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Founded in 2016, the Ubud Food Festival is an exciting adventure with Indonesian food as the star. Panning three days of special events, from cooking demos, food tours and talks, workshops and masterclasses, music and arts, films, markets and more. The festival celebrates the vibrancy and diversity of Indonesia’s culinary landscape. [Thinking of going? We’re

W Retreat and Spa Bali is turning 6 years on Sunday, 5 March 2017, and they’re inviting you to join the celebration. Kicking off the party at Woobar with a Sunset Session is Dresden-based deep funk maestro, Purple Disco Machine. As always, W Bali will showcase their signature beachfront fireworks display, with pop up bites

Calling all travellers and globe-trotters! The Garuda Travel Fair (GATF) 2017 returns to Bali this 10-12 March, offering some of the very best flights and travel deals to destinations around the world. Held in the Atrium of Lippo Mall Kuta, this is the only event where you can get Garuda tickets at their cheapest rates,

Recently, DestinAsian Readers Choice Awards 2017 awarded Bali as the best island destination for the 12th year in a row. Before that, New York’s Travel+Leisure Magazine rated it as the second best island in the world after Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands, and before even that travel sources from Trip Advisor to Condé Naste have lauded Bali

Looking for a laugh this weekend? Head on over to the Fat Bowl Sports Bar for 2 international stand up comedians hitting the stage. Katie Burch, one of Australia’s rising stars – and mother of two! As well as Chris Radburn, a laywer turned comedian that was the international finalist for NBC’s show ‘The Last

For stand up comedy lovers, you’ll be excited to hear that English comedy legend Eddie Izzard will be live in Bali! On Friday, 3 March 2017, Eddie Izzard will be bringing his world tour ‘Force Majeure’ to the Grand Ballroom of the Trans Resort Bali. Eddie Izzard is an English stand up comedian, writer and

The W Bali is turning 6 years old this 5 March 2017 and to celebrate we thought we’d share some of the features at this extraordinary hotel in Seminyak that will literally make you go WOW. 1. The Pool W Retreat’s pool is simply breathtaking; it’s the first thing you see when you walk past

Join photographer, David Metcalf and National Geographic photography tutor Suki Belaustegui for a fantastic photography workshop and tour of Bali and Java on 30th of March – 8 April 2017, where you will meet the wild horsemen of Mt. Bromo, visit the charming Tengger villages, explore the Dieng Plateau, attend a special Javanese dance performance,

That’s right, Potato Head Beach Club’s annual summer music festival (together with Ismaya Live), has already announced the dates and line up for this year’s Sunny Side Up Festival !  SAVE THE DATE: 11-12 August 2017 2 days of non-stop beachfront, poolside musical mayhem.) Sunny Side Up 2017 will not disappoint! The exotic, tropical venue of

Starting January 19th, 2017, Mantra Sakala Resort & Beach Club is rebranded under the new name, The Sakala Resort Bali. Located at Tanjung Benoa, the resort offers 247 suites and 14 private bedroom pool villas with facilities that include swimming pools, a wellness spa, health club, lagoon bar, restaurants, a beach club, conference rooms and

Many people are unaware that The Bali Starling has been the mascot of Bali since 1991, and therefore they don’t notice that the songbird species is critically endangered and nearly reaching extinction due to the practice of catching wild birds for the bird markets, which grow at an unsustainable rate. With less than 100 adult