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So there are many things to visit in Solo (i.e. the palaces) and surrounding (i.e.Borobudur, Prambananan temples and the outdoor Prambanan Ballet performances which are fabulous and runs from during dry season - it ends in October), ancient Candi Sukuh up on the hills of Lawu Mountains is also a site to see. The present city is clean, peaceful and have a nicely laid back provincial city attitude which I like. The airport is modern, clean and well managed. I like the almost non existant traffic jams which one finds in all of Indonesia's big cities, with Jakarta having the worse traffic jams! The city is full of culinary delights of local Javanese cuisine... very refine to our palates. Outside food vendors in the evenings at Gladak area(?) and everywhere. Some of the dishes are reminders of Dutch colonisation though improvised to fit the local palates. Specialities such as Soto Rempah, Selad Solo, Soto Gading, Nasi Liwet, Nasi Gudeg Solo (less sweet than the Jogya counterpart), Bakmie Godog,Timlo, to name a few. I can go on and on.... Also price-wise they are cheap! Another thing to do is shopping for batiks. The city has very famous houses such as Danar Hadi, Batik Soga to name some. But it is also a home industry so there are areas such as Laweyan famous for its sort of batik designs where one can find very expensive hand-made batik materials to reasonably priced printed ones. I would like to come back more often to this city where life is less stressful and the atmosphere is peaceful.

I will definitely go back again to eat and shop for batik.

They also have two interesting museums, The Danar Hadi Batik Museum and The Radya Pustaka Museum.

Ada tempat bersejarah Istana Mangkunegaran/Keraton Solo, ada Museum Radya Pustaka, Pasar Klewer yang terkenal, dan jangan lupa Presiden Indonesia saat ini Jokowi adalah pernah menjabat Walikota Solo selama 2 periode. Ada kampung batik Laweyan yang menawarkan berbagai macam batik buatan warga solo yang sangat bagus dan mnenawan. Sekali lagi jangan sampai dilewatkan begitu saja. Terma kasih.

The food is also excellent as the Javanese culture was also impressed me due to their friendlyness to the tourist.

Make sure you make stop in Danar Hadi Museum and join the tour. It worth every penny I assure you. That's the very first place you need to visit once touch down in Solo, and maybe Klewer Market after that.

paru is the lung of a cow fried to goewy. although it looks like a bit nasty, all black, tastes so good), tengkleng ibu eddy opens at 1.30 pm until it last, nasi liwet ibu parmi at kratonan, soto gading, shi jack milk opens at night and sate buntel tambaksegaran, the famous dawet ice at pasar gedhe (choose between ibu dermi stall or ibu watik stall, both are super good). slurp.

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.This City produce batik clothes

Solo is a nice city.

You will find yourself at home in this place.

The city itself was very clean. Not very crowded although some streets were a bit congested, but that was due to the narrow size of the streets. The weather was sunny when i was there, but i didn't feel hot. The streets had many trees, and the wide pavements were fabulous for pedestrians. I visited 2 malls there. One was Solo grand mall. It was an old mall. It housed mostly local stores, but you can find pizza hut here. The other one was Solo Paragon Mall. It was more modern. You can find starbucks, XXI cinema, the Premiere, and many branded shops like you find in Jakarta. There is another mall, Solo Square, but i didn't visit it. Public transport was kinda odd. There were many taxis, beaks, and the city has busways like Jakarta. But there were no angkots. So if u want to go somewhere, busway is your public transport choice.

Finding good restaurants is problematic but we were fully satisfied with the Solo Paragon Hotel.