Must see points of interest in Penang

Here's a list of Must see points of interest in Penang recommended by our experts:

Bukit Bendera (penang Hill)

Bukit Bendera (penang Hill)

Mountain in Penang
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Bukit Bendera. Probably has the best view of Georgetown and the Penang Bridge, especially at night. Go up via the Penang Hill Railway. Take Rapid Penang bus no...

Kek Lok Si Temple

Kek Lok Si Temple

Temple in Penang
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The Kek Lok Si Temple (Penang Hokkien for "Temple of Supreme Bliss"; Simplified Chinese; Traditional Chinese) is a Buddhist temple situated in Air Itam in ...

Penang War Museum

Penang War Museum

Museum in Penang
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Penang War Museum in Bukit Batu Maung was a fort built by the British in the 1930s. In 1941 it gained fame when it became the site where the battle for Penang ...

Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion

Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion

Monument in Penang
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Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion, a boutique hotel that one of Penang best-known attractions in an ornate edifice built in the traditional Hakka Teochew style. Located ...

Fort Cornwallis

Fort Cornwallis

Historic Place in Penang
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Fort Cornwallis - named after the Governor-General in Bengal, Charles Cornwallis - is one of the most interesting historical landmarks in George Town, located ...

Gurney Drive

Gurney Drive

Place to Visit in Penang
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Gurney Drive is most well known for its happening eating places at night. Perhaps then, not many people know that two of the most beautiful temples are ...

Penang National Park

Penang National Park

Wildlife Park in Penang
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The Penang National Park - (Taman Negara Pulau Pinang) is located on the North-Western tip of the island at Teluk Bahang and is a great place to go jungle ...

Komtar

Komtar

Place to Visit in Penang
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Komtar Tower, or Menara Komtar Complex is Penang's tallest building and the sixth tallest building in Malaysia located in the heart of George Town, dominating ...

The Snake Temple (ban Kah Lan)

The Snake Temple (ban Kah Lan)

Temple in Penang
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The Snake Temple is situated in Sungai Kluang, Bayan Lepas, Penang, Malaysia and is perhaps the only temple of its kind in the world. The temple is filled with ...

Penang Museum And Art Gallery

Penang Museum And Art Gallery

Museum in Penang
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The Penang State Museum on Farquhar Street is the first building that comes under the administration of the Penang State Museum Board. Its chronology began in ...

Penang Botanic Gardens

Penang Botanic Gardens

Garden/Botanical Garden in Penang
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Penang Botanic Gardens,Jl Kebun Bunga, [28], ☎ +60 4 227-0428 (for group tour arrangement), Fax:+60 4 228-6075 jkbunga@penang.gov.my. Open daily, 5AM-8PM. ...

Sri Maha Mariamman Temple

Sri Maha Mariamman Temple

Temple in Penang
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The Sri Mariamman Temple is Singapore's oldest Hindu temple. It is an agamic temple, built in the Dravidian style. The temple is in central Georgetown on Lebuh...

Batik Painting Museum Penang

Batik Painting Museum Penang

Museum in Penang
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This Musuem aims to tell the historical story of how this art form began in the 1950's and its subsequent development by a good number of talented artists in ...

Penang Butterfly Farm

Penang Butterfly Farm

Garden/Botanical Garden in Penang
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The Penang Butterfly Farm is the first tropical butterfly farm ever set up in the tropical world, with an average flying population of 4000 Malaysian ...

Tropical Spice Garden

Tropical Spice Garden

Garden/Botanical Garden in Penang
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Tropical Spice Garden - The Tropical Spice Garden, which is in a 8 acre valley fronting the shores of Teluk Bahang showcases a landscaped garden that consists ...

The Camera Museum

The Camera Museum

Museum in Penang
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I started "The Camera Museum" in 1998 with just a handful of vintage cameras. My mission was and still is to share every object of the museum world wide and to ...

Pinang Peranakan Mansion

Pinang Peranakan Mansion

Museum in Penang

The Peranakans, also known as the Babas and Nyonyas, was a prominent community of acculturated Chinese unique to this part of the world, especially in the ...

Khoo Kongsi

Khoo Kongsi

Historic Place in Penang
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The Khoo Kongsi is a large Chinese clanhouse with elaborate and highly ornamented architecture, a mark of the dominant presence of the Chinese in Penang, ...

Cannon Street

Cannon Street

Place to Visit in Penang
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Cannon Street , or Lebuh Cannon, is a short street in the Heritage Enclave of George Town. It connects Armenian Street to Acheen Street. Many of the houses ...

Arulmigu Balathandayuthapani Murugan Temple

Arulmigu Balathandayuthapani Murugan Temple

Temple in Penang
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Dedicated to the deity Murugan, its interior is a mishmash of color from beige walls, red roofs and blue tiles. Your senses tingle as wafts of jasmine ...

Escape Adventureplay Theme Park

Escape Adventureplay Theme Park

Amusement Park in Penang
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It's time to ESCAPE the hustle and bustle of urban life and head for Teluk Bahang, for there's a new playground in town! Sprawled over a seven-acre tract of ...

Wat Chaiyamangkalaram

Wat Chaiyamangkalaram

Temple in Penang
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Wat Chaiya Mangkalaram Temple is the largest Thai temple in Penang. Set just off Jalan Burma (on the way to Batu Ferringhi), the yellow-and-blue temple is also ...