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.
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