South Bali
South Bali is the most popular region in Bali. The South Bali region is associated most with shopping, beaches and partying. It has some interesting attractions though.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Denpasar and Kuta.
Denpasar
Kuta
Kuta is the best known tourist resort area on the island of Bali, Indonesia. With a long broad Indian Ocean beach-front, Kuta was discovered by tourists as a surfing paradise.
Seminyak
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Sanur and Bukit Peninsula.
Sanur
Sanur is a town on the east coast of South Bali. Sanur is Bali's oldest upscale resort area and is a mature beach-side town. Despite the abundance of restaurants and accommodation, it has a quiet and relaxed feel to it.
Bukit Peninsula
The Bukit Peninsula is southernmost point of Bali, Indonesia. Bukit means hill, and the peninsula has a dramatic landscape that if anything exceeds the promise of its name.
Tanah Lot
Tanah Lot is a rock formation off the Indonesian island of Bali. It is home to the ancient Hindu pilgrimage temple Pura Tanah Lot, a popular tourist and cultural icon for photography.
Jimbaran
Legian
Nusa Dua
Nusa Dua is a peninsula in South Bali, well known as an enclave of high end hotels. Nusa Dua host some of the best five star hotels in Bali and is home to the most popular golf course and a convention centre.
Canggu
Canggu is a beach area in South Bali, north of Seminyak and south of Tanah Lot. Until 2010, Canggu was mostly rice fields, but since tourism development has made its way north, it has become synonymous with digital nomads, upscale restaurants and accommodation, and terrible traffic.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kompiang Sujana Stadium and Kerobokan Prison.
Kompiang Sujana Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Kerobokan Prison
Prison
Kerobokan Penitentiary Institution is a prison located in Kerobokan, Badung Regency, on the Indonesian island of Bali. Located 4 km away from the Canggu village, the prison opened in 1979 and was built to hold 300 inmates.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dalung and North Kuta.
North Kuta
Town
North Kuta is an administrative district in Badung Regency of Bali, Indonesia. It lies just north of Kuta District and west of Denpasar city. It covers an area of 33.86 square kilometres, and had a population of 103,775 as of 2010 Census, having seen the heaviest brunt of suburbanization of all districts in the decade up to 2010 as the region was formerly mostly uninhabited fields.
Kerobokan
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.South Bali
- Type: human settlement
- Description: metropolitan area in Bali
- Also known as: “Denpasar metropolitan area”, “Denpasar Metropolitan Area”, and “Greater Kuta”
- Location: Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
-8.64° or 8° 38′ 24″ south
Longitude
115.175° or 115° 10′ 30″ east
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“South Bali” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منطقة دنباسار الحضرية”
- Arabic: “منطقة دنپاسار الحضرية”
- Balinese: “Wawengkon métropolitan Dénpasar”
- Catalan: “Àrea Metropolitana de Denpasar”
- Catalan: “Bali Meridional”
- German: “Sarbagita”
- German: “Süd-Bali”
- German: “Südbali”
- Indonesian: “Area Metropolitan Denpasar”
- Indonesian: “Bali Selatan”
- Indonesian: “Denpasar Raya”
- Indonesian: “Sarbagita”
- Italian: “Area metropolitana di Denpasar”
- Italian: “Bali meridionale”
- Malay: “Sarbagita”
- Russian: “Большая Денпасар”
- Russian: “Южный Бали”
- Urdu: “ڈنپسار میٹروپولیٹن علاقہ”
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