Tabanan is in the heart of the rice belt of southern Bali and also a great centre for dancing and gamelan playing. Nearby a road turns down to the coast through Kerambitan, a village noted for it's beautiful old buildings including two 17th-century palaces. There is some beautiful scenery on the way to Negara, the capital of the Jembrana District, but far less tourist development. The road continues to Gilimanuk, the terminals for ferries which shuttle back and forth across the narrow strait to Java.