Ubud is located 35 km northeast of Bali's International Airport. It is
attractive to tourists for a variety of reasons. On a relatively small
island with a horde of attractions, Ubud is centrally located, There are
plenty reasons why Ubud was voted in recently as the most fascinating
city of Asia by Condé Nast Traveler.
The Ubud area is around two- to three hundred meters above sea
level and surrounded by rice fields, which makes it noticeably cooler
than then other tourist destinations in Bali. Neighbouring villages are
well known for unique bamboo crafts and furniture, wood- and stone
carving and many other crafts.
Ubud is famous for it's regularly nightly traditional dance
performances, which are part of the traditional culture and are arranged
for tourists on a regular schedule. Hindu-Balinese ceremonies take
place on a nearly daily basis, especially in the European summer, which
is the driest and coolest season here.
Ubud is popular in part today because it is the best place in
Bali to break out of the tourist mode and get off the beaten path,
although far from undiscovered. Hotels are plentiful; home stays and
Indonesian guesthouses (losmen) are easily available to the foreign
tourist. Many tourists simply base their entire stay in the city and
travel to other destinations from Ubud.
Accommodations in Ubud are also somewhat more reasonably
priced than in the beach towns of Bali. But atmosphere is perhaps the
major attractions. One visitor summed it up this way: Kuta is madness,
Sanur is sterile, and Nusa Dua is culturally isolated; Ubud is the place
to go.
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