Padang

Museum Adityawarman
Jalan Diponegoro No. 10

Jl. diponegoro lapangan tugu, +62 752 31523, 39587, tus 8am-4pm

Taman Budaya
Jl.Samudra

cultural park

Pantai Air Manis
Teluk Bayur

sweet water beach. it is most famed for batu malin kundang stone of malin kundang, a stone shaped like a prostrating man. according to local legend, this stone is malin kundang , the ungrateful son who disowned his poor mother after coming home as a rich man from his travels. his mother cursed him into stone, as well as the remains of his ship, which can also be seen near his stone. there is a tidal island from the beach here, with nice clean by indonesian standards water and sand.

Pantai Padang
Tapi Lauik/Tepi Laut (Taplau)

padang beach. you can ride the bendi a horse-drawn carriage along the beach, and stop by the rows of shops to eat some rujak as you watch the waves.

Sitti Nurbaya Bridge

A beautiful bridge especially at night. sitti nurbaya is the eponymous character in a classical literary novel.

Teluk Bayur

You go down the south of Teluk Bayur, up and through steep hills don't try and take a bus, there is an [Angkot] that goes all the way.

Ramayana

World class shopping area with a variety of goods. A must see.