10 Best Shopping Streets in Bali

As one of Kuta’s main streets that interconnects several other pathways and shortcuts, Jalan Pantai Kuta is perhaps the most recognisable walking street. Half of it even runs parallel to the namesake beach. The 1-way street follows on from where Legian’s primary nightlife and shopping street, Jalan Legian, ends. It starts from the so-called ‘Bemo corner’ intersection, where you can find many small souvenir shops, spas and art kiosks.

Although you’re most likely to start on the sands of Kuta Beach, the half-length of the street that runs up to the beach is worth exploring too, with its mix of local art shops, jewellery boutiques, international surf brand outlets and cafés.

Jalan Raya Ubud is the main street that runs right through the centre of Ubud, with both of its sides dotted with a mix of fashion boutiques, batik and antique galleries and local art shops. A focal landmark here is the Ubud Art Market, just across the road from the Puri Saren Royal Palace. The total length of Jalan Jalan Raya Ubud spans about 2 km.

Your walks here will usually include sightseeing and several stops around the hub, as there are several landmarks other than the palace worth exploring. It’s easy to navigate Ubud’s many interconnecting side streets, which are dense mini shopping streets themselves.

In between Kuta and Legian, there are 2 Poppies Lanes that serve as shortcuts to both areas. Poppies Lane is also popular for its selection of budget stays, particularly if you’re looking for a cheap guesthouse, homestay, or losmen (inn), right in the middle of Bali’s 2 most popular beach resort areas. From here, you can easily reach Kuta Beach, or the exciting nightlife hub of Legian, all within an easy 15-minute stroll.

The lane was named after the Poppies Bali Restaurant, which has been around since the early 1970s and is believed to have been developed by former Californian restaurateurs.

Jalan Monkey Forest is a 1-way street in Ubud that follows on further south from Jalan Hanoman. It turns at Ubud’s main town centre, across the road from the Puri Saren royal palace and Ubud’s famous art market. From where Ubud Monkey Forest Road starts, rows of shops, boutiques and outlets line its sides, together with many guesthouses and hotels, restaurants and small day spas.

The Monkey Forest Road links the main shopping area with Ubud's famous satellite streets of Jalan Hanoman, Jalan Sugriwa, and Jalan Jembawan, which are all southeast from the town centre.

Jalan Legian is the primary walking street of the 2nd most popular beach resort area after Kuta, lined with a good variety of shops, bars, hotels and clubs. The street connects Kuta and Seminyak. Several alleys, including Poppies Lane (I and II) and Garlic Lane branch off to the beach from this street. It’s where you’ll find most of the Legian’s daytime shopping and dining spots. You can practise your bargaining skills while hopping between the many small art shops. There are brand outlets with fixed price shopping, though you’ll also find endless ‘discount’ promos around.

Garlic Lane shopping street is named after a restaurant of the same name on Jalan Sahadewa, one of the out-of-the-way and narrow side streets off Legian’s main roads. This 200-metre-long route provides you with a lot of variety, comprising art shops, DVD stores, fashion boutiques, woodcarving galleries and others. The lane forms part of regular shopping walks through Legian, connecting the restaurant-lined Jalan Padma and the Merta Nadi Art Market on Jalan Melasti.

Most consider the Garlic Lane shopping street scene to be better than Kuta’s and it’s the first street you can conveniently walk to from the end of Poppies Lane after leaving the beach.

Jalan Raya Seminyak is the main walking street of the Seminyak resort area, where you can find an eclectic mix of local and international fashion boutiques, galleries and art shops alongside cafés, bars and restaurants. The shopping street is where the northern end of Legian’s own shopping street ends and where the broader road lined with homewares and décor galleries of Kerobokan starts.

The street and the beach of Seminyak are located well apart but can be reached via Jalan Camplung Tanduk (aka Jalan Dhyana Pura), branching west midway along Jalan Raya Seminyak.