Ubud is a place where traditional Balinese culture imbues every waking moment, colorful offerings adorn the streets, and the hypnotic strains of gamelan are an ever-present soundtrack to everyday life.

Basing yourself in Ubud, which is replete with alluring sleeping and eating options, is a no-brainer, but so too is hopping on a motorcycle or organising a car and driver to see the rest that this part of Bali has to offer.

Peninsula. Head up to Ubud for rice-field walks and intoxicating culture. Catch a fast boat to/from the near-by Gili islands for a heaving travellers’ scene. Oneonth¨M iclude your week on Bali and the Gilis, but start on Java n and cross through the cultural city of Yogyakarta and the Unesco treasure of Borobudur. From lombok catch

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yak. The artistic swirl of Ubud is a counterpoint to misty treks amid the volcanoes. Mellow beach towns like Amed, Lovina and Pemuteran are found right round the coast and just offshore is the laid-back idyll of Nusa Lembongan. As you stumble upon the exquisite little religious offerings that seem to materialise every­

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Free shuttles to get here and back drive a loop around central Ubud every 15 minutes, stopping on JI Raya Ubud, JI Hanoman and on Money Forest Rd – look for the lime-green buses. Note that the monkeys keep a keen eye on passing tourists in hope of …

This modest palace and its temple, Puri Saren Agung, share a compound in the heart of Ubud. Most of its structures were built after the 1917 earthquake and the local royal family still lives here.

If you only visit one museum in Ubud, make it this one. Founder Agung Rai built his fortune selling Balinese artwork to foreigners in the 1970s, and…

Ubud Monkey Forest. Ubud. This cool and dense swath of jungle officially houses three holy temples. The sanctuary is inhabited by a band of over 600 grey-haired and greedy long…