Yogyakarta / Jogyakarta special province (nowdays simply  called  Jogya) in Indonesia is relatively small narrow area, with its rich of tourist attractions. Visitor can find many kind of art works and cultural performance, which are interesting and excellent.

According to the Yogyakarta history, before 1755 Surakarta was the capital city of Mataram Kingdom. After the The Treaty Of Gianti in 1755, Mataram was divided into two kingdoms; Surakarta Hadiningrat Sultanate (at Surakarta) and Ngayogyokarto Hadiningrat Sultanate (at Yogyakarta).

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Following the treaty, Prince Mangkubumi the brother of Susuhunan Pakubuwono II, was crowned as the King of Ngayogyakarto Hadiningrat. He was then called Sultan Hamengku Buwono I.
Yogyakarta as the center of Javanese art and culture, there are various kind of fascinating tourist attractions in Yogyakarta.

That is the reason why people refer to Yogyakarta as the cradle of Javanese culture. And for those who love mountainside, beaches or beautiful scenery, Yogyakarta also provides them with abundant numbers of sight.

Related to above mentioned ancient cultural heritage, Yogyakarta is well known also as the center of culture, indicated by a great number of historical building and sites.

Yogyakarta Landmark & Museum

Affandi Museum

Affandi Museum is one of interesting place to see. It is the home of the greatest painter with International level (Affandi 1907-1990). You can see the private workshop and museum that reserve collection of Affandi’s finest artwork, and also his distinguished daughter, Kartika. Affandi Museum is laying at Jl. Laksda Adi Sucipto 167, Yogyakarta.

This street has a famous name called Solo street because it connects two big cities (that is Yogyakarta and Solo).

The museum which is placed at the west of the Gajah Wong river has its wide area for about 3500 are. This area consist of the museum itself and the building used to Affandi’s house. The unusual land surface gave an inspiration to Affandi to build unique building on it.

The result is, an unique integrated environment planned by him self.
Location Affandi Museum:
Jl. Laksda Adi Sucipto 167
Yogyakarta – Indonesia

Yogyakarta Kembali Museum

is the part of Yogyakarta Kembali Monument. The monument is established to commemorate the refunctioning of Yogyakarta as the capital of Republic Indonesia on July 6, 1966. The 31 meters high monument, symbolize a mount of heaven.

This monument has three floor, first floor consist of a museum library, an auditorium and a cafetaria. Yogyakarta has large number of Indonesian’s famous artist. Some of them are Affandi, Amri Yahya and Sapto Hudoyo. Nomerous galleries and studios or art museum can be found in this city

Prince Diponegoro Monument Museum

This museum was the former home of Prince Diponegoro, a noble from Ngayogyokarto Hadiningrat who bravely opposed the Dutch colonials in 1825-1830.

Biology Museum Yogyakarta

Biology Museum, This building is still resembles traditional Javanese atmosphere. The museum located in the north west side of the city, at jl. HOS Cokroaminto.  At jl Sultan Agung, part of facility provided by the Faculty of Biology of Gajahmada University you can find Biology museum.

It is related particularly to knowledge about flora and fauna that are found in Indonesia.
This museum equipped with dioramas setting that portrays the life of the animals and their habitat. Among these animals, there are the Komodo dragon, the biggest giant lizard on earth that only live on Komodo Island in Indonesia

Sonobudoyo Museum

Sonobudoyo museum has various collections of antique relics and other cultural and historical items that are worth to see. It is situated on the northern side of the north square (alun-alun utara). Built in 1935 with Javanese architecture

Banyunibo Temple Yogyakarta

Banyunibo Temple can be visited easily after visiting King Boko Temple. It is sited as solitary complex in the middle of the farmland about 2 km at south east side of King Boko’s palace

Borobudur temple, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Borobudur Indonesia Temple is the biggest stupa ever created on earth. It was built in the most glorious time of the Syailendra dynasty.

Borobudur Temple is one of the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world. This colossal relic of Borobudur Temple was built by Sailendra dynasty between 750 and 842 AD; 300 years before Cambodia’s Angkor Wat, 400 years before work had begun on the great European cathedrals.

