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• What to Do-Kuta and Seminyak
• The Hidden Life of South Bali
• The Struggle to Save Bali's Turtles
• Jimbaran-The Bukit
• What to Do-Impossible Surf at The Bukit
• Fair Trade in Bali
• Ubud
• A Dance for Every Day
• Balinese Painters
• Ubud-What to do
• A Word of Dance
• East Bali in a Nutshell
• The Hidden life of East Bali
• Klungkung
• Where to Stay-Padang Bay
• Where to Stay Candidasa
• First and Third World in Tenganan
• Amlapura-Tirtagangga
• Tirtagangga and Around
• Amed Beach
• Planning Your Trip: The Best of Bali
• South Bali in a Nutshell

 

Amlapura - Tirtagangga

Where to Stay – Tirtagangga

Starting from the royal baths, the first place to stay is Tirta Ayu Villa . Tucked into the trees inside the water palace, it provides a unique opportunity to stay on the grounds of the last raja of Karangasem. Overlooking the pools, the largest bungalows are adorned with refined furniture and ikat , and have open-air bathrooms. The cheapest ones are in the back in a small white building.

A few steps away from the water gardens, Rajasa Home Stay has clean rooms with simple bamboo furniture in a flowery g arden . Expect some street noise during the day. The restaurant puts on dance shows every Wednesday and Saturday during the peak season.

A bit further away from the road, Good karma I has small rooms with basic wooden furniture in duplex style bungalows. Enter through the restaurant at the corner of the parking lot. Cooking classes are planned for the future.

A bit more comfortable, Puri Sawah ("the Rice Fields Palace ") is located at the top of a steep lane near the water gardens' entrance. The pleasant rooms are set up in two-storey thatch-roofed bungalows; the priciest rooms upstairs have a nice view of the rice fields. The Rice Terrace Cafe sits in a peaceful corner at the back.

Where to Stay – Ababi

At the end of a hidden, bumpy road, this cool Village is a perfect base from which to enjoy the region, facing superb rice field terraces on the western side. Accommodations are in home stays, each with its own small path to the water palace, a 15 to 30-minute walk through the rice fields. The home stays have no restaurants; meals can prepared on demand. They can arrange walks in the area, and sometimes dance shows

A Family Stay at Villa Gangga

This tasteful place, run by a welcoming French-Balinese couple, offers comfortable bungalows in a spacious compound above the water gardens.

surrounding verdant hills

simple bamboo furniture

including vegetarian dishes

bungalows built above

brick shops decorated

treks into highland

small road climbs

This lower temple