Sanur beach (Indonesian:
Pantai Sanur, pronounced
sah-noor) is a coastal stretch of beach of Denpasar city of southeast
Bali, about 30 minutes drive from Ngurah Rai International Airport, which has grown into a little town in its own right.
- Today Sanur contains a number of hotel resorts such as the Medina and Bali Hyatt (not to be confused with the Grand Hyatt in Nusa Dua)
- Sanur is also home to a growing number of popular villa resorts, such as The Zen Villas
- The historic beach is known for its old time flavor and local feeling,
- The northern part of Sanur beach was used as the landing site for the Dutch invasion troops during the Dutch intervention in Bali (1906)
