Pasar Beringharjo - A good Place to buy Batik

Pasar Beringharjo is a main market at Jogjakarta. It located at Malioboro street and near north Keraton (the palace). It is located adjacent to the Vredeburg historical museum and opposite the Gedung Agung. This market is famous for batik and is one of  popular tourist destinations.   It is also a center of commerce for Jogjakarta batik products. Pasar Beringharjo Batik (/ˈbætɪk/...

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Budget Hotel at Sostrowijayan Street - Jogjakarta, Indonesia

Sosrowijayan is the name of the street near the Malioboro street, this street famous for its specialty with limited buget hotel, homestay and inn, same as the Poppies Lane in Kuta, Bali, this area is frequented visited by both local and foreign backpackers. surrounding sostrowijayan area Sosrowijayan street is a very strategic, which is located just less than 1 mile from Train Station "Tugu",...

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Rickshaw riding at Jogjakarta, Indonesia

The cycle rickshaw is a small-scale local means of transport; it is also known by a variety of other names such as bike taxi, velotaxi, pedicab, bikecab, cyclo, beca, becak, trisikad, or trishaw or, simply, rickshaw which also refers to auto rickshaws, and the, now uncommon, rickshaws pulled by a person on foot. Cycle rickshaws are human-powered, a type of tricycle designed...

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Jogjakarta: Pasar Beringharjo

Pasar Beringharjo adalah pasar tradisional yang terletak di Jl. Jend A. Yani Kawasan Malioboro, Yogyakarta. Pasar ini terkenal dengan koleksi dagangan batik, baik yang berupa kain batik ataupun produk garmen batik lainnya seperti, daster, celana pendek, piyama dll.  pasar beringharjo Lokasi pasar ini bersebelahan dengan museum sejarah Benteng Vredeburg dan berseberangan dengan Gedung Agung....

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Jogjakarta: Borobudur Temple

Borobudur, or Barabudur, is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist Temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The monument consists of six square platforms topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. A main dome, located at the center of the top platform, is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues seated inside a perforated stupa. Tourist at Borobudur...

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Jogjakarta: Alun Alun Kidul

Alun-alun (note: correct orthography hyphenated but occurs occasionally without, also found as aloen-aloen, aloon aloon, and erroneously alon-alon) is a Javanese architectural term for the large central open lawn squares common to villages, towns and cities in Indonesia. Commonly, alun-alun in modern-day Indonesia refers only to the two large open squares of kraton palace compounds. Each kraton...

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Jogjakarta: Mount Merapi

Mount Merapi, Gunung Merapi (literally Fire Mountain in Indonesian/Javanese), is an active stratovolcano located on the border between Central Java and Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It is the most active volcano in Indonesia and has erupted regularly since 1548. It is located approximately 28 kilometres (17 mi) north of the large Yogyakarta city, and thousands of people live on the flanks of the volcano,...

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Jogjakarta: Parangtritis Beach

Parangtritis is a well-known beach in Yogyakarta in addition to other objects such as Samas beach, Baron, Kukup, Krakal and Glagah. Parangtritis has a unique landscape that is not found in other beach besides the big waves are also the mountains of sand around the beach, which is usually called dunes. This beach has been managed by the district government Bantul pretty well, ranging from...

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Jogjakarta: Tukang Jamu

Jamu (formerly Djamu) is traditional medicine in Indonesia. It is predominantly herbal medicine made from natural materials, such as parts of plants, such as roots, leaves and bark, and fruit. There is also material from the bodies of animals, such as bile of goat or alligator used. [Alligators are only native to the United States and China not Indonesia] Tukang Jamu Gendong In many large...

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Jalan Malioboro - a shopping street at Yogjakarta

Jalan Malioboro (English: Malioboro Street) is a major shopping street in Yogyakarta, Indonesia; the name is also used more generally for the neighborhood around the street. It lies north-south axis in the line between Yogyakarta Kraton and Mount Merapi. This is in itself is significant to many of the local population, the north south orientation between the palace and the volcano being of importance. tourists...

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Jogjakarta: Taman Sari

Taman Sari also known as Taman Sari Water Castle is a site of a former royal garden of the Sultanate of Yogyakarta. It is located about 2 km south within the grounds of the Kraton, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Built in mid 18th century, the Taman Sari had multiple functions, such as a resting area, a workshop, a meditation area, a defense area, and a hiding place.  Taman Sari consisted of four...

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