Zeck’s Travellers Inn

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Zeck and Miriam Zaki’s home, located in a peaceful nook north of the city centre, is a great way to experience Malaysian kampung (village) life in the heart of Kota Bharu. Light meals and drinks are always at hand. The Zaki family are a mine of information on Kelantan and can help you with your ongoing travel plans throughout Malaysia.

Zeck also helps to arrange tours to local sights as well as into Taman Negara through the park’s far-less trafficked Kelantan entrance, and also to Gunung Stong State Park. Motorbikes are available to hire from RM45 per day.

Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

  • Pantai Cahaya Bulan

    Pantai Cahaya Bulan

    4.9 MILES

    Kota Bharu’s main beach was once known as Pantai Cinta Berahi, or the Beach of Passionate Love. In keeping with Islamic sensibilities, it’s now known as…

  • Gelanggang Seni

    Gelanggang Seni

    0.69 MILES

    Local cultural events, including gasing uri (top-spinning), silat (a Malay martial art), kite-making, drumming and shadow-puppet shows are held regularly…

  • Bank Kerapu

    Bank Kerapu

    0.79 MILES

    Built in 1912 for the Mercantile Bank of India, the Bank Kerapu building was the first stone structure built in Kelantan. During WWII it was the HQ of the…

  • Istana Jahar

    Istana Jahar

    0.68 MILES

    Kota Bharu’s best museum focuses on Kelantanese ritual and crafts. It's housed in a beautiful chocolate-brown building that dates back to 1887 and is…

  • Wat Maisuwankiri

    Wat Maisuwankiri

    5.19 MILES

    Wat Maisuwankiri, near the village of Kampung Bukit Tanah, boasts a ‘floating temple’, a richly decorated dragon boat surrounded by a murky moat.

  • Muzium Islam

    Muzium Islam

    0.76 MILES

    Muzium Islam occupies an old villa once known as Serambi Mekah (Verandah to Mecca) – a reference to its days as Kelantan’s first school of Islamic…

  • Kampung Kraftangan

    Kampung Kraftangan

    0.61 MILES

    This handicraft market, a touristy affair opposite Istana Batu, has a one-room museum with displays of woodcarving, batik-making and other crafts.

  • Muzium Negeri Kelanta

    Muzium Negeri Kelanta

    0.72 MILES

    Next to the tourist information centre, this is the official state museum. The exhibits on Kelantan’s history and culture are interesting, but the…

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Nearby Kota Bharu attractions

1. Kampung Kraftangan

0.61 MILES

This handicraft market, a touristy affair opposite Istana Batu, has a one-room museum with displays of woodcarving, batik-making and other crafts.

2. Streetart Gallery

0.66 MILES

This colourful display of street art covers several connecting back alleys between Jln Ismail and Jln Dato Pati. There are depictions of smiling locals at…

3. Istana Batu

0.67 MILES

The pale-yellow building, constructed in 1939, was the crown prince’s palace until it was donated to the state. Now a museum, the richly furnished rooms…

4. Istana Jahar

0.68 MILES

Kota Bharu’s best museum focuses on Kelantanese ritual and crafts. It's housed in a beautiful chocolate-brown building that dates back to 1887 and is…

5. Gelanggang Seni

0.69 MILES

Local cultural events, including gasing uri (top-spinning), silat (a Malay martial art), kite-making, drumming and shadow-puppet shows are held regularly…

6. Muzium Negeri Kelanta

0.72 MILES

Next to the tourist information centre, this is the official state museum. The exhibits on Kelantan’s history and culture are interesting, but the…

7. State Mosque

0.73 MILES

The original wooden mosque built here in 1867 was replaced by the current masonry and concrete structure in 1922. It can accommodate over 2000 worshippers…

8. Muzium Islam

0.76 MILES

Muzium Islam occupies an old villa once known as Serambi Mekah (Verandah to Mecca) – a reference to its days as Kelantan’s first school of Islamic…