Tourist Spots in Bali
"This blog offers essential insights into Bali’s top tourist spots and best hotels, helping travelers plan their perfect visit."
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Tuesday 9 June 2015
Keraton Jimbaran Beach Resort
Keraton Jimbaran Beach Resort is an elegant beachfront property that honours Bali’s cultural and artistic legacy with a collection of 102 guest rooms and private villas. The property is set within a mature tropical garden and has direct access to the pristine white sands of Jimbaran Bay.
It is a place where travellers can truly unwind in an exotic setting that is considerably removed from the trappings of mainstream tourism. Keraton Jimbaran Beach Resort celebrates living life to the fullest and taking each new day simply as it comes.
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Exceptional Dining Experience
Joglo Restaurant, the restaurant at Keraton Jimbaran Resort & Spa gives culinary experience that takes you on a full flavoured journey.
Choose from our signature dishes to satiate your appetite with range of specialities from local delights to International cuisine. Our menus are driven by the freshest ingredients and seasonal products to create dishes that will entice you coming back for more.
Replenishing Body & Beauty Rituals
Inspired by the age-old healing practices of Indonesia’s royal courts, Le Spa is an enchanting wellness facility dedicated to personal rejuvenation. It offers a carefully crafted menu of relaxation therapies and beauty rituals to address the effects of modern living. Naturally sourced ingredients And essential oils are used to indulge the body, mind and spirit.
Celebrations of The Heart
With its native Balinese gardens and pristine stretch of white sand beach, Keraton Jimbaran Resort & Spa provides an idyllic venue for your destination wedding. It is a place to celebrate in style before your dearest friends and loved ones. Exchanging your vows beneath the tropical blue skies of Bali will make for an unforgettable day to treasure always.
Facilities and Actifities
An elegant, boutique style resort hosting 102 elegant rooms with 3 suites and 6 villas.
All rooms have private bathroom and balconies, individually controlled air conditioning and television with parabola, direct dial telephone with I.D.D, safety box, fridge, hair dryer and room service.
Beach Activities
The exclusive location of the Keraton Jimbaran Resort & Spa on Jimbaran Bay offers complete seclusion on one of the best white sand beaches in Bali, where evenings bring spectacular sunsets. Very tastefully designed resort, and swimming in its swimming pool has to be experienced to be believed. Even if you are staying at another Resort this time, we recommend to visit the Resort and its pool, it makes a nice day trip, and you probably ending up wanting to stay there next time. If you like walks on the beach at sunset time this is the place for you, within walking distance there are many inexpensive but excellent grilled seafood restaurants.
Guest Activities
You will never get bored while staying with us. We have arranged many activities for our in-house guests and you also may have experience of shopping in traditional market.
Recreational Facilities
• Beach Volley Ball
• Massage
• Rental Cars
• Swimming Pool
• Boutique
• Table Tennis
• Chess
• Billiard
Meeting Facilities
Book business conference Venues at Keraton Jimbaran Resort & Spa. Your every need will be taken care of during the events by a dedicated team who are well versed in the art of Balinese hospitality. All of our personalized services will ensure that your events with us at Keraton Jimbaran Resort & Spa is successfully plan.
Meeting Facilities:
• Flip chart
• Laser Pointer
• LCD Projector & Screen
• Meeting Room
• Microphones, 2 wireless & 2 cable
• Note pad and Pen
• Registration Table
• Sound System
• Water and Mints
• Wi-Fi Internet in the meeting room
Thursday 27 March 2014
The Nyepi Rituals
NYEPI
(Day of Silence)
IS NOT
JUST A RITUAL MEMORIAL
Nyepi is a Balinese "Day of
Silence" that is commemorated every Isakawarsa (Saka new year) according to Bali's calendar
(in 2014, it will be on March 31). It is a day of silence, fasting, and meditation.
The day following Nyepi is also celebrated as New Year
Observed
from 6 a.m. until 6 a.m. the next morning, Nyepi is a day reserved for self-reflection and as such, anything that
might interfere with that purpose is restricted. The main restrictions are: no
lighting fires; no working; no entertainment or pleasure; no traveling; and for
some, no talking or eating at all. The effect of these prohibitions is that
Bali’s usually bustling streets and roads are empty, there is little or no
noise from TV’s and radio’s, and few signs of activity are seen even inside homes. The only people to
be seen outdoors are the Pecalang,
traditional security men who patrol the streets to ensure the prohibitions are
being followed.
Although
Nyepi is primarily a Hindu holiday, non-Hindu residents of Bali
observe the day of silence as well, out of respect for their fellow citizens. Even
tourists are not exempt; although free to do as they wish inside their hotels,
no one is allowed onto the beaches or streets, and the only airport in Bali
remains closed for the entire day. The only exceptions granted are for emergency vehicles
carrying those with life-threatening conditions and women about to give birth.
