Ubud Art Market

Pasar Seni Ubud occupies a prominent two-storey building directly across the road from the Ubud Palace gates, at the heart of Ubud's commercial and cultural intersection. The market dates from the 1960s and has grown alongside Ubud's transformation from a regional craft village into Bali's premier arts destination. Today it houses approximately 80 stalls across two floors, selling the full range of Balinese craft production. The ground floor specialises in textiles: hand-woven endek fabric in traditional patterns, mass-produced batik in tourist-friendly designs, and the occasional piece of genuine songket or geringsing double-ikat that rewards patient browsing. The upper floor leans toward smaller crafts — woodcarved masks, painted Balinese calendar panels, silver pendants, stone-powder figurines, coconut-shell bowls, and the ceremonial parasols (payung agung) used in temple processions throughout Bali. Pricing in the market follows a bargaining convention: the first price offered is typically 2–3 times the expected final price. A counter-offer of 40–50% of the asking price is a reasonable starting point, arriving at a fair middle ground through a few rounds of good-natured negotiation. For higher-quality pieces — particularly endek fabric and silver — visiting the specialist studios on Jalan Raya Ubud and its side streets often yields better quality at similar prices without the need to bargain.