Head to Seminyak if you're after an upmarket beach scene. The area’s full of high-end villas, boutique hotels, and sleek restaurants. The beaches—Seminyak and Petitenget—are long, west-facing, and decent for surfing. Sunset is the main event here. Bars and beach clubs fill up fast, especially along the sand.

Wyck has often been described as the up-and-coming part of Maastricht. Even though it’s still a dynamic area in development, it’s already seen a real transformation from ten years ago. Today, it’s hard to imagine that there was a time that this side of the Meuse was dismissed as ‘outside Maastricht,’ and the people of Wyck were considered bumpkins. But this history has also had a defining impact, and made Wyck into the unique urban borough that it is. The many contemporary and exclusive shops, hotels, restaurants, and creative enterprises that have come here in recent years are a perfect fit with the long-standing local boutiques, fine food shops, and the locals themselves. That’s what makes Wyck one of the best places in Maastricht to live, work, and shop. On weekdays Wyck is bustling with business from the train station to the river, and on weekends it is just as jumping, with the tourists and day visitors tarrying here to ‘warm up’ for a day out on the town. Today, it’s rightly said that you haven’t seen Maastricht until you’ve seen Wyck!

Campuhan Ridge Walk is a 2 km trail just outside Ubud, running above rice fields and palm trees with open views across rolling hills and plenty of greenery. It’s a simple way to escape the town buzz without heading far.