Traders Hotel, Penang
The hotel is positioned adjacent to the Komtar Komplex, a vast area of department stores and shops, most of them quite old and dismal. The hotel is clean and bright and I would recommend it. It is around 15 minutes walk to the Georgetown historic area so it is handy but there are more central hotels. The service at the hotel was excellent but breakfast was not included in the Asia Rooms price. Breakfast is an extra 44 Ringitt. The buffet breakfast is fine. We would have liked to try breakfsat at another nearby location but none were open before 10 a.m. Not far away is Times Square, a new shopping centre and a brilliant food hall. Georgetown is full of rich history with many mansions, houses and museums to visit. I thoroughly recommend the restored mansion of Cheong Fat Tse and the fabulous Peranakan Mansion. Other attractions can be reached by the excllent bus system (the bus station is just around the block from Traders Hotel with clear indicators as to which bus to catch to the sights). However Penang can be very congested so allow plenty of time to get there and back to or from the botanical gardens, Penang Hill or Kek Lok Si Temple. Little India is fabulous.