NOW Bali Editorial Team
Think Globally Buy Locally
This is a lifestyle shop that offers unique pieces for your body, home, lovers, and friends. Cave and Cove’s distinct inventory spans the globe – Canada to Afghanistan, Belgium to Java in Indonesia. Featuring items from small production houses and creative individuals, Cave and Cove focuses on craftsmanship and quality. Amidst on-trend items, the shop
Bali Treasures
Renowned in Bali and beyond for their jaw-dropping treasures, fine jewellery brand Jemme, is the island’s go-to store for all things that sparkle. Recently having streamlined their collection into six signature ranges, this jeweller has made it even easier to covet each sublime piece. Showcasing a kaleidoscope of colour in the gemstone and diamond collection,
Be Playful
Here’s a fashion brand that is synonymous to women who believe that looking good is feeling good, for fashion seekers, for ‘it girls’, for fearless lovers, for first dates, for dancing solo, for working hard and playing harder. The brand is a playful, creative, fashion driven, clothing, accessories, body products and home ware brand for
Must-visit Sartorial Haven
In news that will make Bali style hunters and those in-the-fashion-know here clap their hands with glee and anticipation, the one and only womenswear brand Little Joe Woman by Gail Elliott has made its way to the shores of the island. Opening its doors on Jalan Petitenget in Seminyak, the slick, contemporary boutique is set
Biowear Bali: ‘I AM NOT PLASTIC’
As tourism is Bali’s biggest industry, it’s of utmost importance that it remains a place visitors enjoy coming to. However, with the lack of proper waste management systems and poor environmental education, Bali suffers from littering, overflowing landfills and rivers and beaches lined with rubbish. Plastic is by far the most common material found in
A Fusion of Art, Memory, and Luxury
In 1923, Walter Spies, a Russian born German painter arrived in Java. After four years of living in Jogjakarta, in 1927, the handsome painter started a life in Ubud. At his house in Campuhan, Ubud and later at his mountain house in Iseh, Karangasem, Spies completed a collection of special and distinctive paintings. He would
Ice-Cold Beer is Here to Stay
You may not know it, but Bali just averted a serious disaster: the banning of beer sales in minimarts and small outlets and informal sellers! This was proposed by the Minister of Trade to safeguard Indonesian youth from intoxication due to the ready availability of beer in the many thousands of minimarts, all over the
Fit Vacation
A holiday is a time to celebrate; and all of us really make the most of it. We eat, we drink, we over indulge and before we know it, we end up feeling (and probably looking, too) like bloated whales by the time it’s all over. And while many find shopping a fun ‘exercise’, it
Flower Power Food
They say flowers are the most romantic gift you can have. And when it comes to flowers in your food, well, it is just too impossibly romantic for words! People have been serving flowers in food for a long time – nasturtium leaves in the salad – an accent of bright orange flower – it
The Invisible World of THE GAMANGS
According to beliefs still common among the Balinese, there exists, parallel to the world of humans, another world, inhabited by ‘gamangs’. It is difficult to find a great deal about them, as they are said by some to be the spirit of the lost souls, or of men who have disappeared without leaving a trace…This
Thk Awards For Begawan Foundation
Begawan Foundation, on April 1st, was the proud recipient of a Tri Hita Karana Nugraha Awards for 2015. The award, containing universal values whose concept and implementation does not discriminate in terms of ethnic group, race, ancestry and religion, was given by a selection committee, led by Bali Travel News. There were only eight recipients,
WELL, WELL, WELL!
Welcome to Bali and I hope you are not feeling too good. I’m sorry that doesn’t sound like a great welcome but there is a reason for it! Over the years Bali has become a major centrefor the “wellness” business which combines traditional and non-traditional methods of reviving tired bodies (and minds!) and has probably
Ayodya Resort Bali Adds List Of Awards
Early this year, Ayodya Resort Bali had the honour of being listed as one of the best hotels. They received a Holiday Check 2015 Award from holidaycheck.com – a leading hotel review portal from Europe. To win such an award, Ayodya Resort Bali had to have a minimum number of reviews, a recommendation rate of
