thanks littleprawn.

i have only booked my room for one night at Manohara hotel on arrival day.
However i am wondering why the agoda booking forms says 1 bedroom apartment king bed?
isnt it a hotel?

Price is not cheap .. rm241.

Have yet to book for the remaining 5 nites. walk in should have rite? 20th feb...onwards

so i am planning to straight go to the hotel on arrival ..touchdown at adi sucipto at 1.30pm

or better have  a tour started on not to waste the day?

i cant seem to locate any recommended driver/tour agents... any reco?

looks like not much things to buy so my hand carry luggage is enuff....

Day 1

Arrived at airport in late afternoon, a small and crowded airport. Bali airport is much better. But our tour guide said that a new and bigger airport will be built soon.

Then we met with our tour guide and the first place we went to was Kasongan Village, a nice quiet village. The whole place is about ceramics production, mostly to export out. But u can buy from there too, for home deco or something.

After makan we proceed to Manohara hotel in Borobudur. No pix but compared to litteprawn's pix back in 2011, I think they refurbished the room. Now got LCD tv stick on the wall and bathroom also nicer .

End of day 1, to be continued.

Next to Melia Hotel there's another mall, can't rmb the name. Not exactly on Malioboro street, need to walk further a bit.

Got another different 1

yes planning of hitting to manohara hotel after touchdown .. about 2pm ... how long does it take tor reach there? easy to get transport rite if want to skip the transbus u took...?

after reaching.. still can view borobudur in the afternoon? so will view twice... afternoon n sunrise the next morning..

or will i be wasting some time for not starting the tour on arrival?

have not done any planning... as usual until i get time will be the day the flight departure

so far as below

day1. Arrival at adi sucipto 1.30pm- no check in luggage so will be faster
        Straight to Manohara Hotel (booked)
        Borobudur sightseeing...

day2 Sunrise Tour borobudur

day3

day4

day5

day6 Departure flight adi sucipto at 2pm
going twice to borobudor.. will it be boring.?

no more yogyakarta for me.

i survived this one

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/01...ern-c-java.html

yesterday got back home alive

Just visited Yogyakarta for 5 days and came back 2 weeks ago... big thank you to everyone on this thread for all the info which helped to develop an itinerary... and especially to Littleprawn for providing his driver contact  Would like to contribute my itinerary here.

Day 1: Arrived in early afternoon, checked into Ibis Styles Jln Dagen. Walked to the Tugu, then cabbed to Kotagede to visit the ruins, mosque and cemetery, and window shop for silver trinkets. Bought some snacks at Pasar Gede. Becak ride back to Jln Malioboro, walked around for awhile then back to hotel (Beringharjo market and the others were closed).

Day 2: Early morning, visited the Kraton, mosque, and Taman Sari. Spent more time at Taman Sari actually exploring the ruins and a funny `underground' mosque. Visited Fort Vredeburg. After lunch, went to Prambanan complex. Driver was a bit late so only had 1+ hours for Prambanan+Sewu. Drove over to Ratu Boko and just managed to squeeze it in before closing. Back to Prambanan for the Ramayana ballet then back to hotel.

Day 3: Headed east for the day towards Solo. Stopped by Plaosan since we missed it the previous day. Reached Solo late morning and visited Mangkunegaran Kraton and then Pasar Triwindu. Continued on to the foot of Lawu, where we had lunch and then visited Sukuh and Cetho. Drove back to Yogya as it was getting late, had to skip Tawangmangu waterfall.

Day 4: Checked out of Ibis Styles and headed northwest for Dieng. Stopped by Mendut and Pawon on the way. Continued on some pretty rubbish roads towards Wonosobo, stopped by tea plantations on the way. After lunch, drove up to Dieng and visited Telaga Warna, Sikidang, Gatotkaca, Bima, Arjuna, and the museum. Went to a special lookout point for a fantastic view of the plateau thanks to the driver. Stopped by the neighbourhood geothermal plant before heading back down to Wonosobo, then back to Manohara hotel at Borobudur for check-in.

Day 5: Sunrise and the rest of the morning at Borobudur. Checked out after lunch and flew back in the evening.

Overall quite an enjoyable trip But apparently, most prices have been jacked up since the start of the year, so come prepared with more rupiahs Was very lucky with the weather, only time there was somewhat heavy rain was while at Sukuh and Cetho, but this created a nice misty effect on the mountain. Looking back the only things we felt we missed were: more time at Prambanan; silver-making tour at Kotagede; the villages affected by Merapi eruption and maybe Tawangmangu.

Also missed the Kelud eruption by a week  IMHO, this year the ground under Java appears to be acting up, so any trip this year appears to be more risky compared to previous 2-3 years. Even our driver said it was a bad idea to trek Merapi now (but not sure about Bromo though....).

Day 1: I think that if you are arriving at 11.20am, you will have a full afternoon/evening to visit someplace. Perhaps one of the following?
- Villages affected by Merapi eruption
- Kotagede, silver-making tour
- Pamper yourself with a Javanese massage 

Day 2: On the way to Ceto and Sukuh, perhaps you can drop by Solo town or Tawangmangu waterfall.

Day 4: Don't forget the Kraton itself 

Littleprawn,
If you do go again, where would you visit the next time?

me too dude,i didnt get to hike merapi,go to bromo and ijen(the main things one should do)...

i need to go there again and do this!

Hi all, im planning to travel there 4d3n on hari raya with family. 4pax. Kindly share driver contact and suggest which hotel to stay in city centre. Any boutique hotel or decent ones will do. Tq.

bro, need your advice

I am going during puasa time with one of my friend(that makes 2)

is it advisable for us to drive on ourself or just get a driver

I tried to call a guide who was introduce by my friend but he seems reluctantly taking me up due to puasa

I stayed at Wake Up Homestay while i was travelling solo there and its GOOOOOD. Damn near the main street, food, massage and all. Here's a review link:

http://yellowtuktuk.com/review-wake-up-hom...a-yellowtuktuk/

Hope you find it useful. Going yogya soon? Make sure you try the GUDEG.

TBH Yogya is one of my fav travel place.I like how they have food everywhere. But of course, for me, my personal super fav is Bangkok.

Anyone has any recommendation of driver in yogjakarta?

Checking on the Yogyes website looking for driver, I notice all company service exclude parking & meals for driver. Anyone has any idea how much is the estimated cost for parking & meals for driver daily?

Hi all. good day!! Will be travelling to yogyakarta next year march and I'm staying at Melia Purosani Hotel. Appreciate any recommended itinerary for 4 days 3 nights. Will arrive there at 11.15am and leaving after 4 days later at 5.20pm.

Can you also PM me driver contact? This would be my first time there. Have always wanted to go there to visit Borobudur Temple.

Thx, how early should I be at the temple if I want to catch the sunrise