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Tourist attractions in Central Java

Prambanan Temple




Prambanan is the largest Hindu temple complex in Indonesia. Located on the island of Java, about 20 km east of Yogyakarta, 40 km west of Surakarta and 120 km south of Semarang, just on the border between the Province of Central Java and Yogyakarta.

Prambanan temple was built in about the year 850 AD by one of these two men, namely Rakai Pikatan (second king of Mataram dynasty I) or Balitung Maha Sambu during Sanjaya dynasty. Not long after being built, the temple was abandoned and deteriorating.

Renovation of this temple began in 1918 after he was found by the CA. Lons a Dutch national, then in 1855 Jan Willem IJzerman start to clean and move some rocks and soil from the chambers of the temple. some time later Isaac Groneman perform large-scale demolition and temple stones were piled haphazardly along the River Opak. In 1902-1903, Theodoor van Erp keep parts are prone to collapse. In the years 1918-1926, followed by the Bureau of Archeological (Oudheidkundige Dienst) under PJ Perquin in a more methodical and systematic, as known to his predecessors did the removal and demolition of thousands of stone without thinking of the restoration effort kembali.Pada De Haan in 1926 continued until his death in 1930. In 1931 was replaced by Ir. V.R. Van Romondt up in 1942 and later handed over leadership to the son of Indonesia's renovation and continued until 1993, and until now has not been completed. A temple will only be restored when at least 75% of the original stone is still there. Therefore, many small temples are not rebuilt and only visible foundations only. Now, this temple is a protected world heritage site by UNESCO since 1991.

 Prambanan is the largest Hindu temple in Southeast Asia, with the main building height reaches 47 m. This temple complex consists of 8 main shrines or temples and more than 250 small temples. Three main temple called Trisakti and dedicated to Sang Hyang Trimurti: Shiva Batara the Destroyer, Vishnu the Preserver and Batara Batara Brahma the Creator.

To reach the temple of Prambanan you can use the services of tourist travel that is widely available in Yogyakarta, or by using public transport to the Solo / Surakarta from Yogyakarta.


BOROBUDUR



Borobudur Temple is one of the objects of the past relics of the best in the world, even Borobudur had been named as one of the seven wonders of the world. Borobudur Temple is actually the largest Buddhist temple and is a site frequented by tourists, both domestic and abroad to date. The uniqueness of opium makes Borobudur none past the building in the world like it.

Based on the inscriptions found in the record, Borobudur was built between the 8th century when Samaratungga (King of the Dynasty dynasty) ruled. The meaning of Borobudur itself in the language is sansakerta Monastery on the hill. Borobudur is filled with philosophical ornaments which contain philosophical and cultural life in the past.

To reach the temple Burubudur, from Yogyakarta you can use the services there is lots of tourist travel here with a relatively affordable price. Borobudur tour packages usually combined with other attractions, such as temples prambanan. Some travel packages also offers Borobudur Sunrise, sunrise views between the grandeur of temples and statues to be a spectacular sight that will not be forgotten.

In addition to using the travel, if you want a little adventurous you can try to reach out to Borobudur by using public transport. Try to walk to the terminal Jombor in Yogyakarta, then up the mini-bus terminal directly to Borobudur, the next trip is to climb the rickshaw up to the gate of the temple of Borobudur.

Hot spring jars, KAB. TEGAL

 
Hot water bath Jar is a tourist attraction which is petilasan Sunan Gunungjati in spreading Islam in Indonesia. According to public confidence, Sunan Gunung teak never left a jar of water that can be utilized by the community, but it was until now the people believed the efficacy and benefits of one of them is able to cure various diseases.

This attraction is a true spa which has clear water, clean and odorless, is located at the foot of Mount Slamet with a height of approximately 1,050 m above sea level. Distance Attraction jars from hot water bath town about 47 Km tegals to the South, or the direction of Navan town, can be reached by public transportation such as buses. Facilities available include accommodation, heated swimming pool and hot spring baths open.

Pagoda SAM POO KONG (BUILDING STONE)
 



It is said that a messenger from China named Sam Poo Tay Djien on a tour to Semarang had built a temple of worship. At that time he was on his way to the countries in Asia.

