Pemalang is a regency in Central Java.

Understand

Pemalang is one of the cities that producing pineapples in Indonesia.

Get in

By train

• 1 Pemalang Railway Station, Jl. Veteran No.28, Pelutan. Follow train schedule. KA. Gumarang and KA. Jayabaya from Pasar Senen Station in Jakarta and Pasar Turi Station in Surabaya. KA. Kaligung and KA. Joglosemarkerto from Poncol Station in Semarang. (updated Oct 2022)

Get around

Online ride-hailing apps

There is a Gojek in Pemalang. You may order a motorbike or a car.

See

• 1 Bengkawah Waterfall (Curug Bengkawah), Jl. Sikasur - Simpur, Karangmulyo, Sikasur, Belik. (updated Nov 2022)
• 2 Sejajar Waterfall (Curug Sejajar), Belik. Twin waterfalls. (updated Nov 2022)
• 3 Kedung Bening, Watukumpul. River with canyon. (updated Nov 2022)

Do

Beaches

• 1 Widuri Beach, Jl. Yos Sudarso, Widuri. (updated Nov 2022)
• 2 Joko Tingkir Beach, Jalan Desa Kendal-Doyong, Jl. Raya Joko Tingkir, Nyamplungsari, Petarukan. 06:00-18:00. (updated Nov 2022)

Parks

• 3 Alun-Alun Pemalang, Jl. Jend. Sudirman, Kebondalem. 24/7. The city park is popular for strolling & jogging, with food vendors and a shiny pineapple sculpture. (updated Nov 2022)

Rafting

• 4 Basecamp Rainbow Rafting Pemalang, Jl. Randudongkal-Moga, Desa No.99, Kamulihan, Kecepit, Randudongkal. 08:00-16:30. Explore the headwaters of Comal River. Rp150,000/person. (updated Nov 2022)

Waterparks

• 5 Thistle Water Park Pemalang (Widuri Water Park), Jl. Yos Sudarso No.1, Widuri. 08:00-17:00. (updated Nov 2022)
• 6 Zatobay Waterboom, Jl. KH. Wahid Hasyim No.7, Bandelan 2, Wanarejan Sel., Taman. 08:00-17:00. A kid's waterpark. (updated Nov 2022)

Buy

Food souvenirs

Kue kamir

Buy specialty snacks from Pemalang, kue kamir, this cake is made from a mixture of flour, butter, and eggs, sometimes mixed with ingredients such as banana or tape (fermented cassava)

Textile

Batik Pemalangan, Pemalangan batik motif has a characteristic that is using dyes that come from nature, in contrast to other regional batiks which is usually brightly colored. The dyes used in Pemalangan batik are usually made of wood and roots which make the colors on batik look more natural.

Eat

Pemalang cuisine

• Apem Comal, This snack is made from a mixture of rice flour, eggs, and brown sugar placed on a banana leaf. It's delicacy from Comal District of Pemalang.
• Grombyang, rice with sliced buffalo meat and gravy, served in a small bowl and topped with buffalo satay.
• Lontong dekem, consists of sliced lontong, yellow coconut milk sauce like curry, and sprinkled with coconut serundeng, crackers, and fried onions. Lontong dekem is usually served with satay. The lontong dekem dish is always synonymous with the chicken satay that accompanies it, namely fried satay and soupy satay.
• Sate loso, a buffalo or beef satay with reddish peanut sauce served with meat soup.

Food stalls

• 1 Grombyang H. Warso, Jl. R.E. Martadinata, Pelutan. 09:00-22:00. Serves grombyang. (updated Nov 2022)
• 2 Lontong Dekem Pak Drajat, Jl. Mochtar, Kebondalem, ☏ +62 896 445 33464. 16:00-22:00. Serves lontong dekem. (updated Nov 2022)
• 3 Sate Loso Pak No, Jl. Jend. A. Yani No.27, Kebondalem, ☏ +62 823 138 51280. Open, 10:30. Serves sate loso. (updated Nov 2022)

Drink

Local drinks

Sari nanas, pineapple juice.

• 1 Vitanas, Jl. Randudongkal - Belik, Parud, Sikasur, Belik, ☏ +62 815 654 4183. 06:00-21:00. Try sari nanas drink and other foods made from pineapple. (updated Nov 2022)

Sleep

Campground

• 1 Area Camping Bukit Tangkeban, Nyalembeng, Pulosari, ☏ +62 823 265 59688, bukittangkeban@gmail.com. Check-in: Registration, 16:00-23:00, check-out: 09:00. Mount Slamet view. (updated Nov 2022)

Hotel

• 2 R-Gina Hotel, Jl. Raya Pantura No.KM. 6 No.10, Petarukan, ☏ +62 284 324333. Check-out: 12:00. A hotel with a restaurant, a semi-indoor pool, and a conference center. From Rp442,342. (updated Oct 2022)

Connect

The telephone area code of Pemalang is 0284.

Go next

• Pekalongan
• Purbalingga
• Tegal

Routes through Pekalongan

Anyer ← Tegal ←

W  E

→ Pekalongan → Panarukan