For cheap holidays, you also have to be smart looking for cheap tickets. Especially for roundtrip tickets. This time we will calculate the cost of a cheap vacation from Jakarta to Yogyakarta. To get cheap tickets you can search various travel agent applications. Remember! Because this is a cheap holiday, you also have to find economy train tickets at the lowest prices.
So for this article I suggest you visit Yogyakarta in the middle of your Indonesia / Asia trip, so it’ll be cheaper because of the local transport price!
The round ticket price for Jakarta to Yogyakarta is around IDR 150,000 / person.
Train Ticket
Hotel
Remember! this time we will have a cheap holiday in Yogyakarta. So whatever is chosen must be the cheapest. For accommodation you can really choose various hotels in the Sosrowijayan alley. There you will get a variety of very cheap hotel choices. Indeed, the hotels in the Sosrowijayan alley are not as fancy as 5-star hotels. But you should know, for cheap holidays, lodging facilities are not important, the most important thing is the convenience of the inn.
Here you will find the hotel you need. For cheap holidays you only need 2 nights. So you just have to book a room for 2 nights.
My recommendation : Hotel 1001 Malam
The price range of this hotel is € 18 per night, it’s a great option and it’s clean, which is important!
Activities
In this cheap holiday to Yogyakarta, we recommend that you choose a number of tourist attractions where the ticket price is relatively cheap. But that’s not gonna be a problem because most of the tourist attraction are free or really cheap so you’re basically can go ANYWHERE if you have Euro as your income!
Well, here are some lists of tourist attractions that I personally like. You can choose from some of these attractions. Of course you have to make sure that the tourist attractions are close to where you are staying.
Bukit Bintang
Gumuk Pasir
Pintoe Langit Dahromo
Kaliadem
Goa Gajah
Tamansari Water Castle
Candi Ratu Boko
Candi Prambanan (Morning)
Candi Prambanan (Night)
Food
As I said in previous article that food in Indonesia are divine! and each regions have their own specialty! and in this post I’m trying my best to curate the foods that you HAVE TO TRY when you’re in Yogyakarta!
You know me, so you know the drill, I’ll put the pictures of the food and the names and I’ll also put a couple of my personal favourite in the end! Oh and also did you know that you can click on the picture if you want to take a closer look? go ahead and do that!
Rujak Ice Cream
Soto Pak Sabar
Bakmie Jawa
Gudeg
Mie Ayam Pangsit Pak Marto
Now for my faves!
Iga Bakar Jakal
Kue Pukis Kotabaru
Sate Klathak Pak Pong
Jenang Candil dan Bubur Mutiara
Entok Slenge
Sorry! I got carried away lol! but here’s all the stuff that you can and WILL eat if you go to Yogyakarta or any Indonesian cities for that matter. Just show the pictures to ANYONE and they will help you find it! Good luck and have a great breakfast/lunch/dinner/snack!!!!
Packing Tips
Now for the packing tips, I advise you to dress comfortably. Most of the times weather in Indonesia is warm to hot because it’s a tropical country! so it would be better to wear casual stuff, and for shoes, just wear whatever feels comfortable for your feet. Don’t forget SUN SCREEN! so you’ll never have a problem with being sunburnt!
Bali, the island of the Gods is indeed one of the favourites of (both domestic and foreign) tourists. Bali offers a comfort as well as tranquility in your heart when you visit. However, there are still many people who consider holidays to Bali need a lot of money, especially if you want to have fun.
In fact, enough with IDR 1,500,000
you can be satisfied in Bali for one week! The only expensive things you need
to worry about is the flight! Which can cost up to 700 euro, but in low season
you can find one that cost 300 – 500 euro, so make sure that the timing is
right!
Meanwhile, public
transportation from Ngurah Rai Airport to several back areas can use taxis with
the following fare information (Prices may change at any time):
These are examples of the price of the taxi with the destination but there are always ways that you can finesse into getting cheaper deals! One of them are bringing LOCAL!!!! (u can hit me up anytime lol). Oh yeah, and also these are not all the price range, but if you want to check all of the price and destination go to Bali tourism website and there you’ll find the informations you need!
