7 Tourist Attractions Near Batam City Center

lgb February 23, 2024 News No Comment

Batam City, Riau Islands Province (Kepri) is known as one of the favorite cities for foreign tourists to visit in Indonesia. The road access is easy and wide, and has a strategic location on the border of Singapore and Malaysia, making it a choice holiday destination on weekends. Among the choices of tourist attractions in Batam City for holidays are those that are located close to the city center, Batam Center. This area is famous as a shopping center and government center for Batam City which has many interesting photo spots.

For tourists who want to vacation in this city, here are recommendations for tourist attractions near the center of Batam City. Check out the full review: Tourism Near Batam City Center

1. Welcome To Batam

This iconic monument is a popular landmark in Batam which is displayed clearly on the hill. The location is in the Bukit Clara area, close to the Grand Mosque and the Batam Center Haji Dormitory. Apart from being an identity, the Welcome to Batam landmark is also a destination visited by many tourists.

They used this landmark as a background for taking photos, proof that they had set foot in Batam. Welcome to Batam was built in 2010 with a total length of writing reaching 120 meters. Each letter measures 10×5 meters and is at a height of 52 meters above sea level. The construction of the Welcome to Batam monument means Welcome to Batam, as a greeting to tourists who come to this city.

2. Batam Grand Mosque

The Batam Grand Mosque or known as the Great Batam Center Mosque is located on Jalan Engku Putri Batam Center, not far from the Welcome To Batam landmark. Standing on an area of 75,000 square meters, this mosque, which was built from 1999 to 2001, can accommodate 3,500 worshipers inside and 15,000 worshipers outside the mosque. This mosque is equipped with a comfortable prayer room, fountain, plaza and 66 meter high tower.

Achmad Noe’man, the architect, designed the Batam Grand Mosque from 1999 to 2001 with a unique dome, in the form of a rectangular pyramid or like a pyramid with one side cut into three parts. He is also an architect who designed the Salman Mosque, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) in Bandung City, West Java. In July 2022, the Batam City Government will revitalize several parts of the mosque. Revitalization includes the demolition of the mosque plaza, ablution area and toilets, as well as the addition of several towers.

3. Engku Putri Square

Just like other cities, Batam also has a square which is the pride of its citizens. The name is Engku Putri Center Park Batam or known as Alun-Alun or Plain Engku Putri. This area is a public area built around the government and economic areas in Batam.

Here visitors will find various facilities, especially for young people, such as a basketball arena, mini football, skateboard park and rock climbing. This area, which is located in Batam Center, is also one of the city centers visited by many residents. Every Sunday morning and evening, this plain is filled with Batam residents and tourists who spend their weekends jogging.

4. Raja Ali Haji Museum

A cool place that gets a lot of visits from foreign tourists is the Raja Ali Haji Museum. Here visitors can see museum collection objects about the history of Batam civilization.

There are collections of objects stored in the museum from the era of the Riau Lingga Kingdom, the Dutch era, Temenggung Abdul Jamal, the Japanese era, the Indonesian Independence era, to the Riau Islands Regency Government. It even displays the history of the birth of the Batam Authority (now the Batam Business Agency), the era of BJ Habibie’s leadership in building Batam, the Administrative City, the History of Astaka, and even the Malay Treasures.

5. Alun-alun Engku Putri

Currently, the Batam Center area has many comfortable and neatly arranged pedestrian lanes, such as the Engku Putri area, Mega Mall, and in front of the Harmoni One Hotel. This area has become a new hangout place that is unique and instagrammable, the place is clean and has a design that creates its own charm. This new hangout place is complete with seating, can be a photo spot and is always busy with visitors. A number of visitors also use this area for light exercise and selfies.

6. Mega Mall and One Batam Mall

These two malls in the Batam Center area are a paradise for shopping for branded goods in Batam, such as bags, perfume and clothes. As shopping centers and a paradise for shopping for branded goods, these two malls are always busy with visitors, including tourists who are visiting Batam.

7. Mega Wisata Coastarina or Ocarina

The Coastarina or Ocarina mega tourist attraction is one of the tourist destinations of choice for tourists to enjoy various rides, entertainment and charming natural beauty. This tourist destination is located on the edge of Teluk Kering or the Pasir Putih tourist area and is integrated with residential areas in the Coastarina Batam Center housing complex. The location is spacious, there are lots of places to gather with friends or family in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere.

Having a clean, white sandy beach is a unique attraction of this tourist destination. There are various children’s play rides in this tourist area, a swimming pool that is not too deep and a large and complete water park. There are also seesaws, slides, balloon palaces, bicycle rentals, kiddy land, 3D Movie Theater, roller coasters, sailboats, and even toy cars. Another attraction that visitors can find when traveling to Ocarina is the miniature islands around the world.

Those are seven tourist attractions near the center of Batam City which have lots of interesting photo spots.