Places to see in Bali

Quiet north-west bay with calm water and the Biorock coral restoration project lying just offshore.

Sea temple on a sheer 70m cliff at Bali's southwestern tip, famous for its sunset kecak fire dance.

Dessert tasting menu in a garden north of Ubud — a full evening built around nine courses of sweets and cocktails. Booking only.

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

White sand under high cliffs with a lone rock standing offshore, reached by a steep unshaded descent.

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

Cliffside deck above Mushroom Bay with a pool, looking back at Bali and Agung across the strait.

Hot springs in a river gorge below Angseri village, with open-air pools fed straight from the volcanic source.

Clifftop restaurant and pool on Penida's west coast, above the Crystal Bay side — the sunset stop after a day at Kelingking.

Black-sand surf beach with a small clifftop temple, the heart of Canggu's beginner-surf scene.

Hot pools on the shore of Lake Batur fed by the volcano — where the sunrise trek usually finishes.

Wide black-sand beach lined with beach clubs, quieter than Batu Bolong at low tide.

Cliffside cove with a barrelling reef break, reached by steep stairs down from the clifftop warungs.

Seafood grill on Jimbaran bay, the same sand-table formula as its neighbours and usually a little quieter.

Terraced restaurant and wine bar stepping down the Campuhan gorge beside the old suspension bridge — the sunset table in Ubud.

Balinese rijsttafel in Tanjung Benoa from the cookbook author who documented the island's home cooking. The set menu is the way in.

Sheltered white-sand bay and Nusa Penida's best swimming/snorkelling beach, with occasional mola-mola sightings.

Garden restaurant doing small plates and cocktails from Balinese produce, inland from the bay. A tasting dinner, not a beach one.

Garden restaurant and pool in central Ubud, open from breakfast, with day passes if you want the water.

Long-running seafood restaurant on Jimbaran beach, at the northern end where the row of grills begins.

White-sand beach below the resort strip, with seaweed farms worked at its southern end.

Secluded cove beach with tide-pool caves, reached via a long stone staircase down the cliff.

Wide grey-sand beach with a beach break, quiet compared with the coast further south.

Two-storey Italian beach restaurant beside Petitenget temple, looking straight down the sand. The long-standing sunset booking.

Beanbags and striped parasols straight on the sand at Double Six, Spanish menu behind them. More a place to watch the sun go down than to eat seriously.

The quieter continuation of Kuta's sand as it runs north towards Seminyak.

Quiet dark-sand bay east of Amed edged with coral and fishing jukung, with snorkelling straight off the sand.

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

Rooftop restaurant above Legian with a Southeast Asian menu and a view down the coast. Sunset seats need booking.

Loud, technicolour Mexican cantina off Petitenget that turns into a dance floor after dark. Tacos and margaritas, not a quiet dinner.