A “Destination of the Month” on Wikitravel is a showcase article for a major travel destination, selected monthly by Wikitravel’s users. The featured destination for this month is Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Yogyakarta is a bustling town of some 500,000 people and the most popular tourist destination on Java, largely thanks to its proximity to the temples of Borobudur and Prambanan. It is the capital city of the province of Yogyakarta Special Region which is located in the southern part of the Central Java province, Indonesia.
Despite the official spelling, the name is usually pronounced and not uncommonly written Jogjakarta or just Jogja.
The town is a center of art and education, offers some good shopping and has a wide range of tourist facilities. Yogyakarta is a relatively small city, so travelling around town should not be too expensive.

Being one of the oldest cities in Indonesia, Yogyakarta has many heritage buildings and monuments. The number one must-see attraction is Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono’s palace, better known as Kraton Ngayogyakarto. Other heritage buildings from colonial era are: BNI ‘46 building, Kantor Pos Besar (Central Post Office) building, and Bank Indonesia building, all of them are located north of the Sultan’s ground. Other notable landmarks and attractions are:
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