Shopping in Ubud
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Zen
Zen has a good reputation. It offers body scrubs, 90-minute mandi lulur (Javanese body scrub) and massage treatments (Rp90000).
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Kou
Luxurious handmade organic soaps produced locally. Put one in your undies drawer and smell fine for weeks.
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Cendana Resort & Spa
Cendana Resort & Spa has a nice set up, including an open-air Jacuzzi. The couples' massage room is particularly pleasant. One-day use of the hotel's pool, sauna and steam room is available for US$5. You can have a bath of mud or milk with your massage or try one Hawaiian-style, which involves lots of aromatic oils.
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Batavia 1885
It's not a shop it's an adventure. Who knows what you'll find in this musty, dusty lit by just a couple lights. Urns, bowls, forlorn puppets, statues and a lot more. You'll be asking 'is this a Ming original of a Balinese knock-off. Look for the plates embedded in the wall outside.
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Pasar Seni
The euphemistically named Pasar Seni is a busy two-storey place that sells a wide range of clothing, sarongs, footwear and souvenirs of variable quality at negotiable prices. Decent souvenirs include leather goods, batiks, baskets and silverware.
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Pusaka
'Modern ethnic clothing' is the motto here, which translates into cool, comfy yet stylish cottons. Need a gift for somebody small (or not so small)? Adorable house-made plush toys are 50,000Rp.
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Ganesha Bookshop
Bali's best bookshop has an amazing amount of stock jammed into a small space, with an excellent selection of titles on Indonesian studies, travel, arts, music and fiction (including used titles). Good recommendations and mail-order service.
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Nur Salon
Nur Salon is in a traditional Balinese compound. It offers a long menu of spa and salon services including a traditional Javanese massage that takes two hours and starts with a body scrub (Rp245000).
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Bali Cares
This inspired shop sells goods to benefit several local charities. Items range from woodcarvings made from sustainable woods to paintings, handicrafts and other items produced by local people.
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Hotel Tjampuhan Spa
Hotel Tjampuhan Spa which is in a unique grotto setting, overlooking the river, and features organic carved stone reliefs. Use of all the facilities for a day for non-guests is US$50.
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Ibah Spa
Ibah Spa looks to nature for calming inspiration. It has a very calm wooden interior and a Jacuzzi; treatments come with evocative names such as Mountain Ritual and Ibah Foot Fetish.
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Ashitaba
Tenganan, the Aga village of East Bali, produces the intricate and beautiful rattan items sold here. Containers, bowls, purses and more (from US$5) display the very fine weaving.
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Produce Market
Ubud's colourful produce market operates to a greater or lesser extent every day and is buried within Pasar Seni. It starts early in the morning and winds up by lunch time.
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Macan Tidur
Amid a string of trashy places, this elegant store stands out like Audrey Hepburn amid the Spice Girls. Silks, art, antiques and more are beautifully displayed.
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Zarong
An offbeat, hippie-chic fashion store that brings a patchouli of elegance. There are lots of cool cottons here that will be at home in any Balinese situation.
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Masery
Large air-con shop with boldly-coloured Asian-influenced interiors and clothes. Pillows to bags to housewares, it could be called 'World of Accents'.
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Toko East
High-end Balinese-made housewares and handicrafts; quite stylish and some, like the exquisite small picture frames, might just fit in your bag.
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Kertas Lingsir
Specialises in interesting paper handmade from banana, pineapple and taro plants. If you're a real fan, ask about factory visits.
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Kites Centre
There are colourful wind-born creations such as dragons and sailing ships. A sweet little small frog goes for Rp25000.
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Periplus Bookshop
A typically glossy branch of the Bali chain. Also has a new location in Campuan. Large store with small café.
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Tegun Galeri
It's everything the souvenir stores are not, with beautiful handmade items from around the island plus ancient art.
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Pondok Bamboo
Hear the music of a thousand bamboo wind chimes at this store owned by noted gamelan musician Nyoman Warsa.
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Wild Ginger
This small air-con boutique has gorgeous displays of unique Bali-made hand-painted gauzy women's wear.
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Komaneka Resort & Spa
Komaneka Resort & Spa offers open-air treatments for singles and couples in lush surrounds.
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