Little is known about its early history except that a huge tropical heat to shift and carve the 60,000 Cu m of stone.  Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles revealed Borobudur Temple in 1814. He found the temple in ruin condition and ordered that the site be cleared of undergrowth and thoroughly surveyed. The massive restoration project began from 1905 to 1910 led by Dr. Tb. van Erp. With the help of UNESCO, the second restoration to rescue Borobudur was carried out from August 1913 to 1983.The overall height of Borobudur was 42 meters, but it is only 34.5 meters now (after restoration), and has the dimension of 123 x 123 meters.

The building has 10 floors or levels: Hhumtcambharabudara, the mountain of the accumulation of virtue in the ten stages of Bodhisatva. Borobudur is located 41 km northwest of Yogyakarta, 7 km south of Magelang, Central Java.

Vredeburg Fortress Yogyakarta

Benteng Vredeburg was built in 1765 by the Dutch during the colonial domination in Yogyakarta to protect the Dutch resident from the cannon shots of Indonesian solidiers in the Sultan’s Palace.

Locate of fortress Vredeburg face by Gedung Agung.  Only within walking distance from the city centre of Yogyakarta, this historical fort was built in a unique rectangular shape with bastions and ramparts in each corner.

Gembira Loka Zoo

Gembira Loka Zoo is located at the eastern side of Kusumanegara street on hinterland of Yogyakarta. This is not only a zoo, but also fantasy land for children, its provides artistic man made caves and playground for the kinds.

Imogiri Royal Cemetery

Imogiri Royal Cemetery in Yogyakarta is perched on a beautiful hill about 12 km from Yogyakarta. This cemetery was built in 1645. Tourist have to wear traditional Javanese clothes like in Kota Gede. Everyday many people visit Imogiri and have to climb up its 345 stairs to reach the top of the hill where the tomb of the King rested.

Kalasan Temple

Kalasan Temple which is unique Buddhist temple is located at 16 kilometers at eastern side of Yogyakarta, on the south side of the main road connecting Yogyakarta and Prambanan.
Sari Temple is another Buddhist temple about 600 meter at the north east of the Kalasan Temple.

Kota Gede Royal Cemetery

Kota Gede is an old city, tourist can visit the cemetery of the Mataram Kings, who called Panembahan Senopati. Those who want to go inside the cemetery have to wear the traditional clothes that can be rent there

Kraton yogyakarta

The King Palace or Sultan Palace or called Kraton  Yogyakarta was built in 1775 by Pangeran Mangkubumi, the son of Prince who was then called Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono I.

This palace lay exactly between Winongo river and Code river. The Kraton built in grand and elegant Javanese architecture, lay in the center of the municipality, stretches from north to south. Each part of the building has its own name. The Sultan’s palace as one of the interesting tourist site in Yogyakarta. the palace now the dwelling palace of Sultan Hamengku Buwono X and his family.

Plaosan Temple

Plaosan temple is about 1 kilometers at the east of the Sewu temple. This is Buddhist temple consist of two main temples standing side by side, each having terraces bases

Prambanan Temple

Prambanan Temple are classical buildings and evidence as a product of very high and priceless culture. The temples used to be a place to bring offerings. This can be verified by seeing the ashes of animals found in the temples.

At present, people still believe that temples are holy and sacred place. Therefore visitor are expected to conduct themselves properly.

Temples found in the surrounding of Yogyakarta built in 8-9 century during the glory of Hindu and Buddhist religion. Prambanan Temple is located around 17 km from Yogyakarta. Tourist wont miss the temple because it is only hundred meters off the main street.

Prambanan, named after the village, is the biggest temple complex in Java. There are 224 temples in the complex; three of them, the main temples are Brahma Temple in the north, Vishnu Temple in the south, and the biggest among the three which lies between Brahma and Vishnu temples is Shiva Temple (47 meters high).

These three ancient masterpieces of Hindu architecture are locally referred to as Prambanan Temple or Lorojonggrang Temple. One of its appeals is the wealth of sculptural detail. The well known one is on the inner wall of the balustrade, the wonderfully vital and utterly engrossing Ramayana epic.

