Penang has all the accommodation potentialities you'll anticipate in a big, bustling tourist city, from the grungiest hostels to the swankiest hotels. Midrange choices are principally discovered alongside Jln Penang, consisting of a string of high-rises. Lebuh Chulia and Love Lane make up the guts of Penang’s backpacker land, filled with low cost hostels and hotels. The quality varies enormously, and it certainly pays to verify a few out earlier than parting together with your cash. There are a handful of high-finish hotels in Georgetown, however most are strung out along Gurney Dr and Batu Ferringhi, and are typically of the gargantuan chain resort persuasion.
Be warned that during holidays, most notably Chinese New Year, hotels tend to fill up in a short time and prices can change into ridiculously inflated; in the event you intend to stay at the moment, book well in advance. All budget options listed have shared bathrooms, whereas midrange and high end all have private bathrooms.
D’ Funds Hostel (263 4794; 9 Lebuh Gereja; dm/s/d from RM7/15/22; ai) Large hostel with a wide range of rooms, all wanting a bit knackered and neglected. Some are very small and plenty of are windowless, so check out several before deciding to stay. The pricier aircon singles/doubles (RM22/25) come with showers and are marginally preferable.
Blue Diamond Hotel (261 1089; 422 Lebuh Chulia; dm/s/d from RM8/20/25; ai) Primary rooms in a creaky outdated villa with a popular café out the front. There are lots of comings and goings and a sociable atmosphere. Air-con rooms with non-public showers value RM45.
100 Cintra Street (264 3581; 100 Lebuh Cintra; dm/s/d RM9.50/25/38) Upstairs in a beautiful old Peranakan house which additionally incorporates a café and small museum is that this collection of quite simple but placing price range rooms. Open the sliding iron door to your room and step into the previous (thankfully a cleaned-up version). You get a mattress on a wooden platform, with a mosquito net and fan for that colonial Japanese experience. The dorm, though, is less personal, with five beds organized on an open landing. A correct dorm room is deliberate for the future.
Oasis Hotel (016-495 2345; 23 Love Lane; r RM18- 20) probably the best choice on this dingy lane, this dilapidated previous house is set again from the road in its personal grounds, and has a lot of character. There’s a courtyard with a fish pond and tatty sofas, and rooms are a bit tough but OK for the price.
Pin Seng Hotel (261 9004; 82 Love Lane; s/d RM20/25) This small hotel tucked down somewhat alley has the usual bottom budget setup with slightly shabby fan rooms and shirtless locals snoozing in the foyer. It’s friendly and reasonably priced.
Vintage Coral Shine Hostel (261 8407; 99 Lebuh King; s/d from RM20/30; a) Friendly hostel above a mobile-cellphone shop in the bustling, and noisy, Little India area. The fan rooms are very simple, with skinny mattresses, and it’s worth paying the extra RM10 for a larger air-con room. The shared bathrooms are very modern.
Jim’s Place (264 2960; 433 Lebuh Chulia; r RM20- 30;ai) This handful of fan and air-con rooms are above a well-liked travelers’ café. It’s the standard backpacker-basic association, with shared bathrooms, and the owner can organize bus tickets and Thai visas.
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