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If Jakarta is Java’s financial and industrial powerhouse, Yogyakarta is its soul. Central to the island’s artistic and intellectual heritage Yogyakart... |
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In the heart of the old city the huge place of the sultans of Yogya is effectively the centre of a small walled city within a city. Over 25,000 people... |
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This huge limestone cave, about 130km west of Yogyakarta and 21km south of Gombong, is a popular local tourist attraction. ... |
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Yogyakarata owes is establishment to Prince Mangkubumi who in 1755 returned to the former sat of Mataram and built the Karaton of Yogyakarta. He took ... |
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The areas around Yogyakarta is surely will tell you much about their historical journey. Not just about history, it also has beautiful scenery and gor... |
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Yogya is a great place to shop for crafts and antiques, primarily for Java, but bits and pieces from all over the archipelago can be found here. ... |
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Like Angkor Wat in Cambodia and Bagan in Myanmar. Java’s Borobudur makes the rest of Southeast Asia’s s spectacular sites seem almost incidental. Loom... |
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In the evening you can head along to the Purawisata, this amusement park in noted more for its dance performances, but there are also ride fun-fair ga... |
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Next to the Sumaryo Guest House is Whyoming Café & Restaurant (Jl Prawirotaman II), which specializes in steak served in semi salubrious surround. The... |
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Yogya is by far the easies place to see traditional Javanese performing arts, with performances of one sort or another held daily, Dance wayang or gam... |
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On the road to Solo 17km northeast of Yogyakarta, the temples at Prambanan village are the best remaining examples of Java’s period of Hindu cultural ... |
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The smaller Pakualaman Karaton is also open the visitors. It has a small museum, a pondopo that can hold a full gamelan orchestra, and a curious colon... |
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The oldest Hindu temples in Java were discovered on this lofty plateau, 2093m above sea level. The name ‘Dieng’ comes from Di Hyang (Abode of the gods... |
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It is easy to find your way round Yogay. Jl Malioboro, named after the Duke of Marlboroung, is the main road and run straight down from the train stat... |
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Jl Tirtodipuran is the continuation of Jl Prawirotaman. Dutch Café (Jl Tirtodipuran 47A) is a venerable traveler and expat haunt. It is looking rather... |
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Just to the west of the Karaton, is the Taman Sari. Better known is the Water Castle; this was once a splendid pleasure park of fleeces, pool and wate... |
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Few Southeast Asia’s volcanoes are as evocative, or as destructive, as Gunung Merapi (Fire Mountain). ... |
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Sosrowijayan Area is inundated with cheap and cheerful eateries featuring the full spectrum of travel lest favorite. ... |
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