Taxi in Bali
Hotel
Hotels don’t need to be expensive, as long as it’s clean enough. Actually, your main function is to book a hotel because you need a bed when the night comes, right? If you don’t use star-rated hotel facilities, you better book a hotel that is normal, but still clean. Anyway … who says you can’t find luxury lodging with a private pool under IDR 1,000,000? You can!
My recommendation : Best Western Kuta Villa
The hotel provides free transportation from the hotel to Discovery Mall. The design of the hotel is modern mixed with ethnic Balinese. The price per room starts from IDR 480,000.
Activities
Touring around Bali will be
very pleasant. Can enjoy beautiful Balinese landscapes in a relaxed manner,
enjoying them on a motorcycle. I’ve done this in Bali several times, and
haven’t been bored until now. For detailed itinerary touring around Bali for
two days, roughly like this.
Touring Around Bali Day 1
Departing from Kuta early in the morning, around 04.00 – 04.30
The first destination to be visited is Sanur Beach, estimates until 05.00. Enjoy the sunrise on Sanur beach
Around 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. can be spent on breakfast first. around the closest Sanur Beach is KFC fast food.
Around 11.00, enter the Candidasa area
At 12.00, stop at Virgin Beach or also known as White Sand Beach. Spend about 2 hours on this beach, and continue the journey at 14.00
Continuing the journey from Virgin Beach, around 15.00 will pass the Amlapura area, and Amed which is part of East Bali. The scenery along this trip is second to none. There is one area where you can clearly see the amazing scenery of Mount Agung.
It is estimated that at 17.00, it will reach the northern part of Bali, while enjoying this beautiful sunset in northern Bali.
At 7:00 p.m. will enter Singaraja area, the first day will end at Singaraja. Many lodgings are found on Jalan Ahmad Yani, Singaraja.
Touring Around Bali Day 2
Try to leave the hotel where you stay in the morning, around 07.00 – 08.00 WITA, or even earlier if you want to see dolphins on Lovina Beach.
If you do not want to watch wild dolphins on Lovina Beach, by leaving at 08.00 WITA, it is estimated to arrive at Lovina Beach at around 8:30 a.m.
Around 10:30 WITA, it will reach seririt, the surrounding scenery is in the form of hills, and there are several parts that are the edge of the beach.
The next hour after leaving Seririt area, or around 11:30 WITA, will enter the area of West Bali National Park, which is mostly in the form of forests, besides that in the West Bali National Park there is also Labuhan Lalang which is the crossing point to Menjangan Island.
After noon around 13:00 WITA, you will enter the country, one of the regencies in the province of Bali, which also has many beautiful scenery along its path, such as a verdant view of rice fields with a sea background. Where can you find other than in Bali?
Around 18:00 WITA, it will reach the end of traveling around Bali, the final destination which is also the starting point, Kuta, Bali.
Along the northern route, it is difficult to find food stalls, except when you have entered the Singaraja area, bringing food in the form of snacks for your own drink will be better.
So those are my recommendation for 2 days of your trip, and the rest of them you can explore and google on your own! The possibility is endless you guys! This is Indonesia we’re talking about, there are no rules in terms of how to explore the crevices of this island!
Food
Food in Indonesia are AMAZING (bias opinion btw lmao) and each regions cuisine have their own magic! and in this post I’m trying my best to curate the foods that you HAVE TO TRY when you’re in Bali!
You know me, so you know the drill, I’ll put the pictures of the food and the names and I’ll also put a couple of my personal favourite in the end! Oh and also did you know that you can click on the picture if you want to take a closer look? go ahead and do that!
Babi Guling Bali (Suckling Pig)
Bebek Goreng/ Bebek Betutu (Fried/Smoked Duck)
Nasi Campur (Mixed Rice)
Sambal Matah (Chilli sauce)
Sate Lilit Ikan (Fish Satay)
And now time for some of my faves!
Grilled sweet corn
Assortments of grilled seafood
Unique Place
In this article I’ll give y’all a bonus of cool place to visit in Bali that I personally like. All of these place is only good for instagram photos lol, so if you’re not looking for that you can skip this section!
Motel Mexicola Trendy and unique dining place with a colourful concept serving Mexican specialties and alcohol.
