Pura Gunung Kawi is known as Bali's "Valley of the Kings". Each shrine is a memorial of Balinese royalty from 11th century. The temple is located in lush green valley, surrounded by rice fields.

Gunung Kawi, as well as nearby Tirta Empul, a water temple just half a mile north that has been visited for centuries by pilgrims seeking ritual purification, is nestled within an ancient ...