Indonesia Charts New Routes for Cycle Tourists in Cultural Capital Yogyakarta

Romansa Heritage

This route will cover Wiratama Museum on Jenderal Sudirman Street and several villages such as Sagan and Klitren. Cyclists will also see a historic place in the railway industry called Balai Yasa, a train depot that was built in 1914 during the Dutch colonial era.The main purpose of Balai Yasa is to carry out maintenance work for train cars and railway locomotive.

The cycling tourists will also pass the Kusumanegara Heroes Cemetary toward Batikan and Jumputan Village. The latter is the craft center where visitors can learn how to make batik — a technique of creating designs on fabrics by using wax and dye — directly from the craftsmen.

Susur Sungai Village

According to the plan, this will be the last itinerary. Cyclists will pass through villages along river banks. It will start from Jenderal Sudirman Street to the Museum of Diponegoro Monument. Windarto said that there is also the Robin Park, where it uses an automatic plant watering system.

He said that some of the routes may change as the plan is still being reviewed. But once the program is officially launched, tourists can later visit a designated website such as jss.jogjakota.go.id, which will provide all routes and the cycle maps, he added.

(Writer: Nicholas Ryan Aditya | Editor: Kahfi Dirga Cahya)

Source: https://travel.kompas.com/read/2020/08/25/080500827/rute-sepeda-di-yogyakarta-jelajah-kampung-hingga-belajar-batik.