Jakarta Old Town

Some attractions at Fatahillah Square

Exploring Jakarta Old Town, it's a great choice for anyone who only have limited time while visiting Jakarta. I will show you what's in the old city you could discover. Let's get started.

Whenever you come or stay in Jakarta area, arrow your direction to central Jakarta. Old town location is in central. Transportation option are by Transjakarta Busway (stop at KOTA bus stop), by Taxi, By Angkot or regular bus who has destination/passing to KOTA.

GO-JEK App

Another transport alternative is by Online Taxi Apps. Download on Google Plays or Apps Store ; GO-JEK app. Register, and choose the go-jek option (GO-RIDE is a motorbike taxi, GO-CAR is private car taxi).


Both of it are cheap and tariff/fee are flat. Payment method can do cash or by credit. Another alternative online taxi is UBER. In Indonesia uber has a view ride catagories ; uberX, uberPool, etc.

The easy way to find those online taxi apps are by using google map app. Create your journey and the map will shows the option to ride online taxi. There will be 3 options, GO-CAR, UBER and GRAB. You can choose 1 of 3 and then the link will takes you to apps download.

Start your explore at 09:00 AM. If you already in Old Town area, here's the list of building you could visits :

Museum Bank Indonesia collections

1. start your own tour from Museum Bank Indonesia and Bank Mandiri

2. From there, heading walk to Fatahillah Square. Here you could visit

3 Museum ; Museum Sejarah Indonesia aka Museum Fatahillah, Museum Wayang aka puppet, Museum Seni Rupa dan Keramik aka Fine art craft and ceramic.

Puppet show at Museum Wayang

Take your time to observe surrounding area, try local street foods like Bakso (meatball). There is mini market too at the spot, it's called Indomaret.

Jembatan Kota Intan

3. The next destination is heading to 'Jembatan Kota Intan', it's the oldest bridge in Indonesia. Build in 1628 when the dutch colonials era.

Selfie on wooden boat at Sunda Kelapa port

4. Next is old port of Sunda Kelapa. Here you could see big wooden boat who are still operate between island in Indonesia. Most of it are shiping building material, flour, rice, etc.

Menara Syahbandar

5. Near Sunda Kelapa port there are two more building you could visit before you end the walking tour.

One of Museum Kebaharian Jakarta collection

Menara Syahbandar aka Syahbandar lighthouse and Museum Kebaharian Jakarta aka Jakarta's Maritime Museum. That's it, your own Jakarta old town walking tour are done.

Museum with entry ticket :

Museum Fatahillah

Museum Wayang

Museum Seni Rupa dan Keramik

The Weather

Jakarta's weather are sunny, humid and rainy. Prepare your self for the sun heat and bring umbrela, hat or raincoat. It will makes you extra sweaty

That's a wrap, I hope this information are clear enough for you and have a great visit while you are here. Until next time, have a good day!.

UPDATE!
● All museums are closed on National Holiday - Check Indonesian Calendar