Are you on a vacation in Jakarta for 1-3 days? If so, don’t miss these tourism destinations, fun shopping centers, nightlife spots, and must-try culinary spots. Alinear is sharing some of the interesting recommendations in Jakarta that you can visit all in few days. Check these out!
1. Visiting Tourism Objects
Jakarta has many interesting tourism objects to visit. Historical buildings to fun recreational spots, you name them. For historical places, visit the Kota Tua. There are Museum Fatahillah, Museum Wayang (Puppet Museum), Indonesia Post Office Building, and many others. Don’t forget to have lunch or coffee break at Café Batavia. While you’re around, visit the Museum Gajah (Elephant Museum) and Monas (National Monument) too, because they also keep interesting collections. Bus Keliling Jakarta or the tour bus can be a fun alternative if you want to see the city with a guide sharing information of each location. For fun recreational rides, go to Dufan with the whole family. Water recreational spots like Waterboom PIK, Snowbay TMII, Atlantis Water Adventure, Ocean Park BSD, Waterboom Pondok Indah, and Waterboom Lippo Cikarang can also be great options.
2. Time for Shopping
Jakarta is known as the shopping haven. Name the Grand Indonesia, Plaza Indonesia, Plaza Senayan, Senayan City, Pacific Place, Kota Kasablanka, Pondok Indah Mall, Gandaria City, Mall Taman Anggrek, and Central Park as the most recommended malls. You can pick one to visit in a day. If you want to shop for cheaper international fashion brand products, come at mid-season sale (April-May), Jakarta Great Sale (June-July), year-end sale (December-January) and prepare to get branded items with discount prices. Not bad, right? If your budget is lower than branded items, come to Tanah Abang, ITC Mangga Dua, ITC Kuningan, and Pasar Senen for interesting thrift markets centers. In these places, you can bargain for best price and get even more stuff. Well, the choice is yours.
3. Massage & Reflexology Time
Your body and legs are now aching from too much shopping? Try the reflexology or full body massage for a refreshing. They will get the blood circulation flowing in your body and gives relaxation. Usually every mall has at least one reflexology and full body massage parlor. You can ask the information center.
4. Enjoy The Nightlife
It’s not a complete visit to Jakarta if you don’t enjoy the nightlife. There are so many fun places you can choose to visit. Few of which are Skye and Cloud. Skye is located at BCA Sudirman Tower, while Cloud is at The Plaza Thamrin. Both of the spots are on the top floors of the buildings, so you can as well enjoy the night city view while listening to the music played by DJ on booth to live the night up. Besides that, you can also have quality food and beverages here. Hyde, Lucy In The Sky, Fable, Hide & Seek, and Foundry 8 are also great choices for your nightlife spots to hangout with friends and enjoying cocktails. Wohooo!
5. Culinary Tour
Jakarta offers many kinds of food to try, from fine dining to street food. For the street food, visit the Pecenongan area that is famous for its martabak, Benhil with its seafood, Blok M with its Roti Bakar Eddi, and Jl. Sabang with its satay. If you want to enjoy German food, come to Paulaner that serves delicious German dishes. For fine dining, Cassis and Mèradelima can be the most recommended places to try. Cassis serves French food, while Mèradelima offers Indo-China fusion food. For coffee break, Paul Pacific Place is one of the most crowded places. For a different, come to Cikini area. There are a line of vintage coffee shops like Tjikini 17, Bakoel Coffee, and Dua Nyonya. They have different ambience from the others: old school!