Exploring Bali with Kids: 6 Unforgettable Areas for Families
What are the Best Places to Stay in Bali With Your Family
The best areas to stay with kids in Bali also happen to be mostly the island’s popular beach resorts. In other words, you can take your family on a great vacation to almost any of Bali’s finest beaches. And Bali has plenty of those.
Which one you choose depends largely on what type of family vacation you’re looking for. If you’re looking forward to peaceful days in secluded bays, somewhere with plenty of family attractions and kid-friendly restaurants, or a combination of both, read our list of the best Bali areas for families and learn where to going and what you and your kids can expect.
1. Legian Beach
A peaceful oases
Good for: Budget, Families, Photo
Legian Beach offers families a calm and tranquil beach scene. A typical day out on Legian includes hitting a rented parasol-shaded daybed and sit back with a cold drink at hand while watching the kids playing around on the sand or in the waves.
While the northern strip of the neighboring Kuta Beach has hotels separated by the busy beach road, Legian hotels are only separated by a narrower and quieter boardwalk meant for pedestrians. Staying in Legian also means you get easy access to Kuta for the fun, and Seminyak to the north for chicer options. Read more
Legian Beach
2. Sanur Beach
Great family hotels and stunning sunrises
Good for: Adventure, Budget, Families
Sanur Beach boasts beautiful sunrises and serene sandy shores. For families, Sanur offers an affordable mix of accommodations, from classic Balinese style villas to regular hotel rooms, and with family-friendly amenities, great dining choices, and a cultured and relaxed vibe.
Sanur is a great location if you’re looking to explore Bali on family excursions to Bali’s eastern and central areas, due to the convenient access via highways. Most hotels here are right on the beach. Kids will enjoy Sanur’s mostly calm and shallow waters thanks to an outlying offshore reef. Read more
Sanur Beach
3. Jimbaran Beach
For serene beach days
Good for: Families, Photo
The iconic sunset bay by Jimbaran Beach features a relatively quiet, family-friendly stretch of sand on Bali’s southwestern coastline. The area is also well known for its cluster of great seafood restaurants, one right on the bay, and another featuring a more refined atmosphere in the neighboring fishing village of Kedonganan.
Jimbaran is a great place to stay with family when you’re looking for a tranquil seaside ambience, but which is also close to the shopping and entertainment hub of Kuta. Ngurah Rai Airport is also just 10 minutes’ transfer away. The beachfront hotels here range from upscale to mid-priced but budget-conscious travelers will also find a couple of more affordable ones not too far from the beach.
Jimbaran Beach
4. Nusa Dua
A remote destination with kid-friendly activities
Good for: Adventure, Families
Nusa Dua is perhaps the most secure and secluded beach resort complex in Bali, with public spaces and infrastructure managed by a state-owned tourism development corporation. So, it comes as a top suggestion for a place to stay with kids in Bali.
Nusa Dua mostly comprises 5-star luxury chain hotels, each with direct beach access. You’ll find excellent kids’ clubs, restaurants with kids’ menus, and fun activities, as well as other supporting features for families. Great beachfront hotels guarantee carefree days and offers unparalleled tranquility. To explore other parts of Bali or experience cultural attractions, embark on a thrilling road trip.
Nusa Dua
5. Kuta Beach
Shopping and surfing
Good for: Families, Shoppers
If you want to be where most of the action is, Kuta Beach is the place for you. Though Kuta is one of Bali’s most popular beach resort areas, it’s also where you’ll find many of the island’s modern malls. Discovery Shopping Mall and the larger Kuta Beachwalk complex offer families a multitude of entertainment and dining options, with Kuta’s sandy beach just steps away.
One of Asia’s top water parks, Waterbom Bali, is here too, as are most surf schools with lessons suitable for budding surfers. Kuta is close to the airport and there are plenty of dining options to please most appetites. Kuta’s busy traffic and the tall waves make it more suitable for families with older kids. Read more
Kuta Beach
6. Ubud
From fantastic family amenities to exciting jungle adventures
Good for: Adventure, Families, Photo
The small town of Ubud is the main destination in central Bali, where you’ll find a more artistic and cultured vibe against a backdrop of green valleys and rice terraces. Though Ubud has fast evolved into a destination for yoga, spas, and wellbeing, hotels and resorts in the area also cater well to families. They offer dedicated facilities and tailored activities for kids, and a range of adventure tours such as safaris and moderate white-water rafting, which are great for families.
Ubud central offers great casual dining alongside boutique shops and art galleries, heritage sites where traditional dances are shown nightly, and nature spots such as a nutmeg forest home to ancient temples and hordes of gray long-tailed macaques.
Ubud
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