Sayan is a village about 5 km (3 mi) west of the town of

Ubud Ubud is a town on the Indonesian island of Bali in Ubud District, located amongst rice paddies and steep ravines in the central foothills of the Gianyar regency. Promoted as an arts and culture centre, it has developed a large tourism indust ...

, in Bali,

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

. It sits on a ridge along the

Ayung River The Ayung River is the longest river on the Indonesian island of Bali. It runs 68.5 km from the northern mountain ranges, passing the Bangli, Badung, Gianyar regencies and the city of Denpasar, before discharging into the Badung Strait at Sa ...

. A photograph of a typical sayan house compound of the past is found in Wijaya's architectural history of Bali Page 31 photo ''c'' - Wijaya, M.,(2002)''Architecture of Bali: A source book of traditional and modern forms'', Archipelago Press, Singapore, 224 pages,

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Photos of the Four Seasons Resort at Sayan
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