Perhaps one of the most majestic temples in the South-East Asia, Prambanan attracts many admirers each year from abroad. Situated about 15 kilometers from Yogyakarta, the top of the main shrine is visible from a great distance and rises high above the scattered ruins of the former temples.

Prambanan is the best seen shortly after dawn or in the late afternoon. However it is still beautiful at any time.Prambanan Sunrise Enjoy sunrise behind the glory of Prambanan Temple. Visitors should be at the location – in the area of The Open Air Theater and archaeological park of the temple – before sun rise at about 5:00 o’clock in the morning.Playground A park designed specially for children and the rest of your family to play in and have fun while enjoying the beauty of Prambanan Temple.Archeological Museum The museum where you can learn about the ancient history of Prambanan and all the surrounding temples and Wanabaya’s discoveries.

Sewu temple Yogyakarta

is located just several hundred meters north east of Prambanan Temple. It is a large and vast Buddhist temple including several other small temples like Lumbung, Asu, Bubrah and Lor Kulon Temple. Sewu Temple complex located in the area of Prambanan Temple Park, about 800 meters to the north of Rara Jongrang Temples. Sewu Temple is the second largest Buddhist temple in central Java after Borobudur. The fact that this temple was built near Prambanan Temple, which is a Hindu temple, indicated that the Hindus and Buddhists lived in harmony.

It is believed to be a royal temple and was one of the religious activity centers in the past. Based on the inscription dated back to 792 AD which was found in 1960, the name of the temple complex was probably “Manjus’rigrha” (The House of Manjusri). Manjusri is one of Boddhisatva in Buddhist teaching. Sewu Temple was probably built in the 8th century at the end of Rakai Panangkaran administration. Rakai Panangkaran (746 AD – 784 AD) was a popular king from the old Mataram kingdom.The temple was studied firstly by HC Cornellius in 1807. The first archeological study was done by NJ Krom in 1923.

The massive restoration was carried out from April 1, 1983 to 1993 costed 3 billion rupiah.Sewu Temple complex has 249 temples, consists of one main temple, 8 “Apit” temples and 240 “Perwara” temples. The main temple forms a polygon of 20 corners with 29 meters diameter and 30 meters high. Most of the structures were made up of andesit stone.

The main temple has 1 main room and 4 small rooms of which are doorways to the temple. The east door serves as main door to the main room. That way, the main temple faces to the east. The structure has 9 ‘roofs’, each of them forms a stupa on the top.

Taman Sari Water Castle Yogyakarta

Taman Sari Water Castle is about 10 minutes walk from the Sultan’s Palace south west ward. When this park was built in 1757, its main purpose was to be used as a bathing place for the sultan and his family. The park building was a combination and mixture of Javanese and Portuguese architecture.
The water castle was not only beautiful park but also place to avoid danger. Whenever the enemies attacked the palace, Sultan and his family would flee away through the underground passage.

Yogyakarta Traditional Cuisine

Traditional Javanese food can be found in many places around in Yogyakarta. The famous traditional food in Yogyakarta called Gudeg which containt boiled vegetables and jackfruit, eggs and chicken that cooked with coconut milk and Jati leaf.
You can found Gudeg at many places in Yogyakarta. In the morning local people ussualy eat Pecel for breakfast, a traditional food which contain vegetables with chili nuts sauce. Bakmi Jawa is another traditional food similar with Chinese noodle but cooked with traditional system. The very popular Bakmi Jawa can found at around Alun-Alun (City Square) Cafe and Restourant can be found at Yogyakarta very easily. In the night you can found many food stall in Malioboro street, they are open at the front of clossing shops. but to dine in this area, the visitors must be carefully ask the prices first for each food and drink.

Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia

General Information

Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY) with its capital of Yogyakarta, a province in Indonesia which is located in the southern part of Java island. In regional, DIY, home of about 4,364,000 is comprised of four districts, 78 subdistricts, and 440 village / village.

In addition to the city known as a student for participation in the world of education, Yogyakarta is also known as the city has a variety of tourism because tourism history, culture, and nature.

Some tourist objects that you can enjoy, among others, Jalan Malioboro, Zoo Palace Museum, Yogyakarta, Merapi Slope, Kaliurang, Parangtritis Beach, Beach Prambanan Temple, Temple Kalasan, and Kraton Ratu Boko. Every year, new temples are always found.

