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is in the news almost every day. It is still a safe place
as long as common sense precautions are taken. Always use
Blue bird or Silver Bird taxis these are highly reputable
and the safest of all taxis in Jakarta. Because of the turmoil
you can stay at some of the best hotels at excellent prices.
Here
is a selection and review of some hotels in Jakarta. These
hotels in Jakarta are listed in no particular order.
Hotel
Atlet Century Park
- Excellent location for the
Conference and Convention Centre, and with a major shopping
and entertainment complex just behind the hotel really is
ideal. The hotel is also one of the few that serves Japanese
breakfast IN the Japanese restaurant. We wish more hotels
would do this, and they finally are beginning to as it is
very popular with everyone not only the Japanese. The rooms
do not all have a bathtub so make sure you specify your needs
when you make a booking. See
more of this hotel with pictures and special rates.
Hotel
Gran Mahakam Jakarta - An awarding winning hotel and one
of the finest properties in Jakarta. Review to come. See
more of the hotel with pictures and special rates.
Imperial
Century Hotel and Country Club
- If you prefer to stay in a
resort, or enjoy being outside the city, then this should
be your choice. Or you could possibly finish of your business
trip by spending a couple of night at this lovely hotel playing
a few rounds of well earned and relaxing golf. See
pictures and special rates from this hotel.
Sari
Pan Pacific Hotel
- Excellent hotel in the Pan
Pacific Hotels and resorts group. It is very well located
along Jalan M.H. Thamarin, the main high street in Jakarta.
The executive lounge offers breakfast and cocktails in a quaint
18 Floor lounge. They have an excellent Japanese restaurant,
which has an incredible Sunday Lunch buffet, that costs 65,000
Rupiah. A must try. The hotel also boasts Pitstop which is
a lively bar and is also well worth a visit if you are in
Jakarta. There will be some slight modifications made to the
hotel very soon, such as high speed modem connections, a very
large selection of cable tv and many others which will make
it one of the top hotels in Jakarta. An excellent choice of
hotel.
Grand
Hyatt - This hotel gets a
lot of free publicity largely because of its location right
in the heart of the city. It is a very large hotel, with many
very good food and beverage outlets. They also have O'Reillys
which is a very good bar and one of the best in Jakarta. They
now have a local Jakarta band rather than an imported band.
It is best to arrive here around 9 - 9:30 as this is
when the band starts.
Mandarin
Oriental - Opposite the Hyatt
and therefore also in an excellent location. This hotel has
a lovely personalised feel to it. They also have very good
Chinese, Italian and Japanese restaurants. You will also be
able to buy cigars from the only legal importer of Cuban cigars,
as they have a shop on the mezzanine level.
Hotel
Indonesia - One of the oldest
hotels in Jakarta, on the same round about as the Hyatt and
Mandarin above.
Mulia
Hotel - The tallest hotel
in Jakarta. This hotel is stunning with very rich furnishings
in the rooms and lobby area. They offer some excellent
packages. It is also well located for the Conference and Convention
Centre.
Borubudur
- Formerly the InterContinental.
Very nice hotel which has just finished an enormous renovation
programme. Good choice.
Kempinski
- one of the newest hotels in
Jakarta and well located. The rooms are of good size and well
appointed. They will be opening a new bar/disco next year.
Definitely worth checking it out.
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