Places of Interest in Jogja

Going to Ngrenehan Beach and enjoying the grilled fish will be complete if you drop by Ngobaran Beach that is located adjacent to it. The location of the beach with high cliff is around two kilometers from Ngrenehan Beach. It is not far, isn't it? Local people of Ngrenehan Beach even talk and visit Ngobaran Beach, why don't you?

Ngobaran is such an exotic beach. When sea water falls, you can see spread of both green and brown seaweed. Being looked from the top, the spread of the algae growing in between coral reef looks like spread of rice field in a densely populated area. Tens of sea animal species also present in between the coral reef, ranging from sea urchin, starfish, to various types of cockle shells.

What you will not find in other beaches is the cultural enchantment, ranging from the building to the local food. One interesting place is four praying places that stand side by side. Is it form of multiculturalism? Who knows.

The most prominent one is a building that looks like a temple with ornaments of god statues in white color. The building was built in 2003 to commemorate the arrival of Brawijaya V, one of Majapahit's king, in Ngobaran. The people who use the place are of Kejawan belief. The name 'Kejawan' originates from the nickname of Brawijaya V's son, namely Bondhan Kejawan. The person who built the building acknowledge to be the descendant of Brawijaya V and appointed one person in the community to keep this place.

Walking to the left side of the praying place, you will see Javanese building, Joglo, which is used by followers of Kejawen belief to say their prayer. When we visited this place, some people were saying their prayer. The people tell that Kejawan belief is different from Kejawen one. However, they cannot pinpoint the differences.

If you continue your way in front of the joglo, you fill see a stone box with dry plant on it. The plant is confined with grey wood fence. The point where the dry plant grows was the place where Brawijaya V pretended to burn himself. He took this step because he was not willing to fight his son, Raden Patah (the first King of Demak).

The truth of this story about Brawijaya V is doubted by many historians. The reason is, if Raden Patah attacked Brawijaya V, it will give an image that Islam was spread in a violent way. Many historians suggest that the existing historical evidences do not sufficiently conclude that Raden Patah made an attack. You may search any information for further assurance about it.

Some meters of the box where the dry plant grows there is a temple for Hindu people to say prayer. No detail information of its foundation.

In front of the dry plant grows, there is a mosque with the size of around 3x4 meters. The mosque building is quite simple since the floor is of sands as if it unites with the beach. What is unique is its direction. Most of the mosques in Indonesia face westwards, but this mosque faces southwards. The front part where the religious leader leads the prayer is open so that it directly sees the ocean. When YogYES asked local people about it, no one knows the reason. They even get surprised because the founder of the mosque is a well known kyai of Nahdatul Ulama who lived in Panggang, Gunung Kidul. For correct direction for those who want to pray in the mosque, local people make a sign on the wall using red pencil.

After being astonished with the religious site, you can get down to the beach. When you come early in the morning, you will see people take seaweed. They sell the seaweed at 1,000 to 1,500 Rupiah per kilogram. They use the earnings for their daily lives.

If you come in the afternoon, however, you will see people searching for sea urchin for their side dish at their dinner. The spines of the sea urchin must be cut first then it is pried using a sickle. The meat inside of the sea urchin is then taken out. When searching for the sea urchin, people usually bring bucket, coconut sieve, sickle, and hat to prevent them from the sun.

The ingredients to cook sea urchin are salt and chilli. It is then fried. Not many people sell this menu. They say that the meat is quite delicious. If you really want to have a try, please ask them to cook specially for you. Maybe you have special recipe to cook sea urchin so that it can be served as favourite cuisine and increase society welfare.

Isn't it complete yet? There might not be other choices for the beach beauty, enchantment of the praying places, and tempting cuisine other than this beach.

Colonizing Indonesia for hundreds of years, including Yogyakarta, Dutch people left some historical buildings. The buildings were called loji by local people because of its grand size and wide yard. You can enjoy the beauty of some of the buildings cheaply; you only have to walk along the area in the city center of Yogyakarta, starting from the crossroad of the Grand Post Office or kilometer 0.

