George Town Penang App Guided Street Art Tour
Description
Explore the rich history and culture of George Town, Penang with this app-guided audio walking tour. Starting at the Queen Victoria Memorial Clock Tower and concluding at the Armenian street, the tour leads you through iconic British-era establishments like the Central Police Station, Town Hall, Logan memorial, Kuan Yin Temple, Little India and Kapitan Keling Mosque. With engaging stories about Penang's evolution from a duty-free port-town to a bustling art-friendly city, you'll uncover architectural insights and learn about modern conservation challenges. The latter half of the tour focuses on how the different communities organized themselves and cooperated with each other. The tour includes multi-part audio clips, maps, and directions to the starting point, all usable offline through a mobile app.
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Itinerary
Fort built by Francis Light after founding George Town in 1786
A clock tower memorial celebrating Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee on the throne
A mansion by one of the most influential business magnates of George Town
A seafront parade ground that acts as the town's gathering area
A Victorian-era Palladian style building built in 1883 to house the Municipal Houses.
Situated in front of the Penang High Court and erected in memory of James Richardson Logan, a Scottish lawyer who practised in Penang and defended, without charge, the rights of non-Europeans.
A memorial temple to Francis Light in the lawns of St George's Anglican Church
The earliest Chinese temple in Penang that also mediated between the Hokkiens and the Cantonese
An informally named settlement of the Indian Hindus full of silk retailers, jewellers and Indian restaurants
The focal temple of the Indian Hindus renovated in 1933. The temple gate tower features magnificent colored sculptures of Hindu deities.
An ancestral temple built by the Teochew community that won recent awards for restoration
The focal mosque of the Indian Muslims built in the British Mughal Revival style.
A magnificent clan temple built by the Yap surname community
Clan house of the most influential Hokkien family that works like a self-administering village
The focal mosque of the Malay community built by Tengku Syed Hussain.
An iconic mural of a boy standing on a chair
Another iconic 3D art piece by Ernest Zacharevic
Highlights
What's included
Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
