Ubud (Bali) is a resting place in the district of Gianyar, Bali island, Indonesia.

Ubud especially popular among foreign tourists because of its location is located between the fields and forests located between the cliff-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 are assisted by Cokorda Gede Agung Sukawati, the Puri Agung Ubud. Now they work can be seen at the Museum of the museum, Ubud.

Ubud has a very diverse area of tourism, from tourist to tourist wana spread in Ubud area, include the following:

Museum Rudana and Rudana Fine Art Gallery
Museum Rudana an art museum 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, Gusti Nyoman Lempad well as foreign artists who settled in Ubud, Rudolf Bonnet. Standing on January 31st, 1956 under the auspices of the Foundation Ratna Warta and officially opened by the Minister of Education and Culture, Muhammad Yamin.

In this museum you can enjoy the development of art 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 at the time of 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 of arts and culture and customs, which was held in right in front of the castle. Ubud still have the layout and buildings are 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 the more arts activities thicken the atmosphere of Ubud as a village-minded arts.

Vanara Wana
Wana Monkey Forest Vanara or (better known as the Monkey Forest) is contained in the forest area of Ubud, 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 as well as a very old-fashioned ornaments and artistically.

Rafting
In the western area of Ubud, there Tukad (Kali) Ayung. 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 Tukad Ayung also has an enchanting natural scenery, and there are dozens of hotels.