Steeped In History: 5 Beautiful heritage hotels in Malaysia you must visit
These are the hotels with a story to tell.
If you look beyond the glossy veneer of cosmopolitan Kuala Lumpur’s skyscrapers and contemporary hotels, you’d find that there’s still a lot of Malaysia that bears vestiges of its history. Beyond your usual chain hotels that you’d typically find in cities, there are great heritage hotels in the country. Unsurprisingly, most of these hotels can be found in some of the most historically richest and significant pockets of Malaysia, like the UNESCO World Heritages sites of Malacca and Penang.
Before you to conjure to mind images of dusty, derelict buildings, you might be surprised to know that most of these hotels remain some of the best – if not the best – hotels in the city, like the iconic and luxurious Eastern & Oriental Hotel in Penang that was built in 1885. Rich in history and aesthetically beautiful – what more could a vacation-goer want?
Sarah Khan
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