Where in pinang city or beach

Going to be in pinang for 4 days. Is it better to stay on the beach or in Georgetown. How much distance is there between the two and which one has better attractions. Might also go to langkawi after or before. Please recomend.

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Where in pinang city or beach

Hi, if we take the beach area in Batu Ferringhi, and taking the Shangri-La Golden Sands Resort as the focal point, it will require about 25 minutes by road to reach Georgetown (taking the main road in Georgetown-Penang Road).

Attractions close to Batu Ferringhi are Tropical Spice Garden, Penang Nature Park, Penang Forest Reserve (Teluk Bahang), and butterflies garden.

Whereas in Georgetown, you can participate in a heritage trail to appreciate the architecture of penang such as the clan house (Khoo Kongsi), Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion (Blue Mansion), temples(Chinese and INdian), and mosques, and Pinang Peranakan Musuem, which traces the history of Straits Chinese settlement.

Also provide easier route to Penang Hill and also Kek Lok Si temple; Ayer Hitam.

Then of course, more choices of eateries in Georgetown.

Where in pinang city or beach

We stayed 3 nights/4 days at Ferenghi Beach 2 years ago and found it to be good - good enough we would like to go back some time. Didn%26#39;t get bored with Penang in that time. There are night markets every night at FB (a lot of the stalls sell the same stuff) and quite a few locally run places to eat. (2 we ate at were both very good). Lots of tourists from many places staying there but also a local village among the hotels so you are not totally cut off from locals.

Georgetown we found to be a really interesting place, lots of heritage from many cultures. Busy but not soul-less. I was impressed by the old colonial fort still with cannons. Again, good food choices, but it seemed to be that accommodation was mostly away from city centre.

We were told taxi is best way between and this seemed to be right - it appeared only other option was a very beat-up local bus. Taxis were easy to find and relatively cheap. We were told to agree a price up front and that worked well for us. Most taxi drivers very good - one went well above %26amp; beyond the call of duty - only charged the fare for taxi trip then escorted us free of charge through various interesting temples etc explaining history/ meanings, pointing out places of interest etc. Then agree a fare to next place. He charged no more than others %26amp; seemed to just have taken a liking to us. And (unusually) he drove within the speed limit. Went by name of Mamu, which he explained is a northern Indian term for uncle. I recommend him.

The railway to top of Penang Hill was excellent and view good although hazy, but involved a long wait to go up and another to come back down as it was very busy. But a nice hotel/restaurant at the top wher we bought an iced drink and sat in the shade.

West side of the island is rural, very different from east (mainland) side. Worth a round-island taxi trip.