Shopping in Lovina and North Bali: Markets, Supermarkets and Craft Villages

In Brief

Shopping in Lovina covers what a visitor needs day to day, and Singaraja, east along the coast road, has almost everything else. For something made in the north, buy cloth and bamboo in the villages that make them.

For fresh food and local goods, go to Singaraja's two big traditional markets. Pasar Anyar is in the old town, and the rebuilt Pasar Banyuasri is on the Lovina side of the city.

For imported groceries, Pepito has a supermarket on the main road in Lovina and another in Singaraja. Household goods and tools are at AZKO in Singaraja. The weaving and bamboo villages are Beratan, Jinengdalem and Tigawasa.

Building-materials superstores, and anything unusual or imported, still mean a trip to Denpasar.

Shopping in North Bali at a Glance

Singaraja Has Almost Everything, and Lovina Has Enough

Singaraja, the regency capital, is where Buleleng does its shopping. The big markets, the supermarkets, the pharmacies, the phone office and the hardware and household stores are all in this working city.

Lovina is a strip of villages along the coast road west of the city. It has what a visitor needs day to day: minimarkets for water and sunscreen, warungs, an imported-food supermarket and a large souvenir hall at Temukus. For anything bigger, people in Lovina drive east along the coast road into Singaraja.

Shops thin out fast in the rest of the north. Around Munduk, Pemuteran and the east coast, shopping means village warungs, small kiosks and cash, so stock up before you head out. The Lovina area guide and the Singaraja old town guide cover the two bases in full.

Singaraja's Two Markets Are Liveliest Just After Dawn

Singaraja is still a market town. Early twentieth-century photographs show potters selling water jars on the ground in the city market.

The markets are still at their liveliest in the first hours after dawn, when the produce arrives and the ceremony trade is busiest.

Potters selling water jars at the Singaraja market, photographed between 1907 and 1931. Photo: Unknown author, Tropenmuseum / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Pasar Anyar, the old-town market

Where: the Jalan Diponegoro area, in the heart of Singaraja's old town. Map

What it is: the city's main traditional market, where Singaraja does its everyday shopping. You will find:

• produce down from the hills
• spices, and Balinese cakes and snacks
• offering materials
• cheap clothes and sandals
• the small food stalls that feed the traders

How to buy: prices are local, and bargaining is expected, done with a smile and without hurry.

What to know: it is an old building, and it shows. Local press has reported cracks in the upper floor, bad enough that some traders there have stopped using it.

The Regent has said the regency is studying a rebuild, which would mean moving the traders elsewhere while the work runs. The street around it is part of a wider plan to tidy up Jalan Diponegoro and the old town. Ask your host whether the market is trading as normal before you plan a morning around it.

Shopfronts near the junction of Jalan Ahmad Yani and Jalan Diponegoro, the Pasar Anyar side of Singaraja, in 2005. Photo: っ / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Best for: something to take home from Buleleng, such as clothes, spices or ceremony goods, far from anything made for tourists. Slot it into a morning walk around the old harbour and the Chinese temple, covered in the Singaraja guide.

Pasar Banyuasri, the rebuilt market

Where: the western edge of Singaraja, on the road toward Lovina. Map

What it is: a semi-modern market in Balinese architecture, and the easier of the two to find your way around. The Governor of Bali remembered the old market from his childhood as disorderly. The rebuilt one opened on 30 March 2021, as a gift for the city's 417th anniversary.

Its purpose: the regency built it partly to sell the work of Buleleng's small producers. At the opening, the Governor bought local fruit, dodol from Penglatan, Banyuatis coffee and palm sugar from Pedawa, packaged for sale.

Best for: a morning produce run for meat, vegetables, fruit and household goods. It is the natural last stop if you are driving back to Lovina.

Lovina's own stalls and the Sunday market

Lovina has no market on the scale of the Singaraja two. Evening food carts and small stalls do set up around the villages, and where they gather shifts over time, so ask your villa host where people are eating.

On Sundays there may also be the Lovina Sunday Market at Kaliasem, a makers' market for Buleleng's small producers. Check that it is on before you go.

Pepito Covers Imported Groceries, and Singaraja Has the Bulk Stores

Groceries and daily needs in the north come from four kinds of shop.

Pepito Market. The Bali supermarket chain lists two stores in the north on its own store page. Pepito Market Lovina is on Jalan Raya Seririt to Singaraja, the main coast road. Pepito Market Singaraja is at Jalan Surapati No. 98.

