Losari Beach - Makasar - Indonesia

Welcome in Losari Beach, Makasar City, the South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia.

How to get in???

You can get in
By Plane

Hasanuddin International Airport (IATA: UPG) is located 20 km from Makassar and has flights to Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Denpasar, Banjarmasin, Balikpapan, Kendari, Palu, Manado, Gorontalo, Ambon, Ternate, Manokwari, Sorong, and Jayapura. Also to Kuala Lumpur via Air Asia starting 25 July 2008. Fares start at about 500,000 Rp on Lion Air from Denpasar. A taxi to the city should cost about 60,000 Rp if arranged directly with the driver. The official airport charge is 90,000 Rp.

Becak

You can get around at Losari beach with Becak or Taxi

By Becak, Becak is a trishaw, unique design, very minimalist compared to the ones in Java. Fare depends on the distance, usually 3,000-10,000 Rp around town By Taxi There's a lot of taxi company, all have the same fare. and they all charge by meter. By Petepete (bemo) A public petepete should cost 3,000 Rp. Many begin their routes from Makassar Mall. Or you can also, a beachfront just on the side of the road. A very nice sunset view. There's a culinary festival everynight over there Fort Rotterdam, old fortress from colonial age Pulau Khayangan, an island 20 minutes away by small boat from makasar.

Or you can go to shopping at :

• MTC Karebosi (Makassar Trade Centre Karebosi), features: IT Centre (Electronic, Mobile, and Computer), Carrefour Express, Local Shops, Cafes, Playground, CFC, etc.
• Mall Ratu Indah, features: Matahari Next Generation Dept. Store, Gramedia Bookstore, Hero Supermarket, Disctarra, 21 Cineplex, Breadtalk, Excelso,Texas FC, Mcd, Pizza HUt, KFC, playground, Some cafes and boutique, etc.
• Mall GTC Tanjung Bunga, features: Matahari, Hypermart, KFC, other stores
• Mall Panakkukang, features: Matahari Dept Store, Rimo Dept. Store, Hypermart, Diamond Hypermarket, 21 Cineplex, Excelso, Gramedia, Disctarra, Breadtalk, AW, Sport Shop, Dunkin Donuts, Pizza Hut, Rotiboy, Jco, some cafes, boutiques, playgrounds, etc.
• Panakkukang Square, features: Carrefour, Ramayana, etc
• Panakkukang Trade Centre, features: Some local stores
• Makassar Town Square, features: Grand Ramayana, 21 Cineplex, etc
• Ramayana Delta Plaza, features: Ramayana Dept. Store
• Mayofield Mall, features: Mobile and IT Center, some local stores, KFC, etc
• Matahari Makassar Mall, features: Matahari Dept. Store, and some local shops.
• Karebosi Link: features: Carrefour Expess, PizzaHut, etc

Losari Beach Side

Sunset in Losari Beach

Sea rises in losari

To eating and drinking you can choose, plenty of traditional and modern restaurants at there :

• Traditional Cuisine'. Coto, Konro, Pallu Basa, Pisang Ijo, and many more.
• Pisang epe', Losari beach. it's a pressed grilled banana with sauce of durian and melted brown sugar.
• Karoncong, Losari beach. Early morning food. it's like 'kue pancong' from java but different tase .
• Nyuk Nyan, Jl. Bali. said to be Chinese style meatballs but can only be found in Makassar
  
• Restoran Nelayan, Jln. Alimalaka. A very nice seafood restaurant. Very famous among Indonesians. It's nearby the Losari beach.
• Sop Konro - beef ribs soup serve with rice, price rp 15.000 (soup only).

• Sop Saudara - soup of beef innards, taste spicy and delicious, price cheap.

• Ikan bakar - seafood, grilled or fried fish. Fresh and cheap.
• Pisang Ijo - banana wrapped in pandan green served with syrup ice and milk squeezed from coconut.

• Terang Bulan and martabak.

• Donald Bakmi. Jl. Achmad Yani B34. Serve Makassar's style noodle and meatball (bakso), es teler.

• MTC The Eat Place. Jl. Achmad Yani No.49. MTC Karebosi Lantai IV. Food Court with local delicacies.

• Kafebuku : a small cafe-library near the harbor of Makassar is a good place for coffee and some indonesian literature. there's also books in english by the choice of the owner. Jln. Tentara Pelajar no. 141. Phone : (62)411-336108.

So if you were interested... welcome in Losari Beach Indonesia.

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