Visit date(s): Wednesday, September 20, 2023. The same week, possibly even the same day, that the site was inscribed! Nearby sites on trip: Borobudur, Sangiran Early Man Site, Prambanan Overnight location: We left Borobudur that morning and stayed 3 nights just NE of Pasar Beringharjo after.
Location(s):
Parts of outer walls, gates and fortifications. (We ate dinner inside the walls one night, so had an opportunity to see another way through the maze.)
Inner complex of the Kraton palace and its squares.
Tamansari royal garden complex. (See photo.)
Northern cosmological axis including Jl Malioboro.
Beringharjo market.
Travel method(s): Taxi, walking, bicycle-rickshaw Travel duration: Short, ~ 2 km or less per transfer Visit duration: Afternoon OUV: Worthy. Good midsized site. Variety of structures. Culturally interesting.
Best of:
Tamansari.
The walk along Malioboro, especially in the evening. It is a relatively wide, formal street, that does have some new buildings, but also very nice shops, including batik and regional specialties. In the evenings the road itself wasn’t busy, but there were people out everywhere.
Worst of:
Trying to get between the Kraton and Tamansari, through the maze of alleyways. Do not try trusting a compass as most roads seem to curve around.
(Also, bicycle-rickshaws are not sized for people over 1.7 m to share.)