The oldest loji in Yogyakarta is located precisely opposite the Grand Post Office, namely a building named Benteng Vredeburg or Vredeburg Fortress. The building of the fortress that is often called Loji Besar or Loji Gede meaning the Grand Building was built in 1776 - 1778, only two years after the foundation of Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat Kingdom, one of Mataram Kingdom fractions. The fortress initially named Rustenburg was intentionally built in the axis of Kingdom - Tugu in order to control what the Kingdom did.

Being a fortress, the Loji Besar area was equipped with various supporting buildings, for example the spying place and the resting place for the soldiers. When Loji Besar was still used as fortress, there was a canon that intentionally was directed to the Kingdom in a ready-to-fire position to ease the raid. It was done in order for the Kingdom to acknowledge the power of Dutch troops.

Now, you can explore each corners of Loji Besar because it is open for public. In addition to the fortress with characteristic European architecture, you can also see diorama of Indonesian struggle to reach the independence. The weird thing of the fortress is that the name does not reflect the image of a fortress; rust means resting, vrede means peace and burg means fortress. Rustenberg that means fortress for resting and Vredeburg meaning fortress of peace are not suitable names.

From Vredeburg, the most visible loji is Loji Kebon, which is now known as Gedung Agung or the Great Building. The building with European style was built in 1824 and functioned as Residence Building. The yard of Loji Kebon is so wide and is decorated with statues that Dutch officers collected from different corners of Yogyakarta. In 1912, the complex of Loji Kebon was equipped with Societeit de Vereniging building where Dutch officials danced accompanied by violin.

Just like Loji Besar, Loji Kebon also serves as historical witness. The construction of the building that was designed by A Payen was stopped during Prince Diponegoro war in 1825 - 1830 that nearly made the Dutch went bankrupt. During Japanese colonization, this building served as dwelling place of a Japanese official named Koochi Zimmukyoku Tyookan. When the capital of Indonesia was moved to Yogyakarta on 6 January 1946, this building functioned as presidential palace. Up to present time, even though the capital of Indonesia is in Jakarta, this building still serves as a presidential palace.

The other loji area is Loji Kecil that is located to the east of Vredeburg fortress, to be exact in the area of Shopping Center to the crossroad of Gondomanan. Different from Loji Besar that functioned as a fortress and Loji Kebon as government building, Loji Kecil serves as a dwelling place. Now, even though only a few left, you can still enjoy several old buildings, one of them is located in Taman Pintar complex. In the same complex, there is also Societet Militair building where Dutch military troops used to relax.

The area of Loji kecil was the center of dwelling place of the first Dutch people in Yogyakarta. Now, you can enjoy the beauty of some supporting facilities such as Protestansche Kerk church that was built in 1857 (it is now named Marga Mulya Christian church, located to the north of Gedung Agung) and Francis the Xavier church of Kudul Loji (the old building) that was founded in 1870, which is located to the south of Loji Kecil area.

Another loji area that is not less interesting is Loji Setan or the Satanic Building. It bears the name since the building that by far is not known when it was built is eerie. Many people tell that in the eastern room and the center hall there are often crying voices for help and sound of dance music. Governor Raffles was told to drop by in the building that now functions as the office of Local House of Representative on 15 May 1812 when Dutch was triumphant in Yogyakarta.

Loji Setan had functioned for different purposes. In the past, the building was often used for meditation and exhibition room, for example the exhibition by Luch Bescherming Dienst in 1940. After the independence, the building that initially was named Loji Marlborough was used as the office of Indonesian National Committee (1945 - 1949), the office of Nation Defense Council and the place where cabinet meeting was held (1948).

Walk around each loji, and you will enrich your history insight from compiling each story of them.

To the south campus, there is a market people are known as Pasar Gede. Although the architecture of the building using only simple and sober, traditional markets built on the Senopati Panembahan has become one of the central economic activity mentawisan community. This is to make known the name of Kota Gede market or Sargede previously.

About 50 meters south of Market Yam in the way the Great Mosque, a stronghold with a gate length of the site to protect one of the successes of Mataram tempo, but still well maintained, a Petilasan Kotagede Palace. Some of the trees later berjulur long that signifies that he has the old guard seems to be the sacred place. Passing through the second gate there is a high wall about two meters with the road on both sides hinder the view from the third gate of the complex road to the Great Mosque.

