One of the oldest and largest Chinatowns in Southeast Asia — a dense, humming warren of temples, wet markets, herbalists and legendary street-food lanes beside the old town. Not a place to stay, but the city's most rewarding food adventure and a vivid slice of old Jakarta; go for a morning market wander and a Petak Sembilan food crawl.
A look around
What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.
€25–55
typical per night in Indonesia
Easy on the wallet
Among the cheapest areas to sleep in Jakarta.
Where it sits
The circle is Glodok and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.
How far is everything?
From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.
- Kota Tua & Fatahillah Square12 min walk1.0 km
- Sunda Kelapa harbour25 min walk2.1 km
- Istiqlal Mosque10 min taxi3.4 km
- Jakarta Cathedral10 min taxi3.5 km
- National Museum of Indonesia11 min taxi3.7 km
- National Monument (Monas)11 min taxi3.7 km
- Indonesian street food39 min taxi12.9 km
- Taman Mini Indonesia Indah59 min taxi19.7 km
On your doorstep
What you’re living next to if you stay here.
- 7.Glodok (Chinatown) — One of Southeast Asia's oldest Chinatowns — a teeming, sensory maze of narrow lanes packed with wet-market stalls, herbal-medicine shops, incense-wreathed temples like the ancient Jin De Yuan, and some of the best street food in Jakarta. Gritty, fascinating and utterly authentic; go in the morning for the markets and temples, and follow your nose down the food alleys.
- 15.Petak Sembilan food crawl — The lanes of Glodok hide some of Jakarta's most legendary eating — the Petak Sembilan market alley and its surrounds, where decades-old stalls serve peranakan-Chinese classics: rich bakmi noodles, gado-gado, kue (cakes) and the famous es kopi. Gritty, generations-deep and utterly delicious; a guided food crawl here is one of the city's great culinary adventures.
When are you staying?
Booking.com & Airbnb open searched to Glodok; flights via Google Flights.