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Pulau Bintan

Just across the water from Singapore, Pulau Bintan has some of the nicest white-sand beaches in Sumatra. While it markets itself as a high-end playground for well-heeled visitors from Singapore and beyond, there is some affordable accommodation too.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

  • Pulau Penyenget

    Pulau Penyenget

    Pulau Bintan

    Pulau Penyenget, reached by frequent boats (7000Rp) from the Tanjung Pinang pier, was once the capital of the Riau rajahs. The ruins of the old palace of…

  • Museum Bahari Bintan

    Museum Bahari Bintan

    Pulau Bintan

    This fascinating maritime museum is a surprising find along this sleepy coastal road. Housed within a building shaped like a ship, it has an unlikely…

  • Vihara Dharma Sasana

    Vihara Dharma Sasana

    Pulau Bintan

    This well-maintained temple complex, looking out to sea, is accessed through a beautifully decorative Chinese archway and contains three main temples. The…

  • Berakit

    Berakit

    Pulau Bintan

    On Pulau Bintan's far northeast tip, Berakit is a small, curious fishing village populated with Orang Laut (which translates to 'people of the sea'), a…

  • Banyan Tree Temple

    Banyan Tree Temple

    Pulau Bintan

    This particularly unusual temple is housed in a building dating from the early 19th century. Originally owned by a wealthy Chinese man, believed to be…

  • Chinatown

    Chinatown

    Pulau Bintan

    When heading to Senggarang from Tanjung Pinang by boat, unless you ask to dock at the temples, you'll be dropped off at the jetties at Senggarang's so…

  • Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alamsyah

    Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alamsyah

    Pulau Bintan

    Housed in an attractive building built by the Dutch in 1918, this small museum is full of mostly Chinese artefacts – coins, pottery, musical instruments,…

  • Vihara Bhatra Sasana

    Vihara Bhatra Sasana

    Pulau Bintan

    Dragons adorn the beautifully painted upturned eaves on the roof of this Chinese temple. A statue of Kuan Yin (Guanyin), the goddess of mercy, stands at…

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