On the day
after Nyepi, known as Ngembak Geni, social activity picks up again quickly, as
families and friends gather to ask forgiveness from one another, and to perform
certain religious rituals together.
Rituals
- First, The Melasti Ritual is performed at the 3-4 previous day. It is dedicated to Sanghyang Widhi Wasa and is performed at the beach to respect them as the owner of The Land and Sea. The ritual performed in Pura (Balinese temple) near the sea (Pura Segara) and meant to purify Arca, Pratima, and Pralingga (sacred objects) belongs to several temples, also to acquire sacred water from the sea. For area that are located far from the sea,the ritual was carried out on the lake or river that is The Melasti Ritual is a symbol of respect for the water which serves to purify the body and mind as well as to providing welfare to all beings
The Melasti Ritual |
- Second, The Bhuta Yajna
Ritual is performed in order to vanquish the negative elements and
create balance with God, Mankind, and Nature. The ritual also meant to
appease Batara Kala by Pecaruan offering. Devout Hindu Balinese
villages usually make ogoh-ogoh,
demonic statues made of bamboo and paper symbolizing negative elements or
malevolent spirits. After the ogoh-ogoh have been paraded around the
village, the Ngrupuk ritual takes place, which involves burning the
ogoh-ogoh. Bhuta is a sysbol of strength of the two characters that are
good and bad t the same time, a ritual to remind people that there is a
force to be selected and used as needed, bed power should be kept away
even eredicated from the human, specially on the ave of Nyepi day, the
form of this ritual is ogoh-ogoh parade aroud the village, which ended
with the burning of those ogoh-ogoh on the beach.
The Bhuta Yajna Ritual |
Ogoh-ogoh |
- Third, The Nyepi Rituals
is performed with the following conditions:
- Amati Geni: No fire/light,
including no electricity
- Amati Karya: No working
- Amati Lelungaan: No travelling
- Amati Lelanguan: Fasting and
no revelry/self-entertainment
The Nyepi Rituals |
A day after the Bhuta Yadnya ritual, it is believed that the evel spirit
have been far away from the human, which left only the noble qualities, so at
the time of Nyepi the body and the mind are appeased by yoga meditation,
providing opportunities for godlikes qualities to ties of body and mind are
free, free to unite with pure power of universe.
- Fourth, The Yoga/Brata
Ritual starts at 6:00 AM and continues to 6:00 AM the next day. The
goal of spiritual achievement is awareness, awareness is the third
elements among the element of body and soul. Body consist of several
elements that mattually bind themselves to each other where necessary the
axistence of two opposite caracters of positive and negative, and element
of the soul also has such two caracters of devinity and the evil.Spiritual
activities can be started by learning body awareness , followed by
learning of mind awareness that will ultimately transformed into soul and
permanent awareness at the end, and the Nyepi Day is dedicated for
universe awareness activities.
- Fifth, The Ngembak
Agni/Labuh Brata Ritual is performed for all Hindus to forgive each
other and to welcome the new days to come. On this day, Hindu community in
Bali is usually held an impromptu market where people meet with relatives
and neighbors to forgive each other with joy.
- Sixth and finally, The Dharma Shanti Rituals is performed after the Nyepi Day or "Day of Silence.". Community groups or componies often invite religious speaker to provide spiritual enlightenment to equalize the differences between their perceptions that occur in the last year, as well as to talk about the significance of religious and moral teachings and how its implementation in the global life and career.
Wednesday 22 May 2013
Art Centre
Werdhi Budaya Park (Art Center), located on Nusa Indah Street, Denpasar, Bali, is one of the largest and most comprehensive cultural performance centers in Bali. This venue hosts the Bali Arts Festival, held annually for a full month, starting on the first Saturday night in June. The cultural park was designed by renowned Balinese architect Ida Bagus Tugur, with architecture inspired by Balinese temples and royal palaces.
The Art Center is divided into four main areas:
- Sacred Complex, which includes: Taman Beji Temple, Selonding Pavilion, Pepaosan Pavilion, and others.
- Quiet Complex, which includes the Widya Kusuma Library.
- Semi-Public Complex, including the Mahudara Exhibition Hall, Craft Building, Sculpture Studio, Guesthouse for Artists, and Wantilan Hall.
- Bustling Complex, which includes the open stage Ardha Chandra and the covered stage Ksirarnawa, both located south of the river.
