did. Most people will recommend the tour on Jalan Raya Ubud and Ubud Palace is a good stop. But you should not miss looking at fields in Tegalalang. In Tegalalang, you can feel the smell of the air and wind on the skin or embrace butterflies can also go see the exhibition Kecak Dance, a wonderful gallery in Bianco or in the regular gallery.

If you come at the right time, the annual festival will be something very interesting. Or you can find out what the ceremony locals throughout the day in Ubud and embrace their spiritual sides. Ubud, a quiet section of meditation is a good place for the mind and soul. Meditation comes in many forms. When you do not want to get the wrong impression, you can ask questions and decide what suits you best. Adventures in Ubud you can easily do like Elizabeth Gilbert, a time when he had to calm the body and mind in front of the beautiful scenery.

Also, you can always chat with the locals as did Elizabeth. They will be more than happy to explain what and where to go. That friendliness of Ubud. The trip to Ubud will be very easy to pass. First time up at the airport and stepped foot into Bali, the hospitality will be immediately welcomed and various taxi ready to take you.

Ubud is the arts and cultural tourism area in Gianyar Bali. There Rudana Museum Rudana, and Fine Art Gallery, Museum Puri Paintings, Puri Agung Ubud, Vanara Wana, the Museum Blanco, Rafting on the Ayung river, etc.. Ubud area along the road, will be presented with an interesting view of the existence of artshop-artshop with a collection of craft arts such as sculpture, bracelets, necklaces, etc..

So, if you want to buy souvenirs that smelled of Bali Bali art with low prices for souvenirs there is no harm in you trying to buy directly in Ubud. Already since the 1930s, Ubud popular among western tourists. German painter at that time; Walter Spies and Dutch painter, Rudolf Bonnet settled there. They are assisted by Cokorda Gede Agung Sukawati, the Puri Agung Ubud. Now their work can be seen at the Museum of the museum, Ubud.

Tourism Region Arts – Culture in Ubud Gianyar Bali

Rudana Rudana Museum and Fine Art Gallery
Museum RudanaMuseum Rudana an art museum located in Ubud, Bali, founded by Nyoman Rudana, a collector of paintings which also sits as a member of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) represents the Province of Bali in 2009 and 2004 period was inaugurated by President Soeharto on December 26, 1995. The museum holds more than 400 paintings and sculpture works by artists, both from Bali, Indonesia outside Bali, artists and foreign artists that make Bali as a place to work. Being in a complex, stand Rudana Fine Art Gallery, founded in 1978 and was the forerunner to the establishment of the Museum Rudana.

Museum Puri Paintings
Is a first art museum, which is managed by the private sector, in Bali. Initiated by Cokorda Gede Agung Sukawati, I Gusti Nyoman Lempad as well as foreign artists who settled in Ubud, Rudolf Bonnet. Standing on January 31, 1956 under the auspices of the Foundation Ratna Warta, and officially opened by Minister of Education and Culture, Muhammad Yamin.

In this museum you can enjoy the development of art in Ubud, both painting and sculpture. Some works of foreign artists who work in Ubud such as: Rudolf Bonnet, Walter Spies, Arie Smit and the local maestros like I Gusti Nyoman Lempad, I Gusti Made Deblog, Ida Bagus Made and others. This also includes art works during the Pita Maha.

Puri Agung Ubud
Puri Agung Ubud is located right in the heart of Ubud. Ubud Kingdom central government in the past, as well as a center of arts and culture and customs, which was held in right in front of the castle. Puri Ubud still has a spatial structure and the building is maintained as the original. On the front page, after the gate, there is an area called the shelf Saji. Here are held once a week performing arts of dance, for tourists. And every day, carried out the exercise of gamelan music from various arts groups existing in Ubud. All activities increasingly thicken the atmosphere of Ubud art as an art-minded village.

Vanara Wana
Vanara Wana or Monkey Forest, (better known as the Monkey Forest) is a forest area located in Ubud area, precisely into the traditional village area Padangtegal. In this forest there is a flock of hundreds of monkeys, who have inhabited this region for hundreds of years. In this area there are also Padangtegal Pura Dalem, which was founded in the early 20th century. MPura has the architecture and ornaments of ancient and highly artistic.

Rafting
In the western area of Ubud, there Tukad (Kali) / Ayung river. In this river many tourist activities, among which is the white water rafting and kayaking. There are several tourist services that offer this service. In addition to tourist, along the cliffs Tukad Ayung also has an enchanting natural scenery, and there are dozens of hotels.