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Penang Isle: Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion

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Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion is a historical and cultural rich building located along Leith Street in George Town, Penang. A winner of multiple historical and heritage awards including the ‘Most Excellent project’ Award at the UNESCO Heritage Awards 2000, the blue mansion is one of the most visited and a definite tourist destination in Penang. The mansion is said to be one of the two of its kind outside China which also features architecture design of both Chinese and Western influences. The mansion was built by a famous Chinese merchant in 1880s named Cheong Fatt Tze and it has 38 rooms, 5 granite-paved courtyards, 7 staircases with 220 vernacular timber louvre windows.

The mansion now serves as both a museum (with guided group tours) and a boutique hotel at the heart of Penang’s heritage zone. There is a daily guided heritage tours of the house in English (11am / 1.30pm / 3pm) with an admission fee RM 12 per person. For more information, please visit its official page HERE.

Penang Isle: The Khoo Kongsi (Part I)

The Khoo Kongsi in Penang is a large Chinese clanhouse famous for its unique and highly intricate ancient Chinese architecture. The clan temple is the grandest and one of the oldest in the country, making it a popular historic tourist attraction. As one of the wealthy Chinese traders of the 17th century at the Straits, the Khoo clan has a large presence in the island back then. The clanhouse complex is located in Cannon Square at the heart of the heritage zone in George Town.

For more info, visit the official site here; KHOO KONGSI OFFICIAL SITE