Hotel Jogja http://hoteljogja.net Hotel Jogja Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:10:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Qorinah Day Spa And Salon Yogyakarta In Javanese Atmosphere http://hoteljogja.net/best-travel-place/qorinah-day-spa-and-salon-yogyakarta-in-javanese-atmosphere/ http://hoteljogja.net/best-travel-place/qorinah-day-spa-and-salon-yogyakarta-in-javanese-atmosphere/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:10:09 +0000 regina http://hoteljogja.net/?p=1804 Qorinah Day Spa And Salon Yogyakarta In Javanese Atmosphere is a post from: Hotel Jogja

]]> Qorinah Day Spa And Salon Yogyakarta will meet the women’s need of a treatment center that offers private atmosphere. Because women long for being healthy, fit, and beautiful, so regular treatment is certainly needed to maintain those condition. Since this salon is special for ladies only, it guarantees their privacy. Qorinah Day Spa And Salon Yogyakarta offers various treatment packages for hair, face, body, hand, and feet with good service from skillful therapists and stylists.

Qorinah Day Spa And Salon Yogyakarta

Qorinah Day Spa And Salon Yogyakarta

Some Most Favorite Packages in Qorinah Day Spa And Salon Yogyakarta

Some most favorite packages in Qorinah Day Spa And Salon Yogyakarta are Javanese Whitening Program, Totok Wajah plus Masker Yoghurt, and Hot Oil with VCO. Javanese Whitening Program is a 2.5 hour treatment package consists of Bengkoang (a kind of tuber) Scrub – Body Massage – Bengkoang Mask – Aromatherapy Milk Bath. Meanwhile, Totok Wajah plus Masker Yoghurt (Face Treatment with Yoghurt Mask) is good for opening and expediting blood circulation so that our face will look fresh and shiny.

There is also Hot Oil with VCO for hair treatment in Qorinah Day Spa And Salon Yogyakarta. It is a natural treatment using pure coconut oil that is functioned for stimulating hair growth and nourishing the hair so that it looks shiny. The pure coconut oil can also function to soften the dry scalp and hair because of chemical process. The soft massage and warm sensation from the mint in VCO gives comfort for your sensitive spots on your head, the blood circulates well, and the new hair will be stimulated to grow.

Additional Services in Qorinah Day Spa And Salon Yogyakarta

A glass of (ginger drink) becomes additional service in Qorinah Day Spa And Salon Yogyakarta. It will be the welcome drink that will refresh the visitors before having the treatment in a room with Javanese ornament. The soft Gending Jawa (Javanese traditional music) will make you more relaxed. Qorinah Day Spa And Salon Yogyakarta is a place where women spoil themselves. That’s all information about Qorinah Day Spa And Salon Yogyakarta.

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]]> http://hoteljogja.net/best-travel-place/qorinah-day-spa-and-salon-yogyakarta-in-javanese-atmosphere/feed/ 0 Visiting the Palace of a Maestro Affandi Museum http://hoteljogja.net/best-travel-place/visiting-the-palace-of-a-maestro-affandi-museum/ http://hoteljogja.net/best-travel-place/visiting-the-palace-of-a-maestro-affandi-museum/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:10:06 +0000 regina http://hoteljogja.net/?p=1806 Visiting the Palace of a Maestro Affandi Museum is a post from: Hotel Jogja

]]> Visiting Affandi Museum that is located on Jalan Raya Yogyakarta – Solo, or by the west bank of Gajah Wong River, give an opportunity for you to trace all meaningful parts of Affandi’s life. You can see the great works when he was alive, the works of other painters that he kept, the vehicles that he used in the past, the house where he used to live and a gallery that now functions as a place to educate gifted children in painting.

Affandi Museum

Affandi Museum

The Complex Of The Affandi Museum

The complex of the Affandi Museum consists of 3 galleries with gallery I as the ticket box and the starting point of your exploration. Gallery I that was personally opened by Affandi in 1962 and was inaugurated in 1974 contains some of his paintings from the early time of his work to the late time of his life. The paintings most of which are sketches and reproductions are placed in two rows – upper and lower – that fill the curved room. Still in Gallery I of Affandi Museum, you can see valuable things belonging to Affandi. At one corner of the room, there is a 1976 Colt Gallant car in greenish yellow color that was modified to form a fish, and an old wind-cycle as his means of transportation. The reproduction of the statue of Affandi and her daughter, Kartika, is shown as well.

Entering Gallery II of Affandi Museum, you will see paintings by different painters, both junior and senior ones. The gallery that was inaugurated in 1988 consists of two floors with paintings that you can see from different angles. The first floor is full of abstract paintings and the second floor contains realist-style paintings. Gallery III as the next destination is a unique building of which roof resembles banana leaf. The three-stories floor of Affandi Museum is a multifunction gallery with the first floor functions as an exhibition room as well as the location of “Gajah Wong Gallery” for children who sharpen their painting ability, the second floor functions as paintings treatment and restoration room, and the room underground is utilized to keep painting collections.

Visiting The Tomb of Affandi Museum

Before leaving Affandi Museum, take a little time to visit the tomb of the maestro who passed away on 23 May 1990. The tomb lays between Gallery I and II. The eternal home of Affandi’s lays beside his wife’s eternal home. The yard of the homes is decorated by lushness of rose trees. In order to visit Affandi Museum, you only have to spend IDR 10,000 for domestic tourists and IDR 20,000 for foreign tourists and additional IDR 10,000 for taking photographs. That’s all information about Affandi Museum.

