Sanur beach is easily reachable from Denpasar, about a 5 to 10 minute drive. Sanur is an amazing beach to watch the sun rises while enjoying the white sandy beach. You can swim but be careful cause the wave is rather great. Sheltered by the coral reef, the waves here are much gentler than other areas of Bali.
There are many hotels spreading from high class (five stars) to cheap one. So you have many choices which hotel you will take. In the last two decades the once sleepy village of Sanur has become an elite international resort, with huge hotel complexes offering first class accommodations and every modern facility to visiting tourists.
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Nusa Dua is a peninsula in the south of Bali. It’s located 40 kilometres from the capital city: Denpasar. 
There are many tourist areas in this area that comprises of lime-coral stone, such as Jimbaran Beach and Garuda Wisnu Kencana.
Crystal clear water and stretches of white sandy beach of Nusa Dua makes Nusa Dua a perfect place for relaxing your exhausted bodies. Some of the most sumptuous and luxurious hotels in the world find their home in Nusa Dua Bali. You can tee off into the sunset, while watching the gentle waves come from the blue sea and caress the banks surrounding the luscious greens. Tranquil swimming pools under the coconut trees seem to be one with the distant blue sea. Art galleries and numerous shops surround them.
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Located around 2 hours drive or 72 kilometers west of denpasar and best to leave early in the morning and beat most of it; the area has a forest with “ketket”, or thorny trees. The thorny forest means “
Alas Meduwi” in Balinese. Because of this. People agreed to call it “Meduwi”, then changed into the current name of Medewi. The beach is flat, stony, and has long rolling waves, so it is very suitable for surfing and sunset watching.
As soon as you arrive at this west coast, you'll feel blowing wind and great wave...a feel for how surf travel in Bali used to be...Lush tropical landscapes give way to ricefields spanning right to the sea and your hotel is located beachside in front of Medewi's classic long lefthander. There are also heaps of good river mouth set ups along the way, and rarely anyone surfing them.
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Just North of the Nusa Dua complex, takes one onto the narrow Peninsula of land, which terminates in the small village of Benoa. From the concrete pier, 
you can see over the Serangan Island, lying low on the water.
From the fishing village, people can depart daily by the Cruise ship. Out in the bay, is an anchorage for ocean-going yachts and the Bali International Yachts Club also has a base here.
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Not so far from Kuta beach (20 minutes), and just south of Kedonganan Beach, Jimbaran has very beautiful white sand with clear sea water. Many people from across Denpasar and Badung and many foreign touurists come to this beach for recreation and relaxation. Relax? Yup...it is quieter than its neighboring beaches like Kuta beach where you can no more come but for looking a crowd.
The most interesting you will find here is the baked or fried delicious seafood. In the evening, when sun set, the seafood cafe area soonly fulled with many people tasting its delicious seafood with romantic night panorama. You’ve got to taste it to believe it. Mainly seafood, particularly its typical grilled seafood. Just have a sit and a beautiful, half moon shaped beach will accompany your dinner.
In the morning, the fisherman come from sea with their catch and soon the fish market is buzzing with its activity. And when the sun is up in the morning, people come to swim, sunbathe, wind-surf, relax and play.
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The name Tulamben originally is a village located near or at the beach, of which the name was taken from the word "Batulambih" that meansmany stones caused by the explotion of Mount Agung. The name was then changed into Batulamben and then for easy spelling, called Tulamben. As Tourism industry grew rapidly in Bali, Tulamben also become one of the most popular beach in Bali which has beautiful under sea view. This area then flourished into a tourist destination that worth to visit. It can be reached for about 2,5 hours from Denpasar (102 kms) and 25 km north from Amlapura.
You will view beautiful seaalong with beautiful surroundings, like view of mount Agung on the west. But the most thing to see is its beautiful under sea panorama. The natural corals, beautiful floral fish and shipwreck of US Liberty from World War II make the diving is more alluring.
Don't worry about accommodation. You'll find small -but enough for just relaxing your body- hotels, restaurants, of food stalls. Diving operators are also available there.
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If you it is your first time go to Bali, you'll find uniqueness of Bali compared to other places in Indonesia or even in the world. Blend of the friendly people, the natural beauty with the great variety of things to see and do, the pleasant climate all the year, and the high security.
