Denpasar · Established
The south's most grown-up area: a 5-km promenade, calm reef-protected sea, an international-grade hospital in the KEK special zone and the ferry port to the Nusa islands. Buyers are retirees, families and medical tourists. The market is 2–3BR villas and new apartments.
Photos: Wikimedia Commons · Sunrise in Sanur: the south's only east-facing beach — Tomasz Baranowski, CC BY 2.0 · Sanur promenade: 5 km of boardwalk — Aspere, CC0 · Jukung boats at dawn — Wiaskara, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Morning on Sanur beach — Danangtrihartanto, CC BY-SA 4.0
Sanur was Bali's first resort (Bali Beach Hotel, 1966) and stayed true to itself: no clubs, sunrises instead of sunsets, bicycles instead of scooters. In 2025 the KEK Sanur health special economic zone opened with Bali International Hospital: shifting demand towards long stays and medical tourism.
The market is secondary and almost entirely leasehold: 27+ villas listed, all on 25–32-year leases, one off-plan. Nightly rental is weak (ADR $121–139), long-term strong. An area for people who buy to live or to let yearly.
Denpasar · -8.6900, 115.2620 · Google Maps
DOMA rating, 5 = highest on the island. Land and nightly rate mean price level. Occupancy is AirROI against the island average. Infrastructure covers hospitals, schools and roads. Quiet is the inverse of traffic and nightlife.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Land, average | IDR 7.77M/m² (777M/are) | Own Property Abroad, 09.05.2026 |
| Land, freehold (listing) | IDR 650M/are (Ketewel edge) | Kibarer, 06.2026 |
| Villa 2BR, leasehold | IDR 3.4–5.7B (27–29 yrs) | Kibarer, 06.2026 |
| Villa 3BR / 4BR | IDR 3.8–9.5B / 6.4–15B | Kibarer, 06.2026 |
| ADR (Sanur / Denpasar) | $139 / $121 | AirROI, 09.2026 |
| Occupancy | 37.1% / 34.9% | AirROI, 09.2026 |
| Active listings | 27 (narrow polygon) / 1,128 | AirROI, 09.2026 |
| Height rule | 15 m island-wide | Kibarer, 09.03.2026 |
Asking prices from listings. ADR and occupancy come from the AirROI polygon, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. 1 are = 100 m². A forecast, not a guarantee.
What a guest of a villa in Sanur sees and where the owner's rental demand comes from. Distances are given from the centre of the area, photos are from Wikimedia Commons.
Six kilometres of reef-protected beach and a paved promenade from Matahari Terbit to Mertasari where people jog and cycle in the morning. The water is calm and shallow at low tide, which is why families and older guests love Sanur. Hotels from the 1970s, cafés and jukung boats line the promenade. It is the south's only east-facing beach and sunrises became its main attraction.
The new passenger port opened in 2022, with fast boats every half hour to Nusa Penida, Lembongan and Lombok. The main flow of tourists to the Nusa islands passes through it, and cafés, car parks and guesthouses have grown around the port. For a Sanur villa owner it is transit demand: guests often stay a night before or after the islands.
The house of Belgian painter Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur, who settled in Sanur in 1932 and married the dancer Ni Pollok. The carved house with a garden right by the beach keeps its interior and dozens of paintings. It is Sanur's first expat home, and the area's reputation as a place where foreigners live rather than holiday began here.
Sindhu night market with its warungs and stalls runs from evening to midnight and feeds half the area. By day it is a traditional market with vegetables and flowers. Sindhu beach next to it is considered Sanur's centre: equally close to the harbour and to Mertasari, and villas around it cost the most.
The southern end of the promenade with a wide beach where giant kites fly in the dry season and a festival is held in July. The wind makes Mertasari the south's main kitesurfing spot. Nusa Penida is visible from here, and in the evening people come to watch the sunset over the mangroves.
A small temple holding a pillar from the year 914 with Bali's oldest dated inscription, mentioning King Sri Kesari Warmadewa and the port of Sanur. Proof that Sanur was a harbour more than a thousand years ago. The temple stands in a residential quarter and tourists hardly ever reach it.
The island's first high-rise hotel, built in 1966 with Japanese reparations. After it Bali adopted the rule: nothing taller than a coconut palm, that is 15 metres. The rule still applies and limits the height of any villa or apartment building. The hotel was rebuilt and reopened in 2024 as part of the KEK Sanur medical zone.
A 41-hectare special economic zone with Bali International Hospital, opened in 2025, plus hotels and clinics. The state created it for medical tourism so that Indonesians are treated at home rather than in Singapore. For the Sanur market it is a new type of demand: long lets for patients, doctors and their families.
Landmark photos: Wikimedia Commons · Sanur beach and promenade: Aspere, CC0 · Sanur Harbour: Stefan Fussan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Le Mayeur Museum: Andy Mabbett, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sindhu market and beach: Aspere, CC0 · Mertasari Beach: Magul, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pura Blanjong: DayakSibiriak, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bali Beach Hotel: Sam Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0 · KEK Sanur health zone: Tomasz Baranowski, CC BY 2.0
| Airport | 20–30 min |
|---|---|
| Beach | Sanur / Sindhu / Mertasari |
| Clinics | Bali International Hospital (KEK), Prof. Ngoerah ≈10 min |
| Schools | international schools in Denpasar and Sanur |
| Transport | harbour, Ngurah Rai bypass |
Drive times are typical off-peak estimates. Verify on Google Maps for a specific plot.
Calm sea, flat promenade, clinics and no nightlife. With KEK Sanur and Bali International Hospital it has also become the medical-tourism hub.
A 2BR on a 27–29-year lease is IDR 3.4–5.7B. A 3BR IDR 3.8–9.5B on Kibarer listings. Freehold hardly ever reaches the market.
Long-term: retirees and medical patients rent for months. Nightly gives ADR $121–139 at 35–37% occupancy: below the island average.
Updated 2026-09-20. Not a public offer. DOMA is an agency: we do not build or sell in this area unless stated on the page.
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