Must Visit Five Iconic Places in Batam Island

Batam is regularly visited by many travelers all over the world since there are lots of distinctive locations widely spread out around the province of Islands of Riau, Indonesia. There may be ought to visit these places below for initial journey in Batam otherwise you be said "Not yet to Batam if to not visit this 5 iconic locations of Batam".

1. The Great Monastery of Duta Maitreya (The Buddhist's Monastery)

This is the great monastery which is touted as the largest monastery in Southeast Asia. It's situated in jalan Sei Panas, Batam Center, constructed on a land area of 4.5 hectares.

In addition to touring around this vast monastery, vacationers may also try to forecast Ciam Si. In the back of the monastery there's a vegetarian restaurant, which can be the interested a part of vacation spot at this place.

2. Mini Forest Park "Mata Kucing"

This place is positioned at jalan Lt. Suprapto R, in between of areas Sekupang and Batu Aji, Batam. There's a swimming pool, mini zoo, and facilities for outbound activity for traveler.
This place can be has a large pool contains Arowana Arapaima Gigas. There are three free-living large arowana in the pond, with alligators and dozens of different Arowana.

3. Barelang Bridge

Barelang bridge was inbuilt 1992 and was accomplished in 1998, was constructed on the initiative of BJ Habibie, who was then serving as Minister of State for Research and Technology, and price more than Rp 400 billion. This bridge was initially intended for connecting Batam island to island and Galang Rempang projected into the industrial area. However these days these functions shifted into tourist attractions than transport.

Barelang Bridge is made to connect the three large islands and a number of other small islands that are included in the Riau Islands Province. Barelang own title, an acronym of the names of the three main islands connected by the bridges, the island of Batam, Rempang Island and Galang Island.

In the morning, afternoon, then late into the night time, there are many residents and tourists come to this bridge to relax. Taking photos enjoy the grilled corn or meatballs, and satay. This bridge is without doubt one of the icons of Batam Island.

4. The Ex-Camp of Vietnamese Refugee

If you have sufficient transit time in Batam, attempt to go down through Barelang Bridge subsequent to the Galand Island. Right here lays the history of the ex-camp of Vietnamese refugee residents. They had ever lived on this place in interval year of 1975 to 1996.
On this complex there are extensive remains of buildings such as barracks, hospitals, police stations, quarantine station, churches, pagodas, museums. Because full of mystical aura, this complexes just open in the morning to afternoon.

5. Miniature House of Indonesia Residents

If you want to see Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII) in mini model? There it is in Batam Miniature House of Indonesia Residents, located at Bengkong area, has a collection of 33 replica of customized houses} from all over Indonesia. All these replicas are linked by walkways with green landscapes feast for the eyes.

There are no charges to get into this place.

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Nagoya City So Beautiful Featured as Travel Destination

Batam is cool and impressive. One of them is Nagoya area, the city is visited every day by many tourists from abroad. Saturdays and Sundays are very busy. Batam city generally industrial city indeed. But for tourists Nagoya has its own charm. Really nice to enjoy the atmosphere of the city of Nagoya.

Therefore the Government Batam will due appearance polishing business district in Nagoya city planning as a leading tourism destination.

Batam City government, through Mayor uniform regulations such buildings in the business district of Nagoya. Nagoya, the business heart of the city of Batam chosen as Tourism Destinations Featured Regions  as this place hold various MICE (Meeting, Incentive, Convention, Event) national and regional.

Due to the location of many hotels for MICE are there in the Nagoya area, then Nagoya chosen as Tourism Destinations Featured Regions.

City government will also set the location of parking as well as street hawker’s center in the region, to support the conveniences of the city. As in Siang-Malam Region, will be laid out again the parking lot.
Nagoya appearance expected realignment will add comfort foreign tourists who are in Batam.

Many things can be enjoyed in the city of Nagoya Batam. Ranging from culinary tours to tourist night entertainment. Nagoya is a fun option for those who have been planning a trip with family on a holiday. For those of you from outside Batam could use a personal or rental car to enjoy sightseeing in the Nagoya area.
Culinary tours in Nagoya for example, a lot of options that can be visited and almost every corner of the city of Nagoya exist, such as restaurant Padang, Padang typical menu that always arouse our appetite. The food court / food court is also the most visited, Typical Food Court is not roofed over look cool and not hot. In most of the food court open at night, in the Food Court diverse food and beverages served. Seafood is the most offered in the food court. Can also be found other traditional regional cuisine withers. The menu is typical Chinese oriental like Ba Kut Teh or Fried Noodle also becomes the favorite menu.

