Showing posts with label Travelling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Travelling. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Kenjeran Beach

Kenjeran beach is one of the oldest attractions in Surabaya is located in the supervision kempat east of Surabaya. This beach is perfect for those who want to watch the sunrise panorama.


In tourist areas Kenjeran Beach, visitors can enjoy the atmosphere in addition to and overlooking the beach, can also try the various games provided a vehicle and rent a traditional boats to carry visitors to enjoy the fresh sea air and the sight of land amid the sea of sand.

For gifts of handicraft items, available souvenir stalls selling typical souvenirs such as handicrafts and seafood curtain made of shells, decorative glass from the frame by frame marine animals, and many more things - it's unique seafood. For visitors who want to enjoy eating and drinking, available food stalls serving food vendors with such typical Lontong Kupang, Sate Scallops, Lontong Balap, and Young Coconut ice. Besides, there are also snacks and seafood as a typical local lorjuk, cucumbers, eggplant crackers, and others who deserve to be a souvenir for family and friends. 
On the south side of the beach area, there is the Great Studios, the means of worship for Buddhists. In the Great Studios, there is a statue of Buddha Four Front, which is the highest statue in Indonesia and the statue of Goddess Kwam Im Po Sat  background Kenjeran sea coast. Other facilities located in the region was the arena of sports and motocross riding. 

To get to the location Kenjeran Beach, transportation is very easy to come by people who want to travel is just one of the city transportation rose Red Bridge Terminal, while the visitors a motorcycle or a car, provided a large parking area and safe, so visitors can relax and enjoy the beach with a calm atmosphere.


Surabaya Zoo

Surabaya Zoo is one of the resorts are quite popular. Surabaya Zoo is located at Jalan Setail 1, Surabaya is other than as a place for family recreation facilities as well as educational tours.


Surabaya Zoo was first established by decree of Governor General of Dutch East Indies on August 31, 1916 No. 40 under the name "Soerabaiasche Plant-en Dierentuin" or the Botanical Gardens and Exhibition Center on the services of a journalist named HFK Kommer who has a hobby collecting animals.
Surabaya Zoo which has an area of + 15 acres and a shady trees and a house of various animals are labeled as carrying the most complete zoo in Indonesia with 400 species and 3500 amounted to a good tail coming from domestic or from abroad. Now, Surabaya Zoo previously only to a place of recreation function has been developed as a means of protection, conservation, education, and research.


Jembatan Merah (Red Bridge)

Red Bridge (in Indonesian is Jembatan Merah) is a historic monument in Surabaya, East Java, which left as is. At the time of the VOC, the Red Bridge to be considered important and the most vital means of communication that starts from the River House Kalimas into the current residency is not a trace.


Regions around the Red Bridge is a commercial area that began to develop as a result of an agreement between Pakubuwono II of the VOC of Mataram Kingdom on 11 November 1743 that one of the Surabaya berbuunyi contents into the area so that the VOC control in the area around Red Bridge there are still indicators trade activities.

Physical changes occur around the year 1980 when the bridge guardrail is originally made of wood transformed into steel. Currently, the condition of Red Bridge which has undergone the change is not balanced with environmental factors are ignored. As a missal that is the number of garbage in the river making the river water becomes turbid. Government and society should be able to Surabaya City Red Bridge hygiene because the Red Bridge is one of the historic sites and tourist attractions in the city of Surabaya.

Tugu Pahlawan Monument

Tugu Pahlawan monument located in front of the East Java governor's office, which is at Jalan Pahlawan, Surabaya. Nail-shaped monument upside is as high as 40.50 meters was built on an area of 2.5 hectares, which is the former office of the Raad van Justite or the High Court building in the Dutch colonial era and called Kenpetai building at the time of Japanese occupation, where the building is used for Kenpetai prosecute, punish, and held Indonesian fighters. At the time the Battle of Surabaya broke out, the building was occupied by the youth of Surabaya and the center of the struggle. Finally, this building was destroyed by Allied artillery fire.


The first stone laying of Tugu Pahlawan pembangnan conducted by the First President of the Republic of Indonesia Ir. Soekarno on November 10, 1951 and was also inaugurated by the President of the First Republic of Indonesia, Ir. Soekarno one year later on 10 November 1952 to commemorate the history of the struggle of the heroes in the battle of 10 November 1945 in Surabaya.

