I had high expectations when planning my dream 2-week trip to Bali. Popular tourist spots let me down, so I changed my itinerary to save the trip.

Yes, it’s named after Ubud, a region of Bali famous for its Insta-worthy rice paddies and monkey-filled forests, but it feels a million miles from the tourist haunts popular with those who head ...

Ubud, on the Indonesian island of Bali, is magical. Though Ubud isn’t shy of luxury resorts, making the most of the magic, ...

The Ubud of old is still there too ... In September last year, a new round of bans on villa construction in the rice field areas and new resorts in the south were announced, but I’ve lost ...

These jungles and rice terraces can be found around Ubud, a popular inland city in the foothills that offers something quite different from the Bali beaches. What makes Ubud so popular?