Batu City

City of Batu has been known since the end of the IX century AD, as Travel City for its beautiful natural scenery. The town is located about 19 ​​km west of the city of Malang and takes less than 2 hours from Surabaya city has a height of between 680 m to 1700 m above sea level and temperatures ranging from 15 to 19° Celsius. The fresh air and the cool, distant scenic hills surrounded the main attraction when compared to other cities in Indonesia. Batu town once dubbed "De Kleine Switzerland" or Small Swiss in Java has many charming tourist potential, among others such as the Valley Songgoriti, Night Market, Tourism Wana, Selecta, Tourism Village, East Java Park, Tourism Ancient Buildings, and Agro Tourism there are many more.

Origin of Batu City Name

Candi Supo Since the X century, the Rock and the surrounding area has been known as a retreat for the royal family, because the region is a mountainous area with a comfortable cool air, also supported by the natural scenic beauty as a characteristic of the mountainous area. At the time of the reign of King Sindok (MPU Spoon), a senior named MPU Supo kingdom ruled King Spoons to build a resting place of the royal family in a nearby mountain spring water there. With great effort, to find a resting place as desired by the king, finally mpu Supo find an area in Songgoriti region now known as the Tourism Songgoriti. The approval of the king, who is said MPU Supo mandraguna magic also started building Songgoriti as a resort area of the royal family as well as the construction of a temple named Candi Supo. As the King's desire that there should be a place of retreat is close to the source or spring, and even then there is the resting place of springs flowing and cool as all the springs in the mountains. Cold springs are often used to wash the auspicious kris as treasures of the Kingdom of Spoon. Hence springs that are often used for washing objects and auspicious kingdom has supernatural powers (Magic) infinitely terrible, ultimately springs that initially feels cool and airy eventually turns into a hot spring. And hot springs and even then until now a perennial source in the Tourism Songgoriti.