Bangli is a region of Bali, Indonesian. It is an area of 520,81 km² and 197.210 inhabitants (2004). The capital is the city of Bangli, with the same name, with 43.859 inhabitants(2005).
Until 1907, Bangli was one of the nine kingdoms of Bali. The capital has a famous Hindu temple, the Pura Kehen from the 11th century.
Bangli regency has 2 places we are recommended to visit. The village name are Desa Penglipuran and Kintamani.
- Penglipuran Village is one of the traditional villages that located in Bangli Regency, Bali Province, Indonesia. Penglipuran village is famous as one of the tourist destinations in Bali because of its society who still preserve their traditional culture in their daily lives. The architecture of buildings and land processing still follows the concept of Tri Hita Karana, the philosophy of Balinese society regarding the balance of relations between God, humans and their environment. Penglipuran Village succeeded in building tourism that benefited all of their communities without losing their culture and traditions. In 1995, Penglipuran Village also received a Kalpataru award from the Indonesian Government for its efforts to protect the Bamboo Forest in their local ecosystem.
- Kintamani is a village in the north of the island Bali in the Bangli district. The village of long stretched streets lies at an altitude of 1470 meters in the northern mountain of the island, on the main road from Bangli to Singaraja. On the western edge of the outer two calderas, the road offers views to the volcanic landscape of the 1717 meter high Gunung Batur, which is about six kilometers east. A curvy secondary road leading to the foot of the mountain branches eight kilometers southeast of Kintamani in Penelokan (1,450 meters) and leads down to the bottom of the caldera, 120 to 300 meters lower. The ascent and descent walk directly from Kintamani to the summit of Gunung Batur takes about six hours. Between both places and practically combined with Kintamani is the road settlement Batur. The road from Kintamani in the north direction continues up to Penulisan, where the Pura Tegeh Koripan is located at 1745 meters, the highest temple of Bali. The heavily clouded sky in the top of the hill gives a lot of precipitation. The fertile volcanic soils are used especially for cultivation of Arabica coffee.
