Beautiful sunset and beautiful history. I also love the food court near the temple that serve an amazing view in the evening.
Candi Plaosan, also known as the 'Plaosan Complex', is one of the Buddhist temples located in Bugisan village, Prambanan district, Klaten Regency, Central Java, Indonesia, about a kilometer to the northwest of the renowned HinduPrambanan Temple.
Candi Plaosan covers an area of 2,000 square meters with an elevation of 148 meters above sea level. The Dengok River is located nearby, about 200 meters away. Candi Plaosan is surrounded by paddy fields along with vegetation such as banana and corn.
No entrance fee, but you may donate. Better go after 3 pm until sunset cz it's so hot during the day. It's not so crowded by visitors so you can relax and enjoy the feel of countryside with beautiful twin temples surrounded by rice field and you can also see Merapi Mountains. Definitely one of the best places to enjoy sunset.
A beautiful temple with mixed style of Buddhist and Hindu. Recommended for learning or only for picnic. The ticket price is very affordable only Rp 3000 in year 2018. The location is easy to find, only 10 minutes from Prambanan temple. This place is very clean and comfortable. A worth place to see the sunrise or sunset.
Located just 10 min drive from Prambanan, this place has its own charm unlike other place. Known for the twin temple built as a wedding gift, too bad not much information regarding this temple on site.
Tourist rarely visit this place and the ticket price also cheap.
When we went there, there is only around 5 teenagers has a visit and it can be so hot during the day as there isn't much tree around.
I like this place more than overrated Candi Ratu Boko.
A great low cost place to spend your free time. Better visit at afternoon between 3pm-6pm.
North Plaosan temple seems to be overlooked as it lies too close to the magnificent Prambanan, Klaten, Central Java. But taking good close range photos of this temple is way easier as it remains in sight despite the fence preventing people entering the compound beyond working hour.
This temple occupies a small area where local peasants and farmers cultivate rice, corns and other crops. Slightly larger than its counterpart in a walking distance to the south, North Plaosan Temple is a Hindu temple with a hint of buddhism.
One of the best places to capture sunrise or sunset, when the weather is clear and nice. Two main temples have exactly same height and shape. Therefore it also known as Candi Kembar (Twin Temples). Candi Plaosan Lor has romantic legend between King of Sanjaya Dynasty, Rakai Pikatan and his wife Pramodyawardani, the daughter from King of Syailendra Dynasty, who has a different religion and culture. So, it also known as Candi Cinta (Temple of Love).
The temple is easy to access. People can have a tour from Prambanan Temple by bicycle. The view along the way to Candi Plaosan is wonderful, the majestic Gunung Merapi in the north and mountains in the south, also the rice fields in the right and left side. Local people often held festivals. The ticket is very affordable even for foreign tourist.
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One of hidden gem in Yogyakarta. When you get lucky, you can capture nice sunset surrounding by rice fields and temples. Don’t miss it!
To get there use public transport from Yogyakarta center to Terminal Prambanan. From there is either 40 minutes walk to temple or take local taxi. We negotiated price to 30000 for 2. Best time to get there is around sunset. Its says its open till 5 pm, but it is actually open till sunset ends. There was no entry fee and you can actually go inside temples. Make sure you stay there through sunset, it's really beautiful.
Quiet.. close and accessable, not so popular tourist destination.. but recommended !!
Came here at night and try to take beautifull pictures with availeable light.
Very nice buddhist temple
Close to prambanan and much cheaper (around 15000 INR)
Good place for fotos and prayers (usually not very crowded)
Lovely area, calm and in the countryside. Beautiful temples. Super cheap entry fee. Use a grab to get here, taxis are overpriced and walking is too hot.
One of best place if you spent your holiday in Klaten, just go outside about 5 km from prambanan temple, you'll find this place.
Best for you who love photography and also you can study a historical from the relief on this temple
Local guide here is very helpful, they explaining about the temple fluently. In Indonesian of course :)
Good place to visit around Prambanan temple. Entrance fee is only Rp. 3.500/person. Parking fee is only Rp 2000 - 5000.
Open daily.
Don't forget to explore more, especially near the mosque. Bcs there's a pendhopo (stage) and statues.
This place is less to be known than the Borobudur temple but it's actually equally as great as the big temple ones
One of my favorite Buddhis temple in Yogyakarta. This temple also become Buddhis school and bording house from monk in the past.
Amazing old Buddhist temple surrounded with paddy field. I recommend you to visit this temple at 4 pm. Enjoy the sunset, and wait for the miracles come.
Big complex of Buddhist temples. The twin temple are unique and as beauty as Prambanan temple at the Southern area.
Best visit in the morning at sunrise and more romantic at sunset on clear day.
Gorgeous temple in the midst of paddy field. It was nice to still witness the statue mostly a whole at the inside, though most of them are still need to revitalize again..
Very nice place to visit. Pictures temples and good ambience, especially at the afternoon
You will get an incredible view not less than the prambanan temple
We didn't enter this site because the view from outside is awesome enough for you to pose plus they were having a shooting when we asked the guard for entry. But the guard suggested that we should go to the next site which a 3 minute walk from the North one. Good view for photo because we can have Merapi Mount in our picture.
Slowly being rebuilt, the area will be huge once completed. At the moment there isn't too much to see but is worth stopping by after visiting Prambanan.
This to me is a must see as the temple celebrates the mixture of two religions of Hindu and Buddhism.
Good buddhist temples. Visit it before Prambanan so that you can enjoy it.
Plaosan lor and plaosan kidul has amazed me with affordable price both local or foreigners, located a kilometers behind the prambanan compounds ;) definitely will come back revisit this calm temple
Much smaller and quieter than Borobudur and Prambanan but still beautiful. Nice sunset spot
This temple so beautifull especially if you come here in the morning. The sunrise so beautifull here. If you like photography you can take a picture in the middle of the field that is surrounding the temple.
Temple is good, no body go to thats place. Just 3k rupiah you can entered to plaosan temple.
Nice place for peoples who love heritage, history-based tourism. Also great spot to take sunset photography.
Underrated because the location near the popular one Prambanan temple. To be honest, it's very exotic historical places.
Less touristy compared to Prambanan, but worth it for photos. 3k rupiah per entry. A less known, must visit location. Several temple pieces are just recently found in the nearby padi fields so I wonder in the near future this temple can be restored fully.
Much less traffic than its neighbor Prambanan. This was built by the same king that built Prambanan for his wife, thus it's sometimes referred to as the Javanese Taj Mahal. Beautiful views of the volcano and rice paddies surrounding the temple. Highly recommended sunset here as opposed to Prambanan. Only 3,000 entry fee as of 2017!
nice scenery for chasing sunset and sunrise. and if you lucky you will find fog and Merapi mountain. very peaceful and so calm place in the morning.
Covering a wide area of temples. At the entrance, there are ruins of temples. The two biggest temples are similar. Awesome. Not a lot trees inside the temples area, so you need a hat and sunglasses during the day 👒👓
It's still under reconstruction, so less crowded than prambanan
Nice little Buddist temple. You must visit
If you need a temple place for a break, here is a better choice compare with Prambanan Temple. For entrance fee only RP 3,000, you can experience the similar, but much lesser people here, and here with a good green field. Very good for rest and photo.
Only 3000 RP for an entrance, don't need to go to borubudur.
Nice place.. Great temple..
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Very nice. Entrance only Rp 3,000. Off the tourist track. Can see how the small temples have been built.