10 Reasons Why You Should Go to Semarang

1. CULTURE: It's one of the world's great historical cities, with characteristic and surprising sights, cultural treasures, and a beautiful setting that make it a paradise for walkers and photographers.
2. VALUE: It's one of ASEAN's best values -- officially ASEAN's least expensive.
3. LOCATION: It's the closest ASEAN to the United States and just around a 3-hour flight from all the other major ASEAN cities like Singapure and Malaysia.
4. CLIMATE: Its tropical climate makes it an ideal year-round destination. Even in winter, when most other European cities are freezing, in Lisbon high temperatures rarely go below 10C (50F).
5. RESORT: It is the only Indonesia capital located so close to sandy beaches, enabling visitors to combine culture with fun by the sea.
6. SIZE: It's a compact and intimate city, ideal for a short city break or a longer romantic stay, with a lively café culture and a nightlife that is one of the most vibrant in Javanese.
7. VARIETY: Its surroundings offer an incredible variety of tourist attractions, from fairytale palaces in one of Indonesia's most romantic towns (Kota Lama), to world-class industries and fun in Indonesia's largest industries in Kawasan Candi, to surfing in Cascais or escaping to a natural park in Arrábida, to dolphin-watching in Setúbal.
8. GATEWAY: It makes a perfect base to explore many of Indonesia's most outstanding towns and villages, from Evora to Obidos.
9. SAFETY: It's one of the safest Indonesia capitals. Tourists are always automatic targets in all big cities and visitors should beware of pickpocketing in Lisbon, but serious random violent crime is practically unheard of in this city.
10. WELCOMING: It's a friendly city with a cosmopolitan population, welcoming to all visitors and families with children, and open to minorities and alternative lifestyles