Ubud has some of the best-value budget stays in Bali. Pools, free breakfast and yoga classes are common even at hostel prices. This guide lists 29 hostels, homestays and guesthouses, split into social hostels (dorm beds, pool decks and activity calendars) and quieter family-run homestays (mostly private rooms). Choose by the kind of trip you want, not by price alone...
Ubud has thousands of places to stay, from ten-dollar homestays to resorts that open with a walk across a suspended bridge. Rather than one long undifferentiated list, these picks are sorted by what each hotel actually does best, so you can jump straight to the category that matches your trip. This guide focuses on the 32 strongest picks across every style and...
Where to stay in Ubud comes down to one real question: how much walking are you willing to trade for how much jungle? Ubud isn’t a single town so much as a scatter of villages that grew into each other. Central Ubud gets you Jalan Raya’s markets, temples and traffic all within a few minutes’ walk. Ten minutes further out, in either direction, the...
I keep coming back to Ubud. Here are the 25 best things to do, with current entry fees, the Bali tourist levy, where to eat and where to stay.