National Monument (MONAS) Jakarta

Jl. Silang Monas New Jakarta Jakarta , Java, Indonesia - Phone: 021/681512

Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction National Monument (MONAS) Jakarta

Related BlogsNational Monument (MONAS) Jakarta

  • 1

    Ex-pat life in the Big City

    20 photos

    ... the highlights: Museum of Indonesia: very large collection. Closes very early (1330 sometimes) so be there in the morning. National Monument (Monas): It was technically closed so I had to jump two fences. Possibly not the brightest thing to do ...

  • 2

    Lost in Jakarta

    7 photos

    ... am not messing when I say you are treated like royalty when you walk around on the deep carpets amongst the marble pillars. The National Monument was built at great expense towards the end of Soekarno's reign at a time when many people were very poor and ...

  • 3

    A little city time

    7 photos

    ... the modern 'art' exhibition. Trusting Lonely Planet it was the Shanghai Blue cafe for a great tapas lunch & then up to the National Monument, a large column with a 'flame' on top. Again we were in demand for photos & now it is the locals photoing ...

  • 4

    In the City

    ... laura and i are completely sick for the cloths we brought with us, so on a mission to find something new haha. Went to the National Monument, it was a great view of the city from the top. And also went out to Kota. Then took the night train to ...

  • 5

    Indonesia 2 - 0 The Philippines

    2 photos

    ... in Indonesian, Merdeka Sqaure. The square lies roughly in the middle of Jakarta which sprawls out for about 30km and houses the national monument, The Monas.....which was closed but it looked like a tall concrete tower and not much else! The high court ...

  • 6

    Jakarta

    18 photos

    ... 't taking me to some random house.  The house is a simple terracotta roofed home.  Next I walked to the National Monument, called Monas, which is close to where I'm staying.  It's 132 meters high, was built between 1961 ...

  • 7

    The Big Durian

    10 photos

    ... muista tarkistaa paatepysakki. Etaisyyksista ja kaoottisesta liikenteesta huolimatta ollaan keritty tutustumaan esim. Monas :iin elikka "National Monument"':tiin, Jalan Surabayan antique markettiin seka Museum Wayangiin (Puppet museum). Safkat Indoissa ...

  • 8

    Jakarta!

    27 photos

    ... 's birthday. The next day was spent walking around the city and getting train tickets for our journey the next day. We saw the National Monument - and the smoggy view of this enormous city from the top of it - and checked out the northern end of the ...

  • 9

    Jakarta

    ... pretty bad. A huge space with very little there and very few people. We were fairly disappointed. Next we visited the national monument, or Monas, which is very impressive, 433 ft tower in the center of Jakarta, symbolizing the fight for ...

  • 10

    Jakarta

    30 photos

    ... and agreed to meet up the next day. The next morning, we met for breakfast then walked to Monas, which is the National Monument, it was like a tall pillar with a statue of some golden flames and represents the freedom of the Indonesian people from the ...