Heritage Tour

Yogyakarta Heritage Tour

To celebrate our beautiful life with a vacation is a brilliant decision. Life is beautiful and it will be more beautiful if we are grateful with it. One thing that we should do is to learn history while spending our time going on a vacation. And it will be so much rewarding as we learn the history through the heritage venues and sites.

There will be a lot of touching and inspirational stories in each place. Yogyakarta heritage trip will surely bring warmth and charm at the same time. Three heritage destinations around Yogyakarta will surely make the trip memorable.

Keraton

Indonesia, previously known as Nusantara and Hindia Belanda has been long known as a beautiful tropical country with countless tropical attractions. In addition, for many Indonesia is famous for its cultures and ethnicities. However, little did travelers know that this country has prestigious royal families.

Despite the traces of colonialism, Indonesia has a majestic royal kingdom which is still well-conserved until today. Yogyakarta is proud to have such beautiful heritage of royal family. One of the greatest heritages to visit is Keraton Yogyakarta. Visiting Keraton, travelers will go to a slow-motion world.

We can take our time to see the beauty of Javanese architecture. Even though, Indonesia had been under the administration of the Dutch for centuries, Java royal kingdom keeps its genius thinking and craftmanship through the architecture. Besides, high quality designs and art can be found in all the heritage buildings details.

The ornaments are all made by the local artists and crafters. Additionally, travelers can also see various precious collections at the museum close by. People can see the right and artistic of Javanese art and culture there. Even, with a good plan trip by Javanice, people can witness Javanese musicians play Javanese music instruments in a live performance. Keraton is a palace with a vast area of gardens and halls. The best part of it is that, this palace is still occupied by the royal families.

Taman Sari

This stunning garden welcomes visitors with its ancient gate with Javanese architecture. However, if we scrutinize, we will see that the design looks slightly like the European style. But that makes sense because historians believe that the architect of this garden was from Europe. People called him Demang Tegis for indicating that he came from Portugese.

Many believe that this garden was once a main palace. However, the stunning then functioned only for recreational purposes. The area was so large that it looked more like a botanical garden. Yet, due to some political changes and natural disaster, the Taman Sari garden remains beautiful only at several important parts. It has a very gorgeous pool where the royal family used to take a bath.

Travelers will love to stroll and experience the beauty of the royal pool, garden, and old fortress at the venue. Tour guide team from Javanice knows each spot so well that travelers will love to spend their time in this beautiful garden.

Ullen Sentalu

Yogyakarta is never be perfect without us visiting Ulen Sentalu. This serene place is designed for giving people comfort while learning Javanese art and cultures. It is a museum showing the collections of many crafts from the local artists. Besides, people can enjoy their time being in a wonderful building full of ancient artifacts. This museum mainly exhibits the life of the royal family of Mataram kingdom.

The name of Ullen Sentalu itself has a very deep meaning which outshine the philosophy of Javanese which simply means a guidance of living a good life. In this place, people will learn the history of batik and how the old Javanese culture used to make that traditional batik. Each color and patterns have special meaning; people can learn it with fascination in this museum.

The atmosphere of this museum is designed to give such amazing feeling of being in the old times of Java; both Ancient Mataram and Islam Mataram. Ullen Sentalu is one package of trip destination that will enrich travelers with inspirations.