Best Tourist Places to Visit in Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Best Tourist Places to Visit in Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Johor Bahru is the capital city of state of Johor in Malaysia covering a total area of 185 sq kms and is one of the densely populated cities in Malaysia. Johor Bahru is well known for good infrastructure, schools, universities, colleges, efficient modes of transport system, cuisines and media. Johor Bahru is one of the major tourist hubs in Malaysia and coordinates with 1.29’ degree North Latitude and 103.44’ degree East Longitude.

Johor Bahru History:

Johor Bahru was formerly established in the year 1855 when the ruler of Johor Temenggong Daeng Ibrahim, established his headquarters in this city. Initially Johor Bahru was called as Tanjung Puteri which mainly consisted of tiny fishing villages. But in the year 1858, the ruler of Johar renamed Tanjung Puteri to Johor Bahru and from then onwards it is being called as same name till date. Johor Bahru developed rapidly under the rule of Sultan Ibrahims reign where many buildings, causeway and railway lines were built and opened during this phase. Johor Bahru was captured by Japanese army in 1942 but later withdrew from the region. Johor Bahru gained more status and prominence during 70’s and 80’s where many new townships and industrial estates came into existence.

Tourist attractions in Johor Bahru:

Tourists coming to the capital city of Johor Bahru located in state of Johor can visit the following places of interest like;

Sultan Abu Bakar State Mosque
Sultan Abu Bakar Royal Palace Museum
Sultan Ibrahim Building
Dataran Bandaraya Johor Bahru
Johor Bahru Chinese Heritage Museum
Johor Bahru Kwong Siew Heritage Museum
Johor Bahru Old Chinese temple
Arulmigu Sri Rajakaliamman Temple
Sri Raja Mariamman Temple
Johor Bahru Zoo
Danga Bay
Legoland Malaysia known for theme parks having lots of attractions, shown and rides.
The Little Big Club
Puteri Harbour Satellite Clubhouse
Dataran Bandaraya (City Square)
Grand Palace Park
State Secretariat Building
Pulai Waterfall
Pulau Kukup National Park
Johor Art Gallery

Cuisine, shopping, weather in Johor Bahru:

Johor Bahru is well known for its shopping destination as the visitors can hang around several malls situated in this city which have many products on display as well as for sale. The visitors can shop for some of the Malaysian artifacts, statues, antiques items, luxury goods, electronics, perfumes, bags, toys and lots more.

Johor Bahru is famous for some of its local cuisines like dry prawns dipped in peanut sauce, rice balls, rice noodles, and preparations made out of flour with blend of fish, chicken, meat and sea foods.

Johor Bahru experiences tropical rainforest climatic conditions with maximum temperature touching about a high of 33 degrees Celsius during month of May and minimum of 22 degrees Celsius during month of November. It also receives average rainfall of 244 mm during month of December.

How to reach Johor Bahru in Malaysia?

Johor Bahru is well connected by road, rail and air transport. The city is well covered by Highways and Causeways which form the major mode of connectivity to other metro cities in Malaysia. Johor Bahru has also good network of bus and train facility as it has several direct bus and train services to many destinations located in West Malaysia. Senai International Airport is the nearest airport which is approx 35 kms from core of the city which has direct connectivity to Singapore, Kualalampur and other cities.

Hotels in Johor Bahru:

Johor Bahru has several high luxury hotels offering some of the fantastic world class amenities and facilities. Tourists can book the hotels online prior to visiting the city during holidays and peak festival times in order to avoid last minute rush. List of hotels located in Johar Bahru are: