Situated on one of Georgetown's oldest street, it was formerly the residence of Cheong Fatt Tze, a powerful Chinese trading and shipping tycoon in the late 19th century where success brought many accolades including the Vice Consul of China After moving to Penang in 1880, he commissioned artisans and craftsmen from China to build a home befitting his social status. One of the largest heritage mansion in Malaysia, it was painstakingly restored by its present owners. With a built-up area of 32000 square feet, 38 rooms, five courtyards, seven staircases and 220 windows, its layout is based on feng-shui principles.
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unvalued
This is a nice place but the management is bad and the people there is really rude, include tour guide and officer.The entrance fees is very ex...
If they switch tour guide, I might consider
The mansion is beautiful.Worth visiting. It will be even better if only they allow us to take pictures inside. It's historical anyway, should s...
spelndid venue
just a little too hot for comfort..but apart from that just great. We were there for Dr Mahendra Sibartie and Dr lee Teak Tan's wedding..and wh...
unpleasant
The entrance fee are very expensive and unvalueble. We had to stand there and listen to the tutorial for more than half and hour it's bored an...
awesome!
i love everything about the mansion.. cooling blue-indigo walls.. beautiful nouveau glass stain windows (by the way there are 220 windows) .. i...
Historic and wonderful experience
I loved the history, colour and 'feel' of the place - none of the standard luxories of international travel but worth its weight in gold as a t...
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