One is the Prambanan temple, which is the largest Hindu temple and Borobudur Temple, which is located 42 km north-west of Yogyakarta. Borobudur is the largest Buddhist temple in the world and has been designated as World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO.

Yogyakarta History

In general, Yogyakarta standing with the Agreement Gianti, February 13, 1755. Yogyakarta is also a living witness when citizen struggling nation won independence from the colonizers.

After the Proclamation of Independence of Indonesia, Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX and Sri Paduka Paku Alam VIII appointed as Governor and Deputy Governor of the Province of DIY alm. President Sukarno.

Then, on 5 September 1945 stated Hamengkubuwono IX Pakualaman Sultanate and the region is the Special Region which is part of the Republic of Indonesia under article 18 of the 1945 Constitution. Then, on March 4, 1950, defined as the province of Yogyakarta through U No. 3 Year 1950 about Formation of the Special Region of Yogyakarta.

Yogyakarta  Culture

Yogyakarta is a city filled with history and cultural heritage of the past intact. Yogyakarta is also a separate provincial status as a special area or DIY.

In contrast to other regions, the Sultan still feels his influence in the city this gudeg. Until now, the palace under the leadership of Yogyakarta Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X is still standing proudly. The influence of the palace is evident by the presence of the Sultan as the Governor of Yogyakarta.

Jogjakarta is rich in cultural reserve. One of these dances developed areas in Yogyakarta is Angguk dance, which is an expression of gratitude to God after the rice harvest. Musical instruments accompanying this dance is the drums, drum, drum, kencreng, tambourines, and a firearm. Another distinctive artistry is kethoprak, Jathilan, and wayang kulit.

In addition, there are customs house of Yogyakarta, known as the House Joglo. Houses joglo a rectangular or square consists of the pavilion, or Pringgitan middle of the room, and the back room, or palace, which serves as the family room or a place to accept women. In the palace, there are three rooms or senthong namely senthong kiwo (left), middle and senthong Tengen senthong (right).

Population in Yogyakarta

Yogyakarta is one of the provinces inhabited by tribes of the multi ethnic, ranging from Javanese people, the majority Malays, Sundanese, Batak, Balinese, Minang, Madura, Tionghoa, and about 90 percent of the people embraced Islam.

Language used in Yogyakarta

Language of everyday use are Java language.

Yogyakarta Culinary

Some of the food of Yogyakarta is Gudeg and Rice Cat. Gudeg is a delicious dish made from young jackfruit cooked in coconut milk and seasoned with kluwek.

Meanwhile nasi kucing are Nasi Rames with dry tempeh dishes, chili fries, tripe, fried anchovy, fish, intestines, heads or paws satay chicken and quail eggs. This cat food is served in miniature portions. Both types of traditional foods easily found in all corners of Yogyakarta.

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Tourist Office
Yogyakarta Tourism Promotion Board
Jl. Malioboro No. 56, Yogyakarta,
Tel. (62-274) 587486, Fax. (62-274) 565437

Yogyakarta Hotels

Grage Yogyakarta Hotel Reservation

Grage Yogya

Grage Yogyakarta Hotel is perfectly located in Sosrowijayan for both business and leisure guests to Yogyakarta. the location near Jl Malioboro, the central activities in Yogyakarta
The Grage Yogyakarta Hotel’s guestrooms have all the conveniences expected in a hotel in its class to suit guests’ utmost comforts.

Inna Garuda Yogyakarta Hotel Reservation

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Inna Garuda Hotel Yogyakarta is legendary as an integral part of Yogyakarta since 1908. Inna Garuda’s 223 rooms are furnished in classic but modern elegance & face Malioboro Street, the heart of Yogyakarta.

Dusun Jogja Village Inn in Yogyakarta

Dusun Jogja Village Inn is the pioneering boutique hotel in Yogyakarta, an intimate hideout inside the pulsing cultural capital of Central Java. Dusun Village Inn Yogyakarta is tucked in the arty Prawirotaman area, the hotel is situated many stones away from the ever busy Malioboro street, and yet it is still within reach of many city’s highlights.

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