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Semarang
Capital and largest city of Central Java, Indonesia

Semarang

Semarang is the capital and largest city of Central Java province in Indonesia.

Plan a trip to Semarang→From Surakarta

It was a major port during the Dutch colonial era, and is still an important regional center and port today. The city has been named as the cleanest tourist destination in Southeast Asia by the ASEAN Clean Tourist City Standard (ACTCS) for 2020–2022.

Get in

Getting to Semarang

  1. 01
    Achmad Yani International Airport
  2. 02
    Tawang Station
  3. 03
    Poncol Station
  4. 04
    Mangkang Bus Terminal
Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Marina Beach

    Facilities: swimming pool, children's playground, beach volleyball, water sports.

  2. 02
    Taman Lele

    Facilities: children's playground & pool, cultural and art shows, also animal shows.

  3. 03
    Taman Puri Maerokoco

    Tawangmas PRPP, a Central Java Miniature like Indonesia Miniature of TMII (East Jakarta).

  4. 04
    Kampung Anggrek Sodong

    Purwosari, Mijen.

  5. 05
    Hutan Wisata Tinjomoyo

    A city forest with a lush atmosphere and an iconic suspension bridge.

  6. 06
    Maron Beach

    Do plane spotting there because the beach is located at the end of Ahmad Yani Airport runway.

Eat

Where to eat

Semarang's choice of foods is large as other cities, you can find Japanese, Italian, Thai, Korean, Indian, and more. Semarang has many special foods that cannot be found in other cities, including: Babat gongso, beef tripe in a sweet and spicy sauce. Badak sambel, a veggies fritter in a spicy peanut sauce. Empal kelem, beef in thick spiced gravy. Kue jongkong singkong, a cake made from grated cassava.

How locals move

Getting around Semarang the local way

  • Get aroundThere are plenty of minibuses (locally called angkot or daihatsu) serving other routes.
  • Get aroundThe route is normally written in the form of 'origin-destination' and sometimes with 'via' information if there is more than one minibus route with the same origin-destination but with a different path in between.
  • Get aroundThere are two kinds of minibuses, the orange-coloured ones travel longer routes, and the yellow ones travel shorter routes (e.g.
  • Go nextAlso, the jumping-off point to visit the copper-beating village of Cepogo and to investigate the pass between the volcanoes of Merapi and Merbabu Once in Solo, keep going further south and east, either up the slope of Mount Lawu to the magical high temples of Sukuh and Cetho, and then over into East Java, or towards the fantastic surfing beach of Watu Karung near Pacitan Slightly south of Semarang are some smaller hill towns easily reached in a day trip: Ungaran, Bandungan and Ambarawa Keep going further south to Magelang and Yogyakarta.

From Wikivoyage: Semarang, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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