Sunda Kelapa also known as Pasar Ikan or the Fish Market rings with the echoes of the past with the Dutch colonization of Jakarta. The old trading post was transformed into a fish auction market that comes alive at sunrise. Guests staying in Jakarta hotels can enjoy the soft rays of the tropical sun as they make their way through the entrance of the fish market that evolves with a fascinating array beautiful gifts from the Java Sea with decorative turtles and different kinds of shells. Memories of times gone by re-emerge with the Bugis schooners with tall masts unloading or carrying merchandise across the Indonesian waters. The visitors can visit and view the excellent exhibits at the Old Supreme Court Building that has been transformed into a museum with a delicate range of Chinese porcelain and fine arts. As the guests staying in Jakarta hotels traverse the mists of the past, they can absorb its ancient history at the Jakarta Museum or the Old Town Hall built in 1627, that houses historical documents and colonial furniture with a silent sentinel of a 16th century cannon standing guard on the cobblestone square. The Pasar Burung or the Bird Market is lively with gorgeous birds especially the singing bird called the Perkutut and other colorful and beautiful birds.

The Central Museum was established in 1778, under the patronage of the Batavia Association of Arts and Sciences and displays relics, artifacts that date back to the Bronze Age, ceramics, bronzes, instruments, arts and crafts. Guests will be delighted by the Wayang Museum and its traditional puppet theater and puppets crafted in leather and wood. The tourists staying at Jakarta hotels can enjoy a moment of serenity at the Old Portuguese Church, built between 1693 and 1696 and showcases a baroque pulpit and organ. A walk through the Menteng Residential Area is a must as the tourists staying in comfort of Jakarta hotels can experience a colonial past. The T.I.M. Arts Center would be appealing for artistic guests where Indonesian contemporary arts are displayed in a range of plays, exhibitions, poetry readings, musicals, dance performances and many more aesthetic arts that evolve over an archives building, exhibition halls, theaters, an academy of arts and a planetarium. As families staying in Jakarta hotels plan a trip to the Ragunan Zoo in South Jakarta, they will have a fabulous time with the verdant tropical setting housing beautiful birds of paradise, the komodo lizard, anoa, banteng, Java tiger, tapir and many more creatures of the wild.

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