In the middle there was complex Mosque in the first Kotagede surrounded the house of Abdi Dalem. The mosque was built by Sultan Agung together with the local community - most of the time the Crusaders Hinduism and Buddhism - the architecture also adopted a pattern typical of many Hindu and Buddhist architecture. One is the mosque gate, which resembles a carving Buddhist monasteries. Wood sculptures that decorate almost every corner of the mosque also figured style of Hindu and Buddhist. This is a unique apart from the mosque. In the mosque there is also a unique platform that carving, tributary of the Duke of Palembang to the Sultan Agung.

South Mosque complex, there are the graves of relatives and the Kingdom of Mataram kingdom of the family who is also a place to live, Ki Ageng Pemanahan previously. There is a widower building (now a cooperative) when passing through the first gate before entering the second gate.

Passing through the second gate into a complex point barrier once connecting to the tomb also Sendang others (bathing place). In this complex, there are offices, warehouses, stalls and stalls Lor clamp clamp south.

In the west there is a complex gate to the tomb complex. Entering the complex, the tourists required to wear traditional Javanese and implement tahlilan (prayer) before the open graves. Beyond around 720 graves, visitors will be sent to a main building where the family stayed the Great Kingdom. Among Mrs Ageng Nis and P. Djoyo Prono which is the grandparent of Panembahan Senopati, Ki Ageng Pemanahan (father of the Senopati Panembahan), Panembahan Senopati to Kyai Wonoboyo Mangir, while at the same time the enemy Panembahan Senopati makamnya half outside the building to be unique in this confinement. Perhaps the death of Kyai Ageng Mangir dibenturkan caused his head to rock the throne by the Senopati Panembahan Panembahan own. The stone itself can still be seen in the south mosque complex about 100 meters.

According to Mr. Muji one of Abdi Dalem to we, visitors usually pray and implore blessing safety and success in each tomb King.

Meanwhile in the south of the tomb there is a bathing place is divided into Sendang Kakung for men and women to Sendang daughter. "Revitalize themselves in the place where this can be a healer of disease, and some crave success and prosperity" added Mr. Muji.

Compared with the Prambanan and Borobudur, the temple of Queen-Boko his famous same with the second temple. Temple of Queen-Boko Palace or the Queen-Boko, which is located at the top of the hill, save the tourism potential that is not owned by the Borobudur and Prambanan. Travel or trekking through the hills of Queen-Boko is a hidden potential that now start attracting tourists.

Beautiful scenery and the natural environment that is still in pristine areas such activities make trekking a new challenge that can be sold. Natural beauty and the potential for trekking tourism has inspired the management of Borobudur, Prambanan and Ratu Boko-to-Ratu Boko area where the exploration of natural impressive. The business is realized in the cultural tour packages and trekking.

The core of that unforgettable tour is a sunrise seen from the Bukit Tugel in the spread of rice local rice fields full color. We only operate in Yogya, and only carry a unique way. By visiting this website, you are holding our world in your hands.

Travel starts from the center of the Palace of Queen-Boko at 03.00 pm and return at 09.00 hours. After roaming the mountains of Queen Boko-up to Mount Tugel (or Mount Pegat), you can enjoy the beautiful sunrise when the weather allows a rest. Travel and then proceeded to the nearest temple as Ijo Temple. You can spend the night in tents, cottage, or - if you like - can stay in the homes of people who are already our sight. In return trip to the Queen-Boko, breakfast will Serve in in the bamboo hut, on top of the hill, a mountain view Sumbing, Sindoro, Merapi and Lawu. According to the trekking can also enjoy breakfast while enjoying the beautiful rural scenery.

English-speaking guide, a simple breakfast and mineral water are included. To implement this tour is required at least 2 participants. We also provide tents for those who want to spend the night camping in the pages of our calm before the start of the tour. Here you can see the beautiful sunset and the lava flow down from the mountains of Merapi.

