Pangkal Pinang (also Pangkalpinang) is the largest city on the island of Bangka and the capital of Bangka-Belitung province.

Get in

By plane

• 1 Depati Amir Airport (Pangkal Pinang Airport PGK  ^IATA). Is served by frequent flights to and from Jakarta, and flight to and from Palembang, Tanjung Pandan, and Batam.  

Get around

Car rental cost is around Rp 350, to Rp.500.

See

• Tin Museum
• Pasir Padi Beach
• Bangka Botanical Garden
• Tin Mining
• White Pepper Farm

Eat

• Grill Tenggiri Fish - Fresh and Juicy
• Lempah - Bangka's Unique Curry soup, you can choose using Vegetable, Fish, or Meat
• Bangka's Noodle - Noodle mix special Bangka's soya sauce and meat (Chicken or Pork)
• Roasted Pig - this one you only can find in Bangka, using mix spices and lime with original grill technique make the best Roasted Pig ever
• Kemplang - Roasted Fish Cracker
• Sweet Martabak/Panekuk - Bangka's original cake, sweet taste with Chocolate, Cheese, Peanut and creamy margarine
• Crab with padang sauce - HOt and spicy but the crab taste really nice

Sleep

Budget

• 1 Grand Sabrina, Jl. Diponegoro No 73, ☏ +62 717-422424, fax: +62 717-432900, hotelsabrina@telkom.net. 
• 2 Mitra Garden, Jl. Mentok No 3, ☏ +62 717-439071, fax: +62 717-424265, hotelmitra@telkom.net. 
• 3 Bumi Asih, Jl.Jend Sudirman, No 25. 
• 4 Wisma Jaya, Jl.Mangkol. 
• 5 Grand Millennium, Jl. Koba. 
• 6 Griya Tirta, Jl. Semabung lama No 272. 
• 7 Al Huriah, Jl Sriwijaya No 1 A. 
• 8 Xinlu, Jl. Ahmad Yani. 
• 9 Wisma 88, Jl. Merdeka. 

Splurge

• 10 Novotel Bangka Hotel Golf & Convention Center, Jl Soekarno Hatta, ☏ +62 717 436888, fax: +62 717 436889, welcome@novotelbangka.com.  
• 11 Aston Soll Marina Hotel & Conference Center, Jl. Koba Km 8 Pangkalan Baru, Central Bangka, ☏ +62 717 4261 261.  
• 12 Santika Bangka Hotel, Jl. Soekarno Hatta (Jalan Raya Koba Km. 5) No. 17 Pangkalan Baru, Central Bangka, ☏ +62 717 4256 888, fax: +62 717 4256 889, bangka@santika.com.  
• 13 Swiss-Belhotel Pangkalpinang. (updated Sep 2023)