Area Guide

Our own recommendations, handed to every guest at check-in. Green Bowl Beach is 5 minutes from the villas by scooter.

Beaches

West coast

Nyang-Nyang Beach — Beautiful empty beach📍
Uluwatu Beach — Great intermediate surf spot, many cafes around the cliff📍
Thomas Beach — Nice for beaching, usually no waves for surf📍
Padang Padang Beach — Good beginners surf spot, nice surroundings with monkeys📍
Impossibles & Bingin Beach — Great intermediate surf spot📍
Bingin Beach — Good surf spot, little reefy on low tide📍
Dreamland Beach — Nice surf spot on low tides, good for beaching📍
Balangan Beach — Great surf spot for beginners and intermediate surfers📍
Kuta Beach — Great beginners surf spot, usually quite crowded📍

South (closest)

Green Bowl Beach — The closest from us — 330 stairs to the beach, intermediate surf📍
Pandawa Beach — Good beach for intermediate surf or beaching📍
Melasti Holy Beach — Good for beaching📍
Karma Beach — Good for beaching📍
Gunung Payung Beach — Good for swimming📍

East coast

Nikko Beach — Small beach, nice to combine with Pandawa or Geger📍
Geger Beach — Nice surf spot📍
Nusa Dua Beach — Good beginners to intermediate surf spot, also great for beaching📍

Restaurants

Breakfast

Ituaja Bakery — Close, breakfast, great western coffee breakfast spot📍
Semboja Coffee — Close, breakfast, great value for money, takes a little longer📍
Tarabelle — Fancy, little further📍

Local warungs

Warung Makan Made — Best choice of good local food📍
Sate Sesep Aroma — Great local street food📍
Warung Suki — Best nasi jingo (traditionally packed in a leaf)📍
Warung Solo Bu Bima — Best local, assemble your own meal, great value for money📍
Warung Selera Kalasan — Close, great local warung, open until late, best ayam bakar📍
Warung Sunny — Close, extremely cheap local meals📍
Stop Makan Yuk — Fresh and delicious Indonesian food, little further📍

Western

Ohana — Good fancy western cuisine, children friendly (playground)📍
The Alchemist — Good fancy western vegetarian cuisine📍
Casa Asia — Great western restaurant, mostly Italian📍

World cuisine

Kat's Kitchen — Great Thai cuisine📍
Sushi Wasabi — Best local sushi spot📍
Warung Guero — Mexican cuisine, recommended fish tacos or burrito, mahi-mahi📍
Yaprak Kebab & Falafel — Turkish, cheap & good value for money📍
Garasi Resto & Grill — Indian and western cuisine📍
Warung Turki — Turkish, great traditional meals📍
Pizza Italia — Italian pizza and pasta📍
GoFood — Easy to order directly to the villa📍

Nightlife & wellness

Party spots

Cashew Tree — Family restaurant, party on Thursdays📍
Single Fin — Major party place, Sundays and Wednesdays📍
Savaya — Major party place, concerts, mostly Saturdays📍
Rolling Fork — Tuesdays salsa music📍
Hatch📍

Massage

Indah Spa — The closest📍
Sean Spa — Close, Balinese massage📍
Tara Massage — Balinese massage📍
Touch Massage — Balinese massage📍
Jasmine Massage — Balinese massage📍
Massage and Healing Treatment — Sports massage, painful but effective📍

Practical

Shops & markets

Ithon Mart Ungasan — The best shop for daily shopping📍
Indomaret — Closest shop📍
Pepito — Western sentiment, slightly more expensive📍
Nirmala Supermarket — Biggest local store (8 min by scooter), not only food📍
Coco Mart — Sells beer, possible to sit in front of the store📍
Pasar Telaga Sari Ungasan — Fruit market — closest to the villa📍
Pasar Ampera — The biggest fruit market📍

Other useful spots

SIM cards — Kayla Cell — bring your passport for registration. Recommended: Telkomsel📍
Laundry — Flash Laundry (express) or Laundry EXPRESS next to Deta Cell📍
ATMs — Indomaret Bali Cliff, Nirmala Supermarket📍
Money exchange — PMV Money Changer📍
Surf shop — BGS Board📍
Outlets — Original Surf Outlet📍
Yoga — The Space📍
Kecak dance — Uluwatu Temple, from 18:00 or 19:00 (uluwatukecakdance.com)📍
Jimbaran seafood market — Open sea food market — pick your own seafood, prepared locally📍

Useful apps

Google Maps · Google Translate · WhatsApp · Gojek (transport & food) · Grab (transport & food) · Wise (international payments) · Surfline.com (weather & wave forecast)