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Tanah lot temple precinct has become a bit of a tourist theme park catering for all ages. and hoards of Java school kids on excursions. Great fun for kids with everything from ice creams to dinosaurs. Definitely worth a walk up the hill to the left of the precinct and meet a couple of pet Civets who are the "coffee" bean producers for the civet coffee. Buy a cup and pat the civet who had processed the beans - like great big cats. All the shops basically sold the same items as everywhere so can be easily skipped. I had not been to Tanah lot since 1980 so the overwhelming "touristifcation" was disconcerting and I doubt you can see the sacred sea snake in the hole under the temple anymore, but I am pleased I went and had fun taking selfies with the sculptures, both traditional and just downright weird.

Well, maybe it said somewhere and I didn't see it but ...you go down to the temple, you cross the water (if you are there at the right time of course because if it is a high tide the path to the temple will be closed) you get to the other side, you get stopped to be blessed (you pay the donation) you go up the stairs and the gate is closed. What!? So you can just turn around and cross the water again.

Tanah Lot was very crowded. Nice to see the temples but not much else. The beaches around are crowded with western tourists and the only Balinese people are working in the cafe's and bars. The roads are busier than Bangkok, and more dangerous.

This place is 10% temple 90% tourist. You pay 60k pp to enter a shopping center that also happens to have the temple inside. There are much better temples to visit for less in Bali! And the temple itself is positioned in a way that you can't see anything from it. Disappointing.