Hideout Beehive Hideout Beehive is a unique eco stay for adventurous travelers, hidden in the mountains of the Mount Agung area. It’s the first of the three Hideout homes to permanently sleep four guests. With an upstairs rotating bed in the Beehive, as well as a double house overlooking the river, it’s perfect for a couple of couples or a group of friends getaway.
Mad Pops The only place to eat ice cream in Seminyak! This popular spot has recently launched a second branch in Canggu so look out for more neon lighting and Instagram fame.
Kim Soo KIM SOO is a lifestyle & homeware store based in Seminyak. With monochromatic interiors and exteriors, Kim Soo is the chicest shop in Bali.
Packing Tips
Now for the packing tips, I advise you to dress comfortably. Most of the times weather in Bali is warm to hot so it would be better to wear casual stuff and maybe even your swim suit (trust me you will see people out and about in their swim suit or shirtless). And for shoes, just wear whatever feels comfortable for your feet, I mostly just pack my Birkenstock and call it a day. Don’t forget SUN SCREEN! so you’ll never have a problem with being sunburnt!
Including Flight : 4 days In Singapore 3 Days : 2 Nights
Currency
Singaporean
Dollar
EUR
SGD
USD
SGD
1
1,53
1
1,36
Transport
It’s still unfortunate that there’s no cheaper way to go to Singapore other than with planes, but fear not! The cheapest flight from Paris to Singapore are 551€ with Finnair and 563€ with British Airways, and those are round-trips prices, not too shabby eh? But then again it may depends on the season and flying time.
Arriving at Changi International Airport, we go straight to terminal 2 where there is Mass Rapid Transportation (MRT) which directly goes to downtown Singapore. We chose to use MRT because this transportation is the fastest and cheapest way to reach hotels in central Singapore. I’ve never tried anything other than MRT when I go here with my family, it literally go around the city (or country…), but you could also use some of the applications such as Uber and GrabCar or GrabBike (it’s a Malaysian company similar to Uber but also provides transportation with motorcycle). MRT cost more or less SGD 2,20.
This is the MRT system in Singapore
Hotel
Because when I travel to Singapore I usually come here with organization or my parents, so we always stayed at the nicer hotel. But based on some of my friends experience, there are several hostel that are literally 12€ for 2 nights it was wild. But upon doing some heavy research, I found the perfect place for all of you to stay! Fragrance Ruby Hotel, located at 10 Lorong 20 Geylang, Singapore. The hotel location is quite strategic, close to Aljunied MRT Station which is a 10-minute walk away (and remember the MRT are connected to the whole freaking country! So the key to travel in Singapore are finding hotels that are close to MRT station so you could literally go ANYWHERE!) The price of this hotel is quite good, it’s 47€ per night and you get 2 single bed for you and your travel buddy and the journey from the airport to Aljunied Station using the MRT only takes about 30 minutes.
Activities
For the first day of your trip after you land and check in to your hotel, you can have lunch at Bugis Street / Orchard road which are the main touristy area in Singapore, packed with shopping centre and delicious asian cuisine and street food. After you’re done eating you can take a walk on the Singapore river, and go see the Merlion statue at the Merlion Park, It’s like the symbol of the country so you have to take a picture.
And after that you can go to the garden by the bay, to see the Garden Rhapsody lamp show at 19.45. The show is quite famous and just an amazing sight to see, and it’s free lol so why not. Then the event continues to Marina Bay Sands mall. Enjoy the night atmosphere with its amazing laser show, the Spectra fountain which are also free. And if you still have the energy to sight see some of the awesome stuff there you can continue to the Helix bridge near the MBS Mall.
Helix Bridge & Marina Bay Sands (the BIG building)
For the second day, we’ll start the day with taking a walk in Kampong Glam and Arab Street (Shopping and culinary) and obviously taking photos in the cool mural that they have there. And after that we can take a walk to enjoy the beauty of the magnificent Sultan Mosque and also try some of the world famous “Teh Tarik” in Arab Street. From there we can go to take an Afternoon Walk on Sentosa Island, and we can go there by MRT then by bus, while you were on Santosa don’t forget to enjoy Siloso Beach, Palawan Beach and take pictures on the Universal Studios Singapore globe, and unfortunately in this post I didn’t recommend you to go inside the Universal Studio Singapore because it’s overpriced lol (I’ll post a special edition post if you guys wanted me to explore USS in detail).
