If you are going to do shopping on Bali, then it's better to find the southern bali location. These are the most popular and most crowded places on the island - Kuta, Legian and Nusa-Dua. Resorts with the most developed tourist infrastructure focused the best places for shopping.
It goes without saying that the trading zones in Kuta are located near the beach, sometimes right on the sand itself: which means that you can go straight after swimming in gentle waves or surfing to shop in a pleasant cool Discovery Shopping Mall shopping center in Tuban or in New Beachwalk Mall on Jalan Pantai Kuta.
What you can buy is completely dependent on your budget. That is, there is almost everything! You can choose a few shirts, sarongs or cheap masks and souvenirs at the Cute Art Market (Kuta Art Market). If you do not mind money, be sure to visit the Matahary department store on Kuta Squa or visit one of the high-class shopping centers of the South Bali. There you can buy real high-quality things (and not cheap fakes, like in the rest of the places) - Fashionable decorations, colorful batik and stylish accessories for home.
The trading scene of the Kuta is wonderful eclectic. If you have enough time, just wander around Japane Legian and study the street with its high-class boutiques and inexpensive benches. This is perhaps the most popular among tourists a place (although the Kuta Square and the Art Market is also very interesting). In recent years, more and more people are coming to the island, so there are many world chain stores. Besides Jalan Legian Many shops for surfers, which is not surprising, after all, whole crowds arrive in Kuta. And in general, all these fashionable shopping centers in the Southern Bali have already become part of the landscape.
Kuta Square (Kuta Square) - This is a shopping area located in a favorite tourist location, between Kuta and Legian. This is a meeting place for tourists and shops with a fixed price. Most of the Kuta Square stores are located along one line (about 200 meters long) from north to south. Start with the Cute art market in the southern part and go to the north: fashion boutiques, fast food cafes and jewelry salons. In the northern part of the square you will find the famous Hard Rock Hotel.
Four-story department store building Matahari Department Store. (Remember Mata Hari? By the way, I took my own had a well-known spy, moving to Java. "Mata Hari", which in Malayski means "Sun") overshadows everything else on Kuta Square, and offers a wide range of high-quality products of Indonesian production - from dishes clothes.
There are departments with children and adult clothing, clothing for teenagers, cosmetics, bags and accessories. On the fourth floor there is Fudcourt, where you can relax after a tiring shopping. By the way, these "mattears" are very much across all Indonesia. Yes, even on Bali three of them - two more in Denpasar.
Art Market In the south, Kuta-Skewa offers many cheap, but funeral Balinese souvenirs - masks, seashells, sarongs and carved figurines of incomprehensible creatures. Unlike other stores on the square, at the art market, the Kuta can be bargained for a long time and stubbornly. It is even necessary, since local merchants have a habit of overestimating prices.
Shopping centers even on a tropical bali, and Kuta is just a winner here. Balinese high-quality fashionable brands are also available in Cute centers, and do not drop them from accounts. It goes without saying, in these shopping centers, everything is in a strictly fixed price. Most Popular Shopping Centers Cute - Discovery Shopping Mall, Mal Bali Galeria and Beachwalk Mall.
The export industry of dishes, crafts and luxury goods are flourishing in Bali - and tourists buy all this good in specialized stores and storage points. Moreover, cheaper, because something can be bought in bulk. The most popular outlets are located in Kuta or no more than 30 minutes drive from it:
"Geneva Handicraft Supermarket" (Jalan Raya Kerobokan No. 100, Kuta; 09: 00-20: 00) - a four-storey warehouse at the exit to the north of Kuta offers items of Balinese crafts: souvenirs or objects for home use. Pillows, tablecloths, toys, paintings - everything is quite confusedly spread throughout the warehouse space. The disorganized appearance of the store means you have to make more effort to find what you need. Fixed prices, and very low - you pay about 40% of the amount that you would pay in Balinese department stores, such as Matahari or Centro. Credit cards are accepted - but keep in mind that in this case they can raise the price by 3%.
Jenggala Ceramics (Jalan Uluwatu II, Jimbaran, Kuta (Factory is located on Jalan Sunset No.1, Kuta) - For ceramics fans, it is necessary. Modern, "delicious" pieces are decorated with many five-star restaurants and hotels on the island, as well as in Sydney and even distant New -Iork. If you want a beautiful plate on the dining table, visit the exhibition hall in Jimbaran - the wonderful AR-Deco space that demonstrates the goods of this factory.
And you can look into the workshops and to see artisans in the work, or even write your children to the courses "Paint-A-Pot" or "Make-A-Pot": two- and four-hour classes, where children will create clay products on their own .
"KAMPUNG BALI" (Jalan Merta Nadi No. 77x, Kuta; 08: 00-23: 00) - the interior of the store resembles a warehouse, there is no air conditioner, and all that. But cheap wood carving, fridge magnets, batik and painting - all this is available. Fixed prices, but you can make a purchase even cheaper if you buy in bulk (it is not necessary to buy the same thing in several copies). Prices are respectively lower than in other places. Large items are exhibited outside the warehouse - pay attention. The store works until 11 pm - one "late" shops on the island.
BIARRITZ HANDICRAFT (Jalan Sunset Road No. 9, Kuta, 09: 00-18: 00) - a beautiful store with neat shelves, which sells Balinese tableware and souvenirs at low prices. You will be given a cart so that it is convenient to fold everything you want to buy - very convenient.
