Bandung Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city and capital of West Java Province, Indonesia
About Bandung
On the banks of Cikapundung River and the shores of Bandung's Great Lake, there were numerous archeological early human remains found, including of "Java Man", estimated to be about a million years old. The first written reference to the city of Bandung is from 1488, when it was established as part of the Sunda Kingdom. In the 17th to 18th centuries, the Dutch East Indies Company (VOC) created small plantations in Bandung, with a road to Batavia (today's Jakarta) completed in 1786. In 1809, Louis Bonaparte, the ruler of theNetherlandsand its colonies, ordered the Dutch Indies Governor H.W. Daendels to improve Java's defenses against the threat of the English, who occupied the nearbyMalaypeninsula. Daendels responded by building theGreat Post Road(De Groote Postweg) that stretched about 1
Top Attractions in Bandung
Explore the best things to see and do in Bandung:
- ★Puncrut-Lembang walking trail
- ★Ram Fighting
Bandung Travel Guide Sections
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