Kampong Batik Laweyan

Batik is a traditional art work that has been the source of living of Laweyan society for ages. Laweyan was known as “juragan batik” kampong. It achieved its best moment in 1970s. There are still many interesting batik showrooms that can be visited at present as one of expense tourism destination.



Laweyan was known as the center of batik at the era of Kingdom of Pajang in 1546. As a cultural pledge, there are a lot of historical sites can be visited. They are Laweyan Mosque, the burial ground of Ki Ageng Henis (the founding father of Mataram King), Ki Ageng Henis and Sutowijoyo’s (Panembahan Senopati) houses, the ex-Laweyan traditional market, the burial ground of Jayengrana (Untung Suropati’s soldier), Merdeka Mosque, Makmoer Mosque, and the residence of H. Samanhudi, the founding father of Serikat Dagang Islam.


Laweyan is also famous of its characteristic architecture and environment. The mix Javanese, Europe, Chinese and Islamic elements color the building architecture in Laweyan. High gateway, or is known as beteng, forms narrow alley for the entrance to the building.



Kampung batik KAUMAN :



Kauman Village has close links with the history of the move of Kartasura Palace to Solo which later changed its name to Kasunanan Palace. Kauman is a place of scholars consisting of several layers of society ranging from the prince commentary anom, preacher, muezzin, suronoto and courtiers (Indonesian translation: Kaum). The existence of the majority population in the region becomes the basis for the choice name "Kauman".



The courtiers get special training from Kasunanan Palace for producing batik either jarik (traditional Javanese cloth) or scarves and so forth. In other words, the tradition of producing batik is inherited directly by Ndalem Kraton Kasunanan Surakarta Hadiningrat (Kasunanan palace). Based on the provision of expertise provided by the Kauman community to produce works that directly relate to batik motifs that are often used by the royal family




In its development, the art of Kauman batik can be divided into three forms of classical batik motifs grip (batik tulis), pure batik stamp and a combination model between them. Batik-patterned grip that is heavily influenced by Kasunanan Palace is a prime product of Kampong Batik Kauman. Kauman batik products made using natural silk and woven silk, cotton and prime type premisima, rayon.





Kampong Batik Kauman which has 20-30s home industries of batik becomes the expense tourist destination intertwined hereditary. Most of the foreign tourists come from Japan, Europe, Southeast Asia and the United States. Uniqueness offered to the tourists is the ease of transactions, looking at the home venue for the activities of batik production. That is, visitors have the opportunity to find out and do the process of batik making.





Besides the production of batik, Kampong Batik Kauman offers many of historical sites such as joglo houses, Limasan, colonial, and the mixture between colonial and Javanese architecture. The buildings of the past remain strong amid towering modern architecture shopping malls, financial institutions (banks and foreign exchange). Not to mention home stays and hotels are widely available around the Kampong Batik Kauman. Other facilities around the village Kauman clearly provide special conveniences for all the tourists who visit in meeting other needs beyond batik

Solo Culinary

Many traditional food and beverages are offered in this town. Every where you go, you are welcome with spesific exotism of flour from various food you can only meet nowhere but Solo.



Pecel nDeso, Jl. Dr. Supomo 55 Pasar m'Beling


Pecel nDeso is served with red rice, it contains of vegetables like heart shaped edible spadix of a bananablossom, nikir, petai china leaves, long beans, Turi's flower and white/black sesame seed souce.It is accompanied by fried ell and fish, fried eeg, special source from Solo, Bongko (red beans and coconut), gembrot (coconut and simbukan leaves). Cow's brain and intentines.




Warung Nasi liwet Wongso Lemu, Keprabon - open (18.00 WIB)


The most famous Solo traditional food. Made of rice which has been cooked with chicken broth. The rice is piquant and delicious. It is completed by spicy squash soup, boiled egg, chicken and kumut (made of thickened coconut milk). The rice is, then served on banana leaves.






Sate Buntel, Jl. Sutan Syahrir no. 39 Widuran


Sate buntel is a special sate from Solo. It is made of goat chopped meat which has been spiced by onion and pepper before wrapped within goat fat. It is enjoyed togather with soya souce, sliced red pepper, red onion, cabbage and tomatoes.





Timlo solo,Pasar Gede–open (07.00 WIB) and Jl.Urip sumoharjo–open ( 09.00)


Timlo Solo is special dish contains of chicken meat chopped into pieces, cooked egg and chicken's liver in clear soup. Served to accompany fried onion topping rice. Unlike the typical Timlo in other local town, Timlo Solo is served without mushroom and thin noodles.





Cabuk Rambak



The food that has Ketupat as its main food is very typical in Solo. Ketupat is rice cooked in woven young coconut leaves. It is completed with Cabuk Rambak or souce made of sesame seed cooked in spicy coconut milk. Karak(fried snack made of rice) is served to accompany the menu.





Tengkleng, Gapura Pasar klewer


The typical gout curry dish served without coconut milk. It contains of goat's bone with still a little of goad's meat on the bones. Served to accompany this menu are goad's bowels made into sate and other goad's parts of body like eyes, chick bones, ears, legs, etc. To enjoy Tengkleng, we can chew bit by bit the meat which is still on the bones and suck the marrow slowly.



