Ballonlea (Japanese: アラベスクタウンArabesque Town) is a small, secluded town situated in a dense forest in the northwestern Galarregion. The town's sole access route via land is through Glimwood Tangle, which is located to the south. The town is surrounded by towering trees and its paths are lined by many glowing mushrooms. The houses in Ballonlea resemble the design of common half-timbered cottages in traditional Tudor architecture. Due to being nestled within a forest, Ballonlea is quite dark; the glowing mushrooms provide most of the light outside.
A charming town where the people make their homes among the trunks of the towering trees. (Japanese: 巨木の 内側を くりぬいた 形の 居住区がある 町A town where the residential area is in the shape of hollowed-out giant trees.)
Ballonlea Stadium is the official Pokémon Gym of Ballonlea, specializing in Fairy types. It is initially led by Opal, who inherited the Gym Leader position from her mother 70 years earlier. She eventually chooses Bede as her successor and makes him the new Fairy-type Gym Leader.
Pokémon Center
The Pokémon Center is located in the southeastern corner of Ballonlea, and is the first building that the player arrives at upon entering the town from Glimwood Tangle to the south.
Ballonlea comprises a Pokémon Center, two houses, and the Ballonlea Stadium. In total, the town has a permanent population of 26, the majority of which are female.
Ballonlea first appeared in The Tale of You and Glimwood Tangle!, where Ash and Goh wound up there while wandering around Glimwood Tangle. Soon after arriving, they encountered Opal, who challenged them to a series of quizzes and made them and their Pokémon wear pink clothes for each wrong answer they got. They were eventually joined by Chloe, who arrived to the town with a GalarianPonyta and Rapidash she had befriended.
In The Sweet Taste of Battle!, Ash, Goh, and Chloe revisited Ballonlea after receiving an invitation from Opal for a competition she was holding at her Gym, with Leon and Raihan attending it as well. While visiting a local pâtisserie before going to the Gym, Goh caught himself a Milcery, which he inadvertently ended up evolving into an Alcremie almost immediately afterwards.
Opal's competition turned out to be a cake-decorating contest dubbed the All-Alcremie Decoration Challenge. She loaned each of the contestants one of her Alcremie to provide them cream for the contest. To everyone's surprise, Ash's overly decorated cake ended up winning. Afterwards, Opal challenged Ash to a battle, using her Gigantamax Alcremie against Ash's Pikachu. The battle ended up being called off when Alcremie's G-Max Finale caused Pikachu to grow too fat and full to continue battling.
In Cracking!! Brilliant Tap-Dancing, Opal invited Bede to visit her at Ballonlea. Taking a liking to his personality, she chose him as a worthy successor for her as the Ballonlea Gym Leader and started training him in order to prepare him for taking on the position.
This article is part of Project Cities and Towns, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every city and town in the Pokémon world.
