Sanur - Le Mayeur House

Much quieter than Kuta and Legian is the resort of Sanur, south-east of Denpasar, even though this too has been enjoying something of a boom in recent years. Its development began in 1967 with the building of the first hotel of international standard, the Bali Beach Hotel. This high-rise concrete structure aroused local opposition and led to a ban on the erection of buildings higher than the tallest palm-tree in the area.

Sanur is regarded as a more select resort than Kuta or Legian, and the beach is lined by luxury hotels. Perhaps for this reason, the sand is also rather cleaner.

Near the Bali Beach Hotel is the Le Mayeur House, built by the Belgian painter of that name (d. 1958), which contains a collection of his work