Historic sites

George Town, Penang

Malaysia Penang George Town

George Town, Penang
Photo: HundenvonPenang, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A UNESCO-listed colonial port town with shophouses, clan houses such as the ornate Khoo Kongsi, temples, mosques and churches side by side, and street art murals. It's one of Asia's great street-food cities: try assam laksa, char kway teow and cendol.


Take the funicular up Penang Hill. The Kek Lok Si temple is one of the largest in South-East Asia.

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