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Tony’s Guesthouse at Teluk Bahang in Batu Ferringhi provides adults-only accommodation with a garden and a terrace. This guest house provides free private parking, a shared kitchen and free WiFi. When staying at the guest house, guests can use private entrance. A quiet place where you can hear birds chirping in the morning and enjoy the blue sky and white clouds. There are many kinds of fruit trees, and the host often shares the harvest—papayas, coconuts, rambutans. There's a shared kitchen, a washing machine, a refrigerator, and bicycles. The common area is very spacious. Everything is just perfect.

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9.1
Superb
1,085 reviews
Price from
US$13
per night

Located within the UNESCO World Heritage Site of George Town, Ren I Tang Heritage Inn is located in a restored building from the 1800s. Spanning an area of 3 shop house units, the property features free WiFi, a restaurant and small museum on the ground floor, which used to be a medical hall. Phenomenal attention to detail in maintaining Heritage, holding space, and making guests feel taken care of. I will be back!

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9.3
Superb
1,302 reviews
Price from
US$62
per night

Situated in George Town, 2.4 km from Northam Beach and 600 metres from 1st Avenue Penang, Melayu Villa by Aayu - 8 mins walk to Armenian St features accommodation with free WiFi, air conditioning, a garden and a shared lounge. The property features inner courtyard and quiet street views, and is less than 1 km from Rainbow Skywalk at Komtar. The guest house has family rooms. It was very central, so easy to walk everywhere and I enjoyed the older architecture. The staff was incredibly helpful, allowing us to check in a couple hours early and giving us great suggestions on what to experience. I appreciated the ease of communication through WhatsApp, sending check-in instructions the day before and being available anytime during the stay if we had questions.

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9.2
Superb
227 reviews
Price from
US$49
per night

There is a private bathroom with bidet in some units, along with slippers, a hair dryer and free toiletries. At the guest house, all units are equipped with bed linen and towels.

Rainbow Skywalk at Komtar is less than 1 km from the guest house, while Penang Times Square is a 18-minute walk away. Penang International Airport is 14 km from the property. Lovely renovated property in an excellent location - near the main tourist areas but in an area retaining a lot of local character. The self check-in and doors that use a PIN code instead of a card were really handy.

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9.3
Superb
325 reviews
Price from
US$47
per night

With a shared bathroom equipped with a bidet and slippers, units at the guest house also offer free WiFi. At the guest house, all units come with bed linen and towels.

A bicycle rental service is available at the guest house. Very clean and perfect location! They’d put together a personalised travel guide including places to eat, conveniences and created a two day itinerary for exploring Georgetown which was very helpful. They also let us check out 3 hours late for no extra charge!

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9.2
Superb
340 reviews

Located in George Town, 2 km from Northam Beach, Aayu Stewart - Stewart Ln, George Town provides air-conditioned rooms with free WiFi and express check-in and check-out. This recently renovated guest house is located 500 metres from Wonderfood Museum and 1.3 km from 1st Avenue Penang. Featuring family rooms, this property also provides guests with a terrace. Awesome location surrounded by lots of cafes and restaurants. The room was perfect and I loved the heritage style. Thank you Aayu will come back again for sure!

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9.4
Superb
658 reviews
Price from
US$41
per night

Located in George Town, 2.4 km from Northam Beach, Cocoa Mews Cafe and Homestay provides accommodation with a shared lounge, free WiFi and a shared kitchen. The property is around 2 km from Penang Times Square, 8.2 km from Straits Quay and 8.2 km from Penang Botanic Gardens. Penang Hill is 9.4 km from the guest house and Queensbay Mall is 12 km away. The hospitality was undescribable. It really felt like being at home. Every day the breakfast is different wonders of traditional food to explore. And snacks are provided during the day. Every day you are inspired by the staff to explore different sights in the town that you would not have known of. This is the best experience I have had ever during my time of traveling. Just go here and try for your selves. The "boss" is a Garfield cat and he is great❤️

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9.5
Exceptional
552 reviews
Price from
US$15
per night

Offering a garden and garden view, Nature Fruit Farm - Private Estate is located in Balik Pulau, 23 km from Penang Hill and 23 km from Taman Rimba Teluk Bahang. The property features mountain and river views, and is 18 km from Queensbay Mall. The guest house provides rooms with air conditioning, free private parking and free WiFi. This place was so peaceful. It felt super secluded, but still with the comforts of being near beach and city, (and for example easy to order grab to). It was the perfect getaway between all the different fruit. We used the common areas a lot, as they were really nice to relax in, but our chalet was also really nice and comfortable. We used the bikes provided to take a trip through the rice paddies to the beach. We walked the hike up to the Thai restaurant with the great view. But we mostly relaxed on the beautiful property, reading, chilling, playing games. The hosts are really kind and it was nothing but a pleasure to stay with them. Really helpful and fun people.

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9
Superb
135 reviews
Price from
US$56
per night

Situated in George Town, 2.3 km from Northam Beach and 500 metres from 1st Avenue Penang, My Guesthouse 109 - SELF CHECK IN features accommodation with free WiFi, air conditioning, free bikes and a shared lounge. It is located less than 1 km from Rainbow Skywalk at Komtar and offers private check-in and check-out. The accommodation provides a shared kitchen and luggage storage space for guests. Loved the Guesthouse it was beautifully decorated and super clean despite all the cats. We loved playing with all the cats too and they were very well behaved! The location was perfect and the bikes were a great bonus.

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9.1
Superb
553 reviews

2.4 km from Northam Beach, Toh Aka Inn is set in George Town and offers air-conditioned rooms. Among the facilities at this property are a shared kitchen and a shared lounge, along with free WiFi throughout the property. The property is non-smoking and is located less than 1 km from 1st Avenue Penang. Strategic location, clean, friendly staff. 物超所值

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9.1
Superb
13 reviews
Price from
US$6
per night

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