Historical Tourism Object: Keraton Yogyakarta

Keraton Yogyakarta

Good evening, Travellers.

Holiday will come soonest.

So have you decided your trip yet?

Now, I’ll give you some references of travelling spots in Yogyakarta. One amazing spot that you cant missed out when you have your holiday in Yogyakarta is Keraton Yogyakarta. It is one of the tourism object which is located in the central city of Yogyakarta which become the real kingdom of Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat Sultanate. Since, Yogyakarta officially becomes one of the province of Indonesia, this keraton was still being used as the residen of the Yogyakarta palace family. Looking from it’s building, it is one of the best architecture of Javaness palace ever. It has a very luxury main royal hall, extension buildings  and very large field. This object  becomes one of the most favourite tourism object since there are so many history of Yogyakarta there. Inside the building there are some rooms which become the museum to save the historical objects, such as: sultanate collections includes gifts from European’s King, keratons’ heirloom miniatures, sultanates’ gold-cart, and gamelan. There are also some cultural inheritance things such as cultural ceremony and some ancient objects.

General Information

Keraton Yogyakarta was built by Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono I in 1755 after Perjanjian Giyanti. Historically, the location of this palace was the resthouse called Garjitawati. It was special resthouse for the group of people who want to bury Mataram’ King in Imogiri, Bantul. Another version said that this kingdom was one of the spring in the middle of Beringan forest which name was Umbul Pacethokan. Fisically, Yogyakarta Kings’ palace has seven main buildings, they are: Siti Hinggil Ler (North Royal Hall), Kamandhungan Ler (North Kamandhungan), Sri Manganti, Kedhaton, Kamagangan, Kamandhungan Kidul (South Kamandhungan), dan Siti Hinggil Kidul (South Royal Hall).

Gamelan at Keraton Yogyakarta

How to get there

Alright Guys, if you want to go to this wonderful object, it is very easy for you since it is located around 50 meters only from Malioboro Street (newest name: Margo Mulyo Street) and at the south side of Alun-Alun Utara Yogyakarta. If you drop in Tugu Train Station (now: Stasiun Besar Yogyakarta), you just need to walk to the south direction at Malioboro Street until you find Alun-Alun Utara and automatically you will be able to see this amazing object nearby. 

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                 Malioboro-The Exotic Object in the Central of Yogyakarta City

Ticketing

Keraton Yogyakarta opens daily at 8 am and will be closed at 2 pm, except on Friday it will be closed at 12 pm. Since this is the historical tourism object, the ticket is also not too expensive. For local visitors, it costs 7.000 IDR. While for foreign visitors, it costs 12.500 IDR. 

So Guys, if you have a trip in Jogja, before you go to Malioboro for shopping, don’t forget to go to this tourism object in order to enrich your experience of the history of Yogyakarta. Don’t forget to enjoy my next article about Taman Sari Water Castle and Have a nice holliday J