Welcome to Surabaya
It
was not silt which led to Gresik's eclipse; plenty of
exotic sailing craft still bob on the polluted waters
of its harbor. The culprit was the mighty colonial port
of Surabaya, just 25 km along the coast to the southeast.
Ceded to the Dutch by Mataram in 1743, Surabaya was
still smaller than Gresik in 1800. However, it had been
selected as the chief Dutch entrepot and administrative
center for East Java; and the massive growth of the
colonial economy in the 19th century made Surabaya the
busiest port and the biggest city in the Dutch Indies,
outstripping even Batavia and ranking almost alongside
Singapore in international importance. Today, Surabaya
has again been overtaken by Jakarta in size, but at
5.1 million people it is the second largest in the country
and growing fast. Surabaya's sweet name belies a reality
of heat, dirt and noise, but it is an interesting and
gripping place. This is a living cultural center, both
in the formal sense of plays and performances and in
the sense of the fusion and regeneration of folk cultures.
Surabaya
is cosmopolitan, but without the jarring pseudo-Western
glitter of Jakarta. Give or take an air-conditioned
shopping complex or two, Surabaya's atmosphere is more
purely Indonesian, with a special cast Indonesian flavor.
For as Surabaya grew as an export point for Javanese
products, it also became the hub of the maritime trading
network for the eastern archipelago as a whole. Much
of its population is from nearby Madura, but there are
also large numbers of Banjar from Kalimantan, Bugis
and Minahasans from Sulawesi and Ambonese from the Moluccas.
Surabaya's colonial boom was in a sense, a renaissance,
for the port has a long history. In 1620, it was a fortified
trading city over 30 kilometers in circumference, a
state in its own right with lordship over Gresik and
Sidayu. However, five years later Mataram took it by
siege, thus ending Surabaya's luster for more than two
centuries. According to tradition, the conquered king's
son took on the life of an ascetic at the holy grave
of Surabaya's founder - yet another wali, Sunan Ngampel,
who was a pupil of Malik Ibrahim of Gresik. His grave
can be seen in Kampong Ngampel, the birth place of the
city, now lost in the old commercial district between
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Radisson
plaza
conveniently located in the heart of the city,
within walking distance from the business district,
opposite the Surabaya World Trade Centre, and
within the Surabaya Plaza Shopping complex, .
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Ibis
Rajawali Surabaya
 During
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Ibis Rajawali. Our 3-star hotel facilities offer
visitors a quality business hotel with good value
for money and international standards of service.
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Hotel
Equator
102 rooms (48 Superior Suites, 46 Deluxe Suites,
8 Equator Suites), Language(s) Spoken by Hotel,
Indonesia, English
Secretarial Services, Business Centre, Restaurant
and Bar, The Coffee Shop, Bamboo Garden, Gaslight
Pub.. . .
from USD$50.00 net per room/night | |
Sheraton
Surabaya
Holiday Inn Bandung provides what Holiday Inn
hotels are famous for worldwide: friendly, dependable
service, excellent facilities and convenient location.
Whether your trip is for business or leisure.
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Novotel
Surabaya Hotel
Novotel Surabaya is the right place for business
or relaxation, located in the main business district
of Surabaya. A resort within the city with 138
rooms. . .
from USD$55.00 net per room/night | |
Majapahit
Mandarin Hotel
The Hotel is located in the heart of Surabaya,
Indonesia's second largest city and the capital
of east Java.Built in 1910, the hotel and its.
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from USD$85.00 net per room/night | |
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