Kraton as a cultural center, rich with various types of cultural adiluhung that up to now still exis enough, one food culture. Now people can try various vegetarian Special Kraton, which are presented by Bale Raos.

Bale Raos located around the Palace of Yogyakarta, Java architect in the atmosphere, building Joglo standing with the stately, and the aura of the Palace of thick add more to enjoy your meal in the Bale Raos.

Bale Raos Restaurant has the capacity indoor 80 seat that is divided in two Joglo and seat capacity to 200 in the form of a combination of indoor and out door party, with opening hours are 09.30 hours - 21:30 WIB (except Monday open 09.30 - 15.00 WIB).

Food dish in the Bale Raos can be enjoyed by:

* A'la carte, buffet lunch or dinner
* Course set menu (full waiters serve)
* Jamuan riztaffel a graceful

In addition to enjoy a special, on certain days can live are Javanese gamelan and dance classic (beksan), and every Saturday night Bale Raos presents live music performance rumbling.

Trained chef who will serve the meal taste the high cuisine favorite of Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono VII to the Sultan Hamengku Buwono X, and various family meal Kraton.

Bale Raos is the right choice for various events both formal and non formal. Among other family events, guest relations, gathering, private party, as well as a place of the typical culinary tour and authentic.

Food menu authentice from the Kraton, among others:

* Duck Suwir Suwir (Sultan HB X)
Menu special kingdom of Yogyakarta, made of sliced duck meat that is presented with sliced pineapple sauce and fried Kedondong scars.
* Semur Piyik (Sultan HB IX)
Made unique dish of squab processing.
* Urip urip Scroll (Sultan HB VII)
Catfish fillet that was baked and served with sauces confused.
* Sanggar (Sultan HB VIII - X HB)
Original menu from the Kraton, which is made of sliced beef with the flavor of roasted spices with coconut saputan and in the jaws with the bamboo.
* Soup Timlo (Sultan HB X)
Soup Javanese classical sense of the combination of ginger and soy sauce and blend of various materials.
* Beer Java (Sultan HB VIII)
Of the original Drink Kraton, which was created from various ingredients such as ginger, wood secang, clove, orange juice, etc..

Various exotic menu in the Bale Raos:

* Goat Pnggang.
* Aloe Bestik
Variations bestik dish with beef tongue presented with a thick sauce potato ongklok and serces (a kind of stoop favorite vegetables Sri Sultan HB IX).
* Java Bestik
Cattle miller with a sweet sauce semur presented with the pure potato and sauted vegetables.
* Duck Ungkep Fry
Diungkep duck dish in which sugar with spices and fried with a sweet taste.

BALE RAOS
Jl. Magangan Kulon No.1
Kraton Yogyakarta (Close to Pasar Ngasem)
Phone/Fax: +62 274 415550

