Pura Tirta Empul

3 spiro mkheiber - 2 weeks ago

Nice temple.
You can definitely live the Balinese culture and experience the holy water blessing ritual.
It is however a well-built tourist trap.
The temple’s flow is built in a way that exposes you to both fruit selling ladies at the entrance and a labyrinth of touristy shops towards the exit.

Both tourists and locals are welcome to go through the ritual, keep in mind the entrance fee is slightly higher for tourists.

It is definitely worth visiting when exploring the neighboring sites, however I wouldn’t go out of my way to visit.

3 Sonny Ng - a month ago

3/5 ????. Great place to visit as this is the shrine of holy water. For those that plan to come here to get a blessing with holy water shower can bring your extra cloths here and there is rental locker available. The place separate into few sections with holy water shower, fish feeding and also praying place (For locals only). Just have to be aware of those ladies that will try to give you some banana before you enter to the shrine and they will hunt you to purchase if you took one of the banana earlier, so please do not take it. Next is the exit path way, the locals built it in such way that all tourist will have to go through the market beside the temple which they will do hard sales to you. I wish I could give this place a full five stars but just have to give extra cautions when visiting here.

5 Steven Tuhy - 2 months ago

This sacred temple is a great place to experience the local religious practices on Bali. The locals are kind and open to sharing how to perform the cleansing rituals in the sacred springs. Note that not every spring is to be used, I recommend doing some research beforehand to understand which springs to use. The rest of the temple is beautiful, with dozens of stone statues, some 1000’s of years old.

4 Kaz Barlow - 2 weeks ago

A truly serene environment. The temple is absolutely beautiful. The holy spring is wonderful. The koi fish (extremely well fed).
The only drawback is the souvenir sellers you need to pass on exit. I understand the need for these Balinese stallholders to make a living but we just felt a little intimidated upon exiting such a peaceful environment.

5 Ron Fiarman - 4 months ago

This is a very spiritual place. You should take a local guide that will explain you what to do exactly in order to get the right experience from this place. They are volunteering but you give them donation at the end, as much as you want. My guide explain me the procedure of what to do and gave me the offerings you should give at the beginning.
For me it was one of the spiritual experience I have ever had because I knew exactly what to do.

5 Alex Šajtlava - 3 weeks ago

Beautiful temple with a stunning atmosphere. There is also a possibility of cleansing yourself in the temple waters, which is an experience all on its own. A must visit for everyone who is interested in exploring the Balinese spiritual culture.

3 Wayan Jarni - 4 months ago

Holy temple for Balinese Hinduism. It's a place to cleanse yourself. The locker/changing rooms should be much cleaner. Also, stop with those tourist cleansing on days/times that locals are cleansing. Most of the tourist just want to do it for fun. Is has no meaning for them. But they get in de way and make the waiting time much longer.