Well, ultimately these are just some of the temples in Bali we visited but they were few compared with the sheer number that you can visit and see.

When we went to the island I promised Fábio we were going to have a very relaxing time during our stay there, as we had spent the previous 3 weeks in China moving around almost every day. But before committing to anything we had to visit some basic things – such as some rice fields, beaches and temples in Bali – and well, that we did. For two and a half days we visited some of the most representative locations in the center of the island.

Temple Batur Kintamani is close to the Kintamani volcano. It is the second most important of the temples in Bali.

While in the temple, we witnessed a communal prayer with chants.

There are several temples in Bali with holy spring water and we went to one of them, the Tirta Empul temple. This temple is especially nice as at its entrance there are several large banyan trees, leading to a corridor which in turn leads to the thermal waters area where many take the opportunity to pray while performing their purification rites in the waters.

Inside the temple there is a fenced area where water flows, and they say it is always fresh.

The last of the temples in Bali we visited on the first day was Gunung Kawi. To access it we had to take some stairs through beautiful terraced rice fields.

The temple was built in the 11th century, with excavated niches in the rock more than 7 meters high, that were believed to hold the remains of some kings, queens and concubines.

Our visit comes to an end for today, but there are more temples – many more! We discovered a few more before leaving the island 🙂 . So stay tuned for the second part of temples in Bali.