Petitenget Beach is a beach located in the village of
Kerobokan, North Kuta Sub-district, Badung regency. In addition, this
beach is located on the same coastline with beaches of Kuta and Legian
beaches, which certainly is not less beautiful landscape with both the
beach. Is approximately less than 15 km from Denpasar or 30 minutes away
drive from Bali’s Ngurah Rai Airport.
Petitenget Beach is famous for its
coastal beauty, clad in white sand. In addition large waves waves
suitable for surfing sports place. On this beach you can sunbathe, swim,
or just enjoy the panoramic view of the beach while waiting for sunset.
The best time to visit this beach is during the morning or when the sun
started to come back into the contest, as the quantity of sun rays on
the beach is fairly high throughout the day. So it tends to be more
crowded beach in the afternoon.
Unlike the beaches of Kuta and Legian
beaches are crowded atmosphere, the beach is much quieter and peaceful
so that this region seem more exclusive. In Petitenget beach there is
also a temple haunted by locals is “Petitenget” temple same with the
name of its beaches. Petitengert temple is one of the sacred temple to
the Hindu Balinese society apart from Uluwatu temple and temple Lot.
Most of the major religious ceremonies Balinese concentrated in the
three temples.
Petitenget Temple and Statue
Petitenget itself has meaning “Peti =
Container” “tengget = haunted”. It is said that this ancient region
known as a haunted area before the temple was founded, each resident
about or people who enter this area will suddenly fall ill. This happens
because the region according to the population of the area is protected
by a Ghost. Therefore built a shrine temple, Pura Petitenget is built
around the 15th century.
Until finally this time Petitenget now a
tourist area where there are lots of villas and hotels. No more creepy
atmosphere but now that there is a beach beauty charm the favorite
tourist destinations in Bali. Courtesy of cullinarytravellerz.com
