George Town Map, Malaysia

George Town Sightseeing

Penang free school, now known as Penang state museum is situated close to Fort Cornwallis. The construction of this building was done in 2 stages, 1986 and 1906. KOMTAR, sixty-five storey’s high, is the tallest building in Georgetown. There are also shops around the tower. Chew Thean Yeang is the name of a live fish shop, which is the largest in South East Asia.   read more

George Town History

Moving on, the prosperous town continued to thrive throughout the decades preceding WWII, until war finally came to Southeast Asia. In 1942, the Japanese army invaded Malaysia, including Georgetown and occupied it until 1945, when the Japanese forces surrendered to the Allied forces and Georgetown was under British rule. read more

George Town Travel Guide

Georgetown is situated on the west coast of peninsular Malaysia. Being the capital of Penang it is also listed as a World Heritage Site. Georgetown has a population of around six hundred thousand people. People here belong mainly to two different cultures and religions i.e. the Chinese and the Muslim religions. During the weekends, you can find shops having their shutters down. read more

George Town Nightlife

Another top place to be at night is the “Cinema” movie theatre in Penang. The “Cinema” is of the very few places in Penang that has an open theatre. In addition, the movie theatre shows five to eight movies at once- giving its customers different options, as to which movie(s) they want to see. The movies range from Bollywood (Indian version of Hollywood) and Hollywood movies. Moreover, to cover most of the... read more