Taman Sari Water Castle, Yogyakarta

Taman Sari Water Castle

The Heritage Palace in the Middle of Complex

Taman Sari Yogyakarta is a former palace of Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat Palace which is now used as a tourist spot. This garden which has an area of ​​more than 10 hectares was built during the time of Sultan Hamengkubuwono I (first) still in power.

There are 57 buildings in this garden, such as bathing pools, suspension bridges, water canals, and artificial lakes. Some other buildings such as buildings, underwater aisles, and artificial islands can also be enjoyed when visiting here.

Judging from its extensive area, the Taman Sari Yogyakarta can be divided into 4 major main parts. The first part is an artificial lake in the west direction. The second part is on the south side of the artificial lake, the Umangun Umbul Bath

Meanwhile, the third part just south of the second part is the Garjitawati and Ledok Sari ponds. The fourth part is an extension of the east of the first and second parts including artificial lakes, suspension bridges and canals.

From the four sections of the Taman Sari Water Palace, now there is only one part whose building is still intact. The building is Umbul Binangun Bathing which is said to be the place of the royal Queen's baths. Meanwhile, the other three parts have been used as settlements for the courtiers of the Kraton Yogyakarta.

Taman Sari Yogyakarta Opening Hours

Taman Sari Yogyakarta Opening Hours

Everyday 08.00 - 14.00 WIB

Visitors can enter the Taman Sari Yogyakarta Complex every day from Monday to Sunday. However, the best time to visit the tourist complex dubbed the Water Palace is daytime. Try to come here during weekdays.

Starting from Monday to Friday. Avoid visiting on weekends because at that time Taman Sari was very crowded and crowded by tourists. For visitors who want to take pictures freely while traveling, of course they will feel uncomfortable.

The complex opening hours of this tour are very common and just like other tourist attractions. Taman Sari Yogyakarta Water Palace is opened at 08.00 until 14.00 WIB every day.

Entrance Fee for Taman Sari

Entrance Prices for Taman Sari Yogyakarta

Entrance ticket IDR 5,000

Rp25,000 Tour Guide

The ticket price for entering this area is very cheap for both local and foreign tourists. Visitors can spend IDR 5,000 each.

You Must Know About Taman Sari

Some of the activities and attractions that can be enjoyed by visitors to the Taman Sari complex are as follows.

• Umbul Pasiraman Bathing (Umbul Binangun)

The most popular tourist rides at Taman Sari are Umbul Pasiraman Bathing. As the name suggests, this place is a bathing place for the Sultan's family, which is for concubines and daughters.

Therefore, the shape of the building is surrounded by high walls to maintain the privacy of the royal family. Umbul Pasiraman has three pools, namely Umbul Pamuncar, Umbul Panguras and Umbul Binangun. The pools have fountains in the form of dragon heads and can be accessed through the west and east entrance gates.

• Pulo Kenongo

Want to see the beautiful sunset that descends from the skyline of the enchanting city of Yogyakarta? Pulo Kenongo is the place, an island in the middle of the artificial lake of the Taman Sari complex.

On the island stands Gedhong Kenongo, the tallest building in the Yogyakarta Palace where visitors can see Yogyakarta from a height. Formerly this building had a dual function as a place where the Sultan ate food and as an enemy reconnaissance tower.

• Underwater Mosque

One other uniqueness of Taman Sari Yogyakarta is the Underwater or Underground Mosque. How is it not unique? The mosque's walls are made of bricks which are glued together not with cement but egg white. To get to the underground mosque, visitors live past a two-story gate like a tower.

Inside the mosque there is a well that has five stairs around it. It has meaning about the number of five pillars of Islam which also amount to five.

• Gedhong Gapura Panggung

In the Taman Sari Complex which in fact is a Portuguese-style building, snake reliefs can be found along the walls. Taking pictures against the background of these snake reliefs can be an Instagramable photo material for visitors.

The wall where the relief is located is part of a two-story building called Gedhong Gapura Panggung. As the name suggests, the gate, this building serves as the main entrance to enter the Taman Sari Yogyakarta complex.

Formerly, this building was the place where the Sultan could enjoy the view of Taman Sari which was still equipped with beautiful flower gardens and artificial lakes. A place that is still strong today is also the place where the Sultan often enjoys gamelan music and dance. This place is also a private place of the Sultan and his wives to decorate themselves and change clothes.

• Pull Cemethi

South of Pulo Kenongo, there is Pulo Cemethi, which means a place to meditate. Yes! This place is the place where the Sultan meditates, arranges war strategies, cleanses the kris, and stores weapons and armor.

In front of this place there are guesthouses that are often used by soldiers to practice war. Visitors can reach Pulo Cemethi by walking along the underground tunnel first.

• Gedhong Temanten

Gedhong Temanten is a building located to the east of the Gapuro Gedhong Stage. It is said that Gedhong Temanten had a very important function when the Mataram kingdom was in power.

How come! This building is the first upholstery of the kingdom, the first guard of the palace guards. Visitors can use this spot as an attractive spot to be photographed with family and friends.

• Gedhong Sekawan

East of Umbul Pasiraman or Umbul Binangun there is a large courtyard called Gedhong Sekawan. This place was once a large courtyard where there were four buildings standing on it. Its main function is where the Sultan rests or fatigue after carrying out royal duties.

• Summer Gumming

One interesting spot to be photographed when visited is the Gumuling Well, which is in the form of a circular niche. This well is not like a well in general, because in the middle of the well there are five ladder steps which indicate five pillars of Islam. Four of the five stairs go up and meet all in the middle while the fifth ladder connects the four to the second floor.

Besides that one of the uniqueness of Taman Sari is the village that is around it

Tamansari tourism village is based on the potential of Culture and Heritage and is supported by the attractions of pranting batik and batik painting and the unique traits of the area called cyber villages, where in one area of ​​the RT are connected to the internet so that community meetings can be conducted on line.

On one side of the Tamansari tourist village, there was a movement that was carried out by the residents in a beautiful and green and clean environment management by making parks in the corner of the village and planting various rare plants. Tamansari tourism village is becoming more interesting to visit because there is an integration between cultural arts, heritage, and the environment and information technology.

The creativity of Tamansari residents does not stop there, but now many residents make the yard and house where the area is set and drink coffee while enjoying the atmosphere of the village and the daily social routine of the community to create a unique and specific atmosphere for tourists visiting Tamansari.

To increase the attraction of tourist attraction, the Tamansari tourism village organizes an annual event calendar in the form of a Tamansari Festival held in the front yard plaza of attractions. Various cultural attractions are held starting from noon to night. The Tamansari festival activity begins with festivity or rehearsal and then continues with the cultural procession and the evening displays the performing arts stage with displays of folk art, among others, classical dance, season, dance, gejog lesung, sll. The annual event calendar is once a place of creativity and education, learning about the management of tourist villages for young people who are embodied in the container "young garden" as well as a place for regeneration and as a form of community empowerment, especially the younger generation in Tamansari village.