Malang
Malang’s most impressive museum isn’t actually a museum at all, but a hotel: the boutique, four-star Hotel Tugu Malang, a showcase for its owner, arguably…
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Malang
With leafy, colonial-era boulevards and a breezy climate, Malang moves at a far more leisurely pace than the regional capital, Surabaya. It’s a cultured city with several important universities, and is home to a large student population. The central area is not too large and is quite walkable.
Attractions
Must-see attractions
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Malang
Malang has some wonderful colonial architecture. Just northwest of the centre, Jl Besar Ijen is Malang’s millionaires' row, a boulevard lined with elegant…
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Malang
A local initiative to beautify Malang's ramshackle, high-density kampung are these whimsical multicoloured neighbourhoods that have been transformed into…
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Malang
Close to the city centre, the Balai Kota is an immense Dutch administrative building, built in a hybrid of Dutch and Indonesian architectural styles with…
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Malang
Malang's largest public market. Expect fruit, beef, fish and more, much more. Busiest in the morning, it's worth a trawl for the people-watching as much…
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Malang
The flower market, Pasar Bunga, is pleasantly sited around a river valley and is the place to stroll in the morning.
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Malang's central mosque is a pincushion of minarets that overlooks one end of the alun-alun (main square).
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Malang
For those who love wafting incense, flickering candles and the rituals associated with Chinese belief systems.
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