Ubud

Ubud is known as the location of foreign tourists is located between the fields and

forests located between the cliff of the mountain that makes nature so beautiful. In

addition Ubud is known for arts and culture that develops very rapidly and move

forward. Ubud pulse of community life can not be separated from the arts.




Here there are also many art galleries, and arenas of music and dance performances are held

alternately every night in all corners of the village.

Already since the 1930s, Ubud popular among western tourists. At that time the German

painter, Walter Spies and Dutch painter, Rudolf Bonnet settled there. They were

assisted by Cokorda Gede Agung Sukawati, from the Puri Agung Ubud. Now their work can

be seen at the Museum Puri Ubud Painting.


Tourist area

Ubud has a very diverse area of tourism, from tourist to tourist wana spread in Ubud

area, include the following:

Museums and Rudana Rudana Fine Art Gallery

Museum Rudana an art museum which is located in Ubud, Bali, founded by Nyoman Rudana,a collector of paintings which also sits as a member of the Regional Representatives

Council (DPD), representing the province of Bali in 2009 and 2004 period was

inaugurated by President Soeharto on December 26, 1995. The museum holds more than

400 paintings and sculpture works by artists, both from Bali, Indonesia outside Bali,

artists and foreign artists that make Bali as a place to work. Being in a complex,

stand Rudana Fine Art Gallery, founded in 1978 and was the forerunner to the

establishment of the Museum Rudana.


Museum Puri Paintings

Is a first art museum, which is managed by the private sector, in Bali. Initiated by

Cokorda Gede Agung Sukawati, I Gusti Nyoman Lempad as well as foreign artists who

settled in Ubud, Rudolf Bonnet. Standing on January 31, 1956 under the auspices of

the Foundation Ratna Warta, and officially opened by Minister of Education and

Culture, Muhammad Yamin.

In this museum you can enjoy art development in Ubud, either painting or sculpture.

Some works of foreign artists who work in Ubud such as: Rudolf Bonnet, Walter Spies,

Arie Smit and the local maestros like I Gusti Nyoman Lempad, I Gusti Made Deblog, Ida

Bagus Made and others. This also includes works of art during the Pita Maha.

Puri Agung Ubud

Puri Agung Ubud is located right in the heart of Ubud. Ubud Kingdom central

government in the past, as well as a center for arts and culture and traditional

activities, held in right in front of the castle. Ubud is still has a layout and

buildings maintained as the original. On the front page, after the gate, there is an

area called the shelf Saji. Here are held once a week performing arts of dance, for

tourists. And every day, carried out the exercise of gamelan music from various arts

groups existing in Ubud. All activities are more and thicken the atmosphere of Ubud

art as an art-minded village.

Monkey Forest

Monkey Forest is a forest area located in Ubud area, precisely into the traditional

rural areas Padangtegal. In this forest there is a flock of hundreds of monkeys, who

have inhabited this region for hundreds of years. In this area there are also

Padangtegal Pura Dalem, which was founded in the early 20th century. MPura has the

architecture and ornaments of ancient and highly artistic.

Rafting

In the western area of Ubud, there Ayung river. In this river many tourist

activities, among which is the white water rafting and kayaking. There are several

tourist services that offer this service. In addition to tourist, along the cliffs
Ayung river also has an enchanting natural scenery, and there are dozens of hotels.