Places to see in Bali

Freshwater natural pool in a palm forest a short walk from a quiet beach on the island's south side.

Wooden-house café on Danau Tamblingan doing all-day breakfast and homemade bread — Sanur's morning room.

Malaysian kitchen in Nusa Dua open from late morning to late evening — laksa and noodle plates rather than hotel buffet food.

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

Bustling covered market for handicrafts, textiles, and souvenirs opposite Ubud Palace.

Water temple appearing to float on Lake Beratan, framed by misty highland mountains — one of Bali's most-photographed temples.

Balinese warung on the Amed coast road, cooking the local repertoire properly rather than for tourists.

Roadside warung on Munduk's main street with a balcony over the valley — Balinese plates, and the village's default lunch.

Family warung on the Sidemen valley road cooking Balinese dishes to order, with the terraces below the terrace.

Warung down at lake level in Kedisan, serving the freshwater fish farmed in Batur itself — grilled whole, with rice and sambal.

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

Bakery and all-day cafe on the Bukit, open from early morning; pastries, pasta and coffee.

Hilltop viewpoint over the Sidemen valley with Mount Agung on the horizon, best at sunrise.

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

Natural infinity-edge rock pool carved by the surf, swimmable only when the tide and swell allow.

Deli and café in Jungutbatu with a plastic-free kitchen — sandwiches, salads and refills, useful on an island short of both.

Highland fruit and spice market by the lakes — strawberries, passionfruit and vanilla grown in the cool air up here.

Working rice paddies threaded with paths, a green pause between the beach and the cafés.

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

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

The morning fish market at Kedonganan, where the warungs along the bay buy the catch they grill that evening.

Covered stalls of sarongs, carvings and souvenirs a block back from the beach.

Former beachfront home and studio of Belgian painter Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur, filled with his work.

Denpasar museum of fingerprint painting — canvases built up entirely from the artist's own fingertips.

Small archaeological museum at Gilimanuk showing burials and artefacts from the prehistoric site there.

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

The smaller sea temple just north of Tanah Lot, sitting on a rock arch still joined to the cliff.

Sea temple on a rock outcrop a short way down the coast from Tanah Lot, with much the same view at sunset and a fraction of the visitors.

Temple at the river mouth at Perancak, marking where the priest Danghyang Nirartha is said to have come ashore.

Inland temple in the rice fields behind Tanah Lot and part of the same sacred group, usually empty even when the coast is packed.