Magelang

Magelang is an administrative and military academy city in the mountains in Central Java province in Indonesia.

By plane or train
The nearest airport and train station are in Jogja, away, or in Semarang.

By bus
From Yogyakarta, you can get to Magelang by bus for about Rp35,000. The trip takes an hour. Buses are also available from Semarang and other major cities in Java like Solo, Surabaya, and Jakarta. Buses stop at.

By taxi
The basic price is Rp5,000 and Rp2,500 per km. You can also get around by bus, minibus, horse cart, or by pedicab.

Stone carvings




Food souvenirs
Pick up some getuk (GUH-took) for the folks back home, a sweet delicacy made from cassava and sugar. Steamed, coloured, and topped with grated coconut. Getuk Trio has three differently-coloured layers: yellow, pink, and brown. Also, slondok, is a cracker made from cassava and spices.

Eat


If it has been one of those days, and you can't think whether you want to eat rice or noodles, just have both. Nasi Magelangan (NAH-see mah-GUH-lang-an), or rice in the Magelang style, is a mixture of fried rice and fried noodles, for that fried carb on fried carb hit. Widely available across the region, it is also known as nasi ruwet (NAH-see ROO-wuht) or 'complicated rice'.

Connect
The telephone area code of Magelang is 0293

North

 * Ambarawa and on to Semarang. If going by car, consider going via Salatiga over the shoulder of Mount Merbabu and the mountain village of Kopeng. Not much quicker but more scenic.
 * Temanggung

South

 * Yogyakarta.
 * Borobudur — an 8th-century Buddhist stupa and temple complex. One of the world's truly great ancient monuments, the single largest Buddhist structure anywhere on earth. Few who visit fail to be taken by both the scale of place, and the remarkable attention to detail that went into the construction. Set in the heart of the verdant Kedu Plain, the backdrop of mighty active volcanoes only enhances the sense of awe and drama. A UNESCO World Heritage Site.

East

 * Head to Solo via the Ketep Pass between Mount Merapi and Mount Merbabu, and Boyolali.
 * Mount Merbabu National Park