History of Penang

     Penang history was dated back to the 16th century when Portuguese trades in search for spice then founds a small island when they obtaining fresh supplies of water. At that time, Penang was part of state of Kedah and named after a plam tree.

The very first Englishman who discovers Penang was Captain James Lancaster during a trade mission to East India.

The founder of Penang, Captain Francis Light, hoisted the Union Jack officially took possession of the island and renamed it as “Prince of Wales Island” in honour of the heir to the British throne.

Fort Cornwillis was built to defend Penang from any attacks.

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Attractive Places

       Penang Hill is a hill resort with unpolluted air and historical features, on the northern part of Penang Island which located in Air Itam, 6 kilometers away from Georgetown.

Penang Hill map.

 

Funicular train.

• Special price for senior citizen and student with only RM4. Besides, the ticket price will be RM8 for adult and RM4 for children while foreigners will be charged at RM30 for adult and RM15 for children.

Historical artifact

Ancient Canon

Heritage bungalows that featuring a fusion of architecture from British colonial to Asian.

Bel Retiro

Fernhill

Woodside Bungalow

Coveslecant Bungalow

      David Brown Restaurant is famous with the western cuisine and dessert with the relaxing view and environment on Penang Hill.

      A Hindu Temple on Penang Hill that known as Sri Aruloli Thirumurugan Temple and a Penang Hill Mosque stands on the other side of hill can also be found in the hilltop.

Hindu Temple

Penang Hill Mosque

       Another attraction that attracts a lot of couple, marriage shoot and youngster every year will be a love lock wall at the hilltop, visitor can seal a padlock with own and lover name at the wide fence.

Love lock

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Kek Lok Si Temple

• Located in Air Itam which only takes about 20 minutes of short bus trip from Georgetown.
• 7 days a week from 9am to 6pm.

7 storey pagoda of 10,000 Buddhas that contains a Chinese octagonal base with middle tiers of the Thai architecture and tapped with a Burmese Temple crown

Night view

Huge bronze Statue of the Goddess of Mercy, Kuan Ying

Liberation pool at the temple ground

Souvenir shops

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Penang Street Art

         Penang Street Art is done by a young Lithuania-born artist name Ernest Zacharevic, known as Murals of Georgetown. He has done most of the murals in Penang and mostly focus at Georgetown. Murals of him were ‘Little Children on Bicycle’ and ‘This Old Man’ at Armenia Street, ‘Little Girl in Blue’ at Muntri Street, ‘Boy on a Bike’ at Ah Quee Street and mural beside it was ‘Little Boy with Pet Dinosaur’, ‘Reaching Up’ at Cannon Street, ‘Children in a Boat’ at Chew Jetty and ‘Broken Heart’ at Love Lane, Chulia Street. Besides, there is another famous mural of ‘Children on Swing’ at Step By Step Lane , Chulia Street of other artist name Louis Gan.

Ernest Zacharevic

Little Children on bicycle

The Old Man

Little Girl In Blue

Little Boy with Pet Dinosaur & Boy on a Bike

Reaching Up

Children In A Boat

Broken heart

Children on Swing

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Batu Ferringhi

• Located adjacent to Teluk Bahang and Tanjung Bunga.
• 15 km from the west of Georgetown.

Batu Ferringhi beach.

Water sport facilities

• jet-skiing, windsurfing, parasailing and deep-sea fishing

Fish Spa

Hawker Food

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Gurney Drive

         Gurney Drive is a famous seafront promenande in Georgetown, also known as food paradise which popular with the hawker food that sold from food stalls along the seafront and comes alive in nightime with special experience of dining by the sea. Besides, Gurney Plaza is perhaps Gurney Drives's main landmark which operated from 10am to 10pm.

Gurney Plaza ( Interior)

Gurney Plaza (exterior)

Gurney Drive hawker centre 

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Transportation

*Comprises with trishaw, car rental, taxi, motorcycle, bike

Bike

-RM25 per day with deposit of RM100 

 Motorcycle
-RM40 per day with deposit of with RM200

Trishaw

RM 15 to about RM 30 per hour.

-Depart from Bandar Perda, Auto City Juru and Bandar Sunway to FIZ Bayan Lepas.

-6.30am to 7.50am at morning session while evening session is from 4.30pm to 7.10pm

- Central Area Transit (CAT), is a free shuttle bus in Georgetown.
- 6.00am to 12.00am everyday, even public holiday and weekend.

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Facilities (hotel)

TOP 5 best hotel in Penang.

•  Shangri-La’s Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa. ( 5 star )

1 out of 12 ranked by hotel in Batu Ferrenghi, best for romance and luxury

 < http://www.shangri-la.com/penang/rasasayangresort >

• Hard Rock Hotel.   ( 4 star)
  3 out of 12 ranked by hotel in Batu Ferringhi, best for family.
  
  < http://penang.hardrockhotels.net/cn >

• Bellevue Hotel.    ( 3 star)
  32 out of 51 ranked by hotel in Georgetown, located in Penang Hill.
  
   <  http://bellevuehotel.my/hotel.htm >

• GLOW Hotel.    ( 3 star)
  4.1 out of 5 expedia guest rating, located at Macalister Road Georgetown
  
  < http://www.agoda.com/ms-my/glow-penang-hotel/hotel/penang-my.html >
  
  

• Noordin Mews.   ( 3 star )
  4.6 out of 5 expedia guest rating, located at Noordin Street Georgetown.
  
  < http://www.noordinmews.com/index2.html >

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Facilities (food)

TOP 5 famous food in Penang:

 

• Nasi Kandar
  A meal of steamed rice with mixture of curry sauces poured on it served with side dished such as fried chicken, squid, cubed beef, lamb or fish roe while vegetables dish usually would be brinjal, lady finger or bitter ground.

 

• Char Kway Tiaw
  A stir fried rice cake strip with eggs, mantis prawn, fish cake and bean sprouts.

• Loh Mee
  A noodle soup of a gooey broth, include slices of boiled egg, fried onions, topped with pork or chicken slices and serve with chili and vinegard garlic pastes.

• Asam Laksa / Penang Laksa
  A sweet,sour and spicy soup that full-on with fish meats or chicken meats, cucumbers, mint, lecttuces and bean sprouts.

• Hae Mee / Prawn Noodle
  A bowl of mee that contains slices of boiled egg, pork slices, veggies and big prawn as topping.

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