As soon as you step off the plane you might sense the difference. In the villages you'll notice the quietness and wisdom in old people's faces, and the interest and respect in the young's.
Over 3 million people live in Bali nowadays and most of them overwhelming Denpasar as its capital city of Bali Province. Hindu is the most embraced religion in Bali (almost 90%). Next is Islam. Muslims are mostly come from surrounding island like Java and Lombok although there are some muslims who dwelled Bali since centuries ago.
Urban people from outside Bali are growing faster from year to year. That because of fast growing tourism industry in Bali especially in Denpasar, Gianyar, Klungkung, and Badung. But after bombing tragedy at 2002, tourism climate decreased dramatically, caused many people unemployed, hotels and restaurant closed.
Most people live in the coastal areas in the South, and the island's largest town and administrative center is fast growing Denpasar with a population of now over 370,000. The villages between the town of Ubud and Denpasar.
Kuta (including Jimbaran, Tuban, and Legian, Seminyak, Basangkasa, etc), Sanur, and Nusa Dua are spreading rapidly in all directions, and before long the whole area from Ubud in the North to Sanur in the East, Berawa/Canggu in the West, and Nusa Dua in the South will be urbanized.
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Generally, Bali is in medium to hot temperature, between 20 to 33 degrees Celsius or 68 to 93 degrees Fahrenheit year-round. Along and near beaches, it is hot on daylight. Rainy season is from December to March, where the West monsoon can bring heavy showers and high humidity. And from June to September the humidity is low, rain falls infrequently. Weather becomes so cold.
All time, some places like Bedugul or Kintamani are continouesly simply cold and rain; On the contrary, Bukit and Jimbaran are always hot. On the other hand, in Ubud and the mountains you must expect cloudy skies and showers throughout the year (this is why the international weather reports for "Denpasar" or "Bali" mention showers and rain storms during all times of the year). In higher regions such as in Bedugul or Kintamani you'll also need either a sweater or jacket after the sun sets.
FLORA:
The wide variety of tropical plants is surprising. You'll see huge banyan trees in villages and temple grounds, tamarind trees in the North, clove trees in the highlands, acacia trees, flame trees, and mangroves in the South. In Bali grow a dozen species of coconut palms and even more varieties of bamboo.
And there are flowers, flowers everywhere. You'll see (and smell the fragrance of) hibiscus, bougainvillea, jasmine, and water lilies. Magnolia, frangipani, and a variety of orchids are found in many front yards and gardens, along roads, and in temple grounds. Flowers are also used as decorations in temples, on statues, as offerings for the gods, and during prayers. Dancers wear blossoms in their crowns, and even the flower behind the ear of your waitress seems natural in Bali.
FAUNA:
Elephants and tigers don't exist any more in Bali since early this century. Wildlife, however, includes various species of monkeys, civets, barking deer and mouse deer, and 300 species of birds including wild fowl, dollar birds, blue kingfishers, sea eagles, sandpipers, white herons and egrets, cuckoos, wood swallows, sparrows, and starlings. You can watch schools of dolphins near Lovina, Candi Dasa, and Padangbai. Divers will see many colorful coral fish and small reef fish, moray eels, and plankton eating whale sharks as well as crustaceans, sponges, and colorful coral along the east coast and around Menjangan Island near Gilimanuk
The island of Bali has an area of only 5,632 square kilometers (2,175 square miles) and measures just 55 miles (90 kilometers) along the north-south axis and less than about 90 miles (140 kilometers) from East to West. Because of this it's no problem to explore the island on day tours. You can go wherever you want on the island and return to your hotel or villa in the evening.
Located only two kilometers east of Jawa, Bali's climate, flora and fauna are quite similar to its much larger neighbour. The island is famous for its beautiful landscape. A chain of six volcanoes, between 1,350 meters and 3,014 meters high, stretches from west to east. There are lush tropical forests, pristine crater lakes, fast flowing rivers and deep ravines, picturesque rice terraces, and fertile vegetable and fruit gardens. The beaches in the South consist of white sand, beaches in other parts of the island are covered with gray or black volcanic sand.
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