Ubud Art Market

There are several traditional markets on the island that has its own uniqueness to be a magnet of its own to attract tourists who come to visit to Bali. Ubud Art Market is one of the famous and often a mandatory list of tourists while going to Bali. Not just local tourists crowded this place but a lot of foreign tourists who come to this place.

The average traditional art market in Bali sells a variety of similar goods. The goods are often sold in the traditional art market for example t-shirts or clothes that have ornaments symbol of Balinese barong mask, silver jewelry such as ring or necklace with Balinese design, Balinese snack, beach cloth, painting nuanced typical Balinese, sculptures with carvings typical of the island of thousand temples. Ubud is one tourist destination that also has a traditional art market or known with Ubud Art Market. So unique and cool Ubud Art Market is used as a setting of Hollywood movies such Eat Pray Love in 2010 

Opening Hours Ubud Art Market from 6 am to 6 pm. You can come to enter the traditional art market is not charged at all. If you want to come here best morning. This is because some of the inhabitants of the island of gods believe if you want to smoothly selling them should be able to sell merchandise in the morning though a little profit. Goods that sell in the day are believed to be the ruler and carry luck all day long.

The belief is called 'Merchant Pegarus'. So, for the tourists who want to bid more freely and certainly get the best price offer, come to the Opening Hours Ubud Art Market in the morning. Not only get souvenirs or goods with low prices, the market atmosphere is also not too crowded when the morning. If coming in the day the opportunity to get a cheaper price or free to bid is also very small because it will be a lot of tourists who come so the traders use the moment to sell at a fairly high price.


In Ubud Art Market there are two main areas of the west and east. In the western part of the traditional art market, more traders sell handicraft art merchandise. While in the east, the average merchandise peddle basic needs or staples for daily such as rice, sugar, cooking oil, and many others. For tourists who want to buy souvenirs or private collections to choose Ubud Art Market area in the west

Shopping Tips
There are some tips and tricks when you want to shop at Ubud Art Market. These tips not only can be applied when shopping here alone but also you can apply when shopping at a kind of Ubud Art Market. The market is wide enough and has multilevel buildings so make sure to look around the market and come through the market area before deciding to shop. The purpose of going around the market before you intend to buy it is so you can observe some choices of goods and see the quality of the goods well.

Bidding is the perfect way to get the desired stuff but at a friendly price. You should try to bargain at a price lower than the price the merchant offers. When bidding make sure smile and be polite so that the seller is also friendly with you suppose not yet released with the price you offer at least you are not scolded by the merchant.

For those who love painting and are looking for or just looking at paintings from famous Balinese painters, visit the museum of scattered paintings at some points in Ubud such as Arma Museum Ubud and Ubud Puri Lukisan Museum.

In addition, the thing to note when you want to visit Ubud Art Market is parking area. Caused by the limited parking area in this market, especially during the day so it will be more convenient for you to use public transportation. For those who stay near Art Market Ubud, walking will be more fun when you want to come here.

For tourists who drive a private car or not with a driver will be quite difficult to find a parking location that is close because the average is quite far from the market. Therefore, it is advisable to use a private driver or hire a driver if you do not want to use public transport. Lots of services to rent a car and a driver in Bali. If you come with a driver, you can go down in front of Art Market Ubud while the driver can go first. When the activity in the art market has been completed then you just ask the driver to pick up.

How to get there:
This market location is also strategic so easily accessible from any direction. Ubud art market is located in front of Puri Saren Ubud (the palace of the king of Ubud). Besides, Ubud Art Market is also close to several popular tourist attractions and hits that are often a mandatory destination for tourists when in Ubud such as Ubud Monkey Forest and Terraced Rice Tegalalang Ubud. To arrive at Ubud Art Market takes approximately 1.5 hours from Kuta Bali tourist attractions or within ± 32 km

Opening hours: from 06.00 - 18.00
Location : Jalan Raya Ubud No.35, Ubud, Kabupaten Gianyar, Bali