Yogyakarta Vacations, Yogyakarta Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

Yogyakarta Vacation Guide

Yogyakarta or Jogja is located in south-central Java. It is the only province in Indonesia that is still formally governed by a precolonial Sultanate, the Sultanate of Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat. People name Yogya as Gudeg city since it is famous for its specialty food; Gudeg.

Yogyakarta is one of the foremost cultural centers of Java. It is well-known by its leather puppets for wayang kulit (shadow plays), traditional batik, silver crafts to Gamelan (big set of traditional music instruments).

Yogyakarta is more than just culture, though. It is a very lively city and a shopper's delight. The main road, Malioboro Street, is always crowded and famous for its night street food-culture and street vendors. Take a horse-drawn carriage around Malioboro area to get a closer view of the craftmaking business. Many tourist shops and cheap hotels are concentrated along this street. People are friendly and down-to-earth, with most living the simple life.

Yogyakarta just bore the 6.3-magnitude earthquake on 27 May 2006, and it affected some tourism sites such as Prambanan temple, the biggest Hinduism temple in Indonesia. But you will find pleasure to visit it, especially for the famous Borobudur temple (a world heritage site) in Magelang, the neighboring city of Jogja.

The city is also called city of students as the oldest university in Indonesia is located here, Universitas Gadjah Mada. Plus another 50 or so, of small universities and institutes.