Hidden gems: Tourist Attractions in George Town

Discover the city's hidden treasures—remarkable spots that are relatively undiscovered but offer exceptional experiences. Our selection criteria? A rating of 4.5 or higher with fewer than 150 reviews. Explore these lesser-known yet outstanding places that promise a delightful visit in George Town. This list contains 31 places from Tourist Attractions category.

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Cooking with Chef Samuel
Cooking class
👍👍 Amazing cooking class, a must do if you are in Penang. Sam collected us early morning from our hotel in George Town and took us to a local market in Air Itam for a truly unique local experience. Following this we took our haul from the market back to his cooking studio which is based in his flat wi...
5.00 (133 reviews)
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The Longest Malaysia & Penang Flag @ Jln Tanjung Bungah
Tourist attraction
👍👍 The place that I always go
5.00 (1 reviews)
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George Town Heritage Hotels
Hotel
👍👍 Georgetown is such a unique place, it has its own vibe of modern and heritage life with a lot of expats around, cheap hotels and hostels, nightclubs, touristic attractions, art murals, bike lanes, museums and great range of restaurants (from local Chinese food, Indian and Malay mamak’s to internatio...
4.90 (17 reviews)
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Pagoda Penang Buddhist Association
Tourist attraction
👍👍 One of the beautiful and spectacular shrine in Penang. A place to claim down, refresh and get motivate the mind. Car parking(with cost) is available outside the shrine.
4.80 (100 reviews)
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Red Door Penang
Home help
4.80 (19 reviews)
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Sri Maha Mariamman Temple
Hindu temple
👍👍 It's in one corner of the city/Island. After offering prayer you can take ur family to the beach nearby n enjoy ur day.
4.70 (66 reviews)
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Unique Penang Art Gallery檳島之戀畫廊
Art gallery
👍👍 * Joey Lim. Such a beautiful & peaceful soul. & artist. * When you go there defiantly u will find ur own meaning inside. * Every inch in that place told u something About ur soul. * Its deeper when choose to lock. * Thank u so much Joey Lim🤍🙆 It was a magnificent experience for all of as🎁🤍
4.70 (57 reviews)
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金刚山地藏菩萨庙
Buddhist temple
👍👍 The Jing Gang Shan temple is just a stone's throw away from the Bat Cave Temple at the foothill of Penang Hill. Dedicated to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva (地藏王菩萨) it is an eye-catching temple as you will not miss the golden stupa in front and the tall doors (enter via the side steps or from the slip...
4.70 (53 reviews)
St. Paul's Church (Gereja St. Paul/புனித பால் தேவாலயம்/圣保禄堂) image
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St. Paul's Church (Gereja St. Paul/புனித பால் தேவாலயம்/圣保禄堂)
Anglican church
👍👍 is a little bit strange others have asked about meeting times but no one within the church cares enough to furnish very basic detail. This board is outside church, hopefully the meeting time is still accurate? -
4.70 (51 reviews)
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Street Art - I want Bao
Tourist attraction
👍👍 Located next to a store that sells buns (bao), "I want Bao" is an engaging piece of art. The two 2D children reaching out to a 3D object is used to bring life to the characters and their movements. A warning; their yearning for some freshly made bao may trigger a similar yearning in the viewer. Luck...
4.70 (31 reviews)
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Sam's Batik House
Import export company
👍👍 Sam's Batik house has an extensive inventory of all kinds of clothing and fabrics. This place is not a tourist shop with cheap batik sarongs and hippie/beach clothes - it is the real deal with high quality clothes and home goods. The proprietor and his family are super friendly and will spend the ti...
4.60 (139 reviews)
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Sixth Sense
Clothing store
👍👍 Loved the aesthetics of this store. It has a great range of womenswear; simple colours, natural materials. Very well priced too.
4.60 (100 reviews)
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Street Art - "Fisherman" mural.
Tourist attraction
😐 It is a mural in the town. It's worth seeing because it's going to disappear someday, but it may be difficult to make it a destination ...
4.60 (79 reviews)
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Market Street
Tourist attraction
🫤 So crowded n hard to find car park. If you bring elders n kids, they'll be tired walking far
4.60 (77 reviews)
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Burmah Road Gospel Hall (English speaking assembly)
Church
👍👍 ya..nice comunity.. first time i join the lunch for young group.. all nice.. god bless
4.60 (60 reviews)
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Areca Books
Book store
👍 Great local bookstore at Acheen St. Worth visit for local and foreigner tourists alike who wish to dwell deeper in local social, political, cultural & historical development. They are publisher for niche titles on local/regional history. Besides they do cater books from university publishers such as...
4.60 (47 reviews)
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Nazlina Spice Station
Tourist attraction
😠 Writing this review as a volunteer from the United States and not a paying customer. At first we were excited to learn cooking and experience malay culture and were planing to stay 5 weeks. After one week things were going okay; naz takes the approach of the "hells kitchen"style chef in her cooking...
4.60 (46 reviews)
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Georgetown Cruise Terminal
Tourist attraction
👍 Straight to Downtown Penang,but the port facility kind of old
4.60 (24 reviews)
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Jambatan Harapan
Tourist attraction
👍👍 Leisure place for cyclist to enjoy breath taking scenery of the bustling modern city with amazing sea and industrial area, not forgetting the two famous Penang Bridges.
4.50 (137 reviews)
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