You will find Bali located three miles off the west coast of Java with a comparatively small land area of just over 5,000km ; Bali could easily fit into Australia over 1,200 times. From the tip of Bali in the north to the tip of the island in the south is only 55miles and east to west it’s only ninety miles, so getting round the island is reasonably simple and the longest drive that you would need to do to get to any resort would be two hours at the most.
The most well liked hotel resorts can be found on a Bali Touring Map situated in the south of the island with a few others along the west and east coast. Nusa Dua is the most southern resort that is well-liked by visitors, though you will 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 that the roads are very rarely maintained to any standard and are generally just mud tracks often impassible by two automobiles and you must be cautious about folk and animals that use not only these side roads but the main roads to stroll on.
Heading along the west coast from Nusa Dua you will come to Jimbaran another highly regarded and busy tourist resort. Perhaps 10 minutes further along you’ll go by Ngurah Rai International airport that’s used as a gateway for the rest of Indonesia. Kuta and South Kuta are maybe another twenty minutes drive from here and this is where you will find the most commercialised 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 Bali 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 are not the well known or well-liked resorts or hotels. For the visitor who prefers secluded areas there will be plenty of places to remain along this western section of Bali without all the trappings and crowds of the big visitor places.
From here you could 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 coastal resorts. Here you will be surrounded by lush tropical rain forests with stunning views 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 more expensive than the southern areas due to the fantastic 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. Though this is not actually a well-liked holiday maker destination due to its lack of beaches, night life and shopping malls, it remains 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 will pass Tanjung Benoa a very popular, but extremely up market area. Tanjung Benoa is situated on the tip of the peninsula and has striking 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 so many more Bali hotels situated all round the island and on some of the smaller islands just around the coast. Bali is surely an island to be explored and visiting one of the lesser know villages will give you a miles better comprehension of the genuine Balinese way of life.
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