The top Things to Do on holiday in Penang

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Panoramic of Komtar is located at level 60 of KOMTAR Tower on Jalan Penang and is the highest building in Penang. Panoramic view of Komtar offers a spectacular view of 360 degrees of Penang. There is a restaurant and souvenir shop.

Penang Hill (830 m) has excellent views of Georgetown and Penang Bridge, especially at night. The Penang Hill railway is a cable funicular train service that takes you from Air Hitam to the top of the Hill. The temperature of the air at the top can at least be cooler than Georgetown 5?C below. Walking tracks the top of the hill from the Moongate (approximately 300 m from the entrance to the botanical gardens) and the Interior of the Botanical Garden. You can also walk to the paved trail jeep which starts next to the entrance of the gardens. The Summit has excellent views of Georgetown and Strait. There is a caf?, restaurant and souvenir shop.

KEK Lok SI (Temple of supreme happiness) is the largest Buddhist temple in Malaysia and the largest in Southeast Asia on a hill near the village of Air Hitam approximately 6 km (4miles) of Georgetown. The temple contains three architectural styles: Chinese, Thai and Burmese. During the Chinese new year period, the temple is decorated with hundreds of lanterns which turns into a country of the wonders of the night. There is a road of 3 km from the Kek Lok Si until the Air Hitam dam and the Lake which is popular for walking/jogging in the fresh air of mountain morning and evening.

Penang Botanic Gardens (cascade gardens) on Jalan Kebun Bunga was established by Charles Curtis of Great Britain in 1884. Every morning, many residents go gardens for their daily exercises such as walking, jogging, jungle trekking, aerobic dance, Tai - Chi or Qi Gong. There are groups of monkeys living in the gardens. Be careful because they are known to snatch bags of tourists.

Bukit Jamun Orchid, hibiscus & Reptile garden is located near the Equatorial hotel and is about 10 minutes from Penang International Airport. The garden is home to the largest snake the Malaysia, a rare albino Python tame. Have your photo taken with a snake. It is a show on weekends and holidays.

Penang butterfly farm has a large collection of butterflies, and fish, reptiles, scorpions and snakes.

Fisheries Department Research Institute Aquarium showcases fish found in local and regional waters.

penang museum & Art gallery is located on Lebuh Farquhar.

Snake Temple (Temple of the azure cloud) is located between the airport and the Penang Bridge and was built in 1850 in memory of the famous Chinese monk Chor Soo Kong. Venomous pit vipers live temple and can be seen coils around everything. However the snake population is very small these days due to urbanization in the region. The snakes were suspected to be rendered harmless by the smell of the incense, but today, to be safe, snakes are devenomed.

penang Bird park is a park of birds and a lush garden located on the continent to Butterworth (Seberang Perai). There are hundreds of species of tropical across birds in the world, including ostriches, flamingos and parrots housed in aviaries to visit on the spot.

War Museum is located at the Southeast end of Penang. It is an abandoned military fortress built in the 1930s by the British to protect the approaches to the South of the island. The fortress has a network of underground tunnels housing a centre logistics, offices, rooms, sleeping quarters, kitchens, an infirmary and artillery firing bays.

Fort cornwallis was originally a wooden structure, built by the British under Captain Francis Light, the site where they landed first. Fort was rebuilt in the early 19th century with the guilt of the work. The fort is located on the Esplanade of Georgetown. Captain Francis Light is buried in the cemetery in Penang, on the road.

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10 Things to Do in Penang

The island of Penang in Malaysia has been attracting tourist for hundreds of years. There hundreds of things to do in the island. The article below highlighted 10 of them.

By Almond Hazel

Every tourist spot are always full of things or activities to do, usually time is not always enough for us to really go all over these interesting places. A handy summary guide on what to do from local folks is a best option and reference. Here there are total of 10 top things to do in Penang:

1. Walking and Sitting in a Trishaw Around World Heritage Town in Georgetown
You should really spend 1 to 2 days to cover all interesting buildings and stories behind this world heritage town called Georgetown, there are churches since 18th century, temples, house of Dr. Sun Yat Shen the father of Taiwan, banking buildings with Europe building designs, Noyna and Baba houses, Weld Quay Port, and many more. The heritage area is not that big, but the treasures inside it is very dense and needs a lot of time to enjoy it with details and pleasure, so suggestion is to hire a trishaw to go around 1 time and then mark down the places that attract your attention which later you can spend some good times to visit it.