The hotel's location was very supportive and affordable for tourist trip in Nagoya region. For example, Hotel Nagoya Plaza that were located adjacent to the Nagoya Hill mall. Along the road between the hotel and the mall you will be treated with a wide range of batam’s culinary like satay, cooking with seafood and a menu with a wide selection of Chinese food. All that can be enjoyed while looking at the typical street but not slutty. If you do not have your own vehicle to make it more convenient to use car rental services in Batam to these places.

Each of these places has privileges. Clearly the City of Nagoya has a different aura than anywhere else. Nagoya is not only a culinary tourist and entertainment areas, shopping is very much, one mall, complete place for those who like shopping for goods or souvenirs.

Once dug in Nagoya city, will feel like a metropolitan atmosphere like in Jakarta or Bangkok. Travel to Batam, Nagoya adds a more complete package. Also in the Nagoya area, scattered a number of hotels.  The Panorama Regency Hotel is located in the middle of Nagoya city Batam, Harmoni Hotel, Planet HoliDay, Goodway, i-hotel and others.

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Alternative Tourist Shopping Attractions in Batam

If we talk about the Batam city, which certainly comes to mind is shopping, electronic and across the country Singapore.  Batam, which just opposite the Singapore state, is one of the tourist destinations frequented by foreign tourists. Tourist attractions in Batam is quite a lot, from tours to attraction places, culinary tourism, to tourist shopping.

Here I want to tell you about shopping in Batam not far from electronics, gadgets, fashion, and by-the typical Batam.

Let's peel one by one:

1. Elektronics

Electronic prices in Batam exactly cheap compared to other cities in Indonesia. Such as tv, home theater, computer pc and laptop. If you like to hunt electronics such as television sets, home theater etc can be found in the area Sei Jodoh and Nagoya. Normally spreading in the malls  like Nagoya hill shopping center, BCS mall, and a Mega mall.

If you want looking for a pc (personal computer) and a laptop or computer hard ware can be found in the Nagoya Hill Mall Lt.1, DC mall, or on the plaza that sells everything an standard computer device that is My Mart Batam Center.

2. Gadget

One of gadgets that are often hunted currently is smart phones, such as tablet computer, android smartphone, blackberry etc.  if those then you can get the gadget in Lucky Plaza Nagoya Batam .. in this plaza stores scattered many gadgets, you can compare the prices between  stores to other stores, there are so many. :-)

3. Fashion

Fashion that is often sought in Batam include: branded bags made in Europe and Korea, which are imported from foreign outfits such as Korea and Hong Kong, as well as perfumes.

Branded bags you can find in the center of the bag sales in Nagoya town house around Lucky Plaza   . Import clothes can be found in boutiques scattered in big malls in Batam like Nagoya Hill, BCS Mall, Mega Mall etc..

Branded perfume can also be found in places that are selling the bags and branded clothes who mentioned earlier. Now there is an alternative to the leading fragrance branded perfumes. Usually this  branded perfumes approached about 90 to 99%. Abroad usually called artisan perfume. There is even a perfume that smells exactly with recognize  branded aroma, making it difficult to distinguish which one is branded original, which one artisan perfume.

4. Typical Souvenirs of Batam

Because Batam city is one of the favorite tourist visits, so many creative people of Batam  created the typical souvenirs of Batam. Souvenirs such as banana cake villa which has several outlets that spread across the city of Batam. There is also dragon fruit cake, toasty bingka nagoyadam, and who has many other culinary specialties made as Batam city gifts.

In addition to culinary, many travelers also brought goods that mentioned above for souvenirs for family, relatives and beloved friends .

So no need to wonder anymore it would find a place in Batam shopping.

Welcome to the city of Batam beloved that is multi ethnic and racial .. :-)

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Montigo Resort Nongsa Review

Over the weekend, I paid a visit to Montigo Resorts in Batam on a personal trip, and just had to do a quick post on the place before I overlook - the place is simply wonderful despite the fact that they are not fully open yet!

Simply try the welcoming view from the lobby…the resort is made up of three sorts of villas with subtle differences - Hill Side Villa, Hill Top Pool Villa and Spa Villa (I reckon you'll be able to more or less tell what the differences are from the names!).

