Inna Garuda is the hotel with a long history and cannot be separated from Yogyakarta. So far, the hotel’s name had been changed six times: Grand Hotel De Djokdja, Hotel Asahi, Hotel Merdeka, Hotel Garuda, Natour Garuda, and now Inna Garuda.

Here is the brief history of Inna Garuda since named “Grand Hotel De Djokdja” or “Yogyakarta Hotel”.

1908 - 1942: Grand Hotel De Djokdja or “Yogyakarta Hotel”
In the settlement of Dutch in Indonesia, the colonial government wanted to build a hotel at the strategic location on the center of Yogyakarta, in the Malioboro Street. The cottage hotel, which built in 1908, was the biggest and the most luxurious hotel in Yogyakarta named Grand Hotel De Djokdja which means “Yogyakarta Hotel”. It started to operate in the year of 1911 and only accommodate the Dutch military guests. In the 1938 the hotel was reshaped in two wings in the right and left side and the main building in the center of it. Photo is provided by courtesy of www.tembi.org
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