Guidebook for Kampung Batu Ferringhi
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PARKROYAL Penang Resort
Just across the main road from my apartment.
Pleasant place for Sunday worship (English medium), with a friendly congregation. 9am service is more traditional, 11am service is more contemporary.
Wesley Methodist Church (TRAC)
136 Jalan BurmaPleasant place for Sunday worship (English medium), with a friendly congregation. 9am service is more traditional, 11am service is more contemporary.
Parks & Nature
There is also a pleasant beach across from the Spice Garden.
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Trópusi fűszerkert
2 Jalan Teluk BahangThere is also a pleasant beach across from the Spice Garden.
Sweeping vistas, quiet nooks, little streams, lots of hiking trails. Best time to visit is early in the morning, as the air is cool and fresh.
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Botanical Garden (Penang World Music Festival
Sweeping vistas, quiet nooks, little streams, lots of hiking trails. Best time to visit is early in the morning, as the air is cool and fresh.
A quick tram ride up the hill from Air Itam. Bird's eyeview of nearly half the island, lovely restaurants, nature walks, fresh air, lots of history and some creepy abandoned bungalows...
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Penang Hill
A quick tram ride up the hill from Air Itam. Bird's eyeview of nearly half the island, lovely restaurants, nature walks, fresh air, lots of history and some creepy abandoned bungalows...
A few kilometers walking on a boardwalk and then over some natural terrain to get to Monkey Beach and Muka Head.
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Penang National Park
Jalan Hassan AbasA few kilometers walking on a boardwalk and then over some natural terrain to get to Monkey Beach and Muka Head.
A half hour walk on very high bridges and canopy trails on Penang Hill, not for the faint hearted. You will be rewarded with stunning vistas, animal sightings and a chatty nature guide.
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Habitat Penang Hill
JalanA half hour walk on very high bridges and canopy trails on Penang Hill, not for the faint hearted. You will be rewarded with stunning vistas, animal sightings and a chatty nature guide.
Awesome butterfly farm / insectorium, beautiful and educational...not to be missed!
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Entopia a Penang Butterfly Farm által
830 Jalan Teluk BahangAwesome butterfly farm / insectorium, beautiful and educational...not to be missed!
Sightseeing
Dark tunnels, violent history...I have never been there myself!
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Penang Háborús Múzeum
Jalan Batu MaungDark tunnels, violent history...I have never been there myself!
A bunch of lazy snakes lounging in a Chinese temple... just watch your step, don't touch them, and you'll be fine. Don't forget to look up, some of them are on the ceiling beams.
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Kígyó-templom
Jalan Sultan Azlan ShahA bunch of lazy snakes lounging in a Chinese temple... just watch your step, don't touch them, and you'll be fine. Don't forget to look up, some of them are on the ceiling beams.
Cheong Fatt Tze - The Blue Mansion
14 Lebuh LeithBecause it's blue.
A good place to start your tour of old Georgetown!
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Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi
18 Cannon SquareA good place to start your tour of old Georgetown!
Shopping
This mall houses some nice restaurants and an Irish Pub and faces a marina full of leisure boats/yachts. Shopping is a bit on the high end.
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Straits Quay Marina Mall
This mall houses some nice restaurants and an Irish Pub and faces a marina full of leisure boats/yachts. Shopping is a bit on the high end.
Best place to get your IT and mobile devices...it's like a mini version of Low Yat. Next to Prangin are 1Avenue and Komtar. 1Avenue, Gurney Plaza and Paragon have good cinemas.
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Watsons
3A Jalan Dr Lim Chwee LeongBest place to get your IT and mobile devices...it's like a mini version of Low Yat. Next to Prangin are 1Avenue and Komtar. 1Avenue, Gurney Plaza and Paragon have good cinemas.
It's the best shopping mall in Penang, and connected to Paragon, which is also a nice place. You can also walk up and down Gurney Drive for fun and because there are loads of eating options everywhere
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Gurney Plaza, Persiaran Gurney station
It's the best shopping mall in Penang, and connected to Paragon, which is also a nice place. You can also walk up and down Gurney Drive for fun and because there are loads of eating options everywhere
You can buy all kinds of high quality batik handicrafts and clothes here, as well as witness the process of batik printing. They may even let you try your hand in it.
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Craft Batik
You can buy all kinds of high quality batik handicrafts and clothes here, as well as witness the process of batik printing. They may even let you try your hand in it.
Arts & Culture
Walk around the heritage city of Georgetown, starting in Armenian Street. Alternatively, you can hire bicycles, tricycles, twin bikes or a trishaw. Interesting street art, cafes, tea houses, museums, antique & artisan shops...and if you see a local restaurant that is brimming with people, be sure to taste the fare, because it would be outstanding!
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George Town
Walk around the heritage city of Georgetown, starting in Armenian Street. Alternatively, you can hire bicycles, tricycles, twin bikes or a trishaw. Interesting street art, cafes, tea houses, museums, antique & artisan shops...and if you see a local restaurant that is brimming with people, be sure to taste the fare, because it would be outstanding!
Drinks & Nightlife
Precinct 10
Jalan Tanjung BungahIf you like loud pounding music and more thank a couple pints...
Hard Rock Hotel Penang
Rock music and beer...you know.
Great cakes and unusual dining menu. Also a winery. Back portion of this very long space is a bar with nightly live music. If you walk out the back door, there is sometimes an interesting night market nearby as well as cheap local fare.
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China House
153 Beach StGreat cakes and unusual dining menu. Also a winery. Back portion of this very long space is a bar with nightly live music. If you walk out the back door, there is sometimes an interesting night market nearby as well as cheap local fare.
Essentials
Dorset Mini Market
45 Jalan Tanjung BungahJust downstairs. Most of what you need can be found there or next door.