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]]> http://hoteljogja.net/best-travel-place/visiting-the-palace-of-a-maestro-affandi-museum/feed/ 0 Pesanggrahan Gua Siluman The Mysterious http://hoteljogja.net/best-travel-place/pesanggrahan-gua-siluman-the-mysterious/ http://hoteljogja.net/best-travel-place/pesanggrahan-gua-siluman-the-mysterious/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:25:27 +0000 regina http://hoteljogja.net/?p=1782 Pesanggrahan Gua Siluman The Mysterious is a post from: Hotel Jogja

]]> Not many people know Pesanggrahan Gua Siluman. We understand it because this building that was built by Hamengku Buwono II was not as popular as the Tamansari Water Castle. Nonetheless, behind is unpopularity, this pesanggrahan was once served an important function for the family of Yogyakarta kingdom, as the place for meditation. Pesanggrahan Gua Siluman is located in the area of Wonocatur, Sleman Regency, on the side of a road connecting the East Ring Road and Berbah area of Bantul Regency. We can visit this location through Jalan Raya Janti until the crossroad of Block O, and then we turn right. When we get to a sign plank directing to Berbah, we turn left. This Pesanggrahan Gua Siluman is located precisely on the roadside, with high wall as thick as 75 cm of which color is blackening as the sign of its existence.

Pesanggrahan Gua Siluman

Pesanggrahan Gua Siluman

The Unique Relief In Pesanggrahan Gua Siluman

On the gate of Pesanggrahan Gua Siluman, we saw relief of Beri bird. Its unique shape is still visible even though some parts of it have damaged. At the lower part of the gate, there are some staircases connecting the outer part of the building to the tunnel. If we go further, we will see one door with an arch shape of the upper part.

It might function as sign of entering the tunnel. The door of Pesanggrahan Gua Siluman is connecting with the tunnel connecting the right and left sides of the road. Unlike the north door that is decorated with relief of Beri bird, this door on the southern part is simple, without any decoration.

The Other Parts of Pesanggrahan Gua Siluman

There is another part of Pesanggrahan Gua Siluman a building stretching eastwards, directly connects to the tunnel. The building is divided into some rooms each of which is connected by one door. Close to the door connecting to the farthest east room, there is a divider ornamented with beautiful batik-like motifs. While in the farthest east room, a square pond is still filled with full water until present. That’s all information about Pesanggrahan Gua Siluman.

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]]> http://hoteljogja.net/best-travel-place/pesanggrahan-gua-siluman-the-mysterious/feed/ 0 Yogyakarta Palace Famous Place http://hoteljogja.net/best-travel-place/yogyakarta-palace-famous-place/ http://hoteljogja.net/best-travel-place/yogyakarta-palace-famous-place/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:22:25 +0000 regina http://hoteljogja.net/?p=1781 Yogyakarta Palace Famous Place is a post from: Hotel Jogja

]]> Yogyakarta Palace is the center of Javanese culture living museum that is in the Special Region Yogykarta (Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta) or in Javanese said Keraton Kasultanan Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat. Not just becomes the place to live for the king and his family, the palace is also a main direction of cultural development of Java, as well as the flame guard of the culture. At this place tourists can learn and see directly on how the Javanese culture continues to live and be preserved. Yogyakarta Palace was built by Pangeran Mangkubumi (Prince Mangkubumi ) in 1755, several months after the signing of the Perjanjian Giyanti (the Agreement Giyanti).

Yogyakarta Palace

Yogyakarta Palace

Valuable And Memorable Experience in Visiting Yogyakarta Palace

Visiting Yogyakarta Palace will provide both valuable and memorable experience. The palace that became the center of an imaginary line connecting Parangtritis Beach and Mount Merapi has 2 booth doors. The first in Tepas Keprajuritan (in front of Alun-Alun Utara), and in Tepas Tourism (Regol Keben). If entering from Tepas Keprajuritan, visitors can only enter Bangsal Pagelaran and Siti Hinggil and see a collection of some palace carriages, if entering from Tepas Pariwisata, then you can enter Sri Manganti complex and Kedhaton where there is Bangsal Kencono (Kencono Ward) that is the main hall of the kingdom. The distance between the first and second booth door was not far, just by walking down Jalan Rotowijayan, visitors can walk or ride a rickshaw.

There are many things that can be seen at Yogyakarta Palace, ranging from the activity of servants in the palace who are doing the job or to see properties collection of the palace. Collections are kept in glass boxes that are spread various rooms ranging from ceramics and glassware, weapons, photographs, miniatures and replicas, to various kinds of batik and its deorama of the making process.

Traditional Art Performances Are Available in Yogyakarta Palace

Yogyakarta Palace, The tourists can also enjoy the art performances with different schedules each day in Yogyakarta Palace . The show starts from the human puppet, macapat, puppet show, shadow puppets, and dances. To enjoy art performances, tourists do not need to pay additional costs. If you come on Tuesday Wage, you can watch Jemparingan or archery competition in Mataraman style in Kemandhungan Kidul (South Kemandhungan). Jemparingan is conducted for the heritage of Sri Sultan HB X. The uniqueness of this jemparingan is that every participant must wear Javanese traditional clothing and archery in a sitting position. That’s all information about Yogyakarta Palace.

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