Losari sunset
Among Indonesia's finest.
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Makassar's best-known seafront, a long promenade on the Makassar Strait that is not a swimming beach but a walkway and broad platforms where the city gathers every evening. Losari's sunset is counted among Indonesia's finest, as the sun sinks into the sea behind small islands and the sky turns orange. The platforms carry giant letters of the promenade's name in the region's languages, with space to walk and cycle, and along it stalls serve Makassar's best-known sweet, pisang epe, pressed grilled banana in palm-sugar sauce, alongside local coto and konro dishes. On the water nearby stands the famous floating mosque. The promenade is free and always open, and stall food is cheap. It is hot by day, so late afternoon and evening are better. Come an hour before sunset, pray Maghrib at the floating mosque, then taste pisang epe on the promenade. At weekends the area fills with families and events.
Among Indonesia's finest.
Makassar's famous sweet.
On the water nearby.
Jalan Pantai Losari, central Makassar
Amirul Mukminin Floating MosqueA small, lovely mosque standing on pillars over the waters of Losari bay, so at 5 minutes walk
99 Domes Mosque (Asmaul Husna Mosque)One of Indonesia's newest and most distinctive mosques, standing on land reclaim5 minutes walk
Fort RotterdamMakassar's best-known historic site, a fort first built by the Muslim sultans of14 minutes walk
Grand Mosque of MakassarMakassar's congregational mosque, founded in the late 1940s and fully rebuilt at25 minutes walkCoto Makassar, a spiced beef soup, konro, beef ribs grilled or in broth, and pisang epe for dessert. Most food is halal, as the city is largely Muslim.