Garuda Indonesia Colours Magazine February 2019 | Page 91

Travel | Solo
After pampering your taste buds, you can burn
the calories by walking approximately 1.2km to the
Ngarsopuro Night Market.
Apart from selling knick knacks
and crafts, Ngarsopuro Night
Market is also a favourite tourist
spot to sample Solo’s speciality food.
Only 15 minutes from De Tjolomadoe, The Heritage
Palace, in Kartasura, Sukoharjo District, is
another former sugar factory with a very different
ambience, courtesy of its wonderful neoclassical-
style buildings and a wealth of entertainment
offerings. Dating back to 1892, The Heritage
Palace was launched in June last year, after being
refurbished in order to house a series of attractions,
including the 3D Trick Art Museum, where visitors
can take dozens of fantastic selfies (for example,
facing into the jaws of a dinosaur or appearing to
surf a giant wave), a transportation museum, a
vintage car collection, Omah Kwalik (an upside-
down house), Garden Retro Paradise (a beautiful
garden adorned with statues), the Convention
Hall, and Kids Town & Food Street.
As the sun starts to set and the palate needs
to be pleased, a culinary centre called New Galabo
(Gladak Langen Bogan Solo) is the ideal place
to be. Open from five in the evening till five
in the morning, the New Galabo offers a range
of Solo’s traditional dishes. Most of the famous
establishments in Solo have branches here,
so you do not need to set aside the time to
visit each famous restaurant in turn –
unless you really want to, of course.
For starters, try Solo’s special hot drink, wedang
dongo, which comprises ginger syrup with bright
5 Senses – Taste
TRADITIONAL
DRINK
Wedang ronde, wedang dongo,
wedang asle and wedang uwuh are
some of the ubiquitous Solo
drinks that are served hot.
Wedang means beverage. Try
some of them and feel the
sensation of the ginger syrup
warming your insides.
Wedang ronde, wedang dongo,
wedang asle dan wedang uwuh
adalah sekian dari minuman
hangat khas Solo yang mudah
ditemui. Kata wedang itu sendiri
berarti minuman. Cobalah salah
satu minuman tersebut dan
rasakan sensasi air jahe yang
menghangatkan tubuh.
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sticky rice flour shaped into balls, roasted peanuts
and sugar palm fruit (kolang-kaling). We
recommend following this with sego liwet
(a rice dish cooked in coconut milk, chicken
broth and spices, served with shredded chicken
and other side dishes).
After pampering your taste buds, you can burn
the calories by walking approximately 1.2km
to the Ngarsopuro Night Market. Located on
Jalan Diponegoro, within the Banjarsari Sub-
District, the night market is a treasure trove
of various kinds of local craftwork and unique
knick-knacks for souvenirs, such as key chains,
decorated lamps, clothes and textiles. If you still
have room, it’s also an opportunity to try some
traditional street snacks. On Saturday and Sunday
nights only, the night market is open until around
11pm, and also provides free Wi-Fi and live music.
If you think the night is still too young for you
to return to your hotel, take a stroll down Jalan
Gatot Subroto, better known as Gatsu. Along
a 500m stretch, on both sides of the road, there
are continuous attractive murals decorating
all the shops’ rolling doors and folding gates,
featuring renowned public figures and aspects
of pop culture. The road has been popular with
visitors since lighting was set up to make it a highly
Instagrammable destination. Also exciting to visit
at night is Taman Pelangi Park, part of Taru Jurug
Zoo, where hundreds of glorious light installations
in the shape of flowers, trees and animals glow
marvellously in the darkness.
Solo’s more traditional attractions are not to be
missed. The 18 th century royal residence Keraton
Kasunanan and Museum Keraton Surakarta
Hadiningrat reveal some of the stories