Originally I was confused with the nickname Pecel Baywatch owned by the pecel Mbah Warno. City is about imagination impish figure which the seller pecel bikinis as Rachel Pamela Anderson or at least this stall is located on the coastline. It turns out all wrong. Here's the full story.
Mbah Warno stalls located in Kasongan, precisely in the road to the Mount Sempu. Stalls that have been established since 35 years ago is very simple. The name of a stall plank pecel Mbah Warno the only size of 30 x 20 cm2 that overlooked if not actually consider it. Interior stalls filled by a functional furniture and is. There are only a few tables and wooden chairs and a sofa bamboo. In the back of the table place communications and assessment, there are some kitchen contains a brazier always whiff of smoke. A position that was unintentional, for the kitchen in the concept of Java is usually located in the back. Warno champion put the kitchen in the front stalls after the earthquake in May 2006 overthrow of building his house. "I do not have the money to build a new kitchen," he said.
Warno champion pecel peddle the main menu with a variety of side dish as his escort. Lele from the fried eel and dry, bacem know, dazed eel (eel using coconut milk flavored chili), to the fried noodle. We order to be able to taste all the taste various cuisine Mbah Warno this.
While waiting, my thoughts drift trace the origin pecel the same is not explained by soto. Many regions in Java have pecel with a typical individual, for example Pecel Hucknall, Pecel Cadiz, Pecel Madura, Pecel Poole and others. However, at least, a historian called Dutch HJ Graaf had revealed that when Ki Ageng Pemanahan implementing decree for the Sultan hernanbotta fled to the forest called Alas Mentaok (now Kotagede) group he greeted the people on the edge of Opak River and were treated with various types of cuisine, including pecel.
My reverie interrupted when pecel and some food escort arrived at the table. One portion pecel, lele fried, and seems to know bacem challenge to be enjoyed immediately. There are four kinds of vegetables in a dish smeared peanut flavor that is the spinach leaves, papaya leaves, flowers Turi (Sesbania grandiflora), and shoot / shoot. We will in a debate sweet taste of peanut flavor to the tongue. Turi time swallowing the flowers rather bitter, sweet chorus was so enamored that difficult disclosed.
Pecel with flowers Turi is a characteristic pecel "ndeso." Age is now difficult to find a seller pecel like this. Come savor flower turi have lightened in the summer and mild headaches. So no wonder when the people of Java, India, and Suriname (the descendants of Java game, I) often eat flowers Turi young as vegetables.
Pecel will be added if the favor with lele fried or know bacem. Catfish fried in this place cooked until crispy dry, so when bitten. Meanwhile bacem know the size of a large can be enjoyed as snack with chili sauce. In addition, there are also other dishes such as fried eel with two variations. First, fried eel, dry-sized and small eel fry wet greater. There are also noodle and fried eel dazed for your admission to the spicy food. Smoke from brazier adding the sensation of taste this dish in the stalls.
Whether satisfied or because of the effects of flowers Turi, finished eating my head feels more clever than usual. While chatting with light Mbah Warno and assistants, so I understand why pecel in this place in Dubbed Pecel Baywatch. This is because Mbah Warno assistants, and always put on the kind of clothes called singlet vest. Clothes that are comfortable to be applied in the middle of rural air Kasongan Bantul, which dry and hot.
Although the seller pecel everywhere, Pecel Baywatch still offer something different for you. A combination of delicacy food, rural atmosphere of thick, and Warno hospitality Mbah "Anderson."

Did you a place where the students in Yogyakarta, communities such as bloggers and cyber chatter, journalists, artists, cultural, becak drivers, to discuss the vendor I can relax? If you had studied in Yogyakarta, where you discuss it with friends on the theme of the school essay or assignment? In between attending a place that you mention that, angkringan Lik Man, which is located in the north of Tugu railway station into one. Fair, because the place has become a favorite people.
We invite you to enjoy the feel of Angkringan Lik Man, which was felt by many people. You can walk to the north of the Malioboro or Tugu railway station to find a way to the small west, then turn. You will find angkringan is not far from the branch, precisely in the way the left. Characteristics, there are two fruit basket that is connected with bamboo charcoal brazier with a fervent, and the row be mugs.
Angkringan Lik Man is a legendary angkringan, traders because it is early generation of traders angkringan in Yogyakarta, which usually comes from Klaten. Lik Man named Siswo Raharjo is a native son Mbah Pairo, traders angkringan first in Yogyakarta since the salesmanship 1950s. CONVENIENCE angkringan the first concept called 'ting ting'll be there' bequeathed to Lik Man 1969. Since then, is the mushroom-angkringan angkringan other.
Once angkringan up in the open at 18:00 this, you can order various drinks are offered, hot or cold. Options favorite drink is Joss Coffee, coffee, which are given by hot charcoal. Excess coffee is the rate of caffeine because it is low in netralisir by charcoal. Do not worry it is only myth, because Coffee Joss born student from the University of Gadjah Mada, which often haphazard hangouts in Angkringan Lik Man.
Various foods are also provided, there sego cat berlauk oseng and sambal tempe teri to gorengan and misbegotten (food that dipadatkan from sticky taste delicious) fuel. Sego cat Angkringan Lik Man in the price of Rp 1000.00 not less tasty cuisine with other pulen of rice and tempe oseng and sambal terinya seasoned pass. Enjoying sego cat that always presented in a state with a warm side dish or gorengan sate other than the delicious eggs also not taken the money.
If keeping food in cold, you can ask the seller for his warm manner and burned. Pauk side dish that became more palatable when burned is to be (Tempe fried flour), know the railing, Tempe bacem, endas (chicken head) and of course the misbegotten. When not comfortable with eating only rice wrapped or in the amount you eat more, the seller provides angkringan plates to make the event you eat.
You can choose where to sit in two places provided. If you want to discuss with the traders, you can sit near the basket or brazier. Besides can tell by Lik Man, sitting near the basket will be easier if you want to add food. But if you want to berakraban more with friends, you can sit on the mat, which was held in the pavement opposite the road. No need to worry that not enough space for the long pathway that digelari mats almost 100 meters.
While seated, you are given the freedom to speak any. People who frequently come to this angkringan discuss various issues, ranging themes such as a theme and plan demostrasi edition of the magazine to students who want to go light as a holiday or just left unclear who is often called the gojeg tasks. There are no formal restrictions, but clearly the need to maintain cultural angkringan, namely tepo sliro (tolerance), and willingness to share BISO rumongso (keep the feelings of others). Can be regarded not need to fight the place and appreciate other people sitting nearby.
A number of popular leaders have made Angkringan Lik Man as a place to enjoy the night. There Butet Kertarajasa, Djaduk Ferianto, Emha ainun Nadjib, Bondan Nusantara to Marwoto. So, you should not spend the night atmosphere of the city of Yogyakarta to visit without Angkringan Lik Man. Enjoy a nuance that has been enjoyed by many people of Yogyakarta and several leaders mentioned above.

