Penang Clan Jetties - Weld Quay
A collection of water villages found along Weld Quay has been in existence since the 19th century. The jetty area is situated along the edge of the inland part of the sea where Penang Island faces the mainland about a mile across.
A clan jetty is actually a village built [...]
Penang Clock Tower
The moorish-style clocktower at the junction of Lebuh Light and Lebuh Pantai is sixty feet tall, one foot for each year of Victoria’s reign. A corner of the wall surrounding Fort Cornwallis appears behind the tower, which was built to commemorate Queen Victoria’s 1897 Jubilee.
The 60 feet high clock tower is divided into [...]
Penang Heritage Building
This corner building was formerly the medical clinic of Dr. Ong Huck Chye, a Municipal Commissioner and prominent Straits Chinese leader in the 1930s. Today, it is the premises of the Penang Heritage Centre, established by the Penang state government to promote heritage awareness and activities.
The Heritage Centre, Penang is housed within the [...]
Penang Hill, Bukit Bendera
Located 6km from George Town, Penang Hill (Bukit Bendera) is one of the most popular destinations in Penang. Penang Hill is actually a complex of hills and spurs and the highest point is Western Hill which is 830 meters (2730ft) above sea level. Apart from the cool climate and the fantastic panoramic [...]
Penang Islamic Museum
The Penang Islamic Museum takes you on a trail which traces the earliest days of Islam in Penang and Malaya right until the present day, via galleries and sections divided by theme.
Standing near the Armenian Street-Acheh Street junction is the 1860s mansion built by Syed Al-Attas, a spice trader from Acheh who provided [...]
Here are my free Penang Maps (click on the image or links). Some image of the Penang Maps will take a while to load due to the size of the image. I try to leave the resolution of the Penang Maps as high as possible so that it will be detailed. (I suggest that you [...]
Penang State Museum
Located on Farquhar Street near Fort Cornwallis, the colonial-era building Penang State Museum was formerly the Penang Free School which was built in two separate stages, stage one in 1896, and when funds were adequate, stage two in 1906.
A bronze statue of Captain Francis Light, the founder of the Penang Straits Settlement greets [...]
Penang Char Kway Teow
Char Kway Teow (Char Kuay Teow )literally “fried flat noodles”, is basically flat rice noodles with prawns, cockles, egg, bean sprouts, Chinese chives, and chili paste fried over very high heat. Sometimes, slices of Chinese sausage are added. The best Char Koay Teow is usually fried with pork lard, which gives [...]
Saint George’s Church
Located at the corner of Lebuh Farquhar and Jalan Mesjid Kapitan Keling, built by convicts back in 1816, Penang’s Saint George’s Church is the oldest Anglican Church in South East Asia. The passing of time has not altered the original structure very much, nor weathered its walls. The huge Grecian columns that stood [...]
Snake Temple
The Snake temple in Penang is probably the only one of its kind in the world. Built in 1850, the Snake temple, is also known as “Temple of the Azure Cloud†or “Pure Cloud Templeâ€(to honour Penang’s beautiful blue skies). Every year, thousands of devotees make a trip to the temple during the birthday [...]
Sri Mariamman Temple
Built in 1883, the Sri Mariamman is the oldest Hindu temple in Penang. Decorated in the colourful and distinctive South Indian Dravidian style, the temple most outstanding feature is the impressive gopuram (tower), which features fascinating sculptures of Hindu deities and floral decorations over its main entrance and facade.
The interior of Sri Mariamman [...]
Tropical Fruit Farm, Penang
Tropical Fruit Farm is situated about 800ft above sea level on the hilly terrain of Teluk Bahang in Penang is an ideal location for cultivating many types of tropical and sub-tropical fruit trees. The orchard covers 25 acres and it was developed back in 1993 with a few objectives in mind. First [...]
Wat Chayamangkalaram, Reclining Buddha Temple
This beautiful gold plated reclining Buddha of the Wat Chayamangkalaram (Thai budhhist temple) is said to be the 3rd largest of its kind (but the truth is that it is not), with its 33 meters length. The temple was built in 1845 on a land (5 acres) which was donated by [...]
Yap Kongsi, Penang
A stone’s throw from the Khoo Kongsi is the Lum Yeong Tong Yap Kongsi at the junction of Armenian Street and Cannon Street. The association has two adjoining buildings - the Straits eclectic-style building with the words “Yap Temple†inscribed in the pediment and the Choo Chay Keong Temple dedicated to the Yap [...]
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