Insight Guides Explore Bali (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides

• Publisher: Insight Guides
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781786716040
• eBook ISBN: 9781786717368
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Travel

For a tiny island in the world's largest archipelago, Bali is blessed with astonishing diversity, with ancient temples, hedonistic beach parties, world-class surfing and isolated villages that continue to maintain artistic traditions and ancient customs. Insight Guide Explore Bali is the ideal pocket companion for your trip to this seductive, compact island: a full-colour guide containing 12 easy-to-follow routes from the city of Denpasar to the sea temple of Pura Tanah Lot.

Inside Explore Bali:
Discover this beautiful island, from the cultural hub of Ubud and the Goa Gajah (Elephant Cave) to the crystal-clear waters of Nusa Lembongan
Experience the best of Bali: absorb the island's spirituality at a temple festival, lounge on a white-sand beach and take in local art in Ubud
Insight's trademark cultural coverage sets the routes in context, with introductions to Balinese cuisine, traditional crafts, entertainment ranging from the Negara bull races to elegant temple dances, outdoor activities, and key historical dates
Our recommended places to eat and drink are highlighted in each route, with even more suggestions in the directory section, which also contains a wealth of useful practical information including a range of carefully selected accommodation to suit all budgets
Pull-out map with useful plotted routes
Evocative photography captures the very best of this stunning island

How To Use This E-Book

This Explore Guide has been produced by the editors of Insight Guides, whose books have set the standard for visual travel guides since 1970. With ­top-­quality photography and authoritative recommendations, these guidebooks bring you the very best routes and itineraries in the world’s most exciting destinations.

Best Routes

The routes in this book provide something to suit all budgets, tastes and trip lengths. As well as covering the destination’s many classic attractions, the itineraries track lesser-known sights, and there are also ex­cursions for those who want to extend their visit outside the city. The routes embrace a range of interests, so whether you are an art fan, a gourmet, a history buff or have kids to entertain, you will find an option to suit.

We recommend reading the whole of a route before setting out. This should help you to familiarise yourself with it and enable you to plan where to stop for refreshments – options are shown in the ‘Food and Drink’ box at the end of each tour.

Introduction

The routes are set in context by this introductory section, giving an overview of the destinat...

Table of contents

• Recommended Routes For...
• Explore Bali
• Food and Drink
• Shopping
• Entertainment
• Activities
• History: Key Dates
• Sanur, Denpasar and Uluwatu
• Ubud highlights
• Batur and Kintamani
• Bedulu, Tampaksiring and Tegallalang
• Pejeng and Bangli
• Klungkung and Besakih
• Tenganan, Candidasa and Amlapura
• Bratan and Bedugul
• Lovina and Singaraja
• Krambitan, Pupuan and Medewi
• Tanah Lot, Jatiluwih and Batukau
• Nusa Lembongan, Nusa Ceningan and Nusa Penida
• Accommodation
• Restaurants
• Nightlife
• A-Z
• Language
• Books and Film