Located in the village of Manapouri Subdistrict Saptosari approximately 30 km south of the city Woodend. A coastal bays form the hills, surrounded by pieces of chalk and have a very panoramic blast waves hit with a dash of white sand. The tourists can witness the activities of fishermen and fish ready to enjoy the City or to bring fresh fish as a by-by.
Still in one area with Ngrenehan Beach less than 1 km in the West Coast there is a beach and Nguyahan Ngobaran. Each full moon on the feast day of Nyepi Ngobaran Beach conducted the ceremony Melasti.

A coastal plains of the field will soon greet visiting if Glagah Beach. This broad coastal plain to give you the opportunity to extend to the views of all sides. View to the front stretch, you can see very long lines Horizon, the sky and sea. Meanwhile, the beauty of the coastline curve will spoil the eye when the switch views to the west or east.
Coastal plains of the field and a long coastline also give you a number of alternative locations to view the beautiful scenery of the beach. Each location seems to have a different feel, albeit still located in one area. In each location, you can enjoy all the beauty of the coast with lavish, with no huge coral reefs, which sometimes prevents the eyes.
The first location is ideal for the view of the beach is a location that will be used as a port the next few years. You can see it when you have until the first branch of the postal retribution, the signature is a signpost with the PP. Meeting with flows of rivers ocean waves that can be witnessed full harmony with a catch of view that there is a depot there.
Throughout the first location to a few hundred meters to the west, you can find a lagoon with water that flows to the estuary of the river. Laguna beach area of this divide into two, the location still been some coastal plants and grass and sand dune located directly adjacent to the ocean. You can cross over to the location of the sand dune that pass through the road link is located not far from the estuary of the river.

Baron Beach is located in the village of Kemadang, Tanjungsari sub district, about 23km south Woodend city, the beach is the first found of a series Coast Baron, Kukup, Throughout, Drini, and Krakal Sundak.
In this beach there is also an underground river estuary that can be used for bathing after playing in the sea. In addition, tourists can also enjoy various fresh fish and ready City, with affordable prices, including the typical beach Baron namely SOP Kakap. On the east side can be achieved through the paths around the hill, there are lime tourists can rest at the depot of view, breathe the air while a refreshing beach. Approximately 10 km west of the kea rah Baron Beach Beach Parang Racuk there its hills with the rise and precipitous, with unimpeded from the top of the hill.
In each month year Jawa Syuro the local fishermen organized ceremony Sedekah Sea is an expression of gratitude to God on the abundant yield of fish and fish seek safety at sea.

