Ubud Tour ( 4- 5 hours )

  27 January 2007, 00:10:57 (101 clicks)

A half day tour to the Balinese artist colonies and experience the wonderful of Balinese art and architecture. En route stops to visit Batubulan - center of stone carving, either made of volcano ash mixed with sand and clay which is carved into the shapes of demons and deities to mostly decorate temple and courtyard of living area.

Celuk - is synonymous with silver and goldsmith colonies, it displays various motifs of gold and silver from butterfly brooches, garnet-studded bracelets, earrings, and ear clips till other such miniature of Indonesian traditional ships. The intricacy and detailed obtained with simple hand tools can be amazing which is possible to observe at their workshop. Batuan - famous for its typical painting style that portray figures of daily activities till village life. It is easily identified through the bright colored of funnier and funnier ideas or even come to sarcastic defaced on the canvas filled with tiny figures. Mas - wood carving colonies which produces traditional woodcarving used to decorate temples and houses such as pillars beam. Used mostly local wood such as merantie, crocodile wood, jackfruit woord till sandalwood offers myriad wooden items. Ubud - regarded as the cultural center of Bali and famous for its painter's community, visit lovely garden of museums of Balinese painting and sculptures that collected curios of the famous Balinese even foreign artists living in Bali. Celebrities and artists from all over the world in recent decades, some have been adopted Ubud as their own home. Ubud has its own magic and many boutique hotels are built in this area.
There are also ample opportunities to shop for your souvenirs and seek your favorite paintings or sculptures.