BEAUTY OF
Selected Tourist Attraction
C e n t r a l
J a v a
SEMARANG- KOTA LAMA (THE
Gereja means Church and Blenduk means hemispherical. It is called so because it has
roof with a hemispherical shape .It is a Christian Church made in 1753 and then
restored in 1894, there is an organ which is believed to have never changed
since it was built. The church lies on Jalan Letjen Suprapto,
It is a
It is
presented on a man made island as the miniature of central Java. It lies at
PRPP Complex Tawang Mas Semarang. There are 35 Pavilions of 35 Regencies and
Municipalities of the
This Museum lies at jalan
Abdulrahman Saleh, kalibanteng. The Museum building architecture is a
combination between Joglo and Modern architecture.
His museum as plenty of collection such as Archeological, Historical and Culture Features.
It was built on January 18, 1984 it lies as Jalan Kaligawe km 4, about 4 km
from the city center of
It has collection of various tools to make
herbal medicine ( Jamu ) and
kinds of herbs in java, especially those which have close relationship with the
company development in herbal medicine.
This museum has collection of various working
tools and herbal medicine especially those with have relationship with the
development of Jamu Cap Jago.
Many Student visit
this museum to study and survey. The Museum lies at 273, Jalan
Setyabudi Semarang.
The Museum Record Indonesia (
MURI ) are also found here.
The building lies at Jalan
Soegiyopranoto,
The Museum, keeps several
collections like photographs of Indonesia Heroes, war weapons from traditional
pointed bamboos to imported guns used in the battle against the colonial.
SEMARANGTEMPLE SAM PO KONG (GEDONGBATU)
It is
a Chinese temple, which is actually built to honor Sam Poo
Thay jin- a Chinese
emissary of the Ming Dynasty who disembarked in the coast of
KREO-CAVE
There
is actually no big cave but the small one. It is situated at a small hill with
steep canyon on its side. You can enjoy the natural beauty and fascinating
panorama with picturesque hill, river, waterfall and terraces rice field. The
hill is also dwelt by tame monkey and it seems to have been familiar with
visitors.
It lies at Kandri village-Gunungpati
sub-district and can be reached by public mini bus, which connects
The building of the Mosque consists of some
carved pillars which people believe to be taken from the
In the north of the mosque, visitors can pay a
homage to the grave of the royal family members of
It lies at the slope of Mont Ungaran at high of 900 meters about sea level. It is a
recreational and resting place which is always visited by the people for its
cool air. It is facilitated with accommodations rating from moderate to
luxurious hotel, conference and meeting venue.
Going up further north about 5 km from Bandungan visitor can visit Gedongsongo
temple a group a nine small hindu temples which were
built around 927 AD. All nine ( Songo
) are placed on separate hills. Mist usually covers the area at dawn and dusk.
Visitors can enjoy riding on horse back around the hilly area. There are three
routes to reach Bandungan, from Ambarawa
which about 7 kilometres away, a by pass road is also available from Ungaran and
from the town of
The museum offers twenty different kinds of
ancient locomotives originally built by factories in
During the trip, visitor can enjoy a magnificent
view of the surrounding nature and village dwellings.
Not far from the site, visitor can also visit
It is first tourist attraction before entering
the town from Demak situated at
KUDUS MINARET OF THE
MOSQUE.
It is ancient Mosque of Kudus which was built
by Sunan Kudus in the 16 century. Sunan
Kudus was one of the first nine Moslem preachers in Java who were famous for
their merits in spreading the Moslem faith in the northern part of
The interesting thing when you visit the Kudus
Mosque is its Minaret. The form of the building is unique, architecturally, it
is blend of the java hindu
and Islamic culture.
The textile produces hand woven cloth from
Sarongs to material for upholstery, bed covers, wall hanging and garments as
well. The Lurik Troso is
produced in ambudance at
While the centre of wood carving can be found
in tahunan Village which lies at Suburban area on the
road to jepara from Kudus. Both sides of the road are
filled with unfinished piece of furniture, etc, heaped
one on top of the other.You can find the wood carving
as well at shops along, jalan Pemuda,
Jepara.
JEPARA BEACHES.
When you happen to be in Jepara
town, there are several beaches you can visit, for instance, kartini beach is located only about 2 kilometers from the
town centre. The other is the Tirto Samodra or
During the Dutch Colonial Rule, it was known
as Klien Sche Veningen Van java.
Dieng Plateau lies right
across at the border between Wonosobo regency and Banjarnegara Regency. Banjarnegara
Regency occupies the largest part of the plateau, yet the easier access to
reach the plateau is from Wonosobo town. This is the
largest high land in java that lies at 2,093 metre
above sea level with the average temperature of 15 degree celcius.
Its only one hours drive from Wonosobo to reach here at a distance of 26 kilometers .many
public vehicles are available at Wonosobo to go to Dieng Plateau. In the plateau you can visit various kinds
of tourist attractions such as group of Pandawa,
Hindu temple, lakes, active craters, the well of
Here, you can enjoy and impressive waterfall( The Grojogan Sewu ) or riding on a horse back through the rain forest
hills inhabited by wild monkey, children play ground and swimming pool are also
available there. There are many hotels and restaurants for your accommodation
and a camping site is provided for youngsters.
When you visit to Boyolali,
You may take the opportunity to go through the by pass of Boyolali
Selo Magelang vv and
here you can enjoy the beautiful of Merapi Merbabu Slopes and watch the peak of Mount Merapi from the Volcano observation office .