Travel Advice - Places To Visit In Penang Island

Penang Island Travel Advice

Penang Island - a small picturesque island near the north-west coast of the Malay Peninsula, one of the main resort areas of the country, linked to the mainland by a bridge Penang skim. The island's is capital Georgetown, the second largest city in the country.

There are interesting ruins of Fort Cornwallis the British in the city center, the old Chinese city with narrow streets and two-story houses, "miraculous" gun "Seri Ramban," clan "big house" Kongsi Hu, Kuan Yin Teng Temple, Botanical Garden, St. George's Anglican Church Museum and Art Gallery Penang, European cemetery with the graves of sailors from the Russian cruiser "Pearl," etc.

The most famous resorts of the island are located along the northeast coast of the island, from Tanzhunsh to Bungaka through Batu Ferringhi to a fishing village in Teluk-Bahange as well as in the east from Tanjong to Teluk and Chempedaka.

Besides beautiful beaches, a plateau Cameron, Captain Kling Mosque, Sri Mariamman Temple, the unique temple of snakes, one of the largest and most beautiful Buddhist temples in Southeast Asia. the temple of Kek Lok Si in Ayer -ITAM, Buddhist temples Air Hits ("Temple of Ten Thousand Buddha’s") and Wat Chayyamangkalaram with the third in the world velilchine reclining Buddha in Lorong Burmahe, orchid garden, bird park in the Seberang Jaya, inhabited by 400 species of birds, Recreation Park Bukit Mertadzham near the town of Bukit, Butterfly Park in Teluk-Bahange, as well as a botanical garden.

The most famous, golden sandy beaches of Penang, is extremely popular among tourists who are in the north, in the resort town Ferringhi (25 minutes away from Georgetown). Here, the bulk of hotels. Only a couple of hotels located slightly away from the resort. However, it must be borne in mind that bathing in the Coastal Zone of Penang is complicated because of the abundance of jellyfish. As an alternative, inexpensive cruises are offered on a half day on a desert island, where the water is clear and the beaches are in their original form


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