Sanur Beach is a beautiful white sandy beach with calm
and warm seawater located in east part of Denpasar Town. The beach location in
eastside and south part of Sanur Village is an edge of Indonesia Ocean. This
place has famous since long time, especially when the happening of the Puputan
Badung war on 20 September 1906, where that moment the Dutch colonist land its
army in this coast. There is a stone monument found in this place as an
inscription of Sri Kesari Warmadewa King with the palace in Singhadwala year
917, whereabouts now there are in Blanjong, southern part of Sanur Beach.
Sanur Beach is first time introduced by Belgium artist
called A.J. Le Mayeur and his wife named Ni Polok which remains in Sanur since
year 1937. He has performed his own masterpiece painting exhibition and start
introduces Sanur as a tourist place in Bali. In south-east side, we can see the
bunch of Nusa Penida Island and eastside we can see beautiful panorama of Bali
strait with its Agung Mount as a backdrop. The tropical atmosphere sweep entire
of Sanur Beach that makes it as an ideal place for relaxation. It is also
blessed by the breathtaking view of sunrise that one is the fascination for
tourist to visit and stay in this place.
Sanur Beach is located only 4 km from downtown of
Denpasar and it can be easily reached by car or motorcycle. It is many visited
by foreign and local tourists especially on the weekend and holiday season. At
the night of full moon, many people come to this place for relaxation, swimming
or enjoy the beauty of coast. The Le Mayeur Museum is one of the art museums in
Sanur also a lot of drawing the tourist enthusiasm to visit this place. As a
tourist place in Bali, Sanur Beach is one of the alternative place to perform
the event from local, national and also international. For example events are
held in this place like Kite and Jukung Race. Other tourists facilities can be
found in this place are the existence of hotels with international standard
like The Grand Bali Beach Hotel, Bali Hyatt Resort, Sanur Beach Hotel and more.
The various of this tourism facilities are mixed with other facilities for
local resident are making the good combination tourist area which is different
like Nusa Dua that is a closed area. The art shop, accommodation from cheaper
hotels until five star hotels, bar and restaurant are quite a lot available in
this place.
