Bali Map
You’ll find Bali located three miles off the west coast of Java with a relatively little land area of just over 5,000km ; Bali could fit into Australia over 1,200 times. From the tip on a Map of Bali in the north to the tip of the island in the south is only 55miles and east to west it is only 90 miles, so getting round the island is fairly simple and the longest drive that you would need to do to get to any resort would be 2 hours at the most.
The most well liked Bali Hotels are situated in the south of the island with a few others along the east and west coast. Nusa Dua is the most southern resort that’s well-liked by visitors, although you may find other less known ones a bit further south. The roads around the coast of Bali are generally in good shape, it is when you leave the main stretch that you are going to find the roads are very rarely maintained to any standard and are generally just dust tracks frequently impassible by two automobiles and you want to be careful of people and animals that use not only these side roads but the main roads to walk on.
Heading along the west coast from Nusa Dua you’ll come to Jimbaran another very popular and busy tourist resort. Perhaps 10 minutes further along you may go by Ngurah Rai International airport that’s used as a gateway for the remainder of Indonesia. Kuta and South Kuta are perhaps another twenty minutes drive from here and this is where you will find the most commercialized area of Bali. Not only are the hotels designed to accommodate many tourists, but the leisure facilities and the shopping areas very tourist orientated.
The drive from here to the tip of the west coast will take you past some of the more up market holiday maker destinations of Bali. Legian and Seminyak are situated along the west coast and offer more splendid accommodation including personal beaches, gardens and swimming pools. The rest of the drive up the west coast will take you past many places to remain, but they don’t seem to be the well known or preferred resorts or hotels. For the holiday maker who favors secluded areas there will be masses of places to remain along this western section of Bali without all the trappings and crowds of the big tourist places.
From here you might head inland in an easterly direction and you will come to Ubud which is situated in the mountainous region of Bali. The landscape is worlds apart compared to the seaside resorts. Here you’ll be encircled by lush tropical rain forests with stunning perspectives of the mountains and volcanoes. Driving further east you will shortly come to the eastern shore, where there are a few popular resorts. As with the resorts further up the west coast you will find these are way more expensive than the southern areas due to the wonderful diving locations around this area. The widely recognized resorts on the east coast are Candi Dasa and Sanur. After you get to Sanur you can take a detour inland and come to Denspanar, the capital of Bali. Although this is not really a well-liked traveller destination due to its lack of beaches, night life and shopping malls, it is still worth taking time out to explore.
From Denspanar you would drive south again and before you get to Nusa Dua where you started from, you’ll pass Tanjung Benoa a very popular, but very up market area. Tanjung Benoa is to be found on the tip of the peninsula and has stunning views of the sea.
As far as the most visited and popular places in Bali go, those are the better known ones, but Bali offers so very much more. There are such a lot of more Bali hotels situated all around the island and on some of the smaller islands just round the coast. Bali is certainly an island to be explored and taking one of the Bali Tours to one of the lesser know villages will give you a miles better understanding of the genuine Balinese lifestyle .
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November 23, 2009 5:23 am
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