2. Soaking into Sun Bathing in Beautiful Beaches
Since Penang is an island it has many beautiful beaches, particular the beaches at north and north west region which many big resorts are located there, the place is called Batu Ferringi which is not stranger to foreign tourists. There will have many local folks as well as international tourists so it is pretty pack, advise is to go further north west region where only reserved forest and camp areas are like Muka Head, Monkey Beach that has very less visitors and it is an very idea place for private sun bathing.

3. Enjoy the Local Authentic Foods & Fruits
Local famous foods are the hawker foods like Hainanese Chicken Rice, Hong Kean Noodles (prawn soup noodle), Fried Kui Teow (frying rice noodles), Rojak (mix fruits in special paste), Lasak (Fish soup rice noodle), Satay (Meat skews with peanut butter chili source), fresh seafoods, some sweets like Chendol (greenly flour tiny noodles with black sugar syrup plus red beans), and many more.
Many tropical fruits here in Penang, there are seasonal one and all year long one. Particularly you should try out the mangoesteen, mango, durian (just a try, since not many people can stand the special smell and taste which very milky and strong), rambutan, and drinking whole fresh coconut juice here is very cheap, it is about RM2.50 to RM3.00, which is less than a US dollar.

4. Temple Visit
Since Penang has multi nation and culture resident, the main one is the Muslim, Chinese and Indian. All religion has its own temple, but those that are really famous is Chinese and Thai temples in Penang. The famous one are: Khoo Clam temple, Kuan Yin temple, Kek Loh Shi temple, Sleeping Buddha temple, Snake temple.

5. Local Authentic House Hold Operated Handy Craft and Food Visit
There are big operated handy craft shops or factories in Penang, but in order to see the real art, you should the one that past down from generation to generation. There are couple of true local arts are: the making of Chinese big lantern, chopstick, batik cloth, cake house, nyoya cake house, special chili paste and others.

6. Hiking
Hiking is another recommended activity, especially take a hike up to Penang Hill early in the morning. You can feel the cooling breeze up on the peak of the hill and you can walking around some of the gardens, small little bird park and oversee the whole Penang island.

7. Back to British Colonial Time
Penang in fact is discovered by British back in late 17th century. There are couple of famous British related spots in Penang, they are Fort Cornwallis, War Museum, British Christian Cemetery, and an old 300 years old Church.

8. Nightlifes & Hang Out Places
There are numerous hangout places at night in Penang. Upper Penang Road is the one stop weekend hangout places, you can have coffee, enjoy football match at sport bar, dancing all night long at couple of disco here, some famous KTV around this area also. Another place is Gurney Drive, there are a lot of restaurant, coffee shops, pubs and massage center here.

9. Festivals
Multi nation country bring multi festivals, there are Thaipusam in January to celebrate the new year of Hindu, Chinese new year in either January or February, international dragon boat racing in May, Wesak Day in May, International Flora Day, Bon O Dori and Hungry Ghost festival in July, St. Anne's festival in July too, and the Nine Emperor God festival in October.

10. Shopping
Lastly, shopping is an avoidable activity no matter where you go. So do Penang, you cannot miss out the shopping opportunity here, you can choice to shop in very high end complexes like Queensbay Mall and Gurney Plaza, or you can shop around the authentic local handy craft shops in Georgetown and some souvenirs shops along Penang Road.

Almond Hazel is an experience business and leisure traveler in Asia main cities. The author has been working in multiple multi national companies (MNC) as well as some start up business from united states and locals in Asia region, some business relocation experience in Taiwan, Japan, China, and South East Asia countries for the past 15 years. Beside having business travels, the author is also a leisure traveler, and has been to many Asia countries, US and Europe for vacation. Throughout this vast travel experience the author can share a lot of travel tips to all. Further more the author speaks English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Bahasa Melayu and Japanese, so this help to find out more local authentic foods and guides from exchanging conversation with local people. Visit the Almond Haze's Around World Travels site for further details sharing on business and leisure travel information. Travel shopping information around the world can be found here: Shopping Travel Guide Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Almond_Hazel