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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 the forks of the Kali Mas >> Details Click Here!!

Surabaya Hotel List
Radisson plaza
Hyatt Regency bandung 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, . . .
from USD$55.00 net per room/night |
Ibis Rajawali Surabaya
Malya HotelDuring your next visit to Surabaya, come stay at the Ibis Rajawali. Our 3-star hotel facilities offer visitors a quality business hotel with good value for money and international standards of service. . .
from USD$45.00 net per room/night |

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 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. . .
from USD$102.00 net per room/night |

Novotel Surabaya Hotel
Jayakarta Bandung 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
Hotel Imperium 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. . .
from USD$85.00 net per room/night |

 

 

 

 

 

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