Bali, Indonesia is a destination-wedding region with 11 curated venues seating up to 1400 guests. Published starting prices run from IDR 52,000,000 to IDR 326,000,000. Known for: Clifftop temples, rice terraces. The best months to marry are May–Oct.
Most of Bali's venues are resorts and boutique hotels around Ubud, above the Ayung and Campuhan river valleys; the rest are on the coast, at Bingin and Ungasan on the Bukit peninsula and at Soori Bali on the south-west coast in Tabanan.
Below: 11 curated Bali wedding venues, the best months to marry, how the ceremony works and what a celebration here costs. Venue facts come from each venue's own published information.
Anchored on Petitenget Beach in Seminyak, W Bali brings its signature energy to destination weddings — beach ceremonies at sunset, over-water platform vows, a resident DJ, and 237 ocean-facing retreats and villas that…
Positioned along the sacred Ayung River in Ubud's rice-terrace heartland, Mandapa, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve combines five distinct ceremony landscapes — from a riverside terrace for 100 to an in-villa rite for 10 — with a…
Set within a 22-acre private forest above the Ayung River, COMO Shambhala Estate is a wellness sanctuary and an evocative wedding address.
Every Bali venue we list, with its capacity, rooms and season.
Eight private villas suspended above the Indian Ocean on Uluwatu's limestone cliffs, The Edge Bali offers five bespoke wedding packages for between ten and 150 guests — each backed by an executive chef, a dedicated…
Banana Lounge is a pool lounge and restaurant in Bingin, on the Uluwatu coast of Bali, with tropical gardens, an 18 by 6 metre pool and an Ocean Deck.
Perched above the sacred Tjampuhan Valley, COMO Uma Ubud weaves Balinese ceremony into an intimate resort setting where the forest, rice terraces and river are as much a part of the celebration as the vows themselves.
Spread across a forested river gorge in Peliatan, Maya Ubud Resort & Spa hosts weddings in an outdoor amphitheatre that seats 150 and a series of open-air ceremony and reception venues cut into the valley slope.
Spread across 90 hectares of Jimbaran Bay coastline, AYANA Resort Bali encompasses four distinct hotels, fourteen pools and beaches, thirty restaurants and bars — including the iconic Rock Bar carved into the cliff face…
On the protected white-sand beach of Sawangan in Nusa Dua, The Mulia Bali scales from an intimate 40-seat oceanfront chapel to the Violet Ballroom for 1,400.
Cantilevered above the deep green fold of the Campuhan valley, Komaneka at Bisma is one of Komaneka's Ubud properties, with its Wanasmara Chapel perched on the ridge and the valley spread beneath like a ceremony…
A Michelin Key–recognised boutique hotel on Jalan Bisma, Bisma Eight pairs a dramatic forest pool wedding setting with the acclaimed Copper rooftop restaurant and the kind of focused, personal service that makes a…
Foreigners can marry legally in Indonesia, but both partners must hold the same recognised religion, or one must convert. A religious ceremony comes first; non-Muslim couples then register at the Civil Registry Office (Catatan Sipil) with a Certificate of No Impediment from their embassy, while Muslim weddings go through the Office of Religious Affairs (KUA). Rules change, so confirm the current requirements with the local registry and your own embassy before you book.
Many foreign couples hold a symbolic ceremony in Bali and do the legal paperwork at home, often at a registry office before they travel. A celebrant can lead the Bali ceremony, but it has no legal standing.
Of the 11 venues listed here, 9 publish rooms for guests on site.
In mekala-kalaan, a Balinese Hindu wedding rite, priests purify the couple and present them to the unseen forces of nature as they move from single life into the householder stage.
The most comfortable months for a wedding in Bali are May, June, July, August, September and October, with average highs of 29–31°C. January, February, March, April, November and December are the rainier months, with up to 19 days of rain a month, so they are left out. In May the sun sets around 18:07. Figures are long-term averages for Denpasar.
Published starting prices in Bali run from IDR 52,000,000 to IDR 326,000,000, across 4 venues that publish a price for the whole wedding. What that price covers differs by venue.
Published starting prices at Bali wedding venues run from IDR 52,000,000 to IDR 326,000,000, across 4 venues that publish a price for the whole wedding. What a price covers differs by venue, so ask when you enquire.
The best months to marry in Bali are May–Oct, going by average temperatures and rain. Each venue page gives the venue's own wedding season where it publishes one.
Foreigners can marry legally in Indonesia, but both partners must hold the same recognised religion, or one must convert. A religious ceremony comes first; non-Muslim couples then register at the Civil Registry Office (Catatan Sipil) with a Certificate of No Impediment from their embassy, while Muslim weddings go through the Office of Religious Affairs (KUA). Rules change, so confirm the current requirements with the local registry and your own embassy before you book.
The largest Bali venue listed here seats up to 1400 guests. Each venue page gives its own seated and standing capacity where the venue publishes it.
The Wed Journey features 11 curated wedding venues in Bali, Indonesia. Each venue page lists its capacity, rooms and season where the venue publishes them.
Guests fly into Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS) near Denpasar.
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