Top 20 Best Things to Do in George Town - 2024

"This place is a stopover for my cruise. My family and I were immersed by the beautiful culture, and even bought some gifts relating to the bicycle street art to gift our friends :) I also bought this cute bag that resembles Duffy & Friends from Japan. Highly recommended!"

"Superb view of the whole island. Facilities are well maintained. Love the short intro, quite impressed. No need to take photo behind the glass at the observatory, as you can take them at the top without the glass and glare. As far as I know, there seems to be no time limit up there, so you can take your own sweet time and wait for the crowd to thin and get nice shot during sunset or night time."

"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."

"Penang Airport landed, took the bus to Georgetown to drop off, first stroll to the surname bridge. This area is by the sea, very close to Jetty Bas Terminal. High-footed wooden houses built by the sea, wooden piles hit the silt on the shore, and wooden houses built in the coastal areas form the road between houses. When the tide is high, the seawater submerges the silt and walks on the wooden rows, below is the sea. Among the many surname bridges in Penang, the "surname Zhouqiao" is well maintained and the most famous. The architectural age of "surname Zhouqiao" is in the 19th century, with a total length of more than 300 meters, and there are nearly 80 families. There are also many bridges surnamed Linqiao, surnamed Chenqiao, and surnamed Liqiao around Zhoushiqiao. These wooden plank roads are first in the offshore neutral pile, first for wood, later changed to cement columns, piles on the wooden plank, wooden beams on the house. Every wooden stake here, every rope, is a witness to history. There are shops selling crafts and drinks on both sides of the wooden road, along the wooden road to the coast, sunny weather fishermen will go fishing here, here continue the drift and struggle of generations of Chinese."

"The heart of Penang. There are many things to see and do. Shopping malls, souvenior shops, museums! And hop on the free CAT bus that takes you around Georgetown!"