Points of Interest

Your visit to Surabaya will not be complete without visiting some of these famous places

Surabaya City Zoo

The largest zoo and complete in Southeast Asia and divided to some places for birds, freshwater aquarium and brine, quarantine Toxidemi, night animal (nocturama) and various mammals ( mammal). In Special place, there is also porpoise (pesut mahakam) and mermaid Surabaya Zoo located in Setail Street 1 Surabaya (Wonokromo – beside Joyoboyo station area), KBS is big zoo and complete. It is in it are dwelt more than 351 composing different animal species more than 2806 animals. Include Indonesia rareness animal and also world consisted of Mammalian, Aves, Reptile, and Pisces.

House of Sampoerna

Sampoerna old house located in downtown Surabaya. Precisely located in Jalan Taman Sampoerna 6, Krembangan, Pabean Cantikan, Surabaya. The building was built in 1862 and originally became an orphanage run by the Netherlands. One of the orphans, Seeng Tee, buying a Dutch colonial-style building in 1932 for use as a large company producing cigarettes. One of the highlights here is to see directly the manufacture of cigarettes using traditional equipment and carried out by thousands of female workers who are able to produce 325 cigarettes per hour.

Heroes Monument

Suramadu Bridge

The Suramadu Bridge (Indonesian: Jembatan Suramadu), also known as the Surabaya–Madura Bridge, is cable-stayed bridge between Surabaya on the island of Java and the town of Bangkalan on the island of Madura in Indonesia. Opened in June 2009 and the 5.4-km bridge is the longest in Indonesia and the first bridge to cross the Madura Strait.

Pamurbaya Mangrove

This eco-tourism in Surabaya is well-known as Pamurbaya, Pantai Timur Surabaya referred to Surabaya Eastern Beach, this object is quite new but having a rich beauty like any other objects in East Java. The tourists that visit to this object can rent the boat to down the river that full of mangroves plantation, there is also fauna that live within the forest like monkey, type of Macaca fascicularis and water bird along the river to the mangrove station.

Suroboyo Carnival Park

A theme park first opening in July 2014 and operates daily from 4PM-12AM. It is a popular family hangout place.

Submarine Monument

Located at Embong Kaliasin – Genteng, Surabaya, the moment is actually Pasopati KRI 410 submarine which was made by the Soviet Union in 1952 and once used by the Indonesian Navy during the battle of Aru Sea in 1962 in attempt to liberate West Irian from Dutch occupation.

Bungkul Park

Winner of Asian Townscape Awards 2013 by the United Nations as Best Park in Asia, it was first opened in March 2007 and now offers exciting facilities such as skateboard space, BMX track, jogging track, stage for live performances, free WiFi zone, public telephone, children’s playground and food court area.

Chinatown

Indonesian cities are often difficult to navigate on foot so if you get the chance make sure to head to the Chinatown area of Surabaya which lends itself well to an afternoon stroll. This part of Surabaya got its name thanks to the influx of Chinese owned restaurants and shops in the area and you can still find a wealth of local architecture here that leads off the main road which is called Jalan Karet.

Al-Akbar Mosque

Masjid Al Akbar is truly one of the most impressive mosques in Indonesia. One can surely catch a glimpse of the watery and turquoise styled domes while exiting the city. The staff around are amicable and will happily show you around the beautiful minaret to get awestruck by the spectacular view. The attractive and unique feature of the dome is that it almost resembles a half egg! Apart from the high minaret, the mosque also has high and large rooms which are the largest in the country. Thus, the central and strategic location of the mosque makes it easily accessible to visitors from different areas in and around Surabaya.