Not many know that Pesanggrahan Cave Siluman. Understandably, pesanggrahan built by Buwono II, this is not all famous Taman Sari Water Palace. But, behind him a popular, this actually had an important function for the Kraton, as a place to be imprisoned. Television Warungboto together, this place is called in one of the tembang macapat on progress towards the government achieved during Buwono II in Yogyakarta.
Television Cave Siluman Wonocatur located in the area, Sleman, precisely in the road that connects Ring Road East region with Berbah Yogyakarta, Bantul. You may want to visit passes Janti Road until the crossroad Block O, then turn right. After the signboard to find direction Berbah, you turn left to live. Television is located in pinggi roads, marked the high wall setebal 75 cm of color have become start.
The area includes the area pesanggrahan right and left of the road. Perhaps a little surprising, but it is correct. Is there any part of the building with a truncated presence road? Was not. We confirm it by seeing the building in a way that is left is a gate entrance this. The door is connected with the tunnel toward the area of the building is in the right way. This means that the tunnel that connects the complex on the right and left roads are in exactly the road toward Berbah it.
At the gate of the building, we see birds Give relief in the top. The form is unique still can be seen clearly even though some of the damage has been eaten because of age. Meanwhile, at the bottom of the door, there are several staircases that connect the outside of the tunnel. When entering into more, will be found again a door that the arch-shaped top, may function as a bookmark is entering the tunnel.
We actually want to browse the tunnel, but we prefer to cancel and cross the road. Next, we climb down the building, which is in the right way and find a door that is square. The door is a copy of the tunnel that connects the right and left of the road. Not like the north door decorated with reliefs of birds Tell, south door is simple, without any ornaments.
Through the door south of that, we can take a part pesanggrahan the other. There are buildings that sweep to the east, directly connected with the tunnel. The building is divided into several rooms, each is also linked with a door. Not far from the door that connects to the east room, there is a divider, which is decorated jewelry-beautiful ornaments similar motives batik cloth. Meanwhile, in the most eastern pond, there are four terms until now is still filled water.
As many pesanggrahan in the early Kraton, Cave Siluman also has a pool and garden area. Currently, the acreage planted the garden variety of ornamental plants so that the area looks green. Ornamental plants that grow on the edge of two rectangular pond that is also part of the building. The sides and base the second pond is actually made of stucco, which is quite good, but I can not see because the water is not so clear.
Around to the southwest, there is a water swimming longer shaped circle. Swimming is decorated with statues of birds with Give it a prominent part. The form is very unique, especially because its beak serve as a shower of water. Swimming fact, there are also similar in the southeast, but his statue have been damaged and he started swimming hidden land.
Until now, various activities other than the Kraton asceticism conducted in Pesanggrahan Cave Siluman not be missed, including anyone who had be imprisoned in this place. Another thing that is still a mystery is the name of the building itself. Tembang macapat a load of the building say the name of this building is Seluman Cave, but the nameplate on the building complex is now the name of the building Siluman Cave. Is Seluman and Siluman mean the same?
First, many people consider this haunted building, so people can not enter it haphazard. But now that assumption is no reason some people even use the area pesanggrahan place to chat. So, you can visit one of these historic sites without fear.

