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Kota Bharu

Kota Bharu is the state capital of Kelantan, on the east coast of peninsular Malaysia. Many travellers simply pass through on their way to the Perhentian Islands, but those who spend a few days in KB have the chance to go to some of the museums mentioned below, eat some delicious food, look at a unique style of traditional architecture and get a little bit of the feel of a city that has an interesting cultural identity all its own - albeit one built on relatively strict religious adherence. Wikivoyage

Population 491,237 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Malaysia

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Malaysia

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • Pasar Malam Padang Bas

    No hours mapped

    1.1 km from the centre

  • Pasar Malam

    No hours mapped

    1.1 km from the centre

  • Pasar Berek 12

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    1.2 km from the centre

  • Siti Khadijah Market

    Pasar Besar Siti Khadijah

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    1.2 km from the centre

  • Pasar Pokok Pinang

    No hours mapped

    1.4 km from the centre

  • Pasar Kubang Pasu

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    1.4 km from the centre

  • Pasar Gok Kapor

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    2.0 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 5 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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