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Regency in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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Bantul is a regency in Yogyakarta Special Region, Central Java. It is known for its beaches.
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Pantai Parangtritis
Parangtritis is sometimes said to be a place to meet the legendary Nyai Loro Kidul or 'Queen of the South' (Ratu Kidul). Local folklore warns visitors not to wear green clothes or the queen is likely to try to entice the wearer into the ocean to drown. Quite large crowds of mainly local tourists visit Parangtritis over the weekends and at holidays. Larger tourist buses as well as various types of cheaper minibuses ply the route to the beach from Yogyakarta. There are local tourist facilities at Parangtritis including parking arrangements, modest hotels which provide visitors with places to change and shower, and small restaurants. Often small ponies or horse-drawn carts can be hired for rides along the beach. The beach is not really a good swimming beach. Drownings are unfortunately not uncommon at Parangtritis because channels, strong rips and sizable waves often occur off the beach.
Pantai Parangkusumo
Every year, the Yogyakarta Sultanate conducts the Labuhan ceremony at this beach, on the anniversary of the sultan's ascension to the throne.
Pantai Depok
Pantai Samas
Pantai Pandansimo
Pantai Baru
Pantai Goa Cemara
Pantai Cangkring
Museum Kekayon
A wayang (puppet) museum with a lush Javanese style garden. Divided into ten sections, where each holds a vast number of puppets from various places in Indonesia.
Konservasi Penyu Samas
A sea turtle conservation place.
Gereja Ganjuran
This Catholic church is remarkable for its Javanese styling. The main building is in the form of a traditional joglo, and there is a chapel in the form of a Hindu temple. Mary, Jesus and the angels are represented as Javanese.
Graveyard of the Sultan Agung and his descendants, the Yogyakarta and Surakarta royal families. It was damaged during an earthquake in 2006 but has been reopened.
Javanese grilled chicken.
Serves mie jawa (Javanese noodle soup or stir-fried) also nasi goreng, nasi godog (soupy rice), and magelangan (fried rice mixed with noodle).
Some grilled or fried seafood such as lobster and fish.
Serves mangut lele, death level spicy catfish soup.
Serves mie lethek, noodles made from gaplek (dried cassava).
Serves yellowish mie pentil, made from tapioca. It has chewy texture. Also mie iris, also made from tapioca but the dough is sliced using a knife.
Serves miedes, cassava starch noodles, stir-fried or soupy.
Serves sate klathak, goat satay with gulai soup.
Serves sate kronyos, breast of goat satay.
A local delicacy - usually eaten for breakfast - of beef-based soup served with rice (mixed in or separate). Offal is included unless you specifically ask for beef only. Fried offal, to be eaten with kecap manis, is delicious.
Part of the Bumi Langit Institute, a charitable community-based permaculture foundation. The café is part of their outreach, offering mostly local dishes made with locally-grown and organic produce. In a beautiful open joglo building perched high on an escarpment overlooking Jogja in the distance. Farms tours available. Some local produce - jams and syrups - available to buy.
Serene restaurant in the middle of greenery and villages, serving unique local cuisine.
Indonesian-Javanese authentic warung experience. Access only by bike and walk (no car).
Small coffee shop with artisan bakery. One of local favourite to work from cafe.
traditional wooden rooms.
a traditional joglo villa with four rooms and a pool.
A resort integrated into a traditional Javanese village, on the outer southern suburbs. Traditional village houses have been fitted out with rooms to a high standard, clustered around swimming pools. Spa.
Five bungalows and further guestrooms set in a garden designed as an edible landscape that supplies the kitchen. Built and managed to high environmental and social principles. The wholefood restaurant is open to non-residents.
Fresh fish, squid, shrimp, crab, clam, etc.
This gallery just outside Yogyakarta offers something a little different to batik collectors: a chance to visit the studios of renowned batik artists and villagers and meet them as they work. Social entrepreneur Tatang Wibowo started this project in 2011 as a way to continue supporting local artists in an innovative tourism model. It's a rare opportunity to make a connection with the people who make batik.
They make and sell traditional musical instruments (flutes, drums, stringed instruments, etc.) from various parts of Indonesia. The shop is in the owner's house, and he is very friendly - just drop by and you can see and try the instruments he has on display. If you want to buy, however, you will have to make a custom order, as the instruments on display are not for sale. The prices are pretty good, starting at tens of thousands of rupiah for the cheaper flutes to hundreds of thousands for stringed instruments.
By dogcart
You may rent a horse cart, which Javanese called delman, dokar, or andong.
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Yogyakarta · International · YIA
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