Sanur Beach, 6 km east of Denpasar, is the location of the first tourist resort beach in Bali. It was on that beach that the Dutch troops in 1906 landed and the \n attacked Denpasar Kingdom, which provoked a bitter struggle that is well known as Puputan Badung.
This beach also tempted the heart of Belgian painter, Adrien Jean Le Mayeur, to establish a museum on August 28th, 1957, which is currently called Le Mayeur Paniting Museum.
There are now many five-star hotels on Sanur beach, including the only ten-floored hotel in Bali, called Inna Grand Bali Beach, which was build in 1966.
From this beach, you can watch the sunrise, and the calm sea provides the perfect atmosphere for swimming, and the expansive white, sandy shores are great for sunbathing.
Sanur Beach, either in the morning or afternoon, is an excellent place to exercise, because there is a pavement path along the coast more than 5 km long. Many use the falt white sand for yoga exercise.
This September, in front of Inna Grand Bali Beach Hotel there will be an international beach volleyball competition.
Daily activities include Sanur Reef Snorkelling, glass bottom boat, boat/Balinese outrigger sailing, wind surfing, canoeing, Jet Ski, parasailing, coral fishing, and scuba diving.
All equipment for these activities is provided by Jeladi Wilis, a cooperative of marine transport belonging to the community of Sanur. Various kinds of tourist facilities like hotels, restaurants, tarvel agents, security posts and lifeguards are also available at Sanur.
Sanur Beach is lengthy. Several kilometers from the south to the north, this beach has different names and superiorities. On the southern end of Sanur Beach there are the Segara, Sindhu, Semawang, and Mertasari beaches.
Wind and kite surfing competitions and traditional ceremonies are regularly held between the Sindhu and Semawang beaches. On the Semawang beachside, precisely in front of Puri Santrian Hotel sits the Bali Seawalker Park (undersea promenade activity).
From Sanur Beach to the north, is the Matahari Terbit, and Padang Galak beaches. These beaches are seldom used for swimming because the waves there are very large and the current is strong.
Many processions and religious ceremonies like melasti, melukat and mejar-ajar take place at this north-ernmost beaches. Padang Galak Beach is most commonly used as a place for meditation, yoga and ofter spiritual activities.
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