If you want to give your credit card some exercise, head out to Malioboro Street in Central Yogyakarta. Splash some more cash at Malioboro Mall, Pasar Beringharjo, and Bringharjo Market.
You can browse the exhibits at Taman Sari, a museum with a storied past, during your trip to Kraton. While in this culturally rich area, find time to visit its shops.
Check out reviews of Special Region of Yogyakarta hotels guests love
The Phoenix Hotel Yogyakarta - Handwritten Collection
10/10 Excellent
"This hotel is very good, with comfortable rooms, beautiful details and kind attention. The only complain would be that the people working at the reception don't provide any reliable information about the city. They appear to be oblivious about the way of reaching the important places, like Borobudur and Prambanan temples, close to town. It is tempting to think that this is so by design, to prevent foreigners from going their independent way. The hotel provides transportation to the temples for 10X the price of going by public transportation, My attempt of getting basic info resulted in surrealistic conversations, close to Groucho Marx: Prambanan has a train station but no train ever stops there, or Borobudur does not have a bus terminal and the schedule for the buses going to this non-existing terminal is something that nobody knows. How sweet is this nonsense!"
"Very nice stay at the Gallery. Nice clean room, staff were excellent, pool was good for lengths (18m), breakfast was good and there were also plenty of eateries nearby "
"Meets the standard IBIS user experience. The front desk staff were friendly and we were able to use the Grand Mercer facilities next door which was a pleasant surprise.overall, it offered great value."
