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Penang

Southeast Asia's street food capital: where Chinese, Malay, Indian, and colonial legacies collide.

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Penang is where cultures stack like geological layers: Chinese clan houses beside Indian temples beside Malay mosques, all threaded together by arguably the best street food on earth. Georgetown's UNESCO core is a living gallery of street art and hawker stalls.

We also arrange the Blue Mansion, the Gurney Drive hawkers, and the Chew clan jetties, arriving via Penang (PEN).

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Food Lovers · Culture Seekers · Urban Explorers

Penang, Southeast Asia's street food capital: where Chinese, Malay, Indian, and colonial legacies collide.
Plate IPenang. Soori Penang, a member of The Leading Hotels of the World
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The Stay

Design hotels in Georgetown.

Soori Penang

  • Heritage district views
  • Contemporary design
  • Rooftop pool

The Edison George Town

  • 18 rooms
  • Restored 1920s building
  • Intimate scale

Eastern & Oriental Hotel

  • Sea-facing suites
  • Heritage wing
  • Sarkies Corner
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The Palate

  • 01Char kway teow at Kek Seng
  • 02Assam laksa at Air Itam market
  • 03Nasi kandar at Line Clear, since 1955
  • 04Private food walk through Chulia Street
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The Stillness

  • 01Khoo Kongsi clan house at opening, golden carvings
  • 02Kek Lok Si temple at dawn
  • 03Penang Hill funicular at sunset
  • 04Armenian Street art walk in quiet morning
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