Purwokerto drinks delicacies

• Serabi Jalan Bank, available early in the morning is a local favourite. The queue is sometimes very long especially during holiday season.

• Soto Purwokerto, like: Soto Jalan Bank, Soto Sungeb (also in jalan Bank), Soto Pak Tama (near Rita department store and supermarket, Soto Pak Sampun (at jalan Komisaris Bambang Suprapto), etc.

• Soto Sokaraja, available in Sokaraja, located 4 km west of Purwokerto. Many of Soto Sokaraja in here, conside one of the best is Soto Kecik. The place not so good but very famous. Another famous one (some people consider this soto is better) is Soto Sutri.

• Mie Kelinci III available in HR.Benyamin 2 KM from Limas Agung.

• Mendoan is local food in Purwokerto, from a very slim Tempe (food from a fermented soy bean, very famous food in Java) and covered by dough of wheat flour. Although many places selling Mendoan, the best Mendoan only served in the village. Even though Mendoan sold at city is considerable tasty.

Mendoan can be bought at jalan Sawangan, such as Mirasa, Echo21, etc.

• Pecel Pecel from Purwokerto is also very delicious, many food that using pecel like Satay, Lotek, Gado-gado is also a quiet good food to try.

• Sate Kambing Sate Kambing in Purwokerto Area (Banyumas, Sokaraja, Purbalingga) is also famous for very tender young Goat. One of the best is Sate Tiga Saudara.

• Gethuk Goreng At Sokaraja we also found the famous food called Gethuk Goreng that many shops sell with different kinds of names like getuk ASLI. It made of cassava and a lot of javanese sugar. And the other food: nopia, mino (small nopia) kripik, and also mendoan.

Drinks

• Wedang ronde is hot ginger drink with gluten rice balls, peanuts, jelly

• Bubur Kacang Ijo (Mung Beans Porridge) is a dish that considered a dessert and it is good to be eaten warm.

Purwokerto city

Purwokerto is a town of 300,000 inhabitants. Commonly referred as a cross-road between Jakarta and Yogyakarta. The town is located on the foothill of Gunung Slamet volcano, the highest volcano in Central Java. Purwokerto also the main entrance to climb Gunung Slamet. Many of Indonesian famous people originated from Purwokerto, namely Jendral Sudirman, Jendral Gatot Subroto, Soepardjo Roestam etc. Most of those heroic people are honoured as a street name all over Indonesia.

Get in

By plane

Until today airport in Banyumas area is still in planning process. Military airport in Wirasaba Purbalingga is only a half hour from Purwokerto, capital city of Banyumas. Nowadays the airport has been being built for commercial flight. From capital city of Jakarta through Sukarno Hatta Airport, you can pass Adi Sucipto Airport (Yogyakarta), Adi Sumarmo Airport (Solo), and Ahmad Yani Airport (Semarang) and then go through road way.

By bus

The main bus station is Terminal Bus Purwokerto, 4 km to the south of the town center. There are regular services throughout the island, including Jakarta (9 hours), Yogyakarta (4 to 5.5 hours), Semarang (6 hours) and Bandung (6 to 8 hours).

By train

Trains to Jakarta take between 4 to 9 hours from the main Purwokerto station depend on train class. The Argo-class trains (Argo Lawu and Argo Dwipangga) are the best of the lot: most comfortable and fastest. Taksaka is almost as good. These train also cater for yogyakarta destination.

Get around

Purwokerto is a relatively small town, travelling around town should not be too expensive. You may jog around town for 30 minutes.

By trishaw

Traditional three-wheeled pedal-powered carts known as becak can be found in most part of Purwokerto.

Banyumas regency

Banyumas is a regency (Indonesian: kabupaten) in the southwestern part of Central Java province in Indonesia. Its capital is Purwokerto.

The term Banyumasan is also used as an adjective referring to the culture, language and peoples of larger Banyumas area. The language of Banyumasan are of Austronesian origin, and is usually considered to be a dialect of Javanese.