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Padang Bai (also Padangbai and Padang Bay) is a small port town in East Bali.
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A great beach for snorkeling, despite the narrow one hundred meters length. The beach is unique in color; the sandy beach is not always white, but sometimes changes to rather black. If the current comes from the west, the beach will be white, but if the current comes from the east, it will be black and white. The coral reef goes right up to the shore and is very pretty with clown fishes and small sepia. Enter on the far left side, where there is a coral-less canal leading to the snorkeling site. There are two restaurants with reasonable food (fried rice, fried noodle, omelette, sandwiches and spirits), showers (only for restaurant guests), chairs, sunbeds, and snorkeling gear.
White Sand Beach
A beautiful white sandy beach and the best beach in Padang Bai. It's wider than Blue Lagoon Beach and good for swimming, though the currents can be strong. There are about five warungs, serving simple Indonesian dishes, juices and beer. From the path to the beach, you should be able to see the largest mountain on Bali, Mount Agung — a powerful sight.
Once the home of the great Hindu sage Empu Kuturan and dating back to the 11th century, making it one of the oldest extant temples on the island.
Teaches both PADI and SSI up to and including instructor course, in English, German, Italian, Russian and Indonesian. 3-m deep training pool, classroom, 22 air conditioned rooms, 1 speedboat, 1 small boat.
Five star PADI dive resort and TecRec dive center. Offers a wide range of courses and fun dives. Active in the community and with environmental projects. Maximum of four divers to each divemaster. This ratio is reduced if requested or needed. Dive groups are welcome. Courses taught in English, French, German, Spanish and Indonesian. 2 speedboats, 1 large outrigger boat and a variety of smaller boats. Safe diving is emphasized.
SSI dive center. German and English speaking instructors.
Deutsche Tauchschule
German dive center offering daily dive safaris and PADI courses.
Padang Bai's only spa facility. A wide range of massages, also facial & body care, hair treatments and organic spa products. Shuttle service within Padang Bai to pick up guests.
Kerti Beach Inn
Kerti is a not so good budget place to stay, but serves good food in their restaurant. Nice views from the second floor.
Set in the corner of the main square (where buses drop off), Martini's Warung is a great little local treat. With budget prices Martini's offers authentic local food, often cooked by Martini herself. Tourists come to chat to Martini and each-other over beers and home cooked meals. Mie Goreng is highly recommended.
Opposite the reggae bars, Omang Omang Cafe is one of the best restaurants in town. Serves Western and Indonesian cuisine, very good BBQ selection and various cocktails. Many home grown organic ingredients, home made cakes and ice cream. Also a regular venue for live music.
A decent restaurant serving Indonesian food including locally caught fresh sea food.
A tiny reggae bar with very friendly staff. They will make you feel this is your place, and you can enjoy live music with everyone in the bar.
A tiny reggae bar with extremely friendly staff. Their Long Island Ice Teas are good value.
A long established institution in Padang Bai, the food is good, especially the pizzas. It is a lively place for a drink and a good place to swap information with fellow backpackers.
Another friendly music bar. The owners are almost too friendly and will sit and chat with you about life for hours. Instruments are available and they love nothing more than getting the whole bar singing, playing guitar and bongos.
Clean rooms in a nice bamboo cottage, each with private veranda, plus more expensive deluxe rooms in a house behind. Air-conditioned, hot water, swimming pool with pool. Bar and jacuzzi, Wi-Fi, laundry service, tea and coffee, breakfast included.
Accommodation with rooftop beach view. There are eleven rooms with a choice of single or double bed, fan or air-con and hot or cold shower. Aimed at backpackers. Has a restaurant.
Offers a selection of rooms from cold water only with a fan at Rp 40,000 to hot water with air-conditioning at Rp 150,000. As of June 2011, they offered the cheapest room for Rp 100,000 (small fan room, bed only, no outside window).
Sea view rooms with a roof terrace, secluded courtyard garden and a sea front bar. All eight rooms are fan cooled and have their own bathrooms, some have AC. Run by an English couple with French, Spanish and Indonesian speakers on staff. Fast and reliable Wifi.
A budget hotel on top of the hill which catches good breezes. Fan-cooled and air-con rooms.
Five very basic rooms suited for backpackers. Also a dozen mattresses with mosquito nets up on the balcony, beautiful going to sleep to the sound of the waves. Has a good restaurant.
Great beach bungalow created in a semi modern, semi traditional style. Split level with attached bathrooms, sit toilets with cold water showers, breakfast included. Also has hotel styled rooms. No WiFi.
New, fresh, clean home stay with panoramic balcony view of the sea & village, the 70 steps are worth it, western bathrooms, communal area with free Wifi, friendly staff and relaxed environment.
A small boutique hotel situated near the ferry port and the beach. Each room is furnished in a funky, eclectic style with double bed, western bathrooms with hot water shower, and a private courtyard garden with additional outside shower. Free Wi-Fi in all rooms and the restaurant. The restaurant serves excellent Western and Asian food using local ingredients. Fish is fresh from the local fish market. There is also a bar where the beer is cold and where expats and backpackers hang out.
Pleasant rooms with indirect sea view and garden bungalows. All rooms and bungalows are supplied with air-conditioning, bathroom with hot shower, satellite TV, safe and a balcony or terrace. The resort has a dive-instruction pool and a restaurant and swim up bar. Garden bungalows have outside 'Balinese style' bathrooms. Offers 'stay & dive' discounts.
A 1-star hotel with three swimming pools. This is probably the nicest hotel in town and prices follow suit. All rooms are supplied with a bathroom with hot & cold shower, TV and a terrace and balcony. The air-con rooms have a refrigerator.
This small hotel has clean rooms with A/C. The third-floor rooms have a terrace overlooking rooftops of the town. Breakfast is free, and hotel staff can help arrange a shuttle or taxi to your next destination.
Bloo Lagoon, an environmentally-friendly 3-star resort, offers 25 fan-cooled one, two and three bedroom villas with kitchen. Has a restaurant, an 18-m lap pool and a spa.
By taxi
Padang Bai is about 90 minutes by taxi from Ngurah Rai International Airport and a pre-paid coupon costs Rp 400,000.
By bus
By bemo
Bemos may ply the main east coast route between Klungkung, Padang Bai and Candidasa. Bemos routed through Padang Bai leave from Batubulan terminal in Denpasar.
By boat
There are slow public ferries from Lembar (Lombok) every hour, 24 hours a day. The trip normally takes four hours (but it can be considerably longer in poor weather) and costs Rp 36,000.
Everything in town is within walking distance (1-2 km). If you want to explore the surrounding area, motorbike rental and car rental are widely available.
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