Private Tour: Full Day Penang Heritage Tour

4.5
(2 reviews)

8 hours (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English

Combine three distinct and ancient cultures, indigenous and colonial architecture, shake for a few centuries, and garnish with some of the best food in Southeast Asia, and you've got the irresistible urban cocktail that is George Town.

Join this private tour to visit  Penang State Museum, Penang Heritage area, Street of Harmony and much more.

What's Included

Sightseeing as per itinerary
Private mini van/ car
Hotel pick up / drop off (Only from George Town area)
Private professional tour guide
Gratuities
Food & soft drinks
Any other things not mentioned in the itinerary

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

From your hotel in George Town area only.

What to expect

Our tour guide will pick you up around 9:00 am from your hotel lobby and start this tour.

Firstly we will visit to Penang State Museum, For a number of years residents of Penang had been urging that Penang should have a Museum & Art Gallery. In 1941, a small museum was built up at St. Xavier’s Institution; this with all its specimens was wiped out by enemy action during the war

Then we will move to Penang Heritage area, Georgetown, has been accorded a listing as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site.

After then we will visit to Street of Harmony, Conveniently enough, Penang’s 18th-century town planners have already solved the problem, and a short walk along Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling, otherwise known as the ‘Street of Harmony’, draws together the town’s four main religions and provides a quick, easy tour of its different.

Then we will pay a visit to Khoo Kongsi, The Khoo Kongsi (Chinese: 邱公司; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khu-kong-si) is a large Chinese clanhouse with elaborate and highly ornamented architecture, a mark of the dominant presence of the Chinese in Penang, Malaysia.

Then have launch in hawker center / Moslem Nasi Kandar

Then we will visit to Pinang Peranakan Mansion, The Peranakans, also known as the Babas and Nyonyas, was a prominent community of acculturated Chinese unique to this part of the world, especially in the Straits Settlements (Penang, Malacca and Singapore) hence its other name, the Straits Chinese. Adopting selected ways of the local Malays and later, the colonial British, the Peranakans had created a unique lifestyle and customs which had not only left behind a rich legacy of antiques but its cultural influences like cuisine and language are still evident in Penang today.

After that we will move to 3-D Interactive Museum, Made In Penang Interactive Museum, as the name implies, is a place where everything-Penang comes together. From famous persons to mouth-watering food, cultures of various races and ethnicities to world-famous places around Penang, we have it all here!

Next is Chew Jetty, A Stroll Down A Living Heritage Community

Lastly, we will visit to George Town Street Arts & Black wrought iron sculptures

After finish the tour you will transported to your hotel /drop - off point safely.

Additional info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Travelers should have a high level of physical fitness
Supplied by MAM Holidays Malaysia

Tags

Day Trips
Full-day Tours
Bus Tours
Private Sightseeing Tours
Historical Tours
City Tours
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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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