In Reply to: Apart from Ubud and the main tourist posted by Balimagic on Monday, 5. September 2005 at 15:53 Bali Time:
Last Christmas/New Year, our family of 3 (daugther then 7) spent a week in Lovina at Rambutan Cottages. Great place, fabulous pool, owners kids live there, and our daughter got to play with them a bit. There were also a couple of other families there at the same time. The beach in Lovina isn't great at all...actually we only went there to walk, not to swim.
This year, we're headed to Amed...I hear the beach is cleaner and that though Amed is even quieter it is more "Balinese" - however you may interpret that. There are quite a few nice looking places in the Amed area.