Sate Kere, Warung Yu Rebi stadion Sriwedari


This special Sate is made of Tempe Gembus (tempe which is made of soya deposit in making tofu). Together with Sate kere, there are also sate made of cow's bowels. Before roasted, sate kere and other sate are dipped in spice dough first. When they are done, spicy soya souce is added before sate kere is served

Solo Batik Carniva

Solo Batik Carnival (SBC) is a carnival using costume based on Batik with various creations and models. SBC is already held in 2008, 2009 and 2010. On 19-20 February 2010, SBC successfully followed the Chingay Festival in Singapore and also appeared on the Tong-Tong culture of party in Den Haag, Netherlands, on mid-April 2010. By joining international events, SBC is expected to promote Solo potential so that tourists will be attracted to come to Solo and enjoy the beauty of art and culture in the city.

Klewer market solo

Off the west gate of Karaton's North Square, this old market selling all kinds of fabrics, predominantly batik. Other traditional fabrics are lurik (hand-woven striped cotton cloth) and tenun ikat. There are hundreds of shops jammed along narrow passageways. The visitors must be prepared to bargain. Batik cloths and garments, hand-woven fabrics, traditional and local jewelry, leather puppets, basketry, tortoise-shell accessories, trinkets, brassware and other decorative items, and all kinds of antiques are local specialties. Souvenir and art objects are available in all major towns of Central Java, mostly in the downtown areas and popular market places or shopping centers.

Ambarawa Railway Museum

Ambarawa is famous nationwide by the credo Palagan Ambarawa. Small city that forgotten nowadays but became one of the important base camp of National heroes during Dutch occupancy in World War II. A small city in the junction of national road between Yogyakarta to Semarang and accessible to several small cities nearby like Salatiga, Magelang and Bandungan. Fifty km south of Semarang, Ambarawa has locomotives of various types and ages, and it is still possible to ride on a cog railway between Ambarawa and Bedono, a village nearby. Ambarawa Railway Museum 50 km south of Semarang, Ambarawa is the home of Java's antique locomotives, housed in a museum. Prior arrangements should be made for groups. Also of interest are a collection of antique telephones and other instrument used for railway communication.

The museum was established in the 1970s primarily to preserve a wide selection of the steam locomotives, which were then coming to the end of their useful lives on the 3ft 6in (1067mm) gauge railways of the Indonesian State Railway (the Perusahaan Negara Kereta Api, PNKA). These are parked in the open air next to the original station, originally a transhipment point between the 4ft 8 in gauge branch from Kedungjati to the northeast and the 3ft 6in gauge line onward towards Yogyakarta via Magelang to the south. It is still possible to see that the two sides of the station were built to accommodate different size trains. Ambarawa lays some way above sea level and was an administrative centre for the Dutch colonialists. Now the provincial Government of Central Java is increasingly taking an interest from the point of view of its heritage significance and its potential as a tourist attraction. Non-Governmental bodies like the Semarang Heritage Society are also acting to assist and there is also an unofficial overseas group 'The Friends of Ambarawa Railway Museum'.

gajahmungkur Dam

This Gigantic picturesque dam is located about 3 km from the town of Wonogiri. The water supply of the dam is from Bengawan Solo River, the longest river in Java. Its construction was in 1975 until 1981. The lake of the dam covers an area of 8.800 ha and has capacity to irrigate 23.600 ha of rice fields in the regencies of Klaten, Sukoharjo, Karanganyar and Sragen. It supplies the drinking water for Wonogiri and electrical turbine with capacity of 12,4 M.W. This is also a beautiful place for water recreation. There is a pier for boots to take people around the lake and also available facilities for water skiing, fishing and floating restaurant. The hand-gliding sport can be enjoyed here.

There, we can find Sendang recreation park that located at the bank of Gajah Mungkur dam, about 6 km from the town center of Wonogiri town to the South. The visitor can enjoy boating, fishing, water skiing, swimming or engage in hang gliding sport which starts from a hill near the dam.

sukuh temple

Sukuh temple is located in Berjo Village, Argoyoso district, in the slope of mount Lawu 35 Km east of Solo at a height about 910 m above sea level. The temple stretches from the east to the west with the main gate in the west. Sukuh Temple is decorated with wayang stone carvings of Hindu origin, the only erotic temple in Java. The stepped pyramid is like the ones in South America of the Maya culture. The temples are distinctive compared with other ancient temples in Central Java such as Borobudur and Prambanan, and its uniqueness lies in the landscaping, statuettes, and relief. The temples occupy an 11,000m2 area and consist of three terraces, each connected with an ascending alley. The most influential part is the last terrace, at the very back of the compound. At this very sacred area, once erected a homogenous phallic statue, which is now displayed at the National Museum, Jakarta. Another interesting and controversial factor of this historical site is the artistic relief on its floor, which depict male and female organs symbolizing the birth of life. This kind of construction is common in prehistoric time, especially in the megalithic era of pundan berundak (terrace grave). The temple consist of three terraces, the first terrace is the lowest level, followed by the second and the third above it. The terrace are connected with stairs to each other, each of it has an entrance gate. The temple has believed to be constructed in the 15th century during the declining years of Majapahit Empire. The relief found beside the first gate are believed had mean (sengkalan) reads Gapura Buta Aban Wong and Gapura Buta Anahut Bubut, meaning the year of 1359 saka or 1437 AD.