Many cool stuff, we go around the house until the inside part to learn and see the ancient history of Surakarta.

In 2011, I spent a lovely hour at Kraton Mangkunegara. At the entrance, I paid the ticket and asked for an English guide and was told the fee was up to me to discuss with the guide directly. He was a young grad student from another part of Indonesia just happened to be in Solo and he explained he was... More

Went there after lunch and it was already closed. If I'm not mistaken, it closed at 3pm. So you better reach there in the morning or before lunch.

A rather disappointing visit to the Kraton Mangkunegara (local name), aka Istana Mangkunegara (national name). In the first place they have a completely weird dress code here, very different to everywhere else we have been in Indonesia. They objected to the full length traditional Indonesian sarongs, with sash, that one of my friends and I were wearing (which we wore... More

Mangkunegaran Palace was known to have a very intimate relationship with Napoleon. The Mangkunegaran Regent sent an army of Javanese Troop in Napoleonic War, although the war was already over when the troop finally got there...

this is one of the tourist object that any tourist should visit in solo. It;s one of the national heritage of solo empire.

it's an interesting place, too bad they don't take a good care of it, there are many properties damaged or left untreated

If you love tropical architecture, or even have an east-meets-west kind of thing, you'll love the tour here. It's more of a lifestyle museum- meaning you get to see the family's regalia, the dining rooms, the throne room, etc. It's not like the one in Jogja with the palace guards and the gamelan. It's more sedated than that. But if... More

one of the biggest palace in asia, this place is a symbol of a great culture of java. a place with historical value of indonesia that you must see