Due to the limitation of Jakarta's urban environment, perhaps the best way to pass the hot time is to go shopping, where you can bargain for some brand-name consumer goods. Plasa Indonesia is adjacent to Grand Hyatt Hotel and has a long history. It used to be the best shopping center in Jakarta, but

In its place are newer, bigger and grander shopping centers Senayan Square and Mal Taman Anggrek. For tourists who will do a lot of shopping, other famous shopping centers and shopping centers, such as Mal Ciputra, Mal Pondor Indah, Mal Ambassador and ITC Mangga Dua, will be ideal places. They offer everything from fashion design and jewelry to household appliances and collectibles. Indonesian arts and handicrafts always rank first in tourists' purchase plans. Sarinah Mall, located opposite the Jakarta Theater Building, has a hard rock cafe and a floor dedicated to Indonesian handicrafts. In Jakarta, you can't buy any meaningful souvenirs at all, but in the M district of Jakarta, you can find a souvenir center called Pasar Raya.

If you like to search for souvenirs through your own efforts, you can skip these shopping centers and shopping malls and go to a traditional open-air market in Jakarta. Like Pasar Senen Market in Ankor, Dunia Fantasi, a popular entertainment park, is also there, where you can find handicrafts and craftsmen from all over Indonesia.

If you want to buy antiques, you may want to go to Sishui Road in Mentoring. There, you will find many small shops or stalls selling antiques, handicrafts and consumer goods. But please remember, as the Tourism Bureau of Jakarta City Government suggested in the travel brochure, you should "bargain hard" there.