Penang Travel Tips

Hello and welcome to Penang Travel Tips. My name is Timothy Tye. It is my great pleasure to welcome you to my website which I started in January 2003, and has since evolved into my personal encyclopedia of place information. I created it as a hobby, to satisfy my curiosity about places around me, and as I continued to assembled place information and stitch them together, I find that it is useful to other people too, and so this information is shared with anybody who may also enjoy reading it.

Penang Travel Tips is more than a website about Penang. To be exact, it is a website Made In Penang! And I am still sitting here, in my study room, writing it, assembling the information. The house where I work has changed - three times! - but how I work has not.

To find information, use the search box at the top of this page, and type in the name of place, city or road you are looking for, and if I've written about it, it will appear in the search results.

In addition to place information, the Penang Travel Tips website houses the Penang Hokkien Dictionary, presently the first and only online dictionary of Penang Hokkien. This dialect of the Hokkien language is my mother tongue, and I have been working to save, develop and modernise it since 2013. I am thankful to the Penang State Government for supporting this endeavour. The Chief Minister of Penang launched the Penang Hokkien Dictionary and Learn Penang Hokkien YouTube Channel in 2023, and gazetted Penang Hokkien as an intangible state heritage in 2026.

All information on this website is provided to you free of charge. I do not accept any paid articles. I also do not take sponsored posts or paid links. The entire content is my own personal body of work.

Latest Pages & Updates

Map of Roads in Penang

Travel Penang on Rapid Penang Buses

  1. Taking the Bus: A Visitor's Guide
  2. Unlimited rides on Rapid Penang buses with Pas Mutiara
  3. Bus 11
  4. Bus 12
  5. Bus 101
  6. Bus 102
  7. Bus 401
  8. Bus 401E

Information for Visiting Penang

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  1. 3-Day 2-Night Penang DIY Tour Itinerary (Suggested tour that you can do on your own)
  2. Best Hotel Seafood Buffets in Penang
  3. Eating like a Malaysian - Guide for Foreigners (web)
    Eat Like A Malaysian (video)
  4. Foreigners' Guide to Common Phrases in Malay
  5. Foreigners' Guide to Exploring Seberang Perai
  6. Foreigners' Guide to Ordering Hawker Food
  7. George Town or Batu Ferringhi, where best to stay? (web)
    George Town or Batu Ferringhi, where best to stay? (video)
  8. George Town Heritage Enclave Self-Guided Tour
  9. Getting a Touch 'n Go Card (web)
    Getting a Touch 'n Go Card (video)
  10. How to go around Penang (video)
  11. How to use Rapid Penang On-Demand
  12. Is Penang Safe?
  13. Must-Try Penang Food and Where To Get Them
  14. Rapid Penang Bus Routes
  15. Simple Phrases in Penang Hokkien for Visitors
  16. Street of Harmony Self-Guided Walking Tour
  17. Things to do in Penang in 2025
  18. Visa Requirements for Visiting Penang

Information for Living in Penang

  1. Foreigners' Guide to Property Taxes in Malaysia
  2. Residential Property Taxes for Foreigners in Penang

Excursions and travels from Penang

  1. Bangkok 7-Day Bangkok Family-Friendly Vacation: This is an itinerary for a 7-day family-friendly trip from Penang to Bangkok, with tips on flights, family-friendly hotels, toddler-friendly attractions, shopping highlights and practical travel advice.
  2. Sungai Petani Exploring Sungai Petani: A Day Trip from Penang: A guide for a Penang-to-Sungai Petani day trip: travel options (car/bus/train with times and costs), must-see attractions (Kompleks Jeti Sungai Merbok, Sungai Batu archaeological site) and local food tips, including vegetarian-friendly choices.
  3. Vietnam How to Plan Your Perfect Vietnam Vacation from Penang - Travel Tips, Suggested Durations, Top Attractions & Transport Guide
    Discover how to get to Vietnam from Penang, plus recommended itinerary lengths (short, medium, long), top destinations across the country, and transport tips for seamless travel.

Information for Living in Penang

  1. Cost of Living in Penang in 2025
  2. Foreigners' Guide to Property Taxes in Penang
  3. Where best to stay, George Town or Batu Ferringhi
  4. Getting a Touch 'n Go Card
  5. Step-by-Step Guide to Retiring in Penang

Information for Locals in Penang

  1. Affordable Housing in Penang
  2. Rumah MutiaraKu

Major Destinations

Penang Travel Tips was created to be the place information encyclopedia of Penang, but it continues to expand, and today covers other cities as well.

Penang
London
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur
Penang
London
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur

Discover Malaysia

I have described most of the states in Malaysia. Select where you wish to go from this list of thumbnails.

Labuan
Putrajaya
Johor
Kedah
Labuan
Putrajaya
Johor
Kedah
Labuan
Putrajaya
Johor
Kedah
Terengganu


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