Museum in Padang
Adityawarman Museum
Within a grand traditional Minangkabau-style building is this excellent museum that offers a thorough overview of Padang culture. Captions are all in English, and cover Minangkabau lifestyle and architecture, as wel…
Area in Padang
Colonial Quarter
Although badly damaged in the 2009 earthquake, Padang’s colonial-era quarter around Jl Batang Arau is still worth a lazy stroll. Crumbling old Dutch and Chinese warehouses back on to a river brimming with fishing bo…