Tabanan offers its tourists a chance to step into the various cultural aspects of living in Bali. If you stay in a hotel in Tabanan, you will be able to enjoy what the life of a farmer or rural person brings on a daily basis. EasyToBook.com can arrange for an overnight Tabanan hotel room. You may also decide to stay longer to savor the experience. It will give you time to visit the Museum Tabak. This is a small museum in the larger Mandala Matika Subak complex. The Museum displays various agricultural and fishing tools. Of specific importance is an examination of the growing and harvesting of rice. You can leave the Museum and see how this occurs in the rest of the complex.
In the center of Tabanan, you will find a very lively and busy local market. It begins in the evening and lasts until dawn. This is traditional in Bali. For another type of local culture, be sure to arrive during the June Festival of art, dance, poetry and music. Tabanan is the site of the Gedung Kesian I Ketut Maria art complex. It receives its name from a talented and renowned local dancer, I Ketut Maria. You can locate this complex across from the scattered ruins of the former Puri Tabanan.