Places to see in Lovina

Twin-drop waterfall in the Sambangan hills, with guided jumps and natural rock slides at the pools below.

Beachfront club on Lovina's black sand with a pool and a long afternoon menu — the north coast's one proper sunset club.

Hillside restaurant above Lovina with its own kitchen garden and a view down to the Java Sea. Tasting menus; booking essential.

Calm black-sand beach on the north coast, known for the boats that go out at dawn to look for dolphins.

Bamboo pavilion in the rice fields east of Lovina serving Balinese set menus, with cooking classes run from the same kitchen.

Bali's largest Buddhist monastery, terraced up the hill above Banjar with a stupa and a small replica of Borobudur.

All-day cafe on the Singaraja road with a broad menu, whose profits fund a local children's medical and education charity.

Thai kitchen down a lane off Lovina's main strip, long the most reliable dinner on the north coast.

Small vegetarian cafe in central Lovina, open from breakfast to late evening.

Regency museum in Singaraja covering north Bali's history and its long Dutch colonial period.

Singaraja's library of lontar palm-leaf manuscripts, the only collection of its kind in Indonesia.