Pekan Lama



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1. Abu Bakar Mosque

0.09 MILES

Abu Bakar Mosque is crowned with gold domes. Non-Muslims are not allowed to enter.

2. Sultan Abdullah Mosque Museum

0.1 MILES

This magnificently restored, snow-white mosque dates to 1929 and is fronted by a photogenic rectangle of water. The museum housed within contains an…

3. Museum Sultan Abu Bakar

0.15 MILES

This museum is housed in a building constructed by the British in 1929. Exhibits are largely about the Pahang royal family, with other displays featuring…

4. Galeri Pengangkutan Air

0.27 MILES

This place just over the bridge displays traditional Malaysian watercraft – look out for the fabulously carved craft with the head of a mythical beast.

6. Istana Leban Tunggal

0.62 MILES

This abandoned and much forlorn (there's a tree growing from its roof) two-storey wood and stone palace was built in 1935. With unusual twin yellow…

7. Lie Sheng Gong Temple

0.65 MILES

The caretaker of this Chinese temple will politely inform you that, although the temple itself is not old, the statue within it is over 1,000 years old.

8. Istana Permai

0.71 MILES

The focus of Pekan’s palm-lined royal quarter is the Regent of Pahang’s palace.

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