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The most striking architectural structures of Bali and probably the first the visitor will notice, are the tens of thousands of temples found everywhere on the island – in houses, courtyards, marketplaces, cemetries, and rice paddies; on beaches, barren rocks offshore, deserted hilltops and mountain heights; inside caves; deep within the tangled roots of Banyan trees.

There are genealogical temples, lake temples, hospital temples, bathing temples, temples dedicated to the spirits of spring , temples for the deities of markets and seeds. There are also private temples for those of noble descent, royal “state” temples, and temples for clans (pura dadia) who share a common genealogy. Some temples, such as Pura Penulisan (Kintamani), are important memorial shrines to ancient rulers and their families.

The temple is the most important institution on Bali and the center of religious activity. Each villages has its own shrines for community worship, and public temples may be used by anyone to pray to the Balinese godhead, Sanghyang Widhi, or any of its manifestations.

All over Bali are agricultural temples dedicated to the rice goddess, Dewi Sri, devine consort of Vishnu, the Preserver. In northern Bali, where subak (local water boards) control every facet of life, the elaborate temples dedicated to the rice goddess are the grandest religious edifices on the island.

Pura Ulun Danu Bratan in Candikuning (Bedugul) and Pura Luhur on Gunung Batukaru are dedicated to lake goddesses worshipped as sources of fertility. These are deemed female temples; their male counterpart is Pura Besakih on the slope of Gunung Agung. Six temples are sacred to all Hindu Balinese. Besides Besakih and Ulun Danu Bratan, these include the magnificent Uluwatu sea temple on the Bukit Peninsula, built on a long narrow cliff 76 meters above the sea; Pura Tirta Empul in Tampaksiring, famous for its sacred pool; Pura Sakenan on the island of Serangan; Yeh Jeruk in Gianyar; and Pura Luhur Batukaru near the top of Gunung Batukaru in Tabanan.

Four religious sites in particular stand out and shouldn’t be missed: Gunung Kawi, Ulun Danu Batur, Ulun Danu Bratan, and Besakih. The last is the great Mother Temple complex of Bali, the state temple. It lies in the slope of Gunung Agung, the holiest mountain on the island, where it is believed all the gods and goddesses live. Other temples of architectural merit include Pura Panataran Sasih in Pejeng, Pura Dasar in Gelgel, Pura Panataran Goa Lawah in Klungkung, and Pura Kehen in Bangli.

Stay with us at Bali Ametis Luxury Villas, and our butler will take you to see all the unique of Balinese architecture. We will ensure you will have unforgettable memories during you stay at Bali Ametis Luxury Villas. Copyright 2011, Ametis Villa – Bali Luxury Villas | Private Villa | Honeymoon Villa

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Bali is an island located in the western corner of Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia. It is one of the largest tourist spots of the country. This island is encrypted with highly designed art of traditional painting, modern dance, sculpture and music. The tourist industry is focused mainly in the island with many independent townships and beaches. Island is a home of wildlife sanctuary containing leopard, Bali tiger and some other species of tiger, squirrels, macaque known as Kera and many species of snakes like king cobra and reticulated python. All these including beautiful natural sceneries attract many tourist people all around the world. The first thing that comes into our mind when selecting a tourist place is villas for holidays at the place.

Accommodation is as important as the location for the tourist since a better, quiet and pleasant environment gives more satisfaction to the tourist people. Bali contains many luxurious accommodations which have been developed over recent years with huge number of hotels and villas. Most the tourist persons choose villas for holidays since they have much privacy and personalized stay when compared to hotel rooms. Bali Villa can be categorized into luxurious, standard, deluxe and economic villas which offer a customized option for choosing the best one. Bali villas are prioritized by location, either near the beach or on the Bukit hill with lots of spectacular view or by price where luxury is found to cheaper price when staying at excellent hotels. The main advantage in selecting villas for holidays is space, privacy, personal service and complete relaxation which is excepted by all the tourist persons.

The island also contains special free ceremony villas for wedding and other functions to be conducted. The selection and reservation of the villas can be done on internet which provides more details of the location and price quotes for stay. Many private Bali villa offer details of the island, free visits to tourist spot, internet access, currency exchanges, ticket and local cum international delicious food items. Other services include Balinese massage, dance, hot leaf treatment, flower bath with other spa treatments are included for free at villas. Entertainment such as tennis, yoga, music, painting and meditation are available which allows to spent leisure time. All these creates Bali villa as the island of God gifted with great gardens and wildlife destination which acts as a monument for the visitors who like to have a new experience every day.

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Looks like that time a year again: time to make travel plans for the holidays. Are we going to my in-laws house? Are we going to my family’s house? or are we again going to try and do both? Planning holiday travel can be a real pain and not to mention expensive. As with every year, I start my trek to find the cheapest tickets. I start off with the normal Google search for “cheap flights”. Thankfully Google only comes back with a mere 30 million results! How on earth anyone could view all those, I have no idea. You would figure after say 1 million, you would probably be able to find something or at least give up. In any event, after scanning the usual suspects, also known as all the big travel players, I came across something new in the search results. About the 8th result down, I came across a relatively under the radar travel website known as Flights.com.

I never heard of this site before, so I figured I might as well see what they have to offer and boy was I ever happy I did. At first, it looked like every other travel site out there where you plug in your destination, dates, and hit search. Well this part was all the same, however Flights.com had a very useful feature called “check other websites”. So upon searching, Flights.com not only loaded their own results, but also provided me an option to search top travel sites and compare. I was surprised by this since I wondered why any travel site would want me to price the competition? My data was already there and all I had to do was click on the various airline or website logos to run the search and display results directly from those sites. After searching a few travel sites, I had my answer of why they do it. Flights.com had the best airfare prices by far.

No wonder they don’t mind pricing the competition and in the meantime probably also get paid for advertising. This handy tool saved me countless hours and searches over the internet. This whole process took a matter of minutes and eliminated the need to bounce around the web scouring travel websites for the best deals. I now had the best rate for our holiday trip and at the lowest cost. I punched in my data, completed the booking, and we are good to go.

I even received an e-mail later that day telling me that I forgot to enter my frequent flyer number. So to make a long story short, I booked our tickets to Los Angeles… looks like we are going to the in-laws again this year. Thanks Flights.com for making travel arrangements easy and at the best rate. At least booking the airfare will be the least painful thing about this trip! Honey I apologize in advance if you’re reading this. You know I love your mother and the pink scarf she always buys me. Maybe next year we can stay home for the holidays? Wish full thinking.

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