Kuta
Kuta is a tourist area, administratively an urban village (kelurahan), and the capital of Kuta District, Badung Regency, southern Bali, Indonesia.
Kuta is a tourist area, administratively an urban village (kelurahan), and the capital of Kuta District, Badung Regency, southern Bali, Indonesia. Kuta is a part of the Denpasar metropolitan area, 12 km (7.5 mi) south of downtown Denpasar. Originally known as a fishing village, it was one of the first towns on Bali to see substantial tourism, and as a beach resort remains one of Indonesia's major tourist destinations. It is known internationally for its long sandy beach, varied accommodations, restaurants and bars, and many renowned surfers who visit from Australia. It is near Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport.
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Worth seeing in and around Kuta
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Gelora Samudra Stadium
Gelora Samudra Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Badung, Indonesia. It is currently used mostly for football matches.
1.7 km · stadium in Indonesia · Wikipedia - 02Satya Dharma Temple
Vihara Satya Dharma is a modern Chinese temple at Benoa Port, Bali. It is a temple of the Three teachings of Chinese folk religion, i.e.
5.4 km · Chinese temple in Badung, Bali · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kuta
- Airports
- Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai (DPS), 2 km · Lombok (LOP), 122 km
- Stations
- I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, 1.6 km
- Mataram (Pujut, Lombok Tengah) → Kuta123 km · quickest by road, 6h 30m · Rp90,450–121,000
- Surabaya → Kuta313 km · quickest by air, 4h 9m · Rp799,070–1,238,510
- Surakarta → Kuta495 km · quickest by air, 5h 59m · Rp910,450–1,412,190
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Kuta
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kuta. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inYou can also catch a bemo from outside the airport to Kuta for Rp5,000-10,000.
- Get inAs elsewhere in Bali, bemos (motorised trycles) are rarer and far less important in Kuta than they used to be.
- Get inBemo Corner, in the heart of Kuta at the junction of Jalan Legian and Jalan Raya Kuta, used to be an institution on the backpacker circuit.
- Get inKuta is served with some regularity from Denpasar's Tegal bemo terminal.
- Get inBenoa Harbor — not to be confused with Tanjung Benoa — is around 20 min northeast of Kuta, and speedboats and cruises from the Gili Islands, Lombok and Nusa Lembongan arrive here.
From Wikivoyage: Kuta, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.
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Next door to Kuta
Kuta is 11 km from Denpasar, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- South Kutadistrict in Badung Regency, Bali Province, Indonesia5.7 km
- Pesanggaranvillage in Indonesia4.1 km
- Ujunghuman settlement4.1 km