Penang Isle: Eastern & Oriental Hotel

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Eastern & Oriental Hotel

Located at the UNESCO Heritage zone of George Town, Eastern & Oriental Hotel is a luxury hotel established in 1885 during the British colonial times by four Armenian brothers, the Sarkies. Having survived over a century to this day, the hotel is claimed to have been visited by famous people such as Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Noel Coward, Rudyard Kipling, Somerset Maugham and Hermann Hesse. Eastern & Oriental Hotel is located along Farquhar Street, George Town.

Eastern & Oriental Hotel

Eastern & Oriental Hotel

Eastern & Oriental Hotel

Eastern & Oriental Hotel

Penang Street Art (Queen Street Goldsmith)

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Queen St Art
A steel rod art sculpture showing a caricature of a traditional Indian goldsmiths who used to set up stalls (by working on a bench) along Queen Street back in the old days.