Surabaya

Go to Surabaya City Indonesia:
Surabaya Airport: Juanda International Airport is the second busiest airport in Indonesia in terms of transit passengers. Many passengers transit through the airport. It is famous as a transit airport between West and East Indonesia. And it is also the focused airport of many airlines. In the future, the international airport activities will be removed to the new airport somewhere at Lamongan which will be operated internationally. But the domestic airport activities will remain at the old airport.
Tanjung Perak is the main port of the city and is one of the busiest ports in the country. Nowadays, it is also one of the top ten busiest cargo harbors in Southeast Asia. Although the operational of the port is nearly traditional, it is also used to carry modern cargo ships worldwide. The other port of the city is located in Gresik, the city which is located not far from Surabaya. It is not more than an hour drive from Surabaya city centre to Gresik via highway. In the future, Gresik will be the location for the new harbor.
This city is also a transit city between Jakarta and Bali if using the ground transportations. Many tourists go through the city of Surabaya to sight seeing before they come back to Jakarta or continue their journey to Bali. Another bus routes are between Jakarta and Madura island which is nearest to Surabaya.

In Surabaya City

Surabaya has become one of the largest cities in Southeast Asia, and as the province capital, Surabaya is also home for many offices and business centres, And also the main education center, Surabaya has been the home for many students from around Indonesia, thus they have created their own community. Also, Surabaya is the commercial center for the eastern Indonesian region, hence many outsiders live in Surabaya.
Interest in Surabaya :
- Go to Surabaya's zoo, opened in 1916, was the first in the world to have successfully bred orangutans in captivity.
- Grand Mosque of Surabaya, the largest mosque in East Java.
- Cheng Ho Mosque, the first mosque in Indonesia built with a Chinese style architecture
- Jales Veva Jaya Mahe Monument, a large, admiral-like statue which commemorates the Indonesian Navy.
- Mpu Tantular Museum, has a large collection of ancient Javanese artifacts.
- Monkasel, abbreviated from Monumen Kapal Selam (English: Submarine Monument), an old submarine placed as a tourism attraction inside which people can wander. Right beside the monument there is a building where a short movie about the history of the submarine itself can be watched.
- Heroic Monument is the main symbol and one of the attractive tourist destinations in Surabaya and Southeast Asia.

Surabaya Indonesia

Surabaya city Indonesia, and this city is the capital of the province of East Java. It is also one of the biggest cities in Southeast Asia. It is located on the northern shore of eastern Java at the mouth of the Mas River and at the side of the Madura Strait.
Surabaya as the main seaport and commercial center in the eastern region of Indonesia, Surabaya has become one of the largest cities in Southeast Asia.

The areas surrounding Surabaya include Lamongan to the northwest, Gresik to the west, Bangkalan to the northeast, Sidoarjo to the south, and Mojokerto and Jombang to the southwest.
Juanda International Airport is the second busiest airport in Indonesia in terms of transit passengers. Many passengers transit through the airport. It is famous as a transit airport between West and East Indonesia. And it is also the focused airport of many airlines. In the future, the international airport activities will be removed to the new airport somewhere at Lamongan which will be operated internationally. But the domestic airport activities will remain at the old airport.