Bali Tourist Map
January 2, 2010 by 247 Travel Guides
Filed under Travel Tips
You’ll find Bali located three miles off the west coast of Java with a relatively tiny 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 end of the island in the south is only 55miles and east to west it’s only 90 miles, so getting round the island is reasonably straightforward and the longest drive that you would need to do to get to any resort would be 2 hours at the most.
The most popular Bali Hotels are 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 favored by travellers, although you may find other less known ones a bit further south. The roads around the coast of Bali are usually in fine condition, it is when you leave the main stretch that you are going to find that the roads are infrequently maintained to any standard and are typically just dirt tracks frequently impassible by two automobiles and you need to be careful of folk 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 will come to Jimbaran another highly regarded and busy visitor resort. Maybe 10 minutes further along you will go by Ngurah Rai International airport that is used as a gateway for the remainder 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 built 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 magnificent 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 popular resorts or hotels. For the visitor who favors secluded areas there will be plenty of places to stay along this western section of Bali without all of the trappings and crowds of the big tourist 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 views of the mountains and volcanoes. Driving further east you’ll shortly come to the eastern shore, where there are some popular resorts. As with the resorts further up the west coast you’ll find these are far more expensive than the southern areas due to the excellent diving locations around this area. The widely recognized resorts on the east coast are Candi Dasa and Sanur. When you get to Sanur you can take a detour inland and come to Denspanar, the capital of Bali. Although this isn’t really a popular traveller destination due to its lack 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 a truly well-liked, but very up market area. Tanjung Benoa is located 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 much more. There are such a lot of more Bali hotels situated all round the island and on some of the smaller islands just around the coast. Bali is certainly an island to be explored and taking one of the Bali Tours to one of the smaller know villages will give you a miles better understanding of the genuine Balinese way of life.
