Muar
Muar, officially known by the sobriquet Bandar Maharani, is a historical town and the capital of Muar District, Johor, Malaysia, situated by the estuary of the eponymous Muar River.
Muar, officially known by the sobriquet Bandar Maharani, is a historical town and the capital of Muar District, Johor, Malaysia, situated by the estuary of the eponymous Muar River. It is the fourth largest urban area in Johor, after Johor Bahru, Batu Pahat and Kluang.
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Worth seeing in and around Muar
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Sultan Ibrahim Jamek Mosque
Sultan Ibrahim Jamek Mosque is a historical mosque in Muar Town, Johor, Malaysia. It is situated along Jalan Petri, close to the mouth of Muar River.
1 km · mosque in Muar, Johor, Malaysia · Wikipedia - 02Ching Giap See Temple
Ching Giap See Temple is located along Jalan Sulaiman in Muar and it is the largest Buddhist temple in the State of Johor, Malaysia. This Buddhist temple is considered as the Buddhist landmark in southern Malaysia region, as compared to Penang's Kek Lok Si Temple in Northern Malaysia region.
1.2 km · Buddhist temple in Malaysia · Wikipedia - 03Muar Second Bridge
Muar Second Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in Muar, Johor, Malaysia. It crosses the Muar River, linking the eastern outskirts of Muar with Parit Bunga on the Tangkak side of the river.
3.3 km · bridge in Malaysia · Wikipedia - 04Sultan Ismail Bridge
The Sultan Ismail Bridge is a bridge in Muar town across the Muar River in Johor, Malaysia. It was the first bridge built across a river that connects Bandar Maharani, Muar to Tanjung Agas which is now named as part of Tangkak district.
100 m · bridge in Johor, Malaysia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Muar
- Airports
- Kuala Lumpur (KUL), 123 km · Senai (JHB), 131 km · Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (SZB), 165 km
- Sepang → Muar116 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · RM30–39
- Johor Bahru → Muar147 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · RM34–46
- Subang → Muar1118 km · quickest by air, 15h 43m · Rp2,618,260–4,032,440
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No local-transport research exists yet for Muar
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Muar. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere are also chartered taxi services available below two taxi terminals.
- Get inThese chartered taxis travel within Muar district and outside Muar such as to KLIA International Airport, Kuala Lumpur and even Singapore.
- Get inFerry services from Bengkalis and Dumai, Sumatra, Indonesia are available on every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, ticketing booth located at and ferries departing from the Custom Jetty at Jalan Maharani at noon.
- Get aroundTaxis chartered service (Perkhidmatan Kereta Sewa) at the taxi stands or bus stations.
From Wikivoyage: Muar, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.
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Next door to Muar
Muar is 40 km from Malacca, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Parit BungaSmall town in Johor, Malaysia5.6 km
- Kampung Bukit Trehvillage in Muar District, Johor, Malaysia4 km
- Muar Municipal Councilhuman settlement in Malaysia300 m
- Sungai Abonghuman settlement in Malaysia1.2 km
- Parit Sakaitown in Malaysia in Johor3.4 km
- Tanjung Agastown in Tangkak, Johor, Malaysia1.3 km