Places to see in Ubud

All-day brunch café on Monkey Forest Road — big breakfasts, good coffee, and the most reliable wifi on the strip.

Open-sided breakfast café up the Penestanan steps, looking over palms and paddy. Reached on foot, which keeps it quiet.

11th-century rock-cut cave temple with a demon-face entrance and bathing pools, just east of Ubud.

Quiet terraced fields on Ubud's western edge, reached via the steep Penestanan steps.

Roastery and coffee bar on Sriwedari that put Indonesian single-origins on Ubud's map. Breakfast, and the town's best flat white.

Former royal palace in the heart of Ubud, host to evening traditional dance performances.

Ubud's best-known suckling pig warung, opposite the palace. One dish, served from late morning until it runs out — go early.

Tiny Gootama Street warung doing Balinese small plates for a few dollars — order several and share.

Vegetarian warung on Sugriwa serving a daily changing plate at local prices — the cheap, good, unfussy lunch.

Roadside institution in Kedewatan serving one plate of shredded chicken, rice and sate lilit. A stop on the way north, not a destination dinner.

14th-century relief carvings cut into a 25m cliff face, a quiet alternative to Goa Gajah nearby.