ONE of the prettiest places in all of Bali, Tirtagangga (“Water of the Ganges”) is a 1.2-hectare (3 acre) pool complex built by Raja Anak Agung Anglurah Ketut in 1947 with corvée labor on the site of a curative springs that emerges from under a holy banyan tree.

With its shallow pools, pleasant cool weather, few mosquitoes, great natural beauty, quiet star-filled nights and birds chirping over the constant sound of splashing water, Tirtaga