George Town Trip Overview
PICK-UP FROM PENANG CITY HOTELS BY AN AIR-CONDITIONED VEHICLE WITH ENGLISH SPEAKING PROFESSIONAL DRIVER AND ENJOY AN EN-ROUTE VISITING IPOH HERITAGE CITY TOUR (3.5-HRS) ALONG THE WAY THEN DROP-OFF AT KUALA LUMPUR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KLIA1 / KLIA2).
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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: George Town, Malaysia
Trip Category: Transfers & Ground Transport >> Airport & Ground Transfers
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What to Expect When Visiting George Town, Penang, Malaysia
PICK-UP FROM PENANG CITY HOTELS BY AN AIR-CONDITIONED VEHICLE WITH ENGLISH SPEAKING PROFESSIONAL DRIVER AND ENJOY AN EN-ROUTE VISITING IPOH HERITAGE CITY TOUR (3.5-HRS) ALONG THE WAY THEN DROP-OFF AT KUALA LUMPUR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KLIA1 / KLIA2).
PICK-UP AT 11PM TO 6AM 50% SURCHARGE APPLY.
PICK-UP FROM PENANG CITY HOTELS AND DROP-OFF AT KUALA LUMPUR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KLIA1 / KLIA2).
ENJOY AN EN-ROUTE VISITING IPOH HERITAGE CITY TOUR (3.5-HRS) ALONG THE WAY.
1. STOP AT: KEK LOK TONG CAVE TEMPLE AND ZEN GARDENS / DURATION: 45-MINUTES.
THE CAVE TEMPLE SITS ON A 12 ACRE SITE AND WAS USED AS EARLY AS 1920 AS A PLACE OF WORSHIP. IN 1960, THE CAVE BECAME PART OF AN IRON MINING SITE, THIS TEMPLE IS SET IN A HUGE CAVE IN THE LIMESTONE OUTCROPS BEHIND GUNUNG RAPAT.
2. STOP AT: CONCUBINE LANE, JALAN PANGLIMA IPOH / DURATION: 20-MINUTES.
IPOH OLD TOWN WAS SUCH A QUIET TOWN THAT TRAVELLERS WOULD CALL IT A LAID-BACK TOWN WITH CAFES, TRADITIONAL COFFEES AND FOOD AND FLOURISHING STREET ARTS. NOT MUCH WAS HEARD OF THE THREE CONCUBINE LANES. IN JULY 2016, LONELY PLANET LISTED IPOH AS ONE OF THE BEST ASIAN DESTINATIONS TO VISIT.
3. STOP AT: IPOH RAILWAY STATION, JALAN PANGLIMA, IPOH / DURATION: 15-MINUTES.
THE IPOH RAILWAY STATION WAS INITIALLY MEANT TO BE A HOSPITAL AND USED BEFORE THE 20TH CENTURY AS SUCH BEFORE BEING TURNED INTO A STATION. THE ORIGINAL COMPLETION YEAR OF 1917 WAS DELAYED FOR THREE YEARS DUE TO LACK OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AS WELL AS HIGH COSTS DURING WORLD WAR I.
4. STOP AT: IPOH TOWN HALL AND OLD POST OFFICE, IPOH / DURATION: 15-MINUTES.
IPOH TOWN HALL IS ONE OF THREE COLONIAL ERA BUILDINGS IN IPOH DESIGNED BY WELL KNOWN BRITISH ARCHITECT ARTHUR BENISON HUBBACK.
5. STOP AT: MASJID SULTAN IDRIS SHAH KE II IPOH / DURATION: 15-MINUTES.
IPOH STATE MOSQUE, OR SULTAN IDRIS SHAH II MOSQUE BY ITS OFFICIAL NAME, OPENED IN 1968. NAMED AFTER THE THEN SULTAN, THE RELIGIOUS LANDMARK OPPOSITE THE RAILWAY STATION HAS BECOME A SYMBOL OF THE CITY. THE WHITE-WASHED TWO-STORIED MOSQUE WITH A MODERN STYLE OF ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE HAS 44 DOMES AND A 38 METRE- (125 FEET-) TALL MINARET. TINY MOSAIC TILES DECORATE THIS MUST-VISIT ATTRACTION IN IPOH THAT GLISTENS UNDER THE SUN.
6. STOP AT: BIRCH MEMORIAL CLOCK TOWER, IPOH / DURATION: 15-MINUTES.
ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL COLONIAL LEGACIES REMAINS AS A CLOCK TOWER. IPOH’S BIRCH MEMORIAL CLOCK TOWER IN FRONT OF IPOH STATE MOSQUE OFFICIALLY OPENED IN 1909. THE WHITE-WASHED STRUCTURE ACTS AS A MEMORIAL TO JAMES BIRCH, THE FIRST BRITISH RESIDENT OF PERAK.
7. STOP AT: IPOH HERITAGE WALK, IPOH MALAYSIA / / DURATION: 30-MINUTES
POH IS NAMED AFTER THE IPOH TREE, FAMOUS AS THE SOURCE OF BLOWPIPE POISON. WHEN THE PORTUGUESE ATTACKED MALACCA IN 1511, THE NATIVE WEAPON THEY MOST FEARED WAS THE BLOWPIPE WITH ITS POISONED DARTS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT EVERY PORTUGUESE SOLDIER HIT BY DARTS DIED EXCEPT ONE.
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