Kampung Batik Kauman

Armed with the expertise provided Kasunanan Surakarta Sultanate Palace, now people Kauman can produce work that is directly related batik batik motifs that are often used by the family palaces. During its development, the art of batik, which is in Kampung kauman can be differentiated into three forms of batik, which is a classic batik motif grip (batik), pure batik stamp, and the model of a combination of written and stamped. Batik patterned grip is heavily influenced by the art of batik Kasunanan Palace is an excellent product Kauman Kampung Batik. Kampung Batik products are made using the batik Kauman natural silk and silk weaving, and cotton type primisima.
The village has an 20-30 home industry is a subscription hereditary buyers and tourists (Japan, Europe, Southeast Asia, and the United States). Batik is inherited from the ancestors of Keraton Surakarta and evolve to the present.For tourists are offered an easy transaction, looking at first the process of making batik at home, sometimes we even offered to try for themselves how to make it. Other facilities include the presence of the lodge in the vicinity of this village, making it easier for tourists who want to be closer to know this village while learning the art of batik.

In addition to batik products, Kampung Batik Kauman also enclosed in a historic building houses joglo, pyramid, colonial, and the combination of Javanese and colonial architecture. The buildings in the past that has remained firm amid towering modern architecture shopping centers, financial institutions (banking and foreign exchange), homestay and hotel that is widely available around the village Kauman. Support facilities around the village is clearly Kauman easiness for all the tourists who visit in meeting other needs outside of batik.


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Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia

Kampung Batik Laweyan

Laweyan Kampung Batik is one of the tourist areas are intentionally provided by the government of Solo to invite foreign and domestic tourists to see Batik. Laweyan Kampung Batik Batik is rated as regional centers in Solo and has existed since the time of the royal Pajang 1546 tahunn M. This region had achieved prominence in the 1970s.

Laweyan Village is designed with an integrated concept, utilizing a land area of ​​approximately 24 ha consisting of 3 blocks. In the village Batik, there are hundreds of batik artisans who sell a variety of motifs, such as Tirto Tejo and Truntum with a variety of price variations. In addition to batik, Batik Village Laweyan also store a wealth of ancient Javanese architecture.

In the area there Laweyan Kampung Laweyan, Tegalsari, Tegalayu, batikan, and Jongke, whose inhabitants are a lot of batik producers and traders, since the beginning until now. This is where the founding of the Islamic Trade Syarekat, the first trade association founded by the indigenous batik producers and traders, in 1912.

Former glory of the old days native batik merchants commonly called 'Gal Gendhu' can be seen from the relics of his palatial home. In this area, they did show glory by competing to build a luxurious mansion with beautiful architecture.
Roads impassable region Laweyan Dr. Rajiman, who was in the shaft Kasunanan Surakarta Palace - the former palace of Mataram in Kartasura. From the Road Dr. Rajiman this, many see the high walls that cover the large houses, with a large wooden gate called Regol. At first glance not very interesting, and many were dull. But once Regol opened, then the building seemed mansion with beautiful architecture. Usually consists of the main building in the center, building a wing on each side, and building support behind him, as well as an extensive front page.

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Pasar Klithikan Notoharjo

Notoharjo market was built in 2006 by the City Government of Surakarta. This market is located in Kalurahan Semanggi Kliwon Market District, city of Surakarta, on an area of ​​1.800m2. Klithikan Notoharjo built to accommodate Market vendors diarea Banjarsari 45 Monument Park, amounting to 909 traders.

Notoharjo market better known by the name Klithikan Market because that market as a place for sidewalk vendors who sell a variety of used goods such as electronics, clothing, mobile phones, vehicle spare parts and other items. This market is quite unique because here visitors can find second-hand goods traders with creativity then the goods are recovered.

although secondhand goods are sold here but it's still very good and the price is cheaper than other places if you can negotiate the price

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Gladag Langen Bogan (Galabo)

Gladag Langen Bogan is a culinary evening in the city of Solo, which was inaugurated on Sunday night 13 April 2008. The presence of night sights Gladag Langen Bogan culinary further strengthen the city of Solo as famous as the city that never sleeps.
Gladag Langen Bogan culinary Solo is an arena that only opened at night, located east of the roundabout Gladag, precisely in JL. Major Sunaryo front Beteng Wholesale Trade Center and the Center for Solo. next UTRA adjacent to historic sites Beteng Vastenburg. If the day fixed as a highway, while at night the road was closed for the culinary arena


Every night is always filled with visitors from the community baikm Solo as well as those coming from outside the city of the curious solo with culinary wiasata tonight, Gladag Langen Bogan is one of the new selection as one tourist destination in the city of Solo. This night hawker center offers a wide assortment of traditional foods and beverages that have been typical in the legendary city of Solo.
Community and tourists can find easily a variety of foods and beverages such as thengkleng, beggar satay, noodles thoprak, wedang round, wedang dongo, and much more in Gladag Langen Bogan held along the main street and the front of the Solo Wholesale Center Beteng Gladag Trade Center.
Hawker center malaam Gladag Langen Bogan imenutup main traffic flow path. The culinary connoisseur can visit while enjoying the atmosphere of the city of Solo in the evening with a walk along Gladag North Square. On weekends, not just the typical food and drink on offer here, live music offerings can also be enjoyed by visitors with free of charge and the presence of hotspots.

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Pusat Grosir Solo (PGS)

Solo Wholesale Center (PGS) is a shopping center located in downtown Surakarta, namely in the area Gladag. The merchants of the PGS serves both the wholesale purchase and retail for a variety of clothing products, especially batik in Solo. PGS is one of the shopping center is quite large and complete batik in Solo.
Shopping in PGS is not just buying and selling transactions. The uniqueness typical atmosphere of a traditional textile market is packed with modern facilities and excellent service, providing a memorable shopping experience for visitors. Traditional textile market place anywhere, always identical with the feel of a "solid". The corridors are full of products traders, aroma typical batik, clothing and fabrics are hung here and there, is Susana shopping that can not be felt elsewhere. Dense and crowded but still secure, because PGS is equipped with a building professional security personnel as well as in helping with CCTV cameras placed in various corners of the building. Unique atmosphere not only be found in the building, but also in the atmosphere created by friendliness of human-human interaction in it. Visitors were free to bargain for goods to be bought.


As well as cultural attractions, the city of Solo is also famous as a tourist shopping. Because it is between sightseeing and shopping, of course can not be separated. The need for a souvenir for the people closest to when someone goes sightseeing seemed to have become an unwritten obligation. To his own city of Solo, a large selection of souvenirs that can be taken home by tourists, but the most typical of this city certainly is batik. Visiting Solo, was not complete if not bring home a souvenir batik. Batik in its development not only appear as the official clothing only. Now it appears more casual batik fashion so that it can be used in a variety of more relaxed atmosphere. Batik is also not only applied to a shirt and blouse, but many variations of products. Today, tourists can easily find a variety of batik as varisasi, bed cover, mukena, ladies handbags, purses, school bags, shorts, where hp, laptop bags, key chains, vases, accessories women, paintings and cool tshirt tshirt-patterned batik there is.

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