Sea temple
Pura Petitenget
Seminyak sea temple attributed to Nirartha, with the legend of the haunted chest, offerings on the sand and the sunset facing Potato Head.
Seminyak, Indonesia
Seminyak Audio Guide
Explore Seminyak's coast with 22 audio stops and researched, fact-checked narration. From Pura Petitenget to the rock of Tanah Lot, every place explains how the 16th-century sea temples and the Bali of surf and beach clubs share the same sand.
- ~6h of audio
- 7 routes · 22 audio stops
- Offline mode
- English and Spanish
- 7Landmarks
- 22Audios
- ~6hOf narration
Photo: Christophe95, CC BY-SA 4.0
7 audio guides in Seminyak
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Historic beach
Kuta Beach
What to see at Kuta Beach: the sunset beach, the first tourist hotel in southern Bali, a fishermen's temple and the tomb of Mads Lange.
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Memorial
Bali Bombing Memorial
Carved-stone memorial on Jalan Legian, Kuta, with the names of the 202 victims of the 2002 bombing and the Sari Club site across the road.
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Sunset beach
Double Six and Legian Beach
Bali beach between Legian and Seminyak: surf schools, the origin of the name Double Six, offerings on the sand and the Sunset Beach sunset.
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Sea temple
Tanah Lot
Sea temple on a rock on the Tabanan coast: the legend of Nirartha, the sacred spring, the snake cave, the Batu Bolong arch and the sunset terraces.
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Balinese sea temple
Pura Batu Bolong and Echo Beach
Pura Batu Bolong and Echo Beach: two centuries-old sea temples on Canggu's black sand and the Old Man's longboard wave.
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Seminyak's Eat Street
Jalan Kayu Aya
Seminyak's Eat Street, from Seminyak Square to the beach: more than fifty restaurants, offerings at every door, a shrine among boutiques and the beach club Ku De Ta.
Seminyak Audio Guide
What to see in Seminyak with the EarGuide audio guide
On Bali's south-west coast, the sea temples that tradition attributes to the priest Dang Hyang Nirartha share the sand with the Bali of surf and beach clubs. On Seminyak beach, Pura Petitenget owes its name to a chest, peti, charged with magic, tenget, and a few steps away begins Jalan Kayu Aya, the Eat Street or Oberoi Street, some two kilometres with more than fifty restaurants, bars and cafés running down to Ku De Ta, the venue credited with starting the island's beach club culture. To the south, Double Six marks the point where Legian merges into Seminyak and, by the most widespread explanation, took its name from a nightclub on the beach that has since closed; beyond it stretches Kuta Beach, two and a half kilometres of sand where Bob Koke opened the Kuta Beach Hotel in 1936 and had his surfboard brought from Hawaii. A few streets away, the Bali Bombing Memorial, raised on the site of Paddy's Pub, bears the names of the 202 people who died on 12 October 2002. To the north, in Canggu, Pura Batu Bolong, the “hollow rock” dedicated to the lord of the sea, looks out on the Old Man's longboard wave and the black volcanic sand of Echo Beach; and some twenty kilometres north-west of Denpasar, Tanah Lot, one of Bali's seven great sea temples, rises on a rock reached on foot only at low tide.
With the EarGuide Seminyak audio guide, every place reveals its history through narration researched and fact-checked against historical sources. Unlike a free walking tour or a conventional guided visit, you set the pace, the order and the stops. No groups, no timetables, no internet connection.
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No internet needed
Download the routes before you head out and explore without using data.
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Smart geolocation
The narration starts by itself when you reach the point of interest.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about the Seminyak audio guide
How much does the Seminyak audio guide cost?
The EarGuide app is free to download and the first route, Pura Petitenget, can be listened to for free. The other six routes —Kuta Beach, the Bali Bombing Memorial, Double Six and Legian Beach, Tanah Lot, Pura Batu Bolong and Echo Beach, and Jalan Kayu Aya— unlock together with a single payment, with no subscription. The unlock is tied to your EarGuide account, so it works in all EarGuide apps, on iPhone and on Android.
Do I need an internet connection to use the audio guide?
No. EarGuide works entirely offline. Download the routes over WiFi before you set out and you can use the audio guide with no connection and no data use throughout your visit. The map shows your GPS position in real time even without coverage.
What languages is the Seminyak audio guide available in?
The Seminyak audio guide is available in Spanish and English, with researched, fact-checked narration on Bali's sea temples, their legends and the coast of surf and sunsets.
How long does the full tour take?
The audio guide brings together 7 independent routes with a little over six hours of narration in total, spread across 22 audio stops and from 20 to 90 minutes per route. They can be done separately or several chained in one day depending on the area.
Is the audio guide better than a free walking tour or a guided visit?
They are different experiences. The EarGuide audio guide lets you explore Seminyak without timetables or groups, pause and resume whenever you like, and replay any explanation as often as you need. It suits independent travellers, families and anyone who prefers to understand Bali at their own pace, with no prior knowledge of the island.
Which landmarks and points of interest does it include?
The Seminyak audio guide covers 7 main sites: Pura Petitenget and the sunset strip, Kuta Beach, the Bali Bombing Memorial, Double Six and Legian Beach, Tanah Lot, Pura Batu Bolong and Echo Beach, and Jalan Kayu Aya, Oberoi Street.
Can I do it all on foot?
Not all of it. Pura Petitenget and Jalan Kayu Aya are less than a kilometre apart in a straight line, and Double Six is a kilometre and a half from Jalan Kayu Aya: those three routes can be linked on foot. Kuta Beach and the Bali Bombing Memorial are about 600 metres from each other, some three kilometres south of Double Six. Pura Batu Bolong, in Canggu, is about three and a half kilometres north-west of Pura Petitenget, and Tanah Lot about ten: reaching them takes a motorbike, car or taxi.
Can I use a purchase in the other EarGuide apps or on another phone?
Yes. Purchases belong to your EarGuide account, not to one app or one phone. A city unlocked in the EarGuide app is also unlocked in that city's own app, and the other way round, on both iPhone and Android. Just sign in with the same account on the other device. The store's “restore purchases” button only covers the app the purchase was made in, so signing in is what carries it across.
Download EarGuide and listen to Pura Petitenget free
The EarGuide app is free and the Pura Petitenget route can be listened to without paying; the other six Seminyak routes unlock together with a single payment. Offline, at your own pace.
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