If you’re in Kuta area and you need to go shopping, you can go to Kuta Square. This shopping place is a combination between a traditional and a modern market.
Kuta Square
People say that Kuta Square is the paradise for shopaholics. Kuta Square starts from Kuta Art Market and ends on Bakung Sari Street. People in Legian also love to go shopping in here. This shopping place is well-located and unique.
On both sides of Kuta Streets, the shops are lining. Shoppers will find anything they want to buy. There are shops with a fixed price and there are shops where shoppers can bargain. If you are at the northern end of the market, you will find boutiques and fashion stores where people can buy clothes from internationally recognized brands. The rests are traditional shops where we have to bargain to get the best price.
There are places to sell foods, snacks, handicrafts, ice cream, juice, shoes, belts, accessories, groceries, etc. Matahari Department Store, which is very famous in Indonesia, is also located in Kuta Square. Franchise restaurants, jewelers’, surfing outfit retails, ATMs, and money changers are all there to fulfill the need of the visitors and shoppers. It is also great to just have window shopping and eat ice cream. Many people wanting to only have meals may come to this every day.
The Location
It is located where Bakung Sari Street and Kartika Plaza Street meets
Shopping Tips in Kuta Square
- The best way to go to Kuta Square is by foot. The street is so busy and crowded. It will take a long time if you go there by vehicles.
- You have to look out of the vehicles especially motorcycles passing the streets all the time.
- If you hate bargaining, you can shop at Matahari Department stores.
- Most stores are available with debit card and credit card machines, but there are also sellers, who sell interesting things that you may be lured to buy, in stands. They need you to pay cash. So, you should have cash with you when going shopping in Kuta Square.
- Bring a calculator with you is beneficial. You can always be easy to calculate or to converse your currency to rupiahs or vice versa. If you don’t speak Indonesian or Balinese, you can show the numbers showing on the calculator to them. It’s an easy way to bargain even if you don’t speak the same language.
- Everywhere you go, including to this shopping place, beware of pickpockets. Have a kind small bag where you can put on your chest. Important things including your passport will be safe in it.
Kuta beach is nearby, so you can go there by foot. Don’t depend on the vehicles or you end up being trapped on the street. So, what do you think? You can’t wait to go shopping in Kuta Square, right? Don’t forget to always bring or buy bottles of water since the activity will take time and energy. Not to mention the people there that make the area become so stuffy, hot and crowded. They will make tired. The article about Kuta Square hopefully can make you more persistent to visit Bali in the next vacation.
