Surabaya, Java ,Indonesia

[tedandandy]

We will be in Surabaya on our cruise in March 2020. Any suggestions for local tours here. Ship will be in port from 7am till 4pm.

Thanks

Jane

[Omega1]

We had a wonderful day tour of Surabaya provided by Authentic Java Tours http://www.authenticjavatours.com/?page=blog&type=Regular

Our guide was Graeme who was superb. Highly recommended.

[tedandandy]

Thank You, I will check it out

[Wendy The Wanderer]

That's interesting.  My s-i-l is from there, and I was thinking of asking her for good places to shop, since this particular city is not particularly known for tourism.  But I'll look at this tour as well, thank you.

[tedandandy]

I did check Unique Java out and some of the tours looked interesting, but have decided to book with Tours By Locals, Heritage Tour, so will see how that goes.

[Floridiana]

5 hours ago, Wendy The Wanderer said:

My s-i-l is from there, and I was thinking of asking her for good places to shop

 

 

Please ask her, my husband needs a few nice tropical looking shirts. They have great Indonesian patterns. I could use a blouse as well.

[Wendy The Wanderer]

17 hours ago, Floridiana said:

 

 

Please ask her, my husband needs a few nice tropical looking shirts. They have great Indonesian patterns. I could use a blouse as well.

 

Will do.  I always admired my brother's shirts when he was living there.  He probably knows some good areas too.  I'll be seeing them this summer, although it can wait, ha ha.

 

In fact we saw really amazing shirts from Indonesia at a shop in our winter home, Dunedin FL.  I wanted to buy one so badly, but they were $75, and I kept thinking...just wait a couple of years...!!

[Omega1]

Out guide took us to a store in Surabaya as my wife wanted to buy some lengths of batik material. The store was huge with a wide range of batik clothing with countless designs - all very reasonably priced. I don’t  know the name of the store but I’m sure any local guide would know it.

[CJcruzer]

I organized a bus tour for 26 on pur cruise with GetAway tours

 

http://javaisbeautiful.com/cruise-ship-tours/tanjung-perak-port-surabaya-tour-for-cruise-ship-passenger

 

It was an amazing day, one of the best organized tours I put together. Our guide spoke excellent English.