Penang
Penang
Penang tourist attractions over view.
The best way to capture Penang's mix heritage is to stroll around town. Be charmed by aged buildings with their faded colours and crumbling walls. Let your eyes be affixed on the slowly changing architectural details of yesteryear houses with their columns or multi-coloured Peranakan tiles. There is a sense of being back in time surrounded by worship houses and shelters. A peaceful atmosphere rests on the streets where Aceh Mosque resides, the oldest house of worship in the city. The smell of incense drifts in the air amidst gold settings of Burmese, Thai and Chinese temples. The magnificent Khoo Kongsi is a true form of Chinese art with its delicately carved wooden panels. Other old-time occupants include Chinese shopkeepers who seem to have lived here forever, colourful Indian food stalls and rickshaws and their drivers. The George Town of yesterday continues to create history today. For tourists in Penang the famous tourist attractions in Penang are, Wat Chaiya Mangkalaram is unique Buddhist temple and popular tourist destination in Penang. Also with Thai, Myanmarese and Chinese architecture, it houses a 33-metre gold-plated reclining Buddha, the 3rd largest of its kind in the world. The temple in itself was built in 1845.
Another tourist attraction in Penang is the Penang Botanic Gardens which dates back to 1884 is Penang's unique natural heritage, being the only one of its kind in Malaysia. Though surrounded by rainforest, the British style formal garden will certainly relax your muscles and unwind your mind to allow healing to happen faster. On the sprawling 29 hectares are The Lily Pond, Fern rockery, Ornamental Plant House, Tropical Rainforest Jungle Trek, a Fern House and a Cactus House, The Orchidarium and the Aroid Walkway.
Medical Tourism and Health Tourism in Penang
Medical Tourism Malaysia has its integral part held in Medical Tourism in Penang. Penang is the number one destination for Medical Tourism in Malaysia. Penang has evolved excellently in medical tourism due to its excellent healthcare providers both by public as well as private hospitals. The healthcare system in Penang is widely perceived to be good, and the public healthcare system first established by the colonial authorities. In addition to public hospitals are numerous smaller community clinics. Private hospitals supplement the system with better facilities and equipments. These hospitals cater not only to the local population but also to people from other states and health tourists from neighboring countries. Patients from the Indonesian city of Medan across the Straits regularly visit these hospitals for quality treatment, and because the cost is less than in places like Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Penang is, therefore, actively promoting medical tourism and health tourism in Malaysia.
Wellness Visit offers its services to book, tourist packages for tourists visiting Malaysia or Penang, through its partners. Please feel free to send us email for further inquiry about any tourism attractions in Penang or if you have specific tourist place to visit in Penang. Wellness Visit can help provide you information and get your bookings, reservations fixed for any tourist attraction.
Atractions
Penang National Park The park offers excellent hiking trails which lead to secluded beaches at Teluk Duyung, Muka Head and Pantai Kerachut. It also has a turtle nesting site as well as a unique meromictic lake.
Tropical Spice Garden Visitors can get a feel of plants, birds and insects in a tropical environment at this eight-acre garden which has over 500 exotic varieties of plants.
Tropical Fruit Farm Spread over 25 acres of hilly terrain, the farm produces over 200 tropical and subtropical fruits including durians, lychees, mangoes, guavas and several lesser known varieties
Penang Butterfly Farm The farm spans 0.8ha and is home to 3,000 living specimens from over 50 species of colourful butterflies, frogs, scorpions and other insects.
Penang Bird Park The park spans 5 acres and houses some 800 birds from all over the world. It is beautifully landscaped and features a walk-in aviary, ponds and ornamental plants.
Gurney Drive A favourite haunt for food enthusiasts, this coastal road is famous for hawker foodstalls and restaurants offering a mouth-watering selection of Penang specialities such as asam laksa, hokkien mee, chee cheong fun, pasembor, rojak and various other delicious local delicacies.
Shopping, Dining and Entertainment Penang is a shoppers' paradise for goods old and new at bargain prices. There is a wide choice of electronic and electrical goods, cameras, clothing, batik, souvenirs and antiques. The island also boasts some of the best food in the country. An exciting choice of entertainment including concerts, dramas, cultural performances as well as sports and recreational activities are available throughout the state.
Getting There Penang is easily accessible by air as it is served by airlines plying international and domestic routes. Travellers can also choose to travel by road via the North-South Expressway. Upon reaching the mainland, a short drive across Penang Bridge or a 20-minute ferry ride is all it takes to get to Penang Island. Getting to Penang via rail is possible too as there are regular rail services to Butterworth from major towns in Peninsular Malaysia.
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Hotel Equatorial Penang
Set majestically 150 metres above sea level, the island's golf and convention resort is strategically located 5 minutes to the Bayan Lepas Industrial Zone, 7 minutes to the Penang International Airport and 20 minutes to the city centre.
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