Sam Poo Kong temple has architectural blend of Chinese culture is steeped in Javanese culture, which looks like a pagoda roofs of buildings joglo. Besides being used as a place of worship, this temple is also a tourist attraction that is very interesting to visit, especially at certain times such as the lunar new year. Pagoda is located on Jl. Simongan, Stone Gedong area of ​​Semarang.


Ketep PASS / HILL Ketep
Pass or Ketep Ketep Hill is a hill located in the Village Ketep, Magelang and an altitude of about 1,200 meters above sea level. Ketep pass has a vast area of ​​8,000 m2 and is about 30 km from the town of Magelang, or 35 km from the town of Boyolali (in the path of Solo-Selo-Borobudur). Plus the value of this place is the tourists who visit can enjoy panoramic views of Mount Merapi, Merbabu, Cleft, Sindoro, Tidar, Andong and Menoreh Mountains and expanse of agricultural land from a distance, very beautiful.

In this place also been equipped with some tourist facilities and infrastructure such as:
• Substation of view to see the peak of Merapi activity using binoculars.
• Volcano Theater to watch a movie about the activities of Mount Merapi in the past.
• Museum
• The area of ​​parking space, restaurants, souvenir shops, etc..

ISLES KARIMUNJAWA
 



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One of the leading maritime attractions in Central Java is the island which is one of Karimunjawa subdistrict in Jepara district, is also the only district in Central Java, separated by the mainland Java sea within 45 nautical miles from the capital district and 60 nautical miles from the capital of the Province . Karimunjawa a string of small islands consisting of 27 islands with an area of ​​7129 ha and 107,225 ha of water area. According to trust people around, the name taken from the word Keremun Karimunjawa or vague, indeed this island when seen from the mainland Java faintly visible.

Locations interesting tourist attraction you can visit the islands of Pulau Menjangan Karimunjawa include Small, Menjangan Besar, Tanjung Gelam, Legon Lele, Genting, Twins, Parang, Casuarina and Krakal. In this you can also do tourism activities such as sailing, water surfing, water skiing, swimming, sunbathing on white sand beaches, camping, cultural tours, observations of deer and birds and diving / snorkeling.

To reach the islands Karimunjawa, you can follow the tour packages that are offered by perjalananan bureaus around the city of Semarang or Jepara city. The best visiting season is on about April s / d in October each year. Access to and from the Publications can be reached by sea with the ship Kartini of Tanjung Mas Perlabuhan Dewondaru of Semarang and Jepara coast or through the air by charter plane.

BUILDING Lawang Sewu 
 




Building true Sewu Lawang is a building with doors that polynomial. This building originally functioned as the headquarters of the Dutch-owned railway company.

Building Lawang Sewu located not far from the monument to monument Younger urban Semarang. Built in 1903, and its use is completed or inaugurated on July 1, 1907, this magnificent building looks sturdy and characterize the beautiful architecture.

Current 181-year-old building is vacant and its reputation as a haunted buildings and spooky. Occasionally used as a place of exhibition, including Semarang Expo.Pernah Tourism Expo and there is also a discourse that want to turn it into a hotel. In 2007, this building was also used to film with the same title to the building.

MOUNTAIN Resorts TAWAMANGU
Tawangmangu natural attractions is a cool spot in the mountains with beautiful views of the stunning waterfall is also a waterfall that is Grojogan Sewu which has a height of about 81 meters. Tawang Mangu can be reached by public transport from the city of Solo / Surakarta with the journey takes about 1 hour. On the way to Tawangmangu attraction you will be treated to a beautiful rural landscape.

In addition to beautiful scenery and waterfall, Tawangmangu also has a tourism infrastructure is quite complete, such as hotels, villas, golf courses, numerous restaurants and the typical handyman who sate around numerous in this place. Tawangmangu attractions located at an altitude of about 1000 meters above sea level. This place is also frequently visited by mountaineers who will hike through the village Lawu Cemorosewu / Cemorokandang. Heading the climb can be reached using public transport with a time of about 1 hour.

CURUG Sewu
Sewu waterfall or waterfall is a tourist attraction thousand true three-tiered waterfall with a height of about 70 meters. Uniquely water from this waterfall is not directly but through the falling down stairs, steps, thus presenting a beautiful sight to behold.

