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Ambarawa is in Central Java, Indonesia, about 30km south of the provincial capital Semarang and some 75km north of the educational centre and tourist city of Yogyakarta. It is also about 70km north-west of Solo (Surakarta). It is on the main road between Semarang and Yogyakarta and a few km south of the main road between Semarang and Solo... There are small local hotels in Ambarawa, but visitors are recommended to travel up to the nearby hill resort of Bandungan (there are regular minibuses taking just 10 minutes for those without their own transport) where there is accommodation to suit every pocket and good restaurants. However, try to avoid Bandungan at weekends (and school holidays, particularly in June/early July) when it gets very crowded with Indonesian tourists. During the week and out of season it is almost deserted except for local people attending the large fruit, vegetable and flower markets... Bandungan is an attractive hill station, the climate is cool and refreshing..

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