They carry fresh produce and the imported foods that are hard to find elsewhere in the north. The store page gives the current opening hours. Map: Lovina · Map: Singaraja

Clandy's. A Singaraja chain, trading from more than one address in the city, including Jalan Ngurah Rai. Palm Living's own shopping notes describe it as a supermarket with clothes, shoes, daily necessities and baby goods under one roof. Its own account is Clandys Bali on Instagram. Map

ABD Foodmart. A food and ingredients store on Jalan Udayana Barat in Singaraja. Palm Living's own shopping notes describe it as the main supplier of food and hospitality goods to hotels and restaurants around Lovina. It stocks imported meats and has a floor of professional kitchenware.

That makes it the place to try for bulk ingredients. Its own account is ABD Foodmart on Instagram. Map

Minimarkets. Minimarkets cover water, snacks, toiletries, phone credit and cold drinks, and village warungs cover the rest.

Bring a shopping bag. Bali limits single-use plastic by governor's regulation, so carry your own.

Buy Craft Close to the Source

North Bali makes its own cloth and bamboo, and much of it is sold by the people who make it. The guide to the traditional crafts of north Bali covers the traditions in depth. Below is where to buy.

Songket from Beratan and Jinengdalem

Singaraja has its own weaving history, and textile collections hold silk songket sarongs from the city woven with metallic thread.

Beratan, an urban ward of Singaraja, is where songket was first made in Buleleng, by the Buleleng culture office's account. Its weavers made cloth for the kings from around the fourteenth century.

The old division of work there has a name, agaluh agandring. The women weave songket and the men work gold and silver, so Beratan is also the first place to ask about north Bali silver. Beratan songket is known for fine thread, which makes a lighter cloth, and for small, dense gold motifs.

A silk songket sarong from Singaraja, thought to date from the 1920s. Photo: Chris Hazzard, Balique Arts of Indonesia / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Jinengdalem, a village in Buleleng district just outside the city, has around a hundred songket weavers still making and selling cloth, according to the same office. Its songket is dyed with natural colours, from teak leaves, mango bark and turmeric. The weavers work in silk, and its rising cost is their biggest worry.

Songket is expensive for good reason: gold or silver thread, a slow and intricate weave, and silk. If a "songket" costs the same as a printed sarong, it is a printed sarong. A local guide or your host can arrange a visit to a weaver's home.

Bamboo from Tigawasa and Sidatapa

In the Bali Aga villages of the Banjar hills, bamboo weaving is everyday work.

In Tigawasa, the village head told the Buleleng government that nearly nine in ten villagers work in bamboo craft, in five active craft groups. They make sokasi (the lidded boxes used to carry offerings), bags, canang trays and more, and weave new designs to order. Much of it is now sold through social media.

Next door in Sidatapa, bamboo is woven in the doorways of the old houses.

Bamboo weaving in a Sidatapa doorway. Photo: Dinata Juan / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Buying in the village puts more of the price in the weaver's hand. The villages themselves, their houses and ceremonies, are in the guide to the Bali Aga villages of north Bali.

Packaged souvenirs at Krisna

Krisna, the big Bali souvenir chain, has its north Bali outlet on the Seririt to Singaraja road at Temukus, in Banjar district, just west of Lovina. It sells packaged snacks, clothes, cloth and souvenirs to fill a suitcase.

In its own words, it has thousands of products from small local businesses, and there is no need to bargain. It is convenient and quick, while the craft villages above are where the north's own craft is made. Map

Pharmacies, ATMs and Phone Credit Are in Lovina and Singaraja

Pharmacies. Apotek (pharmacies) are easy to find in Lovina and all over Singaraja, and many common medicines are sold over the counter. For what to do beyond the pharmacy, see the guide to healthcare in north Bali.

ATMs and money. ATMs cluster in Kalibukbuk in Lovina and across Singaraja, and they thin out quickly beyond. Markets, warungs and village craft sellers are mostly cash, though QRIS codes are spreading.

Withdraw in town before you head into the hills. Fees, limits and money changers are in Bali currency and ATMs.

SIM cards and phone credit. Top-up credit and data packages are sold at minimarkets and phone kiosks. For a new SIM, a registration problem or a contract, go to Telkomsel's service centre, GraPARI Singaraja, at Jalan Ahmad Yani No. 72, Kaliuntu. Telkomsel's own locator lists its current hours. Map

Singaraja Covers Most of a Home or a Build

If you are setting up a home or building on the north coast, Singaraja covers more than people expect.

Household goods and tools. AZKO Singaraja is at Jalan A. Yani No. 85B, Kaliuntu. The chain sells household goods and tools, and its Singaraja store is the nearest thing in the north to a big-box home store. Map

Building materials. Singaraja has independent toko bangunan (building-materials shops), and local sourcing is the cheaper path for a build in the north. Your contractor will have suppliers they already use.

Furniture. Ask your builder or villa manager about local carpenters and workshops that make furniture to order.

Specialist trades and suppliers are fewer on the north coast, so anything unusual or imported can take longer to source and reach a site. The build costs guide explains how that affects budget and timeline, and moving to north Bali covers the bigger relocation picture. For a long stay while you look, Palm Living's long-term rentals are around Lovina.

