George Town is our favorite city in Malaysia. The historic old town is full of architectural gems and cultural landmarks. The blend of different cultures and religions, where Buddhist temples stand next to mosques and Chinese clan shrines, makes Penang truly unique and unparalleled. The Peranakan influence, whether be lavish mansions or tempting street food, adds a lot of color and dynamics to the port city. Do spend a couple days here to experience the vibe.

A fascinating town to walk around. It has a lot of character and we enjoyed seeing the colonial buildings, restaurants, street art and street entertainers with puppets. Well worth a visit since everything is close together you can easily walk around but it can get very hot around midday so we stopped for regular drinks and enjoyed an Indian lunch in a restaurant there.

The town has a lot to offer, from modern malls to heritage sites, as well as yummy food. There are free buses to go around the town, which stop at almost every tourist attraction. Walking to a long-night market for yummy food is highly recommended. Spending time and enjoying all the mural arts can be fun too.

We recently spent five days here and found the place very interesting. A melting pot of cultures and history. We used the public transport to get around and it worked very well. The free bus service around the main town is excellent and we used the paid service to go a bit further out of town like to Penang Hill. There is a lot of lovely architecture covering different eras and cultures. Some great old mansions to visit and churches. We visited some very old temples, The area known as Little India was interesting as was the port area with the famous Jetty complexes.plenty of huge shopping Malls and food courts, there are also plenty of local markets which are good value. The Street Art is amazing, loved the old part of town. Food places galore, lots of different types of food, we tried and liked the traditional foods even though we were not sure what we were actually going to get at times. We found that a lot of the staff in eating places had very little English which made it hard at times to converse. There are plenty of hotels, top rated ones to little local places. Easy place to walk around, we also enjoyed a Trishaw ride around the old town with a very fit rider who hardly raised a sweat and boy it was very hot. This was our first time to George Town and we enjoyed it,