Prambanan Temple

4 Sua Truong - 8 months ago

Warning: if you go ahead of your group past the fenced area to the steps of the temple, you will NOT be permitted back to the park area before the steps.
This poorly understood logic and no warning signs (at least not in English) to give visitors warning was a bad experience to start.
There's local price and foreigner pricing... Yeah. I understand but not acceptable anywhere else except in developing countries.
The temples themselves were quite impressive and immense. Perhaps not staggering as Incan temples or Egyptian pyramids but still magnificent to look at.
If you come really early, then you're probably going to get great photos but if you don't then use the trees and hedges to block areas to take better photos.
If you go to the right side towards the exit, there's a great area to take photos without anyone seen in the background.
The forced exit makes you go through the market area where hordes of vendors sell nearly identical stuff as each other. If you're really into these, the sellers in the middle and near the back (end area) will offer better pricing or more open to negotiations.
Garden area is great for rest and small zoo area is okay but the cages looks small for the trapped animals. Sort of feel sorry for them.

4 Y M - 4 weeks ago

You might not be actually interested in this Hindu temples but you're just going to visit here because your tour package includes this site together with the Borobudur, or just because it's one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Don't worry. Me too.

There are black and ashy spires and tons of rubbles in the perimeter surrounded by nature. Lots of Hindu gods reliefs are etched on the stones, and some statues are enshrined in the cave. Sounds attractive?

Considering it is built in the 9th century it's amazing. But to be honest, it's no exciting. A lackluster type of historic site.

If I'm well-versed in its historic backgrounds and Hinduism itself, viewpoint changes?

5 Andri Wirawan - 4 months ago

Visited Candi Prambanan after Borobudur. Still as magnificent. We went with a tour guide so there was someone to explain about the history. Hope there is more information on the significance of each structure.
Lots of unfinished structures, must be tough to rebuild them. It's like a puzzle.

5 Timoci Wilson - 3 months ago

Well maintained grounds and they are dedicated to preserving this amazing ancient wonder. Take some time to visit all the temples, not just the big main one - they each have their own unique character and story to tell, and you will find the smaller ones less crowded.

The only negative experience was running the gauntlet of vendors at the exit. You always have to go through the gift shop to get out, no matter where you are in the world, but this was next-level insane, literally hundreds of market stalls trying to sell souvenirs.

5 Pribadi Hasto Kusumo - 3 months ago

Clean, and the temple’s itself is so beautiful. Theres many tour guides will help you to the history of this temples. Theres more than 1000 temples in this complex.

All the facilities is good and well maintained, but due to the covid protocols visitors cant enter inside the temples, but still can looking around.

5 Tony Willoughby - 8 months ago

The temple itself is an amazing glimpse into the past of Indonesia and is one of those sites that makes you wonder how its construction was completed given the time it was built in.

The surrounding facilities include a lot of fun activities for kids, restaurants, shops, etc, and there are a number of well organized options for transportation around the complex and to other nearby temples.

Overall, I enjoyed the Prambanan experience more than Borobudur, but you can't go wrong at either place if ancient temples are your thing.

5 Toto Hermanto Setiawan - 2 months ago

Easy to access, large parking area, too many shops and peddlers. Can be overcrowded during holidays, especially on sunsets. Main buildings are restored beautifully after the earthquake in 2006, but some large part of the candi area is still collection of rubbles. Hopefully soon there's a restoration plan to build back the marvelous heritage.