Temples, Beaches and Terraces
Places to Visit in Bali
Bali's must-see places, temples, beaches, rice terraces, waterfalls and volcanoes.
These are the places to visit in Bali that belong on most itineraries: sea temples like Uluwatu and Tanah Lot, the rice terraces around Ubud, waterfalls in the central highlands and the island's best-known beaches and viewpoints. Each page covers what the place is, opening hours and entrance fees where they are officially published, what to wear at temples and a link to directions. Pair a visit with a guided tour or day trip, check what's on this week for ceremonies you can respectfully watch, and plan your base with the best areas in Bali.
A 16th-century sea temple perched on a tidal rock off Tabanan's coast, famous for sunset silhouettes,…
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Pura Luhur Uluwatu clings to a 70-metre limestone cliff on the Bukit Peninsula, with sweeping ocean…
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A steep valley of hand-carved rice terraces north of Ubud, watered by Bali's ancient subak irrigation…
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A 1,717-metre active volcano inside a vast caldera, climbed before dawn for sunrise over Lake Batur,…
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Nusa Penida's most famous viewpoint: a dinosaur-shaped headland plunging to a white-sand cove, reached by a…
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A thousand-year-old water temple in Tampaksiring where Balinese and visitors bathe beneath carved spouts fed by…
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A 17th-century lakeside temple in the cool Bedugul highlands, whose tiered shrines appear to float on…
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A broad, powerful waterfall on the Petanu River near Ubud, reached by a stairway and popular…
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A long arc of golden sand next to the airport where Bali's tourism began, best for…
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A wide white-sand beach on the Bukit Peninsula reached by a road carved through limestone cliffs…
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Bali's largest and holiest temple complex, a terraced sanctuary of 20-plus temples climbing the slopes of…
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A sacred mountain sanctuary in East Bali whose split gate frames Mount Agung, the island's most…
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A mid-20th-century royal water garden in East Bali with koi ponds, stepping stones, fountains and statues…
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An 11th-century sanctuary with a demon-mouthed cave, holy bathing pools and forest paths down to the…
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A 12.5-hectare sacred forest in the heart of Ubud, home to three temples and more than…
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Bali's largest and most spectacular rice-terrace landscape, a UNESCO World Heritage site of subak farms on…
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