travel42 Port Guide: Georgetown

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Located 180 mi/290 km northwest of Kuala Lumpur and the largest city on Penang Island, George Town is a wonderful blend of cultures. The diverse Chinese, Indian and Malay population is fitting of an exotic Southeast Asian seaport.

In 2008, George Town was accorded a listing as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site because of its unique mixture of British-colonial-era architecture, townscape and culture, which is considered without parallel in Southeast Asia. Today, the center of the old town ...