Where to Go
Gunung Leuser National Park
Bukit Lawang
Tangkahan
Lake Toba
Berastagi
Mt. Sibayak volcano
Mt. Sinabung volcano
Sipisopiso Waterfall
Tongging
Ketembe
Lake Kawar
Medan

What to Do
Jungle Trekking
Elephant Trekking
White-Water Rafting
River-Tubing
Volcano Climbing
Bohorok Orangutan Centre
Maimoon Palace

What to Know
About "Hello Mister Travel"
Introduction to Sumatra
Topography
History
Getting to Sumatra
Getting Around Sumatra
Terms & Conditions

Accommodation
Bukit Lawang
Tangkahan
Berastagi
Tongging
Tuk Tuk
Ketembe

The Tours
Bukit Lawang Short Stay
The Jungle Trail
The Toba Trail
The North Sumatran Trail

Maimoon Palace

If you’re at a loose end for an hour or so in Medan then you could certainly do worse than to take a turn around Istana Maimoon, the former residence of the Sultan of Deli. It was built in 1888 by the Royal Dutch Indies Army in a mixture of European and Arabian styles and resembles something out of A Thousand and One Nights.

The palace is predominantly yellow as this is the colour of the Royal House of Deli and is beautifully tiled on the inside. There are various old photographs adorning the walls and you can see the throne upon which the Sultan presisded over his court.

Somehow the Sultan survived the revolution of 1946 and his family still live in the wings of the palace, meaning that there is only a small part of Istana Maimoon which is open to the public.