Voyage to Kotagede will not be complete if not a visit to the mosque Kotagede, building places of worship awakened the oldest in Yogyakarta. The building is a place that is often passed only when tourists want to complex burial king of Mataram, the enchantment of the building not less interesting. Of course, many other stories that are on every tool at the mosque that stood around the year 1640-an is.
Before entering the mosque complex, a tree will be found later that perhaps he had hundreds of years. Trees that grow in a location that is now used for parking. Because the old age, local residents it "Wringin older" and that they bring blessings. The desire a person, according to the story, will be fulfilled, would be imprisoned if the tree is to get two pieces fall leaves, one prone and one obstructed.
Walking near to the mosque complex, will be a gate in the form of paduraksa. Exactly at the front gate, you will find a wall-shaped letter L. On the walls of the pictures terpahat some of which is a symbol of the kingdom. Paduraksa form of a wall and L is a manifestation of tolerance Sultan Agung on the citizens who took to build the mosque that still embrace Hinduism and Buddhism.
Entering the mosque page, you will find an inscription that green. Inscription has high 3 meters is a sign that Paku Buwono never renovate the mosque. The base of the inscription shaped square and at the peak there is the crown symbol Kasunanan Surakarta. A clock placed on the south side of the inscription as a reference for the time praying.
The existence of the inscriptions prove that the mosque Kotagede experienced two stages of development. The first phase of which was built in the time of Sultan Agung is the only building the core of the size of a small mosque. Because of the small, the mosque that were previously called langgar. The second building was built by the king Kasunanan Surakarta, Paku Buwono X. Differences in the mosque built by Sultan Agung and Paku Buwono X on the poles. Part of Sultan Agung built wooden poles while a built Paku Buwono with iron poles.
Building the mosque is a core building Java-shaped limasan. Characteristics can be seen on the roof of a pyramid-shaped room and the two divided, and that is the core platform.
A trench around the mosque will be found before entering the building core of the mosque. Drainage is in the past used as a drainage channel after the water used wudlu mosque in the north. Now, local residents improve the trench with installing porcelain at the bottom trench and use it as a place to keep the fish. To facilitate citizens who want to worship, created a small bridge made of wood, which arranged a row.
At the core outside the mosque is bedug old shop with kentongan. Bedug the age old with not less
his mosque is a gift from someone named Mrs Pringgit that comes from the village Dondong, in the region Kulon Progo. Bedug on the services provided, the descendants of Mrs Pringgit be given the right to occupy the area around the mosque, which was then named Dondongan. Meanwhile bedug develop, up to now still is a marker of time praying.
A platform to preach, made of beautiful carved wood that can be found in parts of the mosque, where the priest led the prayer. Podium is also a provision. When the Sultan Agung OF HAJJ, he has to look in Palembang one of the duke in the place. As of recognition, duke of Palembang provide the platform. Platform is now rarely used because that is not kept deliberately damaged. As a replacement for the podium, local residents use a small platform for the sake of worship daily.
Walked around the page mosque, the difference will be found in the walls of the mosque building. The left wall of bricks that greater size, the color of the red, and there are stones such as marble surface, which is written in Java characters. Meanwhile, another wall has a brick-colored slightly younger, smaller size, and plain. Wall left in the mosque that was built during the Sultan Agung, while another wall is the result of the renovation Paku Buwono X. Wall built during the Sultan Agung sugar palm juice that can harden so strong.
Mosque that he had hundreds of years up to now it still looks alive. Local people still use it as a place to conduct religious activities. When the time came when praying, will see tens of citizens engage worship. Outside prayer time, many residents who use the mosque for a place to communicate, learn the Koran, and others.

At the end of the road "bouquet" of this, tourists can stop briefly in Benteng Vredeburg faced with the Gedung Agung. This former stronghold base protection from the possibility of Dutch troops attack the Palace. As a rule every stronghold, a place that was built 1,765 years this square-shaped high wall circling the area in the towers at the four observers over his used as a place to patrol. From the south tower, I had the opportunity to enjoy the Sultanate of Yogyakarta Palace and several other historical buildings.
Meanwhile, the Great Building located in front of residence had become the head of the Dutch colonial administration since 1946 until 1949. Besides the opportunity to become the State Palace during the Sukarno presidency when the country moved to the capital of Yogyakarta.

Extends above the imaginary axis connecting the Kraton, Tugu and the peak of Mount Merapi, the road is formed into a locality trade after Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono I developed a means of trade through a traditional market since year 1758. After 248 years passed, the place was still survive as a trade area even become one of the icons of Yogyakarta, known as the Malioboro.

Located about 800 meters from the Kraton, this place was filled with a bouquet every time the Palace implement celebration. Malioboro, which in Sanskrit means "bouquet" to the basic naming of the road.

Enclosed shops, offices, restaurants, hotels and historic buildings, roads, which previously had become the basis for the struggle of military aggression to the Netherlands-2 in 1948 had also become a land roam the artists joined in the community Persada Study Club (PSK) leaders artists Umbul Landu Paranggi since the 1970s until around 1990.