Interesting Tourist Places in Yogyakarta Indonesia

Yogyakarta, or people who are more familiar with it as Jogja, is one of the most popular tourist destinations. It is located right in the middle of the island of Java with an area divided into 5, namely Jogja City, Sleman Regency, Bantul Regency, Gunungkidul Regency, and Kulonprogo Regency. Access to come here is very easy because of the complete modes of transportation, such as train lines, buses, and airplanes open for international routes. So, you don’t need to worry about the means of transportation in this city. Even though the pandemic hit, the development of this city’s attractive tourist attractions did not stop. There are many new interesting tourist spots to visit in this city.

List of interesting tourist attractions in Yogyakarta.

Beaches Along the South Sea of ​​Jogja
Along the southern sea of ​​Jogja, many tourist destinations can be visited. Because of the beautiful panoramic views of the stretch of coast, each of which has its own characteristics, it can also be used as a tourist destination. The beaches along the sea south of Jogja can be enjoyed anytime.
However, beach tourism along the sea south of Jogja is slightly different from other beaches. Because there are often high waves and the geographical location and arrangement with lots of surrounding rocks and rocks, making this beach tour is only enjoyable for its beauty. Don’t worry. There are various things we can like culinary. We can enjoy different kinds of seafood and seaside snacks while enjoying the beautiful scenery of the beach. Apart from that, several locations are pretty interesting, for example, the site in the hills or maybe with a vast expanse of sea sand. It can be enjoyed by camping on the beach in the hill area, or you can also do sandboarding in the dune area. Children’s game rides can also be enjoyed when doing recreation with family, like playing in a swimming pool on the beach (infinity pool). Even though playing in the water on the beach is often forbidden, we can still enjoy other exciting things along the south coast of Jogja.

Malioboro Area, Yogyakarta Palace, Zero KM and Tugu Jogja
With its location in the city center, the tourist area of ​​Jalan Malioboro, Zero KM, and Tugu Jogja are attractions in themselves for tourists who come to Jogja. Apart from being an icon of Jogja itself, of course, this tourist area offers various kinds of things that can attract tourists, both domestic and foreign. The Malioboro street area itself is an area where there are lots of traders selling their wares in the form of typical handicrafts from Jogja.
Due to the increase in the number of visitors or tourists coming to Jogja has prompted the government to renew and improve the city’s layout immediately, especially in the tourist area on Jalan Malioboro, Zero KM, and Tugu Jogja. On Jalan Malioboro itself, traders used to sell along the road. It affected the road congestion, so now, traders selling besides being at Beringharjo Market, which is the central location from ancient times, two new sites were made to relocate other traders, namely Teras Malioboro 1, which is in the former Indra cinema and Teras Malioboro 2 which is near the former Inna Garuda hotel from the tourism agency. Apart from that, along this Malioboro street, tourists are also presented with performances by Jogja artists who give shows with the strains of angklung music, Javanese songs, and even dangdut. This adds to the attractiveness of tourists who come.

The Zero KM area has not been spared from development either. Tourists often visit this area to enjoy the beauty of the old buildings of the Bank of Indonesia, the Post Office, and the State Palace. Apart from that, not far from Zero KM, we can also see a large Jogja square in front of the Jogja Palace and next to the Jogja Grand Mosque. There are 2 Jogja squares, the square in front of the palace is no longer used for sightseeing because there is a guardrail. However, the south square, often called the south square, is still a culinary place and a place to play too. Many tourists often capture their beautiful moments in this area, especially enjoying the lovely nighttime atmosphere.
Tugu Jogja is also a location that is enjoyed at night. There is a belief in the community that if you go to Jogja, you must come to the Jogja Monument and take pictures there so you can return to Jogja. So, this location is also in great demand by tourists. Besides that, tourists can enjoy culinary delights along the road near the Jogja Monument, namely Angkringan and Kopi Joss.

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Mount Merapi Tourism Area and Lava tour
Besides being famous for its beach tourism, Jogja is also renowned for its volcano, which is still active today, namely Mount Merapi. Indeed, it is rare for climbers to climb because they are often functional. Still, on the slopes of this mountain, many tourist attractions can be enjoyed, such as Kaliurang, Bhumi Merapi Agrotourism, and tourist villages that provide places for outbound and camping. Of course, there is the Lava Tour.
The lava tour exists because of the impact of the volcanic eruption activities several years ago, which destroyed several villages. However, there are still some traces of the enormity of this eruption that tourists can enjoy while riding a jeep to see the lava road’s expanse and the bunker’s location or evacuation site when the explosion occurred.
In addition, you can enjoy views of the river flow and pine forests which are still very beautiful.

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Tour of the Thousand Temples
Jogja is not only a city of education but also a city of culture. Lots of prehistoric sites in Jogja. Like a temple. There are so many temples in Jogja that this tour is also quite interesting for tourists who like historical things. Prambanan Temple, Ratu Boko Temple, Sambisari Temple, Ijo Temple, and many others are famous temples.
Each of these temples has its charm. For example, the Prambanan temple has thousands of stupas that are no longer in the form of a temple because of earthquakes or other natural events. We can see a stretch of stones from prehistoric times here. Sambisari temple is located not far from the Prambanan temple; this temple was once buried in the ground because of the location that goes inside.

Let’s travel to Jogja!