🇮🇩 Indonesia – Bali : Sanur

Sunrise over Sanur Beach.

A quieter coastal location with a slower pace and beautiful beach for those who are looking to simply relax.

Sanur Streets

What to Expect.

  • A lot quieter than Kuta.
  • Mainly for families and couples.
  • Beautiful, clean and a quieter beach.
  • A range of prices for meals, drinks and souvenirs but slightly cheaper than Ubud and cheaper than Kuta.
  • Slower pace.
  • A location with close access to the fast boats that take you to the Gill islands.
  • Not a lot going on and most attractions are a transport journey away.
  • Accomodation is a little more expensive but there are some gorgeous hotels with swimming pools and access to the beach.
  • Get up before 6am and watch the sunrise on the horizon.

Read below for more information

Hiring a Cycling Bike

  • Barter, barter, barter – we got 2 bikes for 2.5 hours for 30k rupee.
  • Gentle exercise and a great way to explore the beach front.
  • Check the bikes tyres, brakes, handlebars, seat
  • Easily whiles away a few hours
Beach view
Blue. Blue. Blue.
Relax, Splash and Drink.

Shopping on Jalan Danau Tamblingan

Hardy’s Department Store

Hidden in plain sight.
  • Souvenirs galore – decisions, decisions, decisions.
  • Cheap and reasonable prices.
  • Selection of clothes, bags, souvenirs, food and drinks.
  • Generally cheapest for food & drink.
  • Supermarket attached which proved to be cheapest in the area.
  • May be asked to leave bag at the entrance.

Shops

  • Selection of local shops including: Clothing, Balinese Silver, Masks, Wooden Carvings, Kites, Homeware, Souvenirs
  • Restaurants, Bakery’s and Cafes
  • Whiles away a few hours
  • Chance to barter a bargain

Turtle Conservation Centre

  • We didn’t visit however it was somewhere we wanted to go! (Only due to requiring a taxi to get there and back)
  • Free entry but donation welcome.
  • You can pay to adopt, name and release a turtle for 150k rupee.
  • The beach where they are released is further out.

Amazing Eats (☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️)

  • Curry in Bali ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️
  • Warung Papa Pizza ☀️☀️☀️☀️
  • Bread Basket ☀️☀️☀️☀️

Curry in Bali

Kadai Chicken Curry and Goat Rogan Josh
  • Mid-top range prices – We spent 332k rupee (around £18.53) for 2 curries, 2 sides and 2 soft drinks
  • Very tasty curries originating from Pula
  • Handpainted interior showing the the origins of different curries
  • Decent portion sizes
  • Non-oily curries!
  • Lovely staff
  • Exactly what we were craving!
Garlic Naan and Boiled Rice

Warung Papa Pizza

Large Balinese Chicken and Small Margherita Pizza
  • Super cheap – £9.17 (including a 10% tip)
  • Family run restaurant
  • Friendly, attentive and pleasant staff
  • Down back alleys so maybe visit during the day if you don’t like the sound of that – it’s TOTALLY worth it!
  • Thin based pizzas with plenty of topping

Bread Basket

  • Reasonable prices and decent portion sizes – £6.99 for 2 softs, pancakes with fruit and honey and waffles with bacon and hash browns
  • Sweet staff
  • Only open during the day
  • Daily specials available
  • Admittedly I only had pancakes but for any bread craving, this is the place to go!

Accomodation: Gustavbali Bed and Breakfast

  • Relatively cheap at 207k (Rupiah) each night for a double room. (£11.90)
  • Very clean and tidy.
  • Rooms are a tad small but great for a few nights.
  • Bathroom has hot water!
  • Aircon.
  • Great location – roughly 10 minutes from beach.
  • A cheap supermarket a stone throw away – trust us it is cheaper than the marts,

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