Local Attractions

Space Roastery 1890 is a specialty coffee shop on the south side of Yogyakarta, but it is worth visiting for the building alone. It occupies Ndalem Pembayun, a Javanese house built in 1890, and the coffee arrives with a heavy dose of Javanese culture. Here is what makes the place unusual. Coffee in a Historic … Read more

Lava Tour Merapi is one of Yogyakarta’s signature day trips: a jeep ride across the slopes of Mount Merapi, the most active volcano in Indonesia. It draws visitors who want to understand the 2010 eruption and see what it left behind. The route takes in historical sites, viewpoints and wide views of the mountain. What … Read more

Gua Pindul sits in Bejiharjo village, Karangmojo district, in the Gunungkidul regency southeast of Yogyakarta. It is one of the best known day trips in the region, and the draw is cave tubing: floating through an underground river on an inner tube, looking up at stalactites as you drift. It pulls Indonesian and foreign visitors … Read more