In 1962 the bay between Sunda Kelapa Port and Tanjung Priok, central Jakarta was built huge recreation park. This park consist of night clubs various sports, hotels, cafes and art market. The art market is an exhibition of crafts, and various shops with side ways walk cafes, and life music shows on Sunday and Saturday nights. There are 2 aquariums, the sea world with it's walking tunnel through, various parks and sea life. Gelanggang Samudra is an aquarium with boat ride and dolphine shows. The Gelangang renang is a swimming pool complex consist of wave pool and slide pool. One spectacular place at Ancol is the Dunia Fantasi ( Fantasy World ) a fun park with theme and very good for children. The can see some mini world theme such as Asia, Europe, and others. A website of this place has been constructed with picture shows can be visited. If you visit the site you will leave www.jakarta-cityhotels.com. For swimming recreation in Jakarta Ancol is not the best one. Pulau Seribu or Thousand Islands with it's clear water is the best choices for water recreation beside they have bungalows and any water sports. From Jakarta's Marina at Ancol a boat can be hired to reach the thousand island resorts. Visit the site of Ancol Recreation park. As a recreational places of Jakarta and outside people Ancol has many international level accommodation such as Raddin Hotel, Mercure Convention Center which was before managed by Radisson, Grand Ancol Hotel, and Putri Duyung Hotel. It is a pity that lately Raddin Hotel and Grand Ancol have been closed for undefinite time, while Putri Duyung Hotel is too expensive for normal travelers. Yet a choice of approximating Ancol Recreation Park can be done from Mangga Dua Area where also available good middle category hotel such as Ibis Mangga Dua Hotel, Novotel Mangga Dua Hotel, and Le Grandeur Hotel ( previously : Dusit Mangga Dua Hotel ). A little bit furhter east one can still approximate Grand Ancol from Cempaka Putih and Kemayoran Area which are all located at North Jakarta or Jakarta Utara. At Mangga Dua there are many good hotels such as Ibis Mangga Dua Hotel, Novotel Mangga Dua Hotel, and Le Grandeur Hotel. From Cenmpaka Putih and Kemayoran Area one can choose to stay at Ibis Kemayoran, Grand Cempaka Hotel and Golden Boutique Hotel. All these hotels can be seen from the listing at left top side of this page