Taman Sari - Water Castle Yogyakarta

The sound of gurgling water, the beauty of its ancient architecture and the wonderful view make Taman Sari Yogyakarta become a amazing tourist attraction.

Taman Sari Yogyakarta is the bailey of Yogyakarta palace awarded by Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono I to his wives as respect for their devotion. As bailey, of course distance between Taman Sari with Yogyakarta palace is not too far. Only about 1 kilometers to the west of the palace exactly Taman street, Keraton, Yogyakarta or about 12 kilometers from Adisutjipto International Airport.

Taman Sari is a palace surrounded by segaran (artificial lake) with the fragrance of the flowers planted around it. Many visitors call the Taman Sari as a water castle because architecture value and the uniqueness of build and ponds is decorated by gurgling water. There are a tower where visitors can go up there to see reflection of the sun from the ponds and Taman sari area with clearly visible and very beautiful.

Taman Sari is the good of choice for recreation. Besides the beautiful tourist attraction, this place has also the uniqueness such as architecture of build. For visit it, visitors must pay a entrance tickets about Rp 3.000 and Rp 7.000 for foreign tourist. Taman Sari is opened to the public from 08.00 until 14.00






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Sikidang Crater - The Jumping Volcanic Crater

Dieng Plateau is a active volcano area and save a million natural beauty. One of the famous is Sikidang crater. Sikidang Crater is a tourist attraction which located in Dieng Wetan, Kejajar, Wonosobo regency, Central Java. From Yogyakarta to Dieng Plateau will take approximately 2,5 hours.

Barren stretch of land surrounded by hills with ponds continue to smoke will greet visitors upon arrival in Sikidang crater. Sikidang crater is ex-volcanic eruption that formed the crater and still active today but this place is safe for visit because of the low sulfur level. This volcanic crater has an area of 200 square meters is located in a flat area, so visitors can see clearly this crater.

Visitors who run in this crater should not be arbitrary, should look for a dry land to set foot. Sikidang crater has a temperature of 98 Celsius degrees. For safety, this crater is surrounded by bamboo fence. The uniqueness of Sikidang crater is always moving crater like a deer jump, then Sikidang crater often called the jumping volcanic crater.

Truly a very interesting place to visit. Provide the beautiful of natural scenery for visitors and an unforgettable experience. The entrance ticket for visit Sikidang crater is Rp 6.000 and Rp 20.000 for foreign tourist and this place opened from 07.00 until 16.00 in every day

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Ramayana Ballet Prambanan - Indian Epic Story in Java's Art

Ramayana Ballet Prambanan is a art show that combines drama and dance that lifts the story from Indian namely Ramayana. Ramayana is a Indian legend made by Walmiki and beautiful carved on temple walls Ciwa in the Prambanan temple area. This art show held in Prambanan temple area exactly Yogyakarta-Solo street, Prambanan village, Yogyakarta.

The visitors will notice in the location is a majestic stage with a background of glowing Prambanan temple.On the corner stage, there are gamelan musicians with their instruments. Ramayana told about Rama who aided Hanoman, fight for his wife, Shinta, from Rahwana's abduction.

During the two hours show, visitors will be amused by an extraordinary performances that visitors will not feel bored or disappointed. All of story is wrapped in such a series of dance movement and steps preformed by hundreds of gorgeous dancers to the accompaniment of gamelan (Javanese traditional music). There is no dialog spoken by dancers, the storyline described by sinden voice used Javanese language. For visitors who not understand Javanese language, there are Indonesia and English narrations available for visitors.

Ramayana Ballet Prambanan is staged three time a week that is a Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday on 07.30pm until 09.30 pm. During May-October, the show will held in Ramayana open stage and during November-April will held in Trimurti closed stage, because this months is rainy seasons. The price of entrance tickets for watching a art show Ramayana Ballet Prambanan is many variations, such as

The Variation of Tickets Prices
CLASS	PRICE
VIP	Rp 350.000
Special class	Rp 250.000
Class 1	Rp 175.000
Class 2	Rp 100.000

   

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