One of the beautiful city in Indonesia - Bandung

Now I would like to introduce one of the beautiful city in Indonesia none other than my hometown, Bandung City. Bandung is the second largest metropolitan city after Jakarta and it is the capital of West Java province. Bandung is also the fourth largest city in Indonesia after Jakarta, Surabaya and Medan. Bandung is located in highland, so that there are many mountains, lakes and volcanoes surrounding the city.

Kawah Putih

Kawah Putih is a lake which located at the south of Bandung, West Java. Kawah Putih is a beautiful place where it is one of the beauties of nature. Therefore, many people are going to Kawah Putih for only enjoying the view or keep it for a memorable by taking many pictures around the spot.

Factory Outlet

Bandung has many factory outlets around the city and many people from different city are coming to Bandung for visiting the factory outlets. The factory outlet is located in Cihampelas Street, Riau Street and Setiabudhi Street. These places attract tourists to buy fashion wears as they are cheaper than branded items. 

Bandung Supermal, Cihampelas Walk and Paris Van Java are famous shopping center in Bandung. Yet, these shopping center has its own appealing places compare to other shopping center.

Bandung Supermal is the largest shopping center in Bandung with an area of 12 hectares . It focuses more on expensive branded items (i.e. Salvatore Ferragamo) and it has a 4 hectares outdoor theme park, Trans Studio Bandung. 

Cihampelas Walk is a shopping center that located in Cihampelas Street. Although it sells fashion items, but it focuses more on culinary. It has many restaurant with different kind of foods such as Korean food, Japanese food, Indonesian food, Western food and many other kind of foods.

 Paris Van Java is located in Sukajadi Street and now it is the most visited shopping center in Bandung as it has many fashion stores selling branded items (i.e. Zara, Guess, Esprit) and it also has many famous restaurants (i.e. Din Dai Fung). Overall, it has everything compare to the other two which one focus more on fashion and the other one on restaurants.

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By: Stella Hartanto