BOROBUDUR, Indonesia -- If you prefer to avoid the crowds, a good time to visit a tourist mecca is during its low season or at times of political instability when most people are too afraid to come.

In the misty jungles of Central Java’s Kedu Valley, builders in the 8 th and 9 th centuries hauled 2 million stones from rivers and streams to erect Borobudur, a dazzling, 95-foot-tall, ...

Visiting the world’s largest Buddhist temple is about to get expensive. Borobudur, one of Indonesia’s most popular attractions, will soon be subjected to a massive price hike by government authorities ...

MAGELANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Like any historical monument, Indonesia's magnificent Borobudur temple in central Java has suffered the ravages of time. But now conservationists fear the world's ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A part of the Borobudur Complex, the Borobudur Cultural Center in Magelang, Central Java, caught fire in the early hours on Saturday, September 20, 2025. The former Manohara Hotel, ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian police have pledged to bar Islamist groups from staging a rally on Friday at the Borobudur Buddhist temple in central Java to protest against the persecution of ...

My family and I had been to Bali, that storied island of spiritual renewal, art, dance and romantic hotels with infinity pools and rice paddy views, but until we moved to Singapore six years ago, its ...