Colorful City Banda Aceh

If the banda aceh must be familiar with the empty land decorated with piles with various colors. Surely you are wondering what is that place? Actually, the vacant land used to stand in Aceh Hotel where President Soekarno stopped by in his invitation to Aceh in June 1948. In this hotel, Soekarno cried when asked the people of Aceh to help buy the plane for the sake of diplomatic Indonesia. The second plane donated by the people of Aceh was later named Seulawah 01 and Seulawah 02.

Since 1997, Hotel Aceh is no longer operating. Then, in April 2001, the hotel was on fire. As quoted Gatra, fire hotel that was about 100 years old happened after zuhur. Flames engulfed the entire building.
According to the plan, the hotel will be named "Novotel Hotel Aceh" which is the idea of ​​Bustanil Arifin, former Minister of Cooperatives during the New Order.

To realize that Bustanil initiated cooperation with
Accor Asia Pacific or AAPC. This tourism company has 2,650 hotel chains in the world.
However, the project plan failed in the middle of the road. The monetary crisis that swept Indonesia in 1998 caused the construction of the hotel to be halted. Whereas a number of piles have been established.

After the 2004 tsunami, the stakes in the former Aceh Hotel area were painted in color. Place former Hotel Aceh was also often become the location of cultural arts performances. Music festivals, poetry readings are even used for the declaration of candidates for governor. Located just beside the Baiturrahman Great Mosque Banda Aceh and adjacent to Taman Sari, the location is strategic and a special attraction for visitors who are in Banda Aceh.