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Ubud is one of the most visited tourist destination on the island of Bali, Indonesia. In fact, Ubud become a quest of love Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, which was then raised to the movie of the same title and starring Hollywood actress Julia Roberts. There are a variety of experience to be gained by tourists.
You are interested in spending time in Ubud? Prepare to fall in love with the magical aura of Ubud. Aura that makes you calm and always makes you yearn for a return to Ubud. The Balinese call this aura as "taksu". Here are 10 tourist activities you can do in Ubud.
Yoga in the morning. Ubud synonymous with yoga. People come from all over the world to study yoga in Ubud. Not just for beginners, professionals also enjoy a yoga session in Ubud.
Hotels in Ubud also polish up with yoga. Starting from providing free yoga classes for guests to provide a special place for yoa. Most places yoga has a park-like scenery or views of the rice fields.
One of the famous yoga is Yoga Barn at Hanuman Road. Yoga Barn has a variety of yoga classes for brief or intensive classes. Greet the morning sun with yoga in the middle of the typical scenery Ubud.
Ride your bike on the edge of the field. Remember the scene in the Julia Roberts film "Eat, Pray, Love" on a bicycle with paddy field background? Yes, cycling activities in the field is the most popular activity while pleasure travelers in Ubud.
Rent a bike is actually easy to find in Ubud. Starting from just around the city center to rent a mountain bike to ride as far to the Kintamani. You'll want to take a package tour by bicycle.
With cycling package, you will be invited to tour around the rice paddies and into the village locals. You are free to interact and experience the hospitality typical of the people of Ubud.
If you do not like cycling, trekking tour went along with walking across the rice paddies and into the village. This experience directly interact with and get to know the life of the Balinese people and culture in which they live.
Learning to cook Balinese food. Cooking Class in Ubud on the rise. Restaurants and hotels offer cooking classes or cooking classes for tourists. The material taught is Balinese menus such as satay wrap and lawar, and Indonesian cuisine such as fried rice, gado-gado, or yellow rice.
Interested in trying to cook culinary Bali? Try go Paon Bali in Laplapan conducting cooking classes at home. Casa Luna restaurant is also famous as a place to learn to cook and is seen as the first restaurant to open cooking classes.
Participants will be invited to a cooking class usually first to the traditional market. Therefore, some of the classes started in the morning. Currently on the market, participants will purchase direct materials needed.
Consultation Ketut Liyer a traditional medicine. Spa and wellness in Ubud growing rapidly spoiling tourists coming. But the locals themselves have known traditional medicine using natural ingredients as medicine since ancient.
Traditional medicine is like a spa, massage therapy and spiritual aspects with emphasis on meditation. Balinese society called the "doctor" is traditionally known as "healers".
One of the "healers" in the famous Ubud is Ketut Arsana. For over 25 years, he provided treatment with massage therapy and herbal medicines. While Ketut Liyer, "healers" who became famous by its appearance in the novel and movie "Eat, Pray, Love" meditation therapy approach.
Culinary tour. As tourism Ubud has developed since before the era of Indonesia's independence, culinary appeared in Ubud is also very diverse. You can find culinary Europe to America. Call it a typical gelato Italian, Japanese, typical Mexican tacos and burritos, to French cuisine.
Culinary Indonesia especially Bali was so popular in Ubud. Try the fried duck call Balinese, is certainly the first known restaurants in Ubud which sells fried duck. Alternatively, rice epileptic Bu Mangku Kedewatan until chicken betutu at Warung Murni.
Visit the museum. Ubud is the museum's biggest districts Gianyar. There are six museums that can be visited, almost of them are related to art and painting.
For instance Museum Puri Paintings which is the first museum in Bali. Museum collections inimenampilkan Balinese paintings on the way three eras, from the kingdom of Bali until the independence of Indonesia.
There are also other art museums such as the Neka Art Museum, Don Antonio Blanco Museum, Museum Rudana, and Agung Rai Museum of Art. While the new museum is a museum owned Ubud Marketing 3.0, which was inaugurated in 2011.
Fire Kecak Dance. Not complete without start viewing traditional Balinese dance performances when they travel to Ubud. Moreover, Ubud is considered as the center of Balinese art. It's easy to find places serving dance performances in Ubud.
However, regular dance performances staged at night. Usually at the top seven in the evening. You can watch Legong or Kecak fire dance. There are two famous place to see Balinese dance and the Pura Dalem Puri Saren Agung.
Kecak Fire can be seen in the Pura Dalem, located on Jalan Raya Ubud. You will be amazed by kemagisan dance. While in Puri Saren Agung, you can see the Legong dance. Besides these places, there are many other places that provide traditional dance performances and shadow puppets.
Shopping in Ubud Market. Go to the Ubud Market, you are greeted with bright colors. The traditional markets are located in the city center offers a variety of Balinese handicrafts. Starting from woven bags, clothes labeled Bali, Balinese traditional clothes, to sculpture and painting.
Also try a variety of traditional snacks that are sold in this market. Should come in the morning. Because, during the day is usually packed with tourists group. You also can shop at the market located in Tegallalang. Remember to bargain the price before you buy.
Navigating the Ayung with rafting. Famous rafting spot in Bali is rafting on the Ayung River. There are some operators rafting in the Ayung River. White-water rafting on the Ayung River in the category of class II and III. Thus, river rafting is suitable for beginners.
The uniqueness of rafting on the Ayung River is a panorama on the right and left bank. Towering palm trees, the trees on the hill, until the rice terraces. Not only that, in the middle of the river rafting, you will be taken to see Balinese artisans carved reliefs of Ramayana in the form of a rock cliff. Rafting package usually includes lunch and shuttle.
Say hello to the monkeys in the Monkey Forest. Ubud is home of the monkey. You should stop by and take a walk in the area of the Monkey Forest. Here, the monkeys roam freely. Many tourists take pictures preoccupied with these monkeys. But be careful of the monkeys is sometimes nosy pick up the tourists.
Monkey Forest at the entrance, visitors are greeted monkey sculpture large size. Well, when it entered into a forest area of about 27 hectares, cool atmosphere and beautiful welcome. Inside the temple there is the Monkey Forest which is also frequently visited by tourists.
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