Bali Sightseeing, Temple by Temple
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The split-gate archway everyone photographs near Bedugul isn’t a temple at all, it’s a roadside candi bentar built for the picture, and building a whole day around it is the wrong call. Bali is a single Indonesian province across one island, so the sights below sit in genuinely different corners and rarely fit into one loop.
Handara Gate and Ulun Danu Beratan pair naturally
Handara Gate, near Bedugul, is a quick photo stop rather than a destination in its own right; pair it with Ulun Danu Beratan a short drive away, the multi-tiered lakeside temple pictured on Indonesia’s 50,000-rupiah banknote, in the cooler central-highland air that feels genuinely different from the coast or Ubud.
Uluwatu Temple, and its dance is a separate ticket
Uluwatu’s clifftop grounds run IDR 60,000 for an international adult, sarong included in the fee. The sunset Kecak fire dance staged at the same site is a different purchase, roughly IDR 150,000, so temple entry alone won’t get you into the show. Check Kecak dance ticket times on GetYourGuide .
Tegallalang is not Bali’s UNESCO rice terrace
Tegallalang, near Ubud, charges IDR 25,000 entry plus informal trailside donation points, and it’s the photogenic terrace everyone’s feed is full of. It does not carry the UNESCO Subak System inscription, though; that belongs to Jatiluwih, a genuinely separate site in Tabanan. Treat them as two different propositions, not two names for the same view.
Ubud Palace and the Art Market
Ubud Palace’s front courtyards are freely viewable, with evening Legong dance performances ticketed separately in the same space, and the Art Market sits directly across the street for handicrafts and textiles at prices worth haggling down.
Every temple applies the same dress rule regardless of gender, sarong and sash covering shoulders and knees, usually loaned at the gate, and the traditional custom against menstruating or postpartum visitors entering temple grounds is still commonly posted and worth respecting. The one-time IDR 150,000 tourist levy now gets spot-checked at several of these sites directly, so keep proof of payment on your phone.
Verdict: Handara Gate and Ulun Danu Beratan work well as one highland morning, leaving Uluwatu and its Kecak for a separate sunset trip rather than trying to cram both into one long day. The full-day guided excursions this page keeps separate live at the Bali attraction tours guide , and the Bali destination page has the wider orientation for a first visit.