#3 Heritage Sites in Malaysia · 2026
Khoo Kongsi
🌺🌺🌺 Highly Recommended · 🏯 Heritage Sites
Why go
The most ornate Chinese clan house in Malaysia, with carved beams, painted panels and a brilliant tiled roof. It still serves the Khoo clan and is open to visitors.
⭐ Don't miss: The main prayer hall and its ornate roof
- Entry fee
- About RM10 adult (sources range RM10-15; unconfirmed)
- Opening hours
- Daily 9am–5pm incl. Sundays and public holidays (closed Chinese New Year Eve and Day) (check before you go)
- Best time to go
- Weekday mornings
- Time needed
- 45 min
- How to get there
- Walk from Armenian Street; paid street parking limited.
- Address
- 18 Cannon Square, 10200 George Town, Pulau Pinang
- Area
- Cannon Square, George Town, Penang
- Facilities
- 🚻 toilets
- Muslim-friendly
- No surau confirmed on site · 🍽️ Halal food nearby
Halal food in Chulia Street. - Accessibility
- Steps; limited wheelchair access.
- Kids
- Small size, quick visit.
☪️ Halal status changes. For food, look for a valid JAKIM certificate (check at myehalal.halal.gov.my). Hotels and venues we have not verified are described as "pork-free", not halal.
Also nearby
Armenian Street Art
🆓 Free Things to Do · Armenian Street, George Town, Penang
Wrought-iron caricatures and Ernest Zacharevic's murals turn a few heritage lanes into an open-air gallery. Go early for photos without a crowd.
Don't miss: The Kids on Bicycle mural
Seven Terraces
🛎️ Boutique Hotels · Stewart Lane, George Town, Penang
A row of restored 19th-century shophouses turned into a heritage hotel with courtyard pool, antique-filled suites and a restaurant. Walkable to Armenian Street and Little India.
Don't miss: Courtyard dinner and the restored heritage details
Pinang Peranakan Mansion
🏛️ Museums · Church Street, George Town, Penang
A glittering 19th-century Hokkien-Peranakan mansion stuffed with gilded carvings, heirloom furniture and thousands of antiques. Guided visits explain what daily life looked like for a Straits Chinese tycoon.
Don't miss: The gold-leaf carved screens and the Nyonya kebaya display
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