Mataram
Mataram is a capital city of the Indonesian province of West Nusa Tenggara.
Mataram is a capital city of the Indonesian province of West Nusa Tenggara. The city is surrounded on all the landward sides by West Lombok Regency and lies on the western side of the island of Lombok, Indonesia. It is also the largest city of the province, and had a population of 402,843 at the 2010 Census and 429,651 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as of mid 2025 was 448,780 .
The city is an economic, cultural, and education center of the province. It hosts all public universities in the province, the main airport, and also main government offices. Greater Mataram Area or sometimes also called Gumi Rinjani Metropolitan Area is a metropolitan area surrounding the city with a total population of around 3 million people as of 2015, making it one of the largest metropolitan areas in the Lesser Sunda Islands along with the Denpasar metropolitan area in Bali.
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Worth seeing in and around Mataram
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.
- 01University of Mataram
The University of Mataram is a public university in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. It was established on October 1, 1962.
2.7 km · public university in Indonesia · Wikipedia - 02Pura Lingsar
Pura Lingsar is a Balinese temple built by Anak Agung Ngurah of Karangasem in 1714, located 15 km from Mataram. Lingsar originates from the sasak language and means "clear revelation from God".
7 km · Balinese temple in Indonesia · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Mayura Park
A historic garden and water palace dating from the 18th century, built during the period of Balinese rule in western Lombok.
- 02Narmada Park
A historic royal garden and retreat built in the 18th century.
- 03Museum Negeri Nusa Tenggara Barat
- 04Masjid Raya Hubbul Wathan
- 05Lingsar Temple
One of the most unusual religious sites on Lombok, Lingsar is a Hindu temple complex built beside Kemaliq, a sacred site associated with the Sasak Wetu Telu tradition.
- 06Meru Temple
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Things to do
Jalan Udayana. There is a long strip of warungs and small food stalls lining both sides of the road near the airport between Jalan Gilli Gede and Jalan Adi Sucipto. The area is very popular at night especially on the weekends and is a very popular destination for couples who appreciate both lack of bright lighting and the opportunity to stroll or sit in the lineal parks that line the road on both sides.
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Where to eat
Mataram is one of the best places in Lombok to try local food. Look for ayam taliwang (small grilled chicken with a hot chilli and spice paste), plecing kangkung (water spinach with spicy tomato-chilli sambal), beberuk terong (eggplant with fresh chilli and tomato), sate rembiga (spicy beef skewers), sate bulayak (grilled meat served with rice cakes and spicy sauce) and nasi balap puyung, a spicy rice dish topped…
- 01Dua Em Bersaudara
Famed for the best ayam taliwang in Lombok.
- 02Bubur ayam 43
Hos Cokroaminoto No.43, Monjok Bar., Kec.
- 03Warung
Hos Cokroaminoto No.32, Monjok Tim., Kec.
- 04Blusky Pizza
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Getting to Mataram
- Airports
- Lombok (LOP), 26 km · Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai (DPS), 106 km
- Stations
- Selaparang Airport, 3.5 km
- Kuta, Badung → Mataram104 km · quickest by ferry, 5h 59m · Rp211,250–608,350
- Surabaya → Mataram399 km · quickest by air, 5h 16m · Rp1,060,840–1,645,260
- Makassar → Mataram529 km · quickest by air, 5h 27m · Rp1,167,620–1,811,020
- 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 Mataram
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 Mataram. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere are ferries every 90 minutes or so, 24 hours a day, from Padang Bai on Bali, with the trip taking 4-5 hours.
- Get inYou can take a bemo from Lembar Harbour to Mataram during daylight hours.
- Get inIt is also possible to access Mataram from Denpasar, which is a 4- to 5-hour drive plus ferries.
- Get aroundBemos run many set routes in and around Mataram, Ampenan and Cakranegara.
- Get aroundBemo can sometimes be crowded and may stop and start frequently to pick up and set down passengers or to tout for business.
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Next door to Mataram
- Narmadadistrict in West Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia9.3 km