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 Indonesia travel tales
Our customers who stayed at Legian Beach Hotel Bali share their experiences.
Read about first hand stories on travel tips and guides, events, entertainment,shopping, food, business and transportation.
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| E Duester |
31 March 2005 |
Stayed at Legian Beach Hotel - Bali, Indonesia.
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Beware of the beach vendors. They look for and target those who are on the beach for the first day. Before you buy anything on the beach check the prices on the main street.
Took a snorkeling tour called Island Tours. It was a scam! There was nothing to see! Essentially we paid $55 USD per person for a boat ride and lunch! Was offered through the hotel. Next time I will look around more for a better tour.
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| R Hagihara |
09 August 2001 |
Stayed at Legian Beach Hotel - Bali, Indonesia.
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We enjoyed shopping along Jl. Raya Seminyak whole afternoon. We took a taxi from the hotel to the north end of Jl. Raya Seminyak then walked to the south. There are too many attractive shops on both sides and it's not very easy to cross the street, because the traffic is very busy. Aslo, the street is incredibly dusty in this season and the air is terribly polluted by the exhaust gas. We got so dirty and had soar throat. So don't try to spend too much time on shopping along this street at one time.
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| G Ferris |
20 May 2001 |
Stayed at Legian Beach Hotel - Bali, Indonesia.
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We arranged to have a car and driver for two days. We did this at the hotel & were very pleased with the service. On day 1, we visited Ubud, with many stops in transit for shopping. That same day, our driver took us to his village & even to his home, which was great! Later that day we visited the Elephant Caves.
Day 2: We had the car & driver again and went to East Bali, again making stops along the way for shopping. We visited Samarapura (also known as Klungkung) and toured the palace & island garden & hall of justice complex. Afterwards we visited Pura Basakih temple complex up in the mountains.
Tourists Beware!!!!! At all tourist attractions we were hounded to death by people wanting to give us tours for a fee and/or sell us something. This got really old really quick.
I'd highly recommend hiring a car & driver rather than going on an organized tour. It allowed us to make as many stops as we wanted and stop for as long as we wanted. This was great for leisurly lunches & for shopping, AND the cost of car & driver (you pay additional for petrol & tip) was very very reasonable.
There's just SO MUCH SHOPPING in Bali, and prices are very low, and usually negotiable. Each town we went through seemed to be known for a different craft: stone carving, ceramics, basketry, jewelery, paintings, etc.
If you run out of rupiah, so vendors will accept US dollars. I'd say about 25% of the time vendors would not accept credit cards.
We had some FABULOUS meals, the following restaurants were some of the best (and definately the most beautiful) I've been to anywhere in the world: La Lucciola (on the beach in Saminyak), Indus (just outside Ubud, with beautiful views of the jungle & terraced rice fields), and Ku De Ta (also on the beach in Seminyak).
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| S Aitken |
23 April 2000 |
Stayed at Legian Beach Hotel - Bali, Indonesia.
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Bali is a beautiful spot. I highly recommend renting a car and driving around, especially to unique spots like Gunung Kawi and Tirtigangga. Indonesians are very friendly and helpful. Stay out of Kuta which is not the highlight of Bali. Seminyak area is very peaceful and beautiful. Good place for a romantic holiday. For families I would recommend areas where the surf is not so rough, like Sanur. But be careful: parts of Sanur beach are not very good: Stay close to the Bali Hyatt in Sanur - thats the nice end of the beach.
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