Tasikmalaya
Tasikmalaya is a landlocked city in West Java, Indonesia.
Tasikmalaya is a landlocked city in West Java, Indonesia. The city is sometimes dubbed kota santri or "the City of a Thousand Pesantrens" for its abundance of Islamic boarding schools. Located around 120 kilometres (75 mi) southeast from the provincial capital of Bandung, Tasikmalaya is passed by Indonesian National Route 3.
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Worth seeing in and around Tasikmalaya
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Indonesia University of Education
Indonesia University of Education is a public university in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It was established in 1954 as Teachers Education College.
3.8 km · national university in West Java, Indonesia · Wikipedia - 02Siliwangi University
Siliwangi University is a public university in Tasikmalaya, West Java. The name of the university is derived from a royal figure in Sunda Kingdom, King Siliwangi of Pajajaran.
4.7 km · university in Tasikmalaya, Indonesia · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Kampung Naga
- 02Makam Pamijahan
Bantarkalong district (about 45 km south of Tasik city).
- 03Situ Gede
Mangkubumi district (on the western side of Tasik city).
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Things to do
- 01Mount Galunggung
The Galunggung volcano (about 2,200 m high) is towering over Tasikmalaya on its western side.
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Where to 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.
- 01Nasi Tutug Oncom
A simple establishment selling 'nasi tutug oncom', but one of the most popular of the city.
- 02Abon Haji Dudu Eci
A well-known producer of 'abon': a dried beef product.
- 03Mie Bakso Siliwangi
Simple but popular: noodles and meat balls.
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Getting to Tasikmalaya
- Airports
- Halim Perdanakusuma (HLP), 186 km · Yogyakarta (YIA), 215 km · Soekarno-Hatta (CGK), 216 km
- Stations
- Tasikmalaya Airport, 6.3 km · Tasikmalaya railway station, 3 km
- Jakarta → Tasikmalaya196 km · quickest by road, 4h 11m · Rp154,000–205,000
- Yogyakarta → Tasikmalaya242 km · quickest by road, 4h 52m · Rp171,000–228,000
- Semarang → Tasikmalaya246 km · quickest by road, 5h 22m · Rp188,000–250,000
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Tasikmalaya
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Tasikmalaya. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundTravel around the city by using available angkot (public minivans) to take you to several places in Tasikmalaya.
- Get aroundOther options to get around include becak (cycle rickshaw) and delman (horse carriage).
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Next door to Tasikmalaya
- Sukaramedistrict in Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia8.6 km