Tasikmalaya

Tasikmalaya is a city and regency in the East Parahyangan region, in the south east of Western Java in Indonesia.

Understand
The city of Tasikmalaya has a population of about 716,000 (2020). The city is surrounded by the regency of Tasikmalaya. The city is also known simply as Tasik, which means 'sea' or 'lake' in Sundanese.

By car
Tasikmalaya is on Java's southern route (National Road 3) between the city of Bandung and Central Java. To get to Tasik from Bandung, you will need to take the road over the Nagreg mountain pass. The journey takes about 2.5 to 3 hours if traffic conditions are good. However, serious traffic congestion is common on the mountain pass road.

By bus
The main bus terminal of Tasik is on the northwestern side of the city. There are very frequent buses from various bus terminals in Jakarta, including at least hourly buses from Kampung Rambutan terminal in East Jakarta as well as Lebak Bulus terminal in South Jakarta. There are also very frequent buses during daytime from Bandung's Cicaheum terminal. In Bandung, it is also an option to wait for buses to Tasik at the Cileunyi toll gate, as all buses from Jakarta pass there.

While buses from Jakarta and Bandung are the most frequent, there also regular buses (at least several per day) from Cirebon, Yogyakarta, and Semarang, and from towns and cities nearby, such as Kuningan, Ciamis, Banjar, and Pangandaran. Finally, there are daily buses from the port of Merak as well as from Surabaya.

By train
is on the northern side of the city centre. The station is served by 6 economy class trains per day from Bandung (Kiaracondong station), of which two begin in Jakarta. In addition, there are six business and/or executive class trains per day from Bandung (central station). In the other direction, the trains have various destinations throughout Central and East Java, including four daily trains from Surabaya.

By plane
There is only one flight per day to visit Tasikmalaya from Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport, Jakarta.

Get around
Travel around the city by using available angkot (public minivans) to take you to several place in Tasikmalaya. Other options to get around include becak (cycle rickshaw) and delman (horse carriage).

Do

 * Mt galunggung volcanic crater.jpg

Buy

 * Wood Craft - Find the traditional wood craft from Tasikmalaya at Rajapolah, a well known Wood Craft Tourism district located at northern part of Tasikmalaya.
 * Payung Tasik - An umbrella ala Tasikmalaya.
 * Bordir Tasik - Traditional embroidery made in Tasikmalaya, can be found at Kawalu district.

Eat
A traditional type of food from Tasik is nasi tutug oncom, which is rice mixed with 'oncom' (fermened soy bean tailings) that is fried or grilled.

Sleep
There are many hotels in Tasikmalaya to choose from. There is a cheap hotel, Merdeka, right down the road by the train station. Hotel Aden is also quite cheap at around 50,000 per night.

Go next

 * Garut — town known for volcanic hot springs, on the other side of the Galunggung volcano.
 * Pangandaran — a beach town to the southeast, popular among both locals and foreign tourists.