Located in the district Patean, sewu waterfall can also be from the city of Semarang with a distance of about 50 km. Besides enjoying the scenic waterfall, in this place you can enjoy the view from the hill town of Kendal Pimple, enjoy the view of the rock that stands 60 meters tall straight yegak or camping in this place. You can also visit the lake blue / blue lake, wash your face with water that is believed to create ageless in Tuk Lanang, visit the Cave of otters, Goa and Goa Gentong Balarama, or enjoy amenities like a swimming pool, jet coaster, mini train and so forth. Tourist facilities in this place can be quite complete.

Great Mosque of Demak
 




Demak Grand Mosque is the site of the oldest relics of Islam in Indonesia in the form of an ancient mosque whose architecture is a blend of architecture in the ancient Javanese Hindu kingdom. It can be seen with the roof Meru, the sacred space and the space surrounding mast cella teachers. This is typical of sacred buildings in the ancient Javanese kingdom.

The mosque is believed to have a gathering place for scholars (guardian) propagator of Islam, also called Walisongo, to discuss the spread of Islam in the Land of Java in particular and Indonesia in general. The founder of this mosque is estimated Raden Patah, the first king of the Sultanate of Demak.

Demak Grand Mosque is located in the village Kauman, Demak, Central Java. In this place there is also a museum, which contains a variety of things about the history of the founding of the Great Mosque of Demak. Demak Grand Mosque is located approximately 26 km from the city of Semarang is believed to come from the kingdom of Majapahit

  KUDUS MOSQUE AND TOWERS 




The Holy Mosque was built by Sunan Kalijaga in the 16th century, which is one of Walisanga, well-known propagator of Islam in Java. Like other ancient heritage buildings, building great mosques are appearing with the charm of beautiful architecture. The Holy Mosque tower was built using stone from the Baitul Maqdis of Palestine as the first stone and situated in the village Kauman, city districts, counties Ghost, Central Java.

The Holy Mosque is often referred to as the Al Aqsa Mosque and the Mosque of Al Manar, the mosque was built by the Festival in 1549. One of the uniqueness of this mosque is a tower that resembles the buildings of the temple, from here it can be concluded that the architecture of mosques and minarets of the Holy Ghost is a mixture between Islamic culture with Hindu culture - Java. Holy tower itself was built by Sheikh Ja'far Shodiq which is the Festival and one of the Wali Songo in the year 1685 AD

The Holy Mosque tower visited by tourists, especially during a ceremony held "Bodag Horse Parade" which is a ceremonial cloth covering the tomb Replacement Festival held annually on 10 Muharram / Syuro and when "Dhandhangan", namely the tradition of welcoming the fasting month of Ramadan.

TOUR Baturaden
Baturaden is a natural tourist attraction located in Banyumas, Central Java. Baturaden is located in the northern city of Noida right on the southern slopes of Mount Slamet. Because of its location on the slopes of the mountain makes this region has a cool air and tend to be very cold especially at night.

Baturaden can be reached by using private or public. The distance of Navan town about 20 miles and can be reached within 15 minutes with traffic that is not too dense. If you want to use public transport tourists can ride public transportation from the terminal in Navan and get off at the terminal lokawisata Baturaden. If you want more practical travelers can use a taxi. If you decide to use a private vehicle, you should be careful because the road is uphill with a slope of about 30 degrees.

Interesting attractions found in Baturaden among others:

Shower Pitu Baturaden
Hot water baths containing sulfur. Believed to cure various skin diseases. Located on the upper shower Telu.

Shower Telu
Hot water baths containing sulfur. Believed to cure various skin diseases. Located next to the shower Pitu.

Campgrounds
Is a camping ground which is often used by nature lovers and connoisseurs out bond activities. Ever digunkan as the venue for the National Jamboree Scout Movement in Indonesia in 2001.

Kaloka Widya Mandala
Parks Kaloka Widya Mandala Baturraden or Educational Travel Wanasuka Baturraden a zoo educational tours as well as a place which was inaugurated by Regent Regional Level II Banyumas H. Djoko Sudantoko on 17 May 1995. This place never get the achievement as the Visit Indonesia Decade 1991-2000 in Coronation Gift of Travel in Central Java and Yogyakarta in Hyderabad on August 23, 1996.

In the Garden Kaloka Baturraden Widya Mandala there are different kinds of animals originating from within and from abroad as from Australia, Asia and the Netherlands. The collection includes: Beef five foot, three-legged goat, elephant, Beruk (Buing), Irian Crocodiles, pythons, Kaswari, Monkey, Hedgehogs, Iguana, Paradise, Bats, Kate Chicken, Chicken Pearl, Orang Utan, Scaly-breasted Falcon, Deer. In this place there is also a Museum of Rare Wildlife, such as: Sumatran Tiger, Honey Bear, and Tiger Dahan.

