Not to be confused with Tegel airport which serves Berlin.

Tegal is a city on the north coast of Central Java, near the border with West Java.

Understand

Javanese dishes served at a Warteg.

Tegal is the home of the ubiquitous warteg eating places across Indonesia (from Warung Tegal), known for their low prices.

Get in

By car

Tegal is on the North Coast Route trunk road (Jalur Pantura). From the west, a tolled motorway connects Jakarta, 275 km (171 mi), and Cirebon, 75 km (47 mi), with Tegal. The toll ends at Tegal's western outskirts. To the east, the trunk road continues to the provincial capital Semarang, 160 km (99 mi).

By train

• 1 Tegal railway station (in the center of the city). The station serves about 15 trains per day from Jakarta, and a similar number from Semarang (many of them originating in East Java). There are also three trains a day from Purwokerto, and one from Bandung (via Cikampek). 

By bus

• 2 Tegal bus terminal. (updated May 2020)

See

• 1 Pantai Alam Indah (Alam Indah Beach). (updated May 2020)
• 2 Waduk Cacaban (Cacaban Reservoir). (updated May 2020)
• Pur In

Do

• 1 Bahari Waterpark Tegal. (updated May 2020)
• 2 Pemandian Air Panas Guci (Guci Hot Water Bath). (updated May 2020)
• 3 Rita Park Tegal. (updated May 2020)

Buy

• 1 Pacific Mall, Jl Kapten Sudibyo. (updated May 2020)
• 2 Rita Supermall, Jl Kolonel Sugiono No. 155. (updated May 2020)
• 3 Transmart Tegal, Jl Kolonel Sugiono No. 546. (updated May 2020)

Eat

• 1 Sate Batibul Bang Awi, Jl Raya Ujung Rusi 11, Adiwerna, ☏ +62 283 344-8049. daily 09:00-23:00. This is goat satay made from kids under three months old (the name batibul is from di bawah tiga bulan = below three months), a speciality of Tegal. (updated Nov 2017)
• Nasi Lengko (Lengko Rice)
• Sate Gombyang (Gombyang Satay)
• Tahu Aci(Fried flour-filled tofu)
• Tahu Pletok (Fried flour-filled tofu)
• Sate Loso (Buffalo Satay)
• Sauto is soto, the widely available clear broth soup, but with the addition of fermented soybeans (tauco) giving a delicious umami hit. Widely available.
• Nasi Bogana
• Pia
• Swike (Frogs' legs)
• Pepes Telor Kodok

Drink

Tegal is famous for tea served in a small earthenware teapot (hence its name Teh Poci or teapot tea), with little earthenware cups to drink it from. Normally strong, and served with a lump of rock sugar so big that it barely fits into the cup. Widely available.

Sleep

• 1 Bahari Inn Hotel, Jl Dr. Wahidin Sudirohusodo No.1, ☏ +62 283 343399. (updated Nov 2016)
• 2 Karlita Hotel, Jl Brigjen Katamso No.31, ☏ +62 283 325000. (updated Nov 2016)

Go next

• Cirebon — the 'city of shrimps', a city about 80 km (50 mi) to the west.

Routes through Tegal

Anyer ← Cirebon ←

W  E

→ Pekalongan → Panarukan