Surabaya City Tour Option for historical sites

Surabaya City is the capital of East Java province and the second largest city in Indonesia that has been as business and educational center in East Java.  Surabaya city tour involve all the shopping centre tour with various typical Indonesian Culinaries, historical sites, religious, and cultural places.

Surabaya City officially established in 1293. Surabaya City is popular as heroic city. Now, The city of Surabaya is a metropolitan city with the population approximately 3 million Peoples in which have religious nuances and also the community had the feeling of the high solidarity and the spirit of heroism that never knew surrendered.

Suramadu bridge is one of the popular city tour, the bridge connecting between Surabaya City and Madura Island with 5,500 feet long, Suramadu has been on of The city tour option. It is the longest bridge in Java Island that built with the aim of accelerating the development of Madura beginning. Now the Bridge has become an iconic attractions in Surabaya City.

This museum also called House of Sampoerna is one of historaical place has been the important historical site in Surabaya City, Sampoerna Cigarette Museum preserved state with The Dutch style buildings and unique front cigarette pole-shaped, House of Sampoerna Museum has a collection of tobacco processing equipment, family photo owner, various kinds of cigarette lighter, replica stalls, musical instruments, and others. In addition, we also can buy souvenirs and see the process of making cigarettes on the 2nd floor of House of Sampoerna.

The Statue of giant White Shark and Crocodile known as Surabaya City icon, standed in the centre of city, both of these animal symbolized a fight which interpreted as a conflict between Mongol forces and Raden Wijaya's Majapahit forces.

The name of the city of Surabaya itself comes from the two animals that have become this symbol, namely Sura which means shark and Baya which means crocodile. It is said that this is related to the story of a fight for life and death between Adipati Jayengrono who masters crocodile science and Sawunggaling who masters sura science.

Submarine Museum is located in the heart of Surabaya City, on the edge of Kalimas River. This museum also as the main tourism was built as a memorial of the brave fighters of Indonesia, and to conserve history or Indonesia’s Maritime.

This Museum was Indonesian Navy’s submarine which was named KRI Pasopati, type SS Whiskey Class, that was made in Vladi Wostok Russia in 1952. Since January 29th 1962, this submarine was part of Indonesian Navy property for anti-shipping mission, surveillance and raid. 

This submarine has been involved in several important Indonesia Navy mission. KRI Pasopati was commissioned to oversee, hearken and collect information without any detection. In 1990, this submarine resigned from Indonesian Navy, and separated to be 16 blocks and then these blocks transported to the recent site to be rebuilt again.

Hero Monument Located at Tugu Pahlawan Tembaan street. This monument has been one of the main tour destination has built as admiration to the heroes who falled in a great battle against the allied forces were paralyzed by NICA, and who wish to occupy Surabaya City on 10 November 1945 hero that located in front of the governor's office.

Hero monument constructed in the form of "reverse nail with a height of 40.45 meters with a diameter of 3.10 meters and 1.30 meters in diameter bottom. Below the monument is decorated with carvings" Trident "pictorial, Chakra, Stamba, and Padma, as a symbol of the fire fight. Within this pillar, there is a museum Nov. 10. November Ten Museum built to clarify the existence of Heroes Monument and as perverts historical evidence on 10 November 1945.

Cheng Ho Mosque located in Gading Street, Pandaan Surabaya City. This mosque has been one of Surabaya religious tour to witness an oriental architecture with a touch of high level art, which represents acculturation Chinese. Acculturation is poured in a mixture of colors between green, turning to yellow and red. 

This building is a typical Chinese architecture with the incorporation of "Joglo" Java. It also shows the mixing of cultures of China and Java that has related since time immemorial. Cheng Ho Mosque was taken from the name of Admiral Cheng Ho, wherein an Admiral of China that became a Muslim after entered into Majapahit Kingdom of Java.

Beside the main route to all tour destination in East Java Island, Surabaya City also known as the second biggest city after Jakarta who has various historical places since the colonial era long time ago.

The main route to get all interesting places in East Java Island, namely Surabaya International Airport. this Airport has all connecting route such as Bali Island, Yogyakarta, Jakarta and and other island in Indonesia. 

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