Malaysia Travel Penang - Road Walk Muntri Street, Beach Street & Love Lane

Location: Malaysia Travel Penang - Road Walk Muntri Street, Beach Street & Love Lane (2023 1007)

Georgetown, 10200 George Town, Penang, Malaysia

A bit off the beaten track, but refreshingly quiet and charming. The architecture here gonna bring you back to the 80’s and the 90’s vibes.

Distant: 3.5Km

Starting Point: Merchant Hotel & End Point: Junction of Love Lane and Chulia Street

Merchant Hotel

Penang Trishaw Station (Jalan Penang beside Merchant Hotel & Opposite Merchant Hotel)

Cititel Penang (Penang Road, opposite Merchant Hotel)

Walking along Muntri Street> Turn right onto Leith Street> Masjid Jamek Benggali>

Return to Muntri Street> Gala House Penang>

The western style breakfast was fantastic, coffee was top quality, have seating outside and upstairs too. There have weekly fresh made almond milk available

Street Art - Kedai Kasut (Leith Street on Gala House Penang wall)

Win Win Situation-Sculpture (Beside Bilik Gerakan MPKK Lebuh Chulia Wall)

Hainan Thean Hou Temple 天后宮, Penang Hainan Association 槟城海南会馆 & Aik Hua School 益華學校>

The Hainan Temple was founded in 1866 built in the Hainanese style, and is ornately embellished with exquisite stone carvings executed in the Sung dynasty style.

Street Art - Big Mouth Mural

Penang Ta Kam Hong (GPS: 5.41979, 100.33585)>

Ta kam Hong or Goldsmiths Guild was built in 1903. This temple cum association building is the oldest and among the largest in Malaysia.

Lam Wah Ee Heritage 南华医院

The idea of setting up a community health care centre in Penang was first mooted by a few Chinese community leaders in 1876 and a fund-raising campaign was subsequently launched. A traditional-style building was completed in 1883 on a plot of land about 10,600 sq. ft. at Muntri Street. This was known as the Lam Wah Ee Hospital.

One Leg Kicks All Sculpture>

Cross Love Lane> Lorong Stewart 观音亭后> Ballerina mural / Art Street Graffiti

Street Sculpture - Hey! At This Hours Still Play Mahjong?

Turn Right onto Lebuh Klang - Street Art - "Fisherman" mural (Lebuh Klang)>

Return to Lorong Stewart> Turn Right onto Lorong Chulia - BECA-Sculpture (Lorong Chulia)>

Onto Lorong Chulia 十七间>

Very short street where the dominant building determined the local reference street of seventeen houses.

Turn Left onto Lorong Pasar 廣福居巷 (二奶街)>

Name after near by market; popular area for wealthy men to set up secondary homes for concubines, an accepted pratice in the past.

Street Art - Wrong Tree Sculpture

Street Art - Temple Day-Sculpture (Lorong Muda)>

Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling> Goddess of Mercy Temple>

Built in 1728, making it Penang's oldest Taoist temple. The temple is dedicated to the Buddhist Bodhisattva of Mercy, Guan Yin.

Penang Chinese Town Hall 1881>

The Penang Chinese Town Hall was established by Penang's Chinese merchants in 1881 to take over the economic and social functions of the Kong Hock Keong, as well as to settle disputes between the Hokkiens and the Cantonese.

The Star Office 1906>

Built in 1906, this refurbished pre-war building houses The Star's office, a resource centre, exhibition space, book store and the Penang Philharmonic Orchestra.

Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling> Lebuh China> Turn left onto Beach Street> George Town Dispensary 1923>

Malayan Railway Building Georgetown (Gat Lebuh China)>

Was completed in 1909, it was the largest on Penang Island, and its clocktower the highest.

Beach Street> The Whiteaways Arcade>

Built in 1903, the Whiteaways building was regarded as one of the finest blocks of offices in Penang. The building got its name from its original occupant, the Whiteaway LaidLow & Co., which was also the very first departmental store in Penang.

Ministry Of Tourism and Culture Penang>

Bank of China Penang>

Presgrave & Matthews (Building Structure)>

One of the best European architectural design in George town, almost pure Roman style.

Abandoned Phone Booths In George Town Transformed Into Colourful Mini Libraries (Right outside of Balai Polis Lebuh Pantai) Abandoned Phone Booths In George Town Transformed Into Colourful Mini Libraries (Right outside of Balai Polis Lebuh Pantai)>

Queen Victoria Memorial Clock Tower (Jubilee Clock Tower)>

A monument dedicated to the 60-year reign of Queen Victoria by a local millionaire (Cheah Chen Eok)

The tower is 60 feet high, with each foot symbolizing a year of the reign. The tower is slightly tilted, which is the result of the bombings in Penang in World War II.

Keep Left onto Lebuh Light> Fort Cornwallis (Under Renovation)>

Preserved 18th-century English fortress with some original buildings, plus a cafe & guided tours.

Penang 3D Trick Art Museum> Bank Negara Malaysia Penang> Turn Left onto Lebuh Farquhar> Penang State Museum and Art Gallery (Under Renovation, will be open to the public in 2024)>

St. George's Anglican Church, Penang & Francis Light Memorial

This 19th-century place of worship is known as the first Anglican church in Southeast Asia.

Church of the Assumption>

The Church was founded in 1786 is the third oldest Catholic church in Malaysia

Turn Left onto Love Lane

The lane was where European sailors and soldiers hooked up with local ladies among the bamboo groves. Brothels were then established along Love Lane and another story claims that the rich Chinese merchant kept their mistress by the adjacent road - Muntri Street.

Turn left onto Lorong Argus 色藍乳礼拜堂后巷仔

This was a Catholic Eurasian village area, with where the Church of the Assumption was a focal point. Sevral Eurasian families reside in Argus Lane to this day. Name commemorates Penang's first independent newspaper, Pinang Argus published here 1867 – 1873. Malay/Hokkien term 'Serani' is corruption of 'Nazarene', reference to Christians and by extension of Eurasians.