To support the Tugu Pahlawan heroes monument and the complete history of the facility, the Museum of the Struggle of Ten was established November 1945. Entering the Tugu Pahlawan monument area there are huge gate called the Gate Bentar. All around there are reliefs depicting the struggle of the Indonesian events began before independence until after independence, the statue of Soekarno-Hatta proclaimed, and statues of the struggle of the battle 10 November 1945.
In the museum there is a collection of weapons, both the Allied and the Japanese side that is used in the battle of 10 November 1945. There is also the Hall of Fame, group sculpture, a collection of photographs, historic collections of Bung Tomo, some settings are summarized significant events in the eight dioramas showing films dn static battle of 10 November 1945 are summarized in electronic dioramas. Inside the museum, visitors can also listen to speeches Bung Tomo fiery to raise people's morale in the face of the Allied ultimatum.

Museum admission:
1. The average (adults / children): Rp. 2,000
2. Group (minimum 30 people) get a discount of 10-15%

Schedule of visits:
1. Tuesday - Thursday: 08.00 - 15.30 WIB
2. Friday: 08.00 - 14.30 WIB
3. Saturday - Sunday: 08.00 - 13.00 WIB
4. Museums close Monday

Taman Prestasi (Achievements Park)

Taman Prestasi or Achievements Park is located on the Ketabang Kali street , precisely at the back of the building located Grahadi State on the Gubernur Suryo road, Surabaya. Taman Prestasi or Achievements Park open every day from 06.00 to 21.00 pm and crowded visited by tourists on Saturday and Sunday. 


Achievement Park was inaugurated August 20, 1995 by the Chairman of Team PKK East Java province, Hj. Marie Basofi Sudirman. Called Performance Park as the park was built in mock-imitation of the awards received by the City Government of Surabaya on his success in the development programs of the city, including Tata Nugraha Vehicle Awards (Traffic Setup Program), the World Habitat Award (Residence Program), Kampoeng Improvement Award (Urban Environment Setup Program), etc. 

The park is managed entirely Surabaya City Tourism Office. Various facilities built to pamper its visitors, especially children and adolescents, including the stage which is a good place to develop talent and creativity of children and adolescents, train rabbits, bath balls, saddle horses, kids car, vellodrome, board skating, and that the mainstay of all these facilities are boat tours that have the Garden Route Achievement - Submarine Memorial Park Round trip and achievements - which Siola Round trip boating visitors can enjoy the scenery around the Kalimas River. In addition, visitors can also enjoy the beauty, coolness and fresh air are produced by both plants and ornamental plants traditional medicinal plants found in this tourist area so be one of the alternative attractions of cheap but can be a healthy body and soul of visitors. 

Visitor facilities located in Achievement Park, among others, Bathrooms and toilets are quite representative, as well as areas with ample parking along the Ketabang Kali  road and food and beverage vendors are quite tempting the visitors who have been around in the park and gardens Achievements children's play.

Monday, November 9, 2009

Ampel

Ampel is one of the religious angle in the City of Surabaya, which is complex, mosque and cemetery. One of them is the tomb of Sunan Ampel who every day visited by pilgrims always crowded, especially on the Great Haul of Sunan Ampel, the ceremony commemorating the death of Sunan Ampel. The activity itself is the Great Haul of Tahlil Akbar


, public lectures, khataman Al-Quran, pilgrimage, Sholawat prophets, and the stage tambourine.
Ampel Mosque is located in Jalan Ampel Suci or 53 Ampel Mosque is the legacy of Sunan Ampel (one one of the nine propagator of Islam in Java in the 14-15 century AD, or better known as Wali Songo). Sunan Ampel have a child who is also a propagator of Islam, namely Sunan Bonang (Tuban) and Sunan Drajat (Lamongan). In the mosque complex also contains many historical relic of the Sunan Ampel like drum, kris, and so on.
All around the mosque complex, visitors can get a variety of goods such as perfumes, prayer tools, beads, skull cap, baju muslim, religious books, VCDs Islam, and others. In addition, the area known as the denta Ampel was the center of a dish culinary tour with Middle Eastern foods such as bread gule with Mariam, martabak Egypt, kebuli rice, kebabs, syawarma, and also various types of dates can be found here. Unique atmosphere full of nuances of Arabic and religion will seem so visitors entering the region, especially in the holy month of Ramadan.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Surabaya = city of heroes

surabaya is the second largest metropolis after Jakarta. city of heroes called the city can also be used as an alternative for your vacation. various shopping and culinary can be found in every corner of the city surabaya. Object tours, shopping, religious are available in surabaya, among others:


Surabaya Zoo
located on the street setail no.1, surabaya. which also features endangered species in Indonesia and worldwide. besides besebagai vacation center, surabaya zoo is a park with a primary function of conducting the business of conservation and breeding treatment different types of animals as a means of protection and conservation.

Cheng Ho Mosque
Mosque with nuances of China, located in gading road no.2, surabaya. mosque which is a mixture of Arabs and china which resembles a pagoda. you can see the uniqueness of this mosque which is relief of dragons, lions, with the pronunciation of god in arabic letters on top of the pagoda.



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