Amlapura: East Bali

Most visitors to Bali will not visit Amlapura, firstly because it is in East Bali and secondly because nothing draws them.

Here’s a little history on Amlapura. The city is located slighlty inland from Ujung, on the SE coast of Bali. Formerly known as Karangasem (also the name of the regency).

Being situated across the Strait from Lombok, its natural that Karangasem regency and Amlapura city have connections with Lombok. Basically the raja of Karangasem used to govern Lombok, in the latter part of the 17th century. Paybacks are a bitch, and the Sasaks got revenge and ended up in control of Karangasem from 1849-1893.

The main object of interest these days is the Puri Agung (Big palace), built in the early 20th Century.