HOT! Property Bali

Intrepid shoppers may also wish to visit the stone and wood-carving villages in Bali’s hinterland. Batubulan is renowned for its stone carvings, which are exhibited all along the main road, while the village of Mas is famous for woodcarving, its thoroughfare solidly lined with craft shops where you can watch the carvers at work.

Alternatively, you could plod the never-ending main street of Tegallalang, where you will find candles, mirrors, painted balsa-wood cats, flowers and frogs, batik lampshades, wrought iron photo-frames, banana-leaf boxes, dreamcatchers and bamboo wind-chimes galore, at half the price you’d pay in Kuta.

Finally, visit the silver emporiums of Celuk strung along three kilometres of main road flanked by a maze of backstreets chock-a-block with workshops and smaller outlets. Here, ornate silver rings, bangles, necklaces, bracelets, pendants and accessories, set with precious and semi-precious stones, are produced by master craftsmen, whose sterling skills and trade secrets have been passed down through generations of families. By Rachel Greaves

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