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Alun-alun Kidul
Yogyakarta Destination
Alun-alun Kidul, or Kidul Plaza, is a vast and open public space surrounded by roads that is often used by the locals to perform various public activities, and is located right behind Keraton Yogyakarta. According to history, Kidul Plaza was created to change the back part of Keraton to become more similar to the front side because Merapi Mountain, Keraton Yogyakarta, and the Southern Seas of Java are connected with one singular imaginary line, and thus the plaza was made to prevent Keraton Yogyakarta to “face away” from the seas. There are two very famous Banyan Trees on the plaza as well; legend has it that anyone that passes through in-between them with their eyes closed will have their wish granted, making it a popular legend to try by many visitors and locals alike.
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Desa Wisata Kalibiru
Yogyakarta Destination
Kalibiru is the newest sensation from Yogyakarta’s vast repertoire of tourist attractions: it is basically a hiking and climbing path filled on certain spots with artificial raised platform where—if you dare—you can climb onto and take a picture with vast, mountainous landscape of Yogyakarta as the background. This hot new sensation can be visited through a one hour journey with car from Yogyakarta—it is recommended that you rent a vehicle with a driver that knows how to drive because the entry to the location can be difficult to trek, especially for inexperienced drivers.
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Candi Borobudur
Yogyakarta Destination
Candi Borobudur, or Borobudur Temple, is a Buddha Temple located in Magelang, approximately 100 km southwest of Semarang, 86 km west of Surakarta, and 40 km northwest of Yogyakarta. Built by the adherence of Mahayana Buddha teachings on the 800 A.D during the governance of Wangsa Syailendra, this temple is the biggest Buddhist temple in the world and has already been acknowledged by UNESCO as a Heritage Site that is indispensable to the world culture as a whole.
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Candi Prambanan
Yogyakarta Destination
Candi Prambanan, or Prambanan Temple, is the largest Hindunese temple complex in Indonesia, built around 9th Century A.D. This complex was presented as a gift to Trimurti—the three main gods of Hindunese religion: Brahma as the creation god, Wishnu as the caretaker god, and Siwa as the destroyer god. According to Siwagrha Epigraph, the real name of the complex was Siwagrha, which means the House of Siwa—the importance of the destroyer god can be seen with the 3 meters statue of Siwa Mahadewa built within the main chamber (or the garbagriha) of the temple. The cultural and historical significance of this temple is immense, and a visit to Yogyakarta without a visit to Prambanan just simply cannot be called legitimate!
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Parangtritis Beach
Yogyakarta Destination
Parangtritis is a popular tourist beach and village area on the southern coast of Java in the Bantul Regency within the province of the Yogyakarta Special Region, and is one of the most popular beaches amongst tourists especially over weekends or holidays. Visitors can enjoy not only beaches, but also various other natural wonders such caves and springs such as Gua Tapan Cave and the Beji Spring.
