| 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 >>
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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, . . .
from USD$55.00 net per room/night
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Ibis
Rajawali Surabaya
 During
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
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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
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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. . .
from USD$102.00 net per room/night
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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
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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. . .
from USD$85.00 net per room/night
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