Penang Cruise Reviews

Hired taxi for 4 hours, set prices shown at port. Went up Penang Hill, fantastic views, plenty to do up there. ...

We looked forward to seeing part of Malaysia. We had no particular expectations except that we have always felt that cruise lines would only be affiliated with safe excursions. This did not feel safe. The excursion was not well-described. The trishaw drivers were hardworking, pleasant, and caring people. But they could not compensate for the drivers of the motorized cars, trucks, and motorcycles ...

Be sure to stop at the information stand as you exit the port as there are lots of free maps for your particular interest - eg 'foodie tour', 'cultural sites' and more. All the routes were colour coded so we could easily navigate. Be sure to head to the Blue House, and keep an eye out for the free city circle shuttle - it made it easy to jump to the next point of interest. The old town is very ...

Took a cab to the ‘upside down’ museum. We had a barrel of fun there. Highly highly tecommended ...

I should have taken trip to temple on myh own as the Oceania trip was very rushed, I am not so good at climbing stairs and was told we could not get to top of temple-however a buggy was available from car park which we only discovered on leaving ! It is a wonderful temple though and worth a visit-but do it on your own taking a taxi from port. could have spent hours and hours there but only had 1 ...

I think one of the best cruise destination in South East Asia! Sooo many food to try! Soo many stuff to see in one small place A lot of places are within walking distance. They also offered free hop on/Hop off Buses Lots of street art! ...

Temples galore....mind blowing architecture. ...

Had a lovely cheap Thai massage ...

extremely hot, even worse than singapore except minus the aircon. also not very clean if i look carefully. didnt try the excursion by the cruise by hired our own local driver who were not aggressively marketing in your face. very friendly, non-pushy and laid-back locals. many to see (sad that the cable car wasn't operational due to CNY celebrations) and i wish we berthed longer there. ...

Walked into city center of Georgtown. Quite nice. Check out the street art. Went to a beach as well. Not so nice. Skip beach in this stop! ...