Where to Buy Batik, Songket & Kelantan Handicraft in Kota Bharu 2026
Kelantan still makes what the rest of Malaysia mostly imports — handwoven songket, hand-drawn batik, hammered silver. Kota Bharu is where you buy it, but the good addresses are markets and kampung workshops rather than shops with websites. Here are eight of them, from the RM7 million refurbished Pasar Besar Siti Khadijah to the songket houses along Jalan PCB, plus the Friday closures and the handwoven-versus-printed test that decide whether you overpay.