In addition there are several other interesting attractions such as:
• Curug Ceheng
• Forum for the Wista Valley Combong
• Combong Valley Paint Ball and War Games
• Lake of the Lonely
Temple Gedong Songo





Gedong Songo Temple is a temple complex located in the hills with the number nine temples. To be able menunjunginya, you can hire a horse that is widely available at this resort with a price of about Rp. 50,000. If the walk would be quite tiring because of the distance between the temple is quite far from the road is quite steep uphill.

The air around the temple is so cool and fresh, very beautiful pemandangannyapun, equipped with a spacious parking area. The temple has similarities with the Dieng temple complex in Wonosobo. The temple is situated at an altitude of about 1,200 m above sea level so the air temperature is cold enough here (ranging between 19-27 ° C). In addition to tours of ancient & beautiful natural scenery, in this place you can also find natural hot spring baths containing sulfur is high enough, good for health.

Gedong Songo Temple The temple is located in the Village, District Bandungan, Semarang regency, Central Java, Indonesia precisely in the slopes of Mount Ungaran.

Pening Swamp






Swamp Park pening is a lake with an area of ​​approximately 2670 hectares and is located in the area Ambarawa, precisely there among roadway Manila - Quezon City. Dizziness swamp itself is believed to come from the regurgitated water flowing from the former stick scraped by the New Klinthing. k-ping new story that turned into a little boy full of sores and smelled fishy so it is not accepted by society and ultimately helped this old widow had passed.

Pening Swamp its visited in the morning, you do not need to worry because the entrance ticket booth is open from marsh pening morning at 8:30. In this place there is also a playground suitable for family tourism. At night, swamp dizziness are also no less interesting, there are many taverns with grilled fish specialties grilled carp that you should not miss.

Area Bandungan
Bandungan area is mountainous tourist area located in Ambarawa, Semarang regency. This area has a cool air and away from pollution and the beautiful natural scenery. To achieve Bandungan can be reached by vehicle for 1 hour to the south of Semarang, or about 20 minutes from Ungaran, or about 15 minutes from Ambarawa through mountain trails.

In Bandungan there are many interesting attractions such as the area Sidomukti, there are arena outbound and beautiful landscape. The origins of the name is said of Couples Bandungan K. Sanggem who obtained DI to look at the slopes of G. Ungaran wells, ie wells where the water flows like a river so that she can have children. After the well was found and he had many children, then he gets wangsit again to close (= stem) wells in order not to cause havoc to the village below it, with consequences in the village there will be no water springs and the well was finally closed with a gong. The village was finally in the know with Bandungan (= dam). The tomb is behind the Kyai Sanggem Bandungan District Office.

One of the famous tourist attraction in the area is Temple Gedongsongo Bandungan. Yet another attraction is still a lot that you can enjoy the encounter such as:
• Know Dressage
• Soy milk
• Corn cob
• Ornamental plants
• Vegetables
• Fruits
• Tomatoes taste of dates
• Klengkeng Bandungan
• Aglonema
• Stay in a hotel while enjoying the scenery
• Mi Chicken Lek Satiman
• Burn Corn
• Gemblong fried


Rail Museum Ambarawa 





Time seemed to stop at this place. Ambarawa Fire Museum was originally a train station converted into Ambarawa the Museum. In his time this station was already famous for its completeness, so that in the present into a tourist attraction that you should not miss.

At the Museum of Fire Ambarawa train you can try to train tour that will take you to walk to see the beautiful mountain views by using a series of railways and steam locomotives that have been outstanding for more than 100 years.

When the road uphill, you will pass railroad tracks yan jagged, serrated rail this is the last that still functioned in Indonesia. Demikia well as the locomotives are numbered B 2502 and B 2503 Maschinenfabriek artificial Esslingen, serrated steam locomotive is a steam train jagged three remaining in the world. Two of them were in Switzerland and India. In addition to unique collections of him, still can be witnessed various types of steam locomotives of the series B, C, D through most major types of CC (CC 5029, Schweizerische Lokomotiv und Maschinenfabrik) on the museum page.



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