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Map of Bali

You will find Bali located 3 miles off the west coast of Java with a comparatively 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 ninety miles, so getting around the island is reasonably simple and the longest drive that you would need to do in order to get to any resort would be two hours at the most. 

The most well liked Bali Hotels are situated in the south of the island with a couple of others along the east and west coast.  Nusa Dua is the most southern resort that is popular with tourists, though you may find other less known ones a bit further south.  The roads round the coast of Bali are usually in good shape, it is when you leave the main stretch that you are going to find that the roads are very seldom maintained to any standard and are generally just dust tracks frequently impassible by two automobiles and you need to be wary of 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’ll come to Jimbaran another highly regarded and busy holiday maker resort.  Perhaps 10 minutes further along you may 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 mins 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 visitor 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 famous or well-liked resorts or hotels.  For the tourist who likes isolated areas there’ll be plenty of places to remain along this western section of Bali without all of the trappings and crowds of the big holiday maker 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 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 some popular resorts.  As with the resorts further up the west coast you will find these are way more expensive than the southern areas because of the wonderful diving locations around this area.  The widely known 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 isn’t really a well-liked tourist destination due to its absence of beaches, night life and shopping malls, it’s 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 will pass Tanjung Benoa an an incredibly well liked, but extremely up market area.  Tanjung Benoa is situated on the end of the peninsula and has stunning views of the ocean. 

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 around the island and on some of the smaller islands just round the coast.  Bali is surely an island to be explored and taking one of the Bali Tours to one of the smaller know towns will give you a miles better understanding of the real Balinese lifestyle .

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