City itineraries · Indonesia

Jakarta, day by day

Jakarta is a city of 11 million that most travellers only change planes in, and that is their loss: the Dutch town hall square of old Batavia, a harbour where wooden schooners still load by hand, the largest mosque in Southeast Asia facing a Catholic cathedral across the road, a national museum of bronze Buddhas and Javanese gold, an oldest Chinatown of temples and noodle stalls, and a night-time food culture that never stops. Start with three days that use the MRT and the old town on foot, with the prices and hours the museums and the city publish for 2026.

Updated 12 September 2026 · 2 official sources checked · report an error