Jogjakarta

Hotels and resorts in Jogjakarta (also known as Yogyakarta or Jogja)

	Amanjiwo - Aman Resorts in Central Java Amanjiwo, which means peaceful soul and opened in 1997 is fashioned out of limestone and takes its inspiration from the surrounding culture of Central Java. Amanjiwo is constructed from paras yogya – the local limestone.
	Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta Resort and Spa boast 241 Rooms and 17 Suites and the largest convention facilities in Yogyakarta, with theatre seating for up to 1800 people. All rooms are elegantly appointed and designed to meet your every need.
	Hyatt Regency Hyatt Regency Yogyakarta is situated in the scenic outskirts of north-western Yogyakarta, set in 24 hectares of beautifully landscaped gardens. Hyatt Regency provides a wide range of services guaranteed to satisfy the needs of the most discerning guests.

Jogjakarta (Yogyakarta)

Yogyakarta (also Jogjakarta or Jogja) is a city and province on the island of Java, Indonesia. It is the only province in Indonesia that is still formally governed by a precolonial Sultanate, the Sultanate of Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat. The city is known as a center of classical Javanese fine art and culture such as batik, ballet, drama, music, poetry and puppet shows. It is also famous as a center for Indonesian higher education. The official name of the Yogyakarta province is Special Region of Yogyakarta

At Yogyakarta's center is the kraton, or Sultan's palace. Surrounding the kraton is a densely-populated residential neighborhood that occupies land that was formerly the Sultan's sole domain; evidence of this former use remains in the form of old walls and the ruined "Water Castle"(tamansari), built in 1758 as a pleasure garden. No longer used by the sultan, the garden had been largely abandoned,and was used for housing by palace employees and descendants. Reconstruction efforts began in 2004, and an effort to renew the neighborhood around the kraton has begun.

While the city sprawls in all directions from the kraton, the core of the modern city is to the north, site of a few buildings with distinctive Dutch colonial-era architecture, and the contemporary commercial district. Jalan Malioboro, with rows of sidewalk vendors and nearby market and malls, is the primary shopping street for tourists in the city, while Jalan Solo, further north, is a shopping district more frequented by locals. At the southern end of Malioboro, on the east side is the large local market of Beringharjo, not far from Fort Vredeburg a restored Dutch fort.

Yogyakarta's airport is Adisucipto International Airport. The city is located on one of the two major railway lines across Java between Jakarta /Bandung and Surabaya. It has two passenger railway stations, Tugu is the major intercity station. The other is Lempuyangan. The city has an extensive system of public city buses, and is a major destination for inter-city buses to elsewhere on Java or Bali, as well as taxis, andong, and becak. Motorbikes are by far the most commonly-used personal transportation, but an increasing number of residents own automobiles.