If you are pleased traveled history and religion come to the Masjid Raya Pekanbaru, Sang Nila Utama Museum, and Grand Mosque An-nur. Or would traveled culture, just visit Bandar Serai Malay and Stempel. Want culinary tour, enjoy a variety of dishes as well as Malay and Malay Minang taste durian sticky rice.
Not content to go natural objects such as along the Siak River, Limbungan Lake Recreation Park and Natural Mayang Fishing Park. Want souvenir shopping for souvenirs? Just go to the Market Bottom or some malls that exist in this city.
Prior to Pekanbaru, could not hurt to peek past. The city was once just a small village named Umbrella Sekaki Siak River on the edge of an established Tribe Senapelan so his name is better known as Kampung Senapelan. When the system was still valid psychotherapy and this village is led by a figure called inner.
Siak kingdom under the rule of Sultan Abdul Jalil Shah Alamuddin, this village as a center that rapidly growing empire. And by the fourth Sultan, Kampong made plans Senapelan week. After the sultan died, the plan was continued by his son Sultan Abdul Jalil Muazzam Ali Shah. And since June 23, 1784, the village renamed Senapelan Pekanbaru.
On May 17, 1956 by the establishment of the Governor of Sumatra in Medan 103, the town was used as a so-called Autonomous Region Harnite (New Koa) and then the status of a Municipal Pekanbaru. Three years later, on January 20, 1959, the city became the capital of Riau province determined previously based in Tanjungpinang, based on Decree No. Home Affairs. Des.52 / 1 / 44-25.
The town is now the motto Clean, Orderly, Joint Effort, Safe, and Harmony (Sorcerer) has an area of 632.26 square kilometers. Consists of 12 districts, namely District of Pekanbaru City, Senapelan, Sukajadi, Fifty, Sail, Tassel, Bukit Raya, Handsome, Umbrella Sekaki, Marpoyan Peace, Coastal Tassel, and the District Tenayan. The city is split by the Siak River which empties into the Strait of Malacca into two parts.
From the home town on Saturday morning, you can take a flight to Pekanbaru. After check-in at the lodge, immediately go around the city of Pekanbaru, ranging from the Great Mosque of An-Nur is located in the city center. Province Mosque and Islamic Centre is equipped with a beautiful garden and pool. The building is magnificent with a large number of poles and towers high.
Then proceed to the Grand Mosque and the Tomb of the Mount and the Tomb Marhum Marhum Week residing in District Senapelan. Grand Mosque is the oldest mosque in the city of Pekanbaru as proof that the Kingdom of Siak Sri Indrapura ever reigns in this city. Its architecture is traditional and very interesting.
This mosque was built in the 18th century during the reign of Sultan Abdul Jalil Muazzam Shah and Sultan Muhammad Ali Abdul Jalil Muazzam Shah as the fourth and fifth sultan of the Kingdom of Siak Sri Indrapura. In the area of the mosque there are wells that have magical value to pay zakat or dihajatkan vows earlier. Still there is a mosque complex in the area of the Tomb of Sultan Marhum Hill and Marhum Week as the founder of the city of Pekanbaru. Marhum Hill is none other than the Sultan Abdul Jalil Shah Alamuddin.
Not far from the mosque there is used as a Down Market shopping attractions. In the oldest market in Pekanbaru sells a variety of rugs, bags, accessories, souvenirs such as key chains, snacks, and ceramics from various neighboring countries. In the basement there is a seller of various salted fish and other daily necessities.
For lunch, go to a restaurant that serves typical Malay Minang, such as sandalwood Eating in Jalan A. Yani. There you can enjoy a mussel or clam hindangan curry, Sambal Widow jengkol rampage which consists of young, bitter melon, beans and fish Snakeskin with spicy flavor, Vegetable Anyang urab sort of ferns and sprouts, as well as Martobe juice drink, mixed fruit and Eggplant Dutch Passion .
Continuing the journey to the Malay Stempel located at Jalan Diponegoro. Its architecture is typical of the variety of colors and motifs carved characterized by Malays. This custom built hall for various activities related to Malay customs official. The building consists of two floors. On the top floor plastered with clearly some phrases and clauses customary couplets Twelve works of Raja Ali Haji. On the left and right of the main entrance of the room there is rhyme chapters 1-4, while chapters 5-12 are located on the wall next to the main room.
Further to Sang Nila Utama Museum on Jalan Sudirman. Stored in the museum collection of various artistic, cultural, and historic County. Not far from the museum there is a distinctive building with a strong Malay architecture ie Riau Cultural Park Building. This building used as a place for cultural performances and art activities Malay, Riau and other activities.
Still on the road, you go to Art Raja Ali Haji Bandar (Bandar Serai) which is not far from the area of Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport (SSK II). In 1994, the place is used for the implementation of National MTQ XVII. Now it has built indoor theater named Anjung Art K. Tin Tin.
In this arena you can enjoy a relaxed atmosphere while eating a variety of foods and beverages. Various concerts and art performances you can see, both on the page and inside the building. You can also shop around to see traditional houses every county and cities in the province of Riau.
At night, you can eat typical Malay dish at one of the restaurants, among others in Sri Mersing Restaurant in Jalan Sari Mustafa Talas snails with curry menu is made from snails or slugs small, Catfish Spicy Vegetable, and Fish Butter slice.
If your stomach is still fit, go taste the durian sticky rice, Pekanbaru typical evening snacks along the main road. Sticky rice (glutinous white sprinkled with grated coconut) become friends eat durian or durian Medan Kampar.
The next morning after breakfast at the inn, you continue on to Lake Recreation Park in District Rumbai Limbungan. Limbungan is an artificial lake in the form of irrigation dam which is located about 10 Km from the city of Pekanbaru. Beautiful natural scenery around the lake is set in wooded hills and temperate pretty cool. Here you can enjoy a variety of water tourism arenas such as swimming, fishing, water cycling, and others.
Before going to the airport, you can go to at the end of Jalan Riau Dekranasda Sisimangaraja to see or even buy various souvenirs such as clothing Melayu Riau, Riau batik, weaving cloth, and various crafts. Another option Yungsal visit home, where craft Weaving and akesoris Siak Malay wedding on Al-FURGON, District Fifty.
There you can see the weaving process Siak Weaving loom machines (Lurik). Then shopping for souvenirs typical of Cik Puan County in shops on Jalan Sudirman, among other various fruit chips, lunkhead pineapple, rose cake, durian Lempok, amplang, and durian cake.
