Bandung Travel Forum

Hi,
I am from Singapore.
I am going to visit yr beautiful Bandung somewhere end of March or April.
So i have a few question to ask u.Hope u can provide me more information.

1.When is the best time to visit Bandung ? March or April?
2.Place of interest there?
3.Shopping locations for good imitations branded jeans,t-shirts,ladies hand bags etc.
4.Where can i get pirated dvds? can it be found at Cihemplas walk?
Any classic indonesian action/horror movies dvds/vcds can be found there,eg Si buta dari goa hantu (the very 1st movie before he went blind),Penanggal ilmu telor,arwah penasaran, etc,how much?
5.How the weather/temperature there?
6.Which is the best hotel?
7.Can i know whether every weekends there a concert going on at Cihemplas walk by SCTV? what time?

Hope u can provide me the answer for all the questions above, Selamat

1.either march or april is good
2.beside shooping attractions, u could visit history sides along asia-afrika street, scenic areas @ tangkuban perahu, ciater, lembang n dago
3.@ cihampelas, dago, riau/marthadinata n setia budi
5.we cant predict d'temperature, lately, since d'global warming effect, but mostly bandung has nice wheather
6.holiday inn hotel is quite good in term of location n services
7.just read d'tv programe

hope it's could help u
welcome 2 bandung
regards,
happy

I think April is more comfort because the rainfall decreased. Place of Interest are mostly shopping center at factory outlet and culinary trip. Experience various delicacies there. Factory outlets spread around Jalan Dago, Jalan Riau, Jalan Setia budi, Jalan Cihampelas and shop till you drop !! I will not suggest you to buy pirate DVDs. For accommodation, many hotels around those factory outlets, don't worry just go show to find room.

Can't help with the shopping part (as I'm not a shopper) but hope the followings would give some ideas.

1. Hotel: I've stayed at both New SanyRosa and Santika. Both are reasonably priced and decent.
2. Places of interest: Gunung Tangkuban Prahu, Museum Geologi (there's a replica of Java man specimen), lots of colonial buildings (Gedung Sate, ITB, etc).

A recommended eating place is Samsara restaurant at Jln Trunojoyo, where you can find the Sundanese food.

Must try out food would be the famous brownies kukus.

Hi there,
I am trying to give you some tips and wish that it would be much help for you to plan your tour itineraries.
1. I think the best time to visit Bandung will be on April.
Before you leave Singapore, maybe this tip will be helpful. There are some cheap flight from Changi to Jakarta/online booking such as: www.valuair.com/Tiger airways) or if you want to try flying from Batam island, there are many daily schedulled flight flying to Jakarta as well (SGD 100-110). When you arriving in Jakarta (Soekarno-Hatta Int'l airport), just take a daily shuttle van from JKT to BDG > min. 3 persons (drop off to your choice Bandung's hotel) Cipaganti/X-trans etc) which gonna cost each of you: IDR 125000(SGD.25).
2. Place of interest is vary, depending on your interest.If you'd like tracking/hiking, you can take a daily tour package to the northern part of Bandung > Tangkuban Perahu volcanic Mountain, then proceed to Ciater hotspring Spa resort. The other similar place will be "Kawah Putih(white crater) situated at southern part of Bandung.
3.Shopping location for imitation branded Jeans & T-shirt will be spread along at jalan Cihampelas, Jl. Riau (the Herritage/the Summit factory outlets)or simply visit the manufacturer itself namely "Stock Center".
4.I am not reccommend you to buy any pirated DVD/CD
5.Bandung city is situated at 800m above sea level (much higher than Mt Faber), so its quite cool and fresh up here (dont forget to bring your warm jacket along).
6.The best hotel is vary depending on your expectations. If you are the shop addict, hotel grand Serela at Jalan Riau is a good choice,The rate = IDR 400.000/R/N incl.breakfast (Week days), but there will be a surcharged during the week end periods (Fri-Sun).If you love the night live, Kedaton hotel is a perfect choice (IDR 400000/r/n WD)because most of the discotiques are situated at jalan Braga which is a walking distance from the hotel.
Most of the average Bandung's tourist class hotel's rates will be arround SGD 50-60/Room/night including breakfast (Perdana wisata/Mutiara/Anggrek Bidakara/Royal Merdeka Hotels).The standard/supperior ones will be approx.SGD 65-75.00/R/N (Kedaton/Grand Serela/Vue Palace)NB:please check our VThotel info.
So my friend, happy travelling and hope to see you arround.
Kindest regards,

Hariswan
+62.81802157123.