Cultural site in Bali

A large planned creative district behind Kedungu — art installations, venues and gardens spread over the site.

Clifftop park built around a vast statue of Vishnu riding Garuda, with Balinese dance through the day in the plazas below.

The Balinese independence monument in Renon, with dioramas of the island's history inside and a climb to a viewing floor at the top.

10th-century royal memorial candi carved directly into a river-valley cliff face, reached by 300+ steps.

Hilltop shrine and grave above Teluk Terima tied to the Jayaprana and Layonsari legend, up a long flight of steps.

Former royal water garden with stepping-stone ponds and fountains, a short drive from Sidemen.

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

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

A house dug by hand down into the limestone, tunnelled out room by room over years by a local priest.

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

The memorial on Jalan Legian to those killed in the 2002 bombings, carrying every name and nationality.

A large bronze kettle drum, the largest single-cast one in the world and a significant Bronze Age relic. Considered sacred by locals, it may have been used in early rice cultivation rituals.