Tuesday 21 May 2013
Bali Museum
Museum Bali |
Museum Bali is one of the ancient buildings that has remained well-preserved until today. It is located in the center of Denpasar city, precisely to the east of Puputan Badung Square, adjacent to the Jagatnatha Temple. The museum building stretches from north to south and is divided into two parts. The northern section is a complex of ancient buildings that were planned and built in 1910.
Museum Bali houses various legacies of the past, focusing on human history and ethnography. Its collection consists of ethnographic objects such as tools and equipment for daily life, artworks, religious artifacts, and manuscripts that reflect the life and cultural development of Bali.
The museum holds a total of 10,506 recorded collections, including manuscripts and copies. These collections were acquired through purchases from the community, art shops, as well as gifts and donations. Some collections currently being inventoried include stupas with hundreds of components, 8.5 kg of kepeng coins, ceramics from Europe and China, and porcelain from Japan, China, and Siam.
The Bali Museum building follows the Tri Mandala concept, which consists of the Nista Mandala (outer area), Madya Mandala (middle area), and Utama Mandala (main area).
In the Utama Mandala, there are three main buildings:
- Tabanan Building, a pavilion with typical architecture from Tabanan Regency, housing antiquities such as artworks, accessories, household items, ceremonial tools, and a variety of traditional weapons.
- Buleleng Building, a structure with North Bali-style architecture, containing household tools, craft equipment, agricultural and fishing tools, entertainment devices, and primitive sculptures made from clay, stone, and other materials.
- Karangasem Building, a building with East Bali-style architecture, storing prehistoric objects, archaeological artifacts, ethnographic items, as well as some modern paintings.
Open: Sunday to Thursday from 8:00 to 15:00 and Friday from
08:00 to 12:30
Monday 20 May 2013
Brahmavihara Arama
Brahmavihara Arama |
Brahmavihara-Arama, better known by the name of Buddha banjar
monastery which is the biggest Buddha monastery in Bali .
It is in a hilly area in the village tegeha banjar, banjar district, 22 km west
Singaraja and 11 km from the tourist area of Lovina. With a quiet and calm
atmosphere. We can look directly to the beach lovina, atmosphere of this makes
the monastery Buddha this become strong appeal for tourists, both foreign
tourists and domestic. Outline the monastery complex consists of 5 important,
namely:
Uposatha Gara
Located on the west summit, a comfortable and quiet room. On
the walls were carved panels birth of the Buddha, and in the middle there is a
statue of the Buddha in a state of achieving nirvana. This room functions for the
inauguration of the Bhiku samanera (candidates Bhiku), an early stage for the
next training session.
Dharmasala
Sort of lecture halls located on the east. In this place the
Bhiku conduct worship services, giving sermons, and this place is also used as
a place to do all spiritual activity.
Stupa
A building that resembles a giant bell located in the
Northwest corner, which all sides are made of concrete with a very impressive
relief.
Tree Body
In the southwest corner of the building there is a large tree
called the tree body, which is around the tree decorated with reliefs. This
place is a symbol of the victory of the Buddha at the time he reached the Buddha
sammia (the eternal perfection).
Kuti
Kuti is the residence of the Bhiku and students who are
studying and this place is also sometimes used as a practice site of the Bhiku.
In the monastery complex there are some Buddha statues that
adorn every corner of the garden or room. There are two very interesting Buddha
statue is a statue of the Buddha statue parinirwana and are achieving the Sama
or moksha in Hindu religious terms.
Sunday 19 May 2013
Explore the Wonders of Bedugul
Bedugul is a tourist area located at an altitude of approximately 1,240 meters above sea level. It is part of Baturiti Subdistrict, Tabanan Regency. Bedugul is home to two famous tourist attractions: the Bedugul Botanical Gardens and Lake Beratan, both of which are major draws for visitors
Bedugul botanical garden
The Bedugul Botanical Garden is a delightful tourist destination, known for its cool climate with temperatures averaging around 18°C at night and 24°C during the day. The garden is home to a wide variety of protected plant species, most of which are native to Indonesia, while some species from other countries are also preserved here. Due to its vast area and the availability of recreational activities, the garden is frequently used as a family outing spot and a venue for corporate events by companies in Bali.
Lake Beratan |
To the north of the Bedugul Botanical Garden lies Lake Beratan, the second largest lake on the island of Bali. In the middle of the lake stands a temple, and when the water level rises, the temple becomes partially submerged, with only a few walls remaining above the surface. Surrounding the temple, visitors can enjoy recreational activities and various wildlife attractions managed by local residents. You can take photos with pythons, parrots, monkeys, and other wildlife species. There is also a boat rental service at the lakefront, allowing visitors to explore the lake. For those interested in a traditional boating experience, local fishermen offer affordable rides around the lake in traditional boats.
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