There was a cold towel and welcome lemongrass drink to enjoy whereas we had been checking in…even in case you do not converse Bahasa Indonesia, no worries as the workers are decently proficient in English. The standard of service is sort of equal to that of Membership Med in Bintan, which is basically saying something.

The resort is set right into a hillside, so a good quantity of strolling is required - prolonged exploration of the resort is not advisable for old folk or these with younger children, though journey can easily be taken care of by the quite a few buggies servicing the resort.

The bottom floor consisted of a spacious lounge complete with kitchen amenities and even a Wii…the day beds had been so cozy, you will even fell asleep there!

And oh, the villa pool…it is not large, but most satisfying - you only need to open the living room sliding doorways, take 2 steps and climb straight into the pool.

The second ground was made up of the 2 bedrooms with attached bathrooms - the{master room (which I obtained) has a 4 poster bed, while the second room has two single beds…take my phrase for it, when you sink into the bed and the pillows, you won't need to budge!
Rest room , The stone bathtub is right below a skylight, and came with a nice packet of bath salts…too bad I didn't have time to soak in there! There's additionally a individually partitioned bathe stall and toilet if you need to share the lavatory with someone.

One other superior touch - double sinks! No need to queue or struggle for sink area within the morning…big plus point for me.

I hadn't heard about Malin + Goetz earlier than this, but after a quick Google search (doncha simply love instant information at your fingertips?) I discovered they're an apothecary based in New York. They have the most superb smelling toiletries - rum cleaning soap, cilantro body wash, peppermint shampoo…you'll be able to simply think about those pretty scents, cannot you?

The restaurant is the only bit that seemed more harking back to Indonesian design, however in some way I liked it - just a little bit rustic with fashionable parts weaved in.

Look up! I had to give two thumbs as much as the resort's consideration for nature…as an alternative of demolishing the entire space, they made concessions round among the timber which I believed was a small step in the fitting direction.

From an eco-friendly perspective, the resort additionally made the trouble to preserve as much energy as doable - the widespread areas of the resort are principally white with ethereal ceilings and followers, while on the villas only the mandatory areas such as bedrooms and front room are air conditioned (the staircase up to every ground is ventilated from the outside).

For individuals who can't fully disconnect from the web but but do not need to pay hefty roaming fees, you may be most delighted to know that Montigo Resorts has free Wifi throughout the whole resort (personally examined, they have awesomely quick speeds and regular sign!) - are you leaping for pleasure yet?. This resort already official launching in March 2013.

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Batam Targets 1.25 Million Tourists in Year 2013

Batam City Government targeting foreign tourists to visit the area as many as 1.25 million people in 2013, an increase compared to 2012 some 1.2 million people.

"Target 2013 as many as 1.25 million foreign tourists," said Head of Batam City Tourism Yusfa Hendri in "focus group discussion" Tourism 2013 at Batam Riau Islands, on Thursday.

Improvement targets, he said, along with the improvement and enhancement of infrastructure and various events organized to attract tourists to Batam.

For example, he said, the tourism area around the barelang  bridge I that built by central government in 2012, is now ready to use so it is expected to absorb more foreign tourists.

In the same place, Head of Tourism and Culture Riau Islands Province Guntur Sakti said the government had inaugurate the barelang bridge I as a tourist place in December 2012.

According to him, since the central government  develop the region, many entrepreneurs who are interested in building a business that supporting tourism.

"The Barelang bridge 1 area development is the government's efforts to 'triger' tourism in Batam," he said.

In addition to revamping the Barelang bridge I,   in 2013 the central government and the local government is also planning to develop the Abang island as a tourist destination.

The island is a national strategic area was developed into the dive and "snorkeling" because it has the beauty of marine life.

The government also increased the budget for infrastructure by means of improving the quality of roads to pamper tourists.

In addition to the infrastructure improvements and the addition of object tourism facilities, local governments cooperate Tourism Ministry also held a variety of events that are expected to bring in tourists in Batam Art Cultural them in September 2013, the Food and Culinary Festival.

"It was a parade procession at midnight in the Nagoya area," said Thunder.
Regarding constraints, Guntur said Batam facility has not had a safe and convenient transportation when transportation is one of the basic facilities that should be provided in the area of tourism.

"Batam need safe and convenient transportation," he said.

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