1. Museum Tsunami
The museum with beautiful architecture is a must visit place during your stay in Banda Aceh. It keeps all the memories when tsunami happened. First thing you’ll see when you enter the museum is a dark passage with water falling right beside you, that’s the height of the tsunami at that time.
Next, there is a room with a bunch of photo slideshows during tsunami. An astonishing room with the names of tsunami victims. The room is dark but there’s a small light at the ceiling with Arabic writing, “Allah”. A very spiritual room for me. There are rooms with diorama, every single room educates us about tsunami. An audio room to watch the flashback.
2. PLTD Apung Ship
3. Baiturrahman Grand Mosque
Located in the center of the city, a beautiful mosque dominant with white color looks majestic and adorn the city. The miraculous mosque survived from the waves that destroyed most of the buildings in the city. Please be polite if you want to enter the mosque. For men, wear long pants, and for women, covered your body with long pants and sleeves, also bring a shawl to cover your head.
4. Lampulo (Ship on the rooftop)
5. Lampuuk Beach
Travel Tips to Banda Aceh
- From Airport to the city takes around 20-30 minutes. Transportations available are taxi and Damri Bus. Taxi may cost Rp 70,000 and Damri Bus cost Rp 20,000. But the bus in unpredictable in terms of schedule. Bus will stop in front of Baitturahman Mosque.
- Peunayong Road is a good area where you can find hostels and hotels starting from Rp 70,000. It’s close to the town and easy to find food.
- Dress politely. As Muslim city, Aceh has strong religious side so please show our respect.
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