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Kartasura

Kartasura is a district (kecamatan) in Sukoharjo Regency, Central Java, Indonesia.

Kartasura
Kartasura · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Kartasura is a district (kecamatan) in Sukoharjo Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. Kartasura is considered Surakarta's satellite city and a junction of highways to Yogyakarta and Semarang. It can be reached within minutes southward of Surakarta's Adisoemarmo International Airport.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Kartasura

10 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.

  1. 01
    Manahan Stadium

    Manahan Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. Manahan is the first stadium in Indonesia which hosts the biggest disabled sporting event in Southeast Asia, the 2011 ASEAN Para Games.

    3.1 km · Multi-purpose stadium in Surakarta, Indonesia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta

    Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta is a private university in Indonesia and one of the country's leading higher education institutions. Established in 1958, the university is located in Kartasura District, Sukoharjo Regency.

    2.3 km · University in Surakarta, located in Central Java · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Masjid Wustho Mangkunegaran

    Al-Wustho Mangkunegaran Mosque is a historic mosque located in the Central Javanese city of Surakarta, to the west of the Mangkunegaran Palace. The mosque is one of the three oldest mosques of Surakarta.

    4.1 km · mosque in Central Java · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Great Mosque of Surakarta

    The Great Mosque of Surakarta is an 18th-century Javanese mosque in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. It is the royal mosque of the Surakarta Sunanate.

    4.5 km · Mosque in Suakarta, Java, Indonesia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    National Press Monument

    The National Press Monument is a monument and museum to the national Indonesian press. Formally established in 1978, more than 20 years after it was first proposed, the monument is located in Surakarta, Central Java, and operated by the Ministry of Communications and Informatics.

    3.7 km · Monument and museum to press in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. A place where you can see a glimpse of the history of the development of the National press in Indonesia. · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Mangkunegaran Palace

    The Pura Mangkunegaran is a palace complex in the city of Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. It is the official palace and residence of the Duke of Mangkunegara and his family.

    4.2 km · palace in Indonesia. Royal residence since 1757, part of which is open to the public for touring historic displays. · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Surakarta

    The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Solo is a mosque in Solo, Indonesia, which is a smaller replica of the grand mosque in Abu Dhabi, the U.A.E. Built at a cost of US$ 20 million, it is named in honour of the UAE's founder, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.

    5 km · mosque in Indonesia · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Radya Pustaka Museum

    Radya Pustaka Museum is a museum in Surakarta, Indonesia. Established in 1890, it is the second oldest museum in Indonesia.

    3.3 km · This museum was founded in the Kepatihan palace on October 28, 1890. The Radya Pustaka Museum has a collection consisting of various kinds of statues, traditional heirlooms, shadow puppets and ancient books. · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Laweyan Mosque

    Laweyan Mosque is a historic mosque located in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. The mosque was constructed in the 16th century, during the reign of Joko Tingkir of the Sultanate of Pajang, prior to the construction of the Great Mosque of Surakarta.

    800 m · Indonesian mosque · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Tien Kok Sie Temple

    Tien Kok Sie Temple is a Chinese temple in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. Tien Kok Sie Temple is used by practitioners of three religions: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, though it is currently visited mostly by Buddhists.

    5.1 km · temple in Surakarta, Indonesia · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Kartasura

Airports
Adisoemarmo (SOC), 7 km · Jenderal Ahmad Yani (SRG), 81 km · Yogyakarta (YIA), 88 km
Stations
Solo Balapan railway station, 4.4 km · Purwosari railway station, 1.8 km · Gawok railway station, 4.8 km · Solo Kota railway station, 5.6 km
  • Semarang → Kartasura
    71 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · Rp51,850–69,100
  • Yogyakarta → Kartasura
    50 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · Rp32,850–43,800
  • Surabaya → Kartasura
    225 km · quickest by road, 4h 20m · Rp157,000–210,000
  • From anywhere
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Kartasura

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 Kartasura. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inYou will arrive at: From Jepara, multiple companies have minibus to Solo like Bejeu and Rimbaraya.
  • Get inabout Rp 120,000, 5h duration, multiple times a day but if after ferry, only departure around 17:45.
  • Get aroundThe ojek ride-sharing service, such as Go-jek and Grab, are available in Solo, with booking through an app.
  • Go nextThe easiest is by car, or charter a taxi (approx.

From Wikivoyage: Solo, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
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    Nusa PenidaID

    8 ways of moving, 25 sources

    538 km
  2. 02
    Gili IslandsID

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    587 km
  3. 03
    Tanjung Pinang and BintanID

    9 ways of moving, 49 sources

    1,177 km
  4. 04
    Tanjung Balai KarimunID

    11 ways of moving, 14 sources

    1,264 km
  5. 05
    Anambas IslandsID

    10 ways of moving, 23 sources

    1,293 km

If you know how people move in Kartasura – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Kartasura

Kartasura is 5 km from Surakarta, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Surakartacity in Central Java Province, Indonesia3.5 km
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  • Pasar Kliwondistrict in Surakarta City, Central Java Province, Indonesia5.5 km
  • Pasarkliwonsubdistrict in Surakarta City, Central Java, Indonesia5.2 km