Four Things Still Mean a Trip to Denpasar

Daily life is easy to supply in the north. Check this short list before you move, because these four still mean a drive south.

• Building-materials superstores. The big warehouse chains are in Denpasar, including Mitra10 on Jalan Gatot Subroto Barat. For large or specialist orders, plan a day trip.
• A wide range of imported and specialty food. Pepito covers the basics. Beyond those, imported and specialty foods are easier to find in the south, and anything that comes up from there carries a premium.
• Malls and big fashion shopping. Singaraja has no large shopping mall. For international brands, electronics showrooms and department stores, go to Denpasar and the south.
• Specialist medical supplies and specific medications. Bring an adequate supply of anything unusual from home or the south.

On the drive back north through the mountains, the Bedugul highlands are worth a stop for fruit, vegetables and flowers. See the Bedugul guide, and for the drive itself, getting to north Bali.

Practical Notes

Shop names and addresses change. Every shop on this page links to its own store page or account for current hours. Confirm before a special trip.

• Pepito Market Lovina: Jalan Raya Seririt to Singaraja
• Pepito Market Singaraja: Jalan Surapati No. 98
• AZKO Singaraja: Jalan A. Yani No. 85B, Kaliuntu
• GraPARI Telkomsel Singaraja: Jalan A. Yani No. 72, Kaliuntu
• Krisna North Bali: Jalan Seririt to Singaraja, Temukus
• Markets: go early, carry small notes, bargain gently, and bring your own bag
• Pasar Anyar: ask whether it is trading as normal while the rebuild is planned
• Craft villages: ask your host or a local guide to arrange a visit, since workshops are family homes

FAQ

Is there shopping in Lovina? Enough for daily life and a holiday: minimarkets and warungs along the main road, Pepito Market Lovina for imported groceries, and the Krisna souvenir hall at Temukus just to the west. For markets, household goods and anything bigger, people drive east into Singaraja.

Is there a supermarket in Lovina? Yes. Pepito Market Lovina is on the main Seririt to Singaraja road, with fresh produce and imported foods. Pepito's own store page lists its hours. Minimarkets along the same road cover everyday basics.

Is there a mall in Singaraja? No large shopping mall. Singaraja shopping runs through its traditional markets, Pepito, Clandy's, AZKO and independent shops. For malls and international brands, you need to go to Denpasar.

What is the best market in north Bali? Pasar Anyar in Singaraja's old town is the main traditional market and the place for local goods, especially early in the morning, though its building is due for a rebuild. Pasar Banyuasri, reopened in a new building in 2021 on the Lovina side of the city, is easier to navigate.

Where can I buy authentic north Bali souvenirs? Buy close to the source: handwoven songket in Beratan or Jinengdalem near Singaraja, bamboo boxes and baskets from Tigawasa and Sidatapa, and local goods at Pasar Anyar or Pasar Banyuasri. Krisna at Temukus is the easy stop for packaged snacks and gifts.

Where do people in north Bali buy building materials? From independent building-materials shops in Singaraja, usually through their contractor, with AZKO for household goods and tools. For warehouse-scale shopping, they drive to Denpasar, where Mitra10 has a superstore.

Sources

• Pepito Supermarket, Our Store (Pepito Market Lovina and Pepito Market Singaraja), read September 2026
• AZKO, AZKO Singaraja Bali, read September 2026
• Telkomsel, GraPARI locator (GraPARI Singaraja), read September 2026
• Krisna Bali, Krisna Singaraja, and Krisna North Bali, home page (Temukus address), read September 2026
• Mitra10, Mitra10 Gatot Subroto Bali, read September 2026
• Clandys Bali, Instagram, and ABD Foodmart, Instagram, read September 2026
• Palm Living, Where to shop in North Bali? (ABD Foodmart, Clandy's addresses), read September 2026
• Bali Provincial Government, Gubernur Koster resmikan Pasar Banyuasri, 30 March 2021, and Buleleng Regency, Peresmian Pasar Banyuasri, in Indonesian, read September 2026
• Koran Buleleng, DPRD Buleleng soroti kondisi Pasar Anyar, 7 September 2026, in Indonesian, read September 2026
• Buleleng Culture and Tourism Office, Tradisi menenun kain songket di Kelurahan Beratan and Kain tenun songket khas Desa Jinengdalem, in Indonesian, read September 2026
• Buleleng Regency Government, Pengrajin Tigawasa buat beragam motif kerajinan, in Indonesian, read September 2026
• Province of Bali legal portal, regional regulations on customary villages and related law (lists Governor Regulation No. 97 of 2018 limiting single-use plastic), read September 2026

More for residents: moving to north Bali, healthcare in north Bali and long-term rentals in north Bali.