The Palace is just like a city within a city, you may find not just the Sultan Palace but also the arts shop,batik paintings galleries, restaurants, museums, you name it, even the private homes.
Take a walk to the south part of the place, you'll get the Fragrant Garden or Taman Sari. This pleasure garden completed with pools and underground passageways, built in 1765.
To the southeast you will find the Museum of Independence, conmemorating Indonesia's Declaration of Independence in August 17, 1945. Museum Sonobudoyo, located just in front of the Sultan Palace, designed by Dutch architect, Thomas Karsten (1935). It exhibits old weapons, artefacts, and old gamelan instruments.
The Vredeburg Fort, to the north of the palace, built in 1765 by the Dutch as a military barracks, now become museum, which exhibits the dioramas depicting the history of Yogyakarta.
Yogya's main street and the city's tourist heart as well, the Malioboro, where you will find shops, restaurants, hotels, and various souvenir shops and tourist facilities. At night you may try the side walk restaurant serving the local food like 'gudeg', kind of Javanese cuisine, or you may try a hot sauce fried chicken. Just enjoy your time and make your day ! Voila ..... Yogya !
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