Friday 21 November 2008

The Gates to Yogyakarta

The enchantment of places where means of public transportation stop, be it airport, railway station or bus station is often neglected since many people hurriedly leave those places. Actually, you can enjoy much beauty of those gates to Yogyakarta if you spend more time for each corner of them. For the reason, bringing the theme of 'The Gates to Yogyakarta', Tour de Djokdja this week invites you to enjoy the hidden enchantment of those stops.

There are three main stops in Yogyakarta of which beauty you can enjoy, namely Tugu Railway Station, Adisucipto (or spelled as Adisutjipto) Airport , and Giwangan Bus Station. Tugu railway station offers building beauty and old train spare parts as well as the beautiful twilight scenery. Adisucipto International Airport invites you to remember the event of 29 July 1947 and the beautiful mountains of Pegunungan Seribu. Giwangan Bus Station, on the other hand, presents its fame as the biggest type A bus station in Indonesia.

Bon Voyage!

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Tugu Railway Station, One of the Oldest Train Stops in Indonesia
Tugu Railway Station that started to function as a train-stop in 1887 turns to have tourism potential. You can enjoy the grand, old building architecture; observe locomotive details, old crane and exotic twilight.
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Adisutjipto, an International Airport in Yogyakarta
Adisutjipto (or Adisucipto) airport of which width reaches 88,690 m2 has been affirmed as an international airport. The airport that is located in Maguwo area keeps both happy and sad stories.
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Giwangan, the Biggest Type-A Bus Station in Indonesia
Terminal GiwanganGiwangan bus station has been operating for 2 years. This biggest type-A terminal in Indonesia is a transit and stop place for buses from all big cities in Sumatra, Java, Bali, and Nusa Tenggara.

source : yogyes

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