Category: architecture
Siracusa (Ortigia), Sicily, Part 1
Siracusa is one of two cities we stayed for several days on the eastern part of Sicily. Taormina is the other, see our earlier posts about it here and here. The city of Siracusa itself is not very scenic, so we stayed instead on the island of Ortigia (or Ortygia in English) at the southeastern
Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion 張弼士故居, Penang
Back in Georgetown, Penang, among many of the heritage buildings, the Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion (張弼士故居) is one of the most celebrated example. UNESCO recognized it with an award in Heritage conservation in 2000. We were treated to a glimpse of how a Chinese tycoon lived at the turn of the century (19th-20th). The mansion is now
Seven Terraces, Penang – part 2
Continuing with our tour of the most interesting hotel on this Malaysian trip … part 1 is here. The hotel – Seven Terraces – has a second entrance which passes through the restaurant. The hotel’s restaurant, Kebaya, serves classically prepared Straits Chinese style dishes. We did not have a chance