Kota Ambon Travel Guide

The scars of the past are the tourist attractions in Kota Ambon, one of the largest cities in eastern Indonesia. This capital overlooking a bay is home to memorials and structures that have stood for ages as a silent witness to history. Among these are the remains of forts built by the Dutch East India Company during the Golden Age of the spice trade, the ruins of a Portuguese fort that hides underneath the roots of a great Banyan tree in Hila, and Masjid Raya al-Fatah, the city's largest...