And for the last day, because we usually have the flight at night after we check out of our hotel we can leave the items in the hotel and go for a walk to Orchard Road to buy some Singaporean souvenirs and 1 SGD ice cream sandwich that the street stall offer, and just enjoy the rest of the trip and wait for the time you have to go to the airport.
Food
For this part of the post I just want to say that my other friends from Latin America, Europe, and Canada ain’t got nothin on our food bro! If you watch Crazy Rich Asian there’s a scene where the protagonist Rachel (played by Constance Wu) and her boyfriend Nick (Henry Golding) meet up with some friends for dinner after they land in Singapore. The couple ambles through the Newton Food Centre, a famed outdoor market, collecting satays and bowls of laksa curry from the various hawker stalls, and it’s clear that Nick is very comfortable ordering from the vendors. This is a moment when the audience starts to understand how Nick’s life in Singapore is very different from the one he lives back in America.
These south east asian cuisine will make you all hungry and tempted to buy these foods. Most of these foods you can find in the Newton Food Centre (where the Crazy Rich Asian being filmed) and all over Singapore.
Without further ado, I will show you the type of cuisine that you can enjoy here in Singapore, and I promise you, your stomach will grumble looking at these sexy food pictures!
Those pictures above are some of the most famous food in Singapore, we have Fried Carrot Cake is made with eggs, preserved radish (chai poh) and white radish flour cake, which resembles a ‘white carrot’, thus giving rise to the dish name.
The 2nd one is the two most famous styles of cooking crabs in Singapore are with a sweet, spicy tomato-ish chilli sauce, or with black pepper sauce. Chilli crabs are usually eaten along with fried mantous (buns), which are dipped in the luscious chilli sauce.
The 3rd one we have Laksa Traditional Singapore Curry Laksa uses vermicelli, coconut milk, tau pok (beancurd puffs), fish slices, shrimp and hum (cockles). Due to cost-cutting or taste preference, some stalls might opt out of shrimp and cockles.
After that we have Oyster Omelette Popular in Singapore hawker centres (Crazy Rich Asian book reference) as well as in Taiwan night markets, this is a dish that many foreigners and locals love. Stalls that sell Carrot Cake typically also sell Oyster Omelettes as it’s a similar cooking process that also utilises a common ingredient: Eggs. Potato starch is usually mixed in when frying the egg and gives a thicker, fuller taste. Variants include a version without the starch, which is priced slightly higher due to more eggs needed instead. A special vinegar chilli is also paired exclusively with Oyster Omelettes in Singapore.
And the last but certainly NOT least is the infamous Nasi Lemak.
Nasi Lemak is a very versatile dish and what was once a breakfast item, is now eaten during lunch and dinner too. Traditionally wrapped in banana leaves, Nasi Lemak is a deeply-rooted Malay coconut rice dish.
The rice is steamed with coconut cream to give it a sweet fragrance. A typical Nasi Lemak set comes with Ikan Bilis (fried anchovies), peanuts, egg and sambal (chilli paste). A good sambal is arguably the mark of a good Nasi Lemak.
Nasi Lemak is so popular in Singapore, the other races have adopted this dish in their own variations and offer a wide selection of additional ingredients like fried chicken drumsticks, luncheon meat and sotong (cuttlefish) balls.
You’ve hear about those 5 famous Singaporean dish, but I also would like to add a couple more of my favourite dishes in this post. Since I was little, when I go to Singapore I always wonder around by myself to just explore, and since I love food, that is the realm that I explore the most. And because I don’t want to add anymore writings to this long post (lmao) I’m just going to show you the pictures of the foods and what its called.
Curry Puffs
Chicken and Beef Satay
Hainanese chicken rice
Liao Fan Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice & Noodle
Packing Tips
Now for the packing tips, I advise you to dress comfortably. Most of the times Singapore weather is warm to hot so it would be better to wear casual tees and jeans (maybe shorts) and pack some casual attire such as short polo tee, khaki shorts, plaid shirt, etc. And for shoes, just wear whatever feels comfortable for your feet, I mostly just pack my sneakers (Nike or Converse) and call it a day. Oh, and don’t forget to bring umbrella! because at night it might rain.
Kat Avantur 