Seafront walk
The city's evening stroll.
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Penang's best-known seafront promenade, running along the sea north of central George Town. It was laid out in 1936 as the New Coast Road and renamed in 1952 after Sir Henry Gurney, the British High Commissioner in Malaya who was assassinated in 1951. One side is lined with apartment towers, hotels and the Gurney Plaza and Gurney Paragon malls; the other has a long seaside walkway where locals walk and jog at sunset. The old beach was worn away by erosion over the years, and a large new seafront park has since been laid out on reclaimed land offshore. Its best-known feature is the hawker centre at its northern end, busy in the evening with stalls of Penang street food, from fried dishes and noodles to seafood and juices. It has both halal and non-halal stalls, so look for the halal sign before ordering. The best time to come is shortly before sunset, for a walk along the front followed by dinner at the hawker centre. It is about ten minutes by car from central George Town and a few minutes from the Reclining Buddha and Burmese temples.
The city's evening stroll.
Penang street food.
Gurney Plaza and Paragon.
George Town's northern seafront, between Pulau Tikus and Tanjung Tokong
No, the shore here is muddy and not for swimming; the nearest swimming beach is Batu Ferringhi, about half an hour's drive away.
