Candidasa - A tidy well kept, three-km-long tourist retreat and water sport centre of southeast coast, Candidasa is the type of place where you think you will stay for two days but end up staying a week. Candidasa has a godsend quietude and small-village air of friendliness. Candidasa is a perfect blend, everything one would want in a seaside resort – reasonable accommodation, excellent dining venue, interesting sea sports, warm water bathing and tranquil night. It is a slow and friendly place where you can pass hours with locals on the streets and beaches or find someone to take you fishing, snorkeling, or diving. Walk, read, soak up the sun, and let the crickets and crashing surf lull you to sleep each night.

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Six km west of Singaraja, three hours drive from Denpasar, the popular beach resort of Lovina is a long stretch of black sand with crystal-clear water. Actually, Lovina is a generic term for a whole line of six small villages and palm-fringed beaches. From east to west it includes: Pemaron, Tukadmungga, Anturan, Kalibukbuk, Kaliasem, and Temukus. The strip starts at about six km mark west of Singaraja to about five km past of Kaliasem. Kalibukbuk has the highest concentration of restaurants and accommodations while the fishing villages of Anturan and Temukus are less densely packed and thus quieter.

Lovina has a lot to offer. The beach is better than most of the beach in eastern part of Bali with a string of nine hills on the background creates a pretty view to behold. Glass-clear water of this beach and the proximity of the reef to the beach make Lovina a perfect place for snorkeling and diving and also excellence for swimming. Beautiful sunset can be enjoyed simply while walking on the beach. Visitor can also find good trekking paths, temples, and hot sulphur pools in the hills. Lovina is also a convenient base point for day trips to Tulamben, West Bali National Park, Pemuteran, and Menjangan Island. Do not miss the Lovina’s Dolphin Trip where you can breakfast with hundreds of wandering dolphins, just few hundreds meter off the beach.

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A 15 minute drive from the village of Amed, The Retreat Bali is in an area that is famous for its diving and snorkelling, its beautiful beaches, its temples and friendly unspoilt villages, all set under the shadow of Bali’s largest and most sacred volcano, Mount Agung.

Nurtured by these powerful natural and sacred surroundings, we trust you will find it easy to stop with The Retreat Bali awhile, rest, let go and recharge.

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Life in Amed Bali Boutique Hotel & Villas is found in the Village of Lean in Amed in the region of Karangasem in East Bali. A scenic route through rice fields and villages, the shadow of Mount Agung and King’s palaces you will come the dramatic coastline of Amed. Best known for it’s shipwrecks and deep sea diving, snorkling and fishing trips, or a place to relax and soak up the sun and enjoy Balinese Village life.

Life in Amed Bali Boutique Hotel & Villas was built with a blend of Balinese and modern design, on flat land right on the beach, elegant decor, fine bedding and furnishings, natural stone bathrooms, views of the ocean, swimming pool and lush fragrant gardens.

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We stayed at the Seraya shores and loved it ( very romantic).( Lady owner is Amanda , now managing Allila UBUD and Allila Candi …) Tell her Sue and Don Bennett recommend your site ( Baliwww.com ) .

The snorkling was great sailing from the harbor in Padang Bai, especially in a glass bottom boat for the guests that did not dive. Feeding the fish (bread) was a real hit, they went crazy jumping over each other. The white sands beach was beautiful, but the currents were stong.

Don Bennett
San Francisco Peninsula U.S.A