Top 5 Penang Shopping

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After Langkawi, Penang is well known as duty free island so it drew a lot of people especially shopaholic who are hungry for shopping adventures. Shopping centres and department stores have taken over all the Penang landscape in recent years to provide people with a good place to shopping. With shopping malls scattered all over and a plenty of street markets, Penang’s retail landscape is almost as comprehensive as Kuala Lumpur’s. The most popular shopping malls include KOMTAR, Gurney Plaza, and Island Plaza. But, not only shopping malls that can attract people and tourist, even night markets and antique shops to cultural areas has their own attraction.

Top 5 most popular shopping in Penang 

Komtar Penang

 1. KOMTAR - Georgetown

Komtar was named after Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, the second prime minister of Malaysia. . It has the same name as Kompleks Tun Abdul Razak in Johor Bahru, built about the same time but on a smaller scale. Komtar is a multipurpose complex and not only focusing on shooping complex as it consisting of retail outlets, transportation hub and administrative offices for the Penang state government.

 

Komtar is located in central Georgetown with the 65 story high rise and most prominent landmarks in Penang with a viewing deck on the 58^th floor offering views of the island and across the straits to Penang’s mainland.

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Gurney Plaza, Penang

2.  Gurney Plaza - Gurney Drive

Gurney Plaza is a Malaysia lifestyle shopping mall and it is located at at Gurney Drive promenade in George Town.

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Chowrasta Bazaar

3. Chowrasta Bazaar - Georgetown

This bazaar is more known as wet market  where people can find groceries, fish vegetables and others. but mostly, this wet market is open in the morning.

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Queensbay mall

4. Queensbay mall - Bayan Lepas

Queensbay Mall is one of Asia's and Malaysia's largest retail, dining and entertainment complex and located at Queensbay Mall 1f-78 Persiaran Bayan Indah  11900 Bayan Lepas.

*Opening hours : 10.30 a.m - 10.30 p.m

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Gurney Paragon

5. Gurney Paragon mall - Gurney Drive

 Gurney Paragon Mall is a new beachfront lifestyle mall set to open along Gurney Drive, Penang. 

*for more information : http://www.gurneyparagon.com/paragon_mall.php