Ubud

Ubud is inland, not an ocean resort. Stay for rice terraces, palaces, yoga, craft markets and a slower-than-beach-club pace. The centre is busy; quiet sits in the surrounding villages.

From DPS allow 1.5–2.5 hours. Four to six nights is the classic split in a 10-day trip (the rest on the coast). Mornings for temples and terraces; afternoons for traffic and short wet-season rain.

There is no beach. If you want ocean after Ubud, relocate, do not commute. Monkey Forest is a short walk from the centre — keep distance from the animals.

Batur, waterfalls and Jatiluwih work as driver or tour days from here. Nusa Penida is more logical from Sanur, not from Ubud the same morning.