Ubud

Ubud is a small town on the island of Bali in Indonesia with about 30,000 inhabitants, who are Hindus, for the most part. Ubud is about 30 kilometers northeast of Denpasar, and is considered the cultural center of Bali.

Main roads in Ubud are the running east -west direction Jalan Raya Ubud, extending in a north-south direction Jalan Wana Wenara (also known as Monkey Forest Road) and Jalan Hanoman.

When attractions are mainly the Palace Puri Saren and the sacred monkey forest, where more than 340 monkeys ( macaques mainly ) live, is known. Opposite the palace, where the last prince of Ubud, Gede Agung Sukawati Tjokorda lived, is located in a lotus pond temple of Pura Taman Saraswati Kemude. Also in the town is the home of the painter died in 1999, Don Antonio Blanco. His paintings are exhibited there since his death in The Blanco Renaissance Museum by his daughter. Only a few kilometers from Ubud is the cave temple Goa Gajah, which is listed as a World Heritage Site since 19 October 1995.

Ubud was previously popular with its small hostels and pensions, particularly with backpackers, more and more hotel complexes for package tourists are now being built. In Ubud, there are a number of small restaurants with Balinese and international dishes.

Minibuses, called Bemos to drive in all directions, including Denpasar. From the bus station for buses to Candi Dasa, Kuta, Padang Bai, Lovina and many other popular places of Bali as well as to the airport.

Ubud is the artistic capital of Bali. Especially painting and textile art as well as traditional wood carvings are maintained in Ubud. The place has been known since the 1920s as a recreation of European and American artists. Among others lived since 1927 in Ubud the musician and painter Walter Spies and phased as his guest the musician and writer Vicky tree that her famous novel written in Ubud " Love and Death in Bali ". Another well-known artists was, among other things, the Dutch painter Rudolf Bonnet. Painting by Bonnet and Spies are exhibited in the museums in Ubud Agung Rai and Puri Lukisan.

In pre-colonial times Ubud Balinese served as the seat of feudal princes. These were designated as Tjokordas. During the Dutch colonial rule the political significance of Tjorkadas was decomposed. Nevertheless, members of the former feudal branches of the family have a social significance in Bali.

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