Discover 11 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Bandung (Indonesia). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Trans Studio Bandung, Tangkuban Perahu, and Braga Street. Also, be sure to include Museum Geologi in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Bandung (West Java).
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Trans Studio Bandung
Trans Studio Bandung is a shopping mall, amusement park, and hotel in Bandung, Indonesia. Trans Studio is built on a land with size of 4.2 ha. Trans Studio Bandung is composed of several sections including a shopping mall called Trans Studio Mall, a recreation park called Trans Studio, a 3-star hotel called ibis Bandung Trans Studio, and a 5-star luxury hotel called The Trans Luxury Hotel.[1]
Address: Jl. Gatot Subroto No.289, 40273 Kota Bandung
Tangkuban Perahu
Also known as: Gunung Tangkuban Parahu
Active volcano with 3 craters. Tangkuban Parahu is a stratovolcano 30 km north of the city of Bandung, the provincial capital of West Java, Indonesia. It erupted in 1826, 1829, 1842, 1846, 1896, 1910, 1926, 1929, 1952, 1957, 1961, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1983, 2013 and 2019. It is a popular tourist attraction where tourists hike or ride to the edge of the crater to view the hot water springs and boiling mud up close, and buy eggs cooked on the hot surface. Together with Mount Burangrang and Bukit Tunggul, it is a remnant of the ancient Mount Sunda after the plinian eruption caused the Caldera to collapse.
In April 2005, the Directorate of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation raised an alert, forbidding visitors from going up the volcano. "Sensors on the slopes of the two mountains - Anak Krakatoa on the southern tip of Sumatra Island and Tangkuban Perahu in Java - picked up an increase in volcanic activity and a build-up of gases, said government volcanologist Syamsul Rizal." On the mountain's northern flank is Death Valley, which derives its name from a frequent accumulation of poisonous gases.[2]
Braga Street
Also known as: Jalan Braga
Street in Bandung, Indonesia. Braga Street is a street in the center of Bandung, Indonesia, famous in 1920s colonial Indonesia as a promenade street. A European ambiance of chic cafes, boutiques, and restaurants along the street propelled Bandung to attain the Dutch nickname Parijs van Java.
Braga Street begins on a T-junction with Asia-Afrika Street (formerly De Groote Postweg), running north until the city council (balaikota).[3]
Address: Jl. Braga, Bandung
Museum Geologi
Museum in Bandung, Indonesia. The Bandung Geological Museum opened in Bandung, Indonesia in 1928. On December 10, 1871, six meteorites fell in Sindanglaut, West Java, Indonesia. This rare fall of a LL6 chondrite included an 11.5 kg TKW that is held by the Bandung Geological Museum and the Paris Museum of History. The museum has 13 meteorites that fell at various times on in areas of Java.[4]
Address: Jl. Surapati, 40122 Bandung
Bandung Zoo
Also known as: Kebun Binatang Bandung
Zoo with indigenous and overseas animals. Kebun Binatang Bandung or Bandung Zoological Gardens is a zoo located in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It was created in 1933 when two existing zoos in the city were combined and moved to the current location on Taman Sari street. The new zoo was located in "Jubileum Park", a botanical garden created in 1923 to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.[5]
Address: Jl. Kebun Binatang No. 6, 40132 Bandung
Bosscha Observatory
Also known as: Observatorium Bosscha
Research institute in Lembang, Indonesia. Bosscha Observatory is the oldest modern observatory in Indonesia, and one of the oldest in Asia. The observatory is located in Lembang, West Java, approximately 15 kilometers north of Bandung. It is situated on a hilly six hectares of land and is 1,310 m above mean sea level plateau. The IAU observatory code for Bosscha is 299.[6]
Address: Jl. Peneropongan Bintang No.45, 40391 Kabupaten Bandung Barat
Grand Mosque of Bandung
Also known as: Masjid Raya Bandung
Mosque in Bandung, Indonesia. The Grand Mosque of Bandung, previously known as the Great Mosque of Bandung, is a mosque in Bandung, the provincial capital of West Java, Indonesia. The mosque received the status of provincial mosque of West Java Province in 2004. It is located on the east side of the alun-alun of Bandung.[7]
Address: Jl. Dalem Kaum No.14, 40251 Kota Bandung
Gedung Sate
Building in Bandung, Indonesia. Gedung Sate is a public building in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It was designed according to a neoclassical design incorporating native Indonesian elements by Dutch architect J. Gerber to be the seat of the Dutch East Indies department of State Owned Enterprises; the building was completed in 1920. Today, the building serves as the seat of the governor of the province of West Java, and also a museum.
Its common name, Gedung sate, is a nickname that translates literally from Indonesian to 'satay building', which is a reference to the shape of the building's central pinnacle - which resemble the shape of one of the Indonesian traditional dish called satay. The central pinnacle consists of six spheres that represents the six million gulden funded to the construction of the building.[8]
Address: Bandung, Jalan Diponegoro No. 22
Merdeka Building
Also known as: Gedung Merdeka
Merdeka Building is an art-deco building in Jalan Asia-Afrika, Bandung, Indonesia. Today it serves as a museum displaying collections and photographs of the Asian–African Conference, the first Non-Aligned Movement event, which was held there in 1955.[9]
Address: Jl. Asia Afrika No. 65, 40111 Bandung
Sri Baduga Museum
Also known as: Museum Sri Baduga
Museum in Bandung, Indonesia. Sri Baduga Museum is a state museum located in Bandung, Indonesia. As a state museum, the museum features various items related with the province of West Java, such as Sundanese crafts, furnishings, geologic history, and natural diversity.[10]
Address: Jl. BKR No.185, 40243 Kota Bandung
Villa Isola
University department in Bandung, Indonesia. Villa Isola is an art-deco building in the northern part of Bandung, the capital of West Java province of Indonesia. Overlooking the valley with the view of the city, Villa Isola was completed in 1933 by the Dutch architect Wolff Schoemaker for the Dutch media tycoon Dominique Willem Berretty, the founder of the Aneta press-agency in the Dutch East Indies. The original purpose of the building was for Berretty's private house, but then it was transformed into a hotel after his death and now it serves as the headmastership office of Indonesia University of Education.[11]
Address: Jalan Setiabudi 229, Bandung