Jogjakarta (Jogjakarta) - the capital of the province with the same name and a major tourist center of southern Indonesia on the island of Java, which is home to half a million people. In Yogyakarta, to this day, the traditions of the Javanese way of life are preserved. The city is the starting point for excursions to the monuments of Prambanan and Borobudur.
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How to get to Yogyakarta
By plane
Eight kilometers east of the city is the international airport Adisucipto, which can be reached by AirAsia and Malaysia Airlines from Singapore or Kuala Lumpur. A taxi from the airport to the city costs around 50 thousand IDR. From the airport you can leave by rail, the railway station is next to the arrival terminal.
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By bus
The bus station of the city is 4 kilometers southeast of the center. Buses from Jakarta (9 hours enroute), Bandung (6 hours) and Surabaya (8 hours) arrive here. Another large bus station is located near the airport, from here buses run to the north - to Borobudur and Semarang.
By train
The train to Jogjakarta can be reached from Jakarta (7 hours on the way, 300 thousand IDR). The travel from Bandung will cost 155 thousand IDR.
Transport
Yogyakarta is a relatively small city, so it can be easily reached on foot. A tourist map of the city for hiking is available on the tour desk near the Mutiara Hotel on Jln Malioboran, at the airport and at the railway station.
Taxi rides are not too burdensome for a purse, usually to any place in the city can be reached for 15,000 IDR. If you liked the service - take a phone number from the taxi driver - later it can become your personal driver and guide.
Local trishaws are called bachak, they can be found anywhere in the city. Before boarding, you should thoroughly bargain and discuss in advance whether you are taken to the same line, or wait and return.
The main type of public transport in Yogyakarta is buses. Two types of buses run in the city: patas, more comfortable (air-conditioned) and safe, work from 6 am to 10 pm, the cost of one trip is 3,000 rupees, and regular buses, which usually run until 5 pm, the cost of one trip in the city - 2500 rupees.
If you prefer complete freedom of movement, then motorcycle rent will cost you 50,000 rupees per day, a bicycle - 10,000 rupees, and a car - 250,000 rupees (end-2010 prices).
Kitchen and restaurants
Local snacks of bakpia and yangko have a sugary sweet taste .In contrast, a quantity of chili pepper is added to meat dishes, that an unprepared organism simply can not cope with it .However, many local delicacies are popular with almost all tourists .Among them, chicken in kari - Gudeg (which is served not only in restaurants but also on the trays of street vendors), chicken with garlic and cilantro, Sego Langgi - rice with various seasonings, Es rujak - fruit salad of mango, papaya, pineapple, cucumber with palm sugar, lemon juice salt and pepper .
During Ramadan, which prescribes not to eat after sunset, a market of mouth-watering snacks and local dishes opens in the Kauman area in the building of old Yavanese architecture, working from 15-00 to 18-00.
In Yogyakarta, you can tasty and very inexpensive dine at many kiosks (less than a dollar) throughout the city. You will be offered rice, homemade noodles, chicken, beef, baked eggs, Javanese espresso, desserts and soft drinks.
The city also has many high-end restaurants specializing in Indonesian, Thai, French, Indian and Italian cuisine, with live music, exquisite interiors and excellent service - Gabah, Royal Garden, Androwino, Gajah Vong.
Shopping in Yogyakarta
From Yogyakarta as souvenirs tourists bring home batik, traditional dolls, ceramics and silver. The most famous shopping street of the city is Malioboro. For two kilometers there are hundreds of shops. Here are the Beringharjo crafts market, Mirota's large bat shop, a shop specializing in carved Indonesian masks, Ciamis and a huge Nadzar gift shop.
For more refined souvenirs, go to the gallery Saptohoedojo, which sells works of Indonesian art, ranging from totems, decorated with skulls of defeated enemies and ending with batik on abstraction themes. The walls of the gallery are decorated with portraits of famous visitors - among them John Paul II and the Dalai Lama.
The shopping centers of Yogyakarta are located in Malioboro Mall, Galleria Mall, Ambarrukmo plaza. Here you can find products of all world brands, as well as a lot of counterfeit.
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| Melia Purosani Hotel Yogyakarta from 3 523 rubles Yogyakarta Jalan Suryotomo no. 31 | Royal Ambarrukmo Yogyakarta from 5 513 rubles Yogyakarta Jl. Laksda Adisucipto No. 81 | Hyatt Regency Yogyakarta from 5 171 rubles Yogyakarta Jalan Palagan Tentara Pelajar |
| D'omah Yogya Hotel from 3,850 rubles Yogyakarta Jl. Parangtritis Km 8.5, Bantul | Inna Garuda from 3 446 rubles Yogyakarta Jl. Malioboro No. 60 | Cavinton Hotel Yogyakarta from 2 258 rubles Yogyakarta Jl. Letjen Soeprapto No.1 |
| Greenhost Boutique Hotel Prawirotaman from 1 910 rub. Yogyakarta Jalan Prawirotaman 2 no 629, Brontokusuman | Hotel Arjuna from 2 229 rubles Yogyakarta Jalan P Mangkubumi No. 44 | Grand Zuri Malioboro from 2 376 rubles Yogyakarta Jl. Mangkubumi no.18 |
| Istana Batik Ratna from 1,844 rubles Yogyakarta Jl. Pasar kembang, 29 | Puri Pangeran Hotel from 1 391 rubles Yogyakarta Jalan Masjid no 7 | Whiz Hotel Yogyakarta from 1 421 rubles Yogyakarta Jl Dagen 8, Malioboro |
Entertainment, excursions and attractions of Yogyakarta
The philosophy of the architecture of the city was manifested in the fact that the key facilities of Yogyakarta are located along the virtual line connecting Parangtritis to the coast and Mount Merapi .Thus, the sultans of Jogjakarta provided strong links with the guardian spirits of mountains and waters .The main attraction of the city is the palace complex Kraton, where you can see the chambers of the Sultan and his household, throne room, mosque, pavilions .The palace is surrounded by a wall with a length of two kilometers .Visit the palace can be from 8-30 to 13-00, paying for the entrance 12 500 IDR .
West of Kraton is the Taman Sari park, in which an elegant mansion called the "Castle on the Water" is surrounded by the waters of a large pond, the intricacies of underwater and underground tunnels, grottoes and pools in which the sultan's wives and concubines take baths. The park is open from 9-00 to 15-00, the entrance costs 7,000 rupees. Located nearby Sumur Gumuling, the underground "mosque", in former times was used by the sultans of Jokyart for the sacrament of meeting with the goddess of the seas.
From traditional entertainment, unusual to the eye of a European, Vayang Culit - Shadow Theater is most popular in Jogjart. Plays in the full version last for eight hours. Adapted for tourists options can be found at the Agaste Institute of Art. Also it is worth to visit the performances of classical Javanese dance or their rehearsals, which are held on Sundays in the Kraton Palace.
Borobodur
In the immediate vicinity of Jyokyarta (42 kilometers to the north-west) is the world-famous Borobodur stupa, built in the eighth century AD. A unique structure covered with carved reliefs rests on a foundation 118 meters long and rises eight tiers to the sky. On the upper tier there are 72 small stupas around the central one, 504 Buddha statues and more than 1,000 reliefs on religious themes are placed inside the stupas.
Prambanan
Another temple complex - Prambanan is located 18 kilometers east of Jyokyarta. The complex, erected in 856, dedicated to the victory of the Hindu king over the Buddhist predecessor, consists of eight buildings. The most famous of them is the 47-meter-high temple dedicated to Shiva Lara Jongrang.