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Yogyakarta city, Jogja for short, is a small city in Indonesia with many aspects, ranging from the City of Culture, the City of Tourism, the City of Battle to the City of Students.
This second popular tourist destination after Bali is surely a favorite of domestic and foreign tourists. Because Yogyakarta offers complete tourist attractions from nature, culture and historical heritage, there are many things to do in Yogyakarta. There are also very supportive trips to Yogyakarta you can easily find.
Yogyakarta is also the center of Javanese culture with a strong Javanese tradition. Besides that, there are also ancient Hindu religious cultural sites, such as Sewu Temple, Boko Temple and Prambanan Temple. Local people still uphold and maintain its strong traditions. To go to Jogja, all you need to prepare is the plane ticket to arrive at the Yogyakarta International airport or train to Tugu Yogyakarta and book hotels in Yogyakarta to stay.
Destination Highlights
January - March
Best Time to Visit Tourism Village
Yogyakarta offers various tourist villages with various characteristics that people like to go to Jogja Indonesia for a short break in the weekend, arriving in Tugu Station or Yogyakarta airport. There is Yogyakarta Tourism Village with various awards, namely the Pentingsari Tourism Village.
Tourism village makes daily activities as a tourist attraction that interests tourists, especially foreign tourists. There are also cultural activities, including learning Gamelan, Javanese clasical dancing, making batik, making Wayang grass puppets, and making coconut leaves handicraft.
Other tourism villages in Yogyakarta include; Nglinggo Tourism Village, Tembi Tourism Village, Kasongan Tourism Village and many more.
April - May
Best time for Cultural and Heritage Exploration in Yogyakarta
April to May, with its favorable weather, is the best time to explore the culture and relics in Yogyakarta starting from the Yogyakarta Palace, Taman Sari, Kotagedhe, as well as Prambanan Temple and other temples.
This time is not only suitable for those of you who want to get to know the culture and history of the city of Yogyakarta, but this time is also suitable for those of you who like to hunt for vintage aesthetic photos which can be provided by these places. However, Sultan of Yogyakarta likes to hold traditional and cultural event for public in many parts of the palace of Yogyakarta. So, there are these events to visit as well.
July - October
Best time to watch festivals in Yogyakarta
In July to September, Yogyakarta presents various interesting Festivals that you must visit.
One of the interesting festivals is the Yogyakarta Arts Festival (FKY). You can watch both traditional and contemporary art performances performed by local and foreign artists, watch films produced by Yogyakarta youths, and hunt for local culinary or antiques.
There are also other interesting festivals this month, namely the Yogyakarta Gamelan Festival, the Jogja Kangen Market Festival and others.
November - December
Best time to visit Museum in Yogyakarta
November to December is the rainy season, therefore this is the right time to visit Yogyakarta’s indoor museums.
Yogyakarta has various types of museums ranging from History Museums such as the Sonobudoyo Museum, Art Museums such as the Affandi Museum, Military Museums such as the Aerospace Museum to Children’s Museums such as Taman Pintar.
May - October
Best time to watch the Ramayana Prambanan Ballet art performance
In these months the city of Yogyakarta enters the dry season and this is the right time to visit the Prambanan Ramayana Ballet to watch an outdoor art performance about the Ramayana legend based on the Hindu epic which was adapted to Javanese culture and created into a unique dance.
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