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Johor Baharu Map, Malaysia

If you feel like you need some help to find your way in your destination city, you are in the right place. This Johor Baharu Map will certainly help you to seek out the best restaurants, clubs and sights in town. You want to know what is the best place for a walk? Or what you should be watching out for during your visit? Learn more about the best things to do in the city reading our travel tips and then get around in Johor Baharu with Travelgrove's map. While searching for places, you can also check some cheap flights or deals or you can take a look at our user's galleries about the city. We hope you will find our city map of Johor Baharu useful. Enjoy your trip and come back to share your travel experience about Johor Baharu!

Johor Baharu Nightlife

Karaoke clubs are very popular, and you will find a number of them in the downtown commercial area. Most of these clubs offer private rooms for people who wish to sing aloud in private parties. Almost all of the clubs remain open until 1 am, but you can stay until the wee hours of the morning inside. Drinks and food are available at the clubs. If you visit the clubs at odd hours, like very early evening, you may bring... read more

Johor Baharu Travel Guide

Abbreviated as JB, Johor Baharu is the capital of Johor located in the southern Malaysia. It is situated within a walking distance of Singapore and gets over 60% of annual foreign tourists of the country through its road links and bridges to Singapore. The city has been a significant tourism, commercial and industrial hub in southern Malaysia and its highly developed base of industries has made it one of the largest... read more

Johor Baharu Sightseeing

Museum of Royal Abu Bakar: This museum is regarded as one of the premium museums of the world especially in terms of dazzling display of the cultural treasures and its unmatched valuable. This museum occupies the grand palace, Istana Besar that was built by the ruler Sultan Abu Bakar in the year 1866. This museum has the vast collection of treasures of Royal Family. Along with this, it has an extensive collection of... read more

Johor Baharu History

As far as its history is concerned, the city was founded in 1855 by Temenggung Daeng Ibrahim, Sultan Abu Bakar’s father and Wong Ah Fook, a Chinese businessman. The town had been originally named as Tanjung Puteri and had its beginning as small fishing village in Malay. The name was changed to Johor Baharu by Sultan Abu Bakar when he made the town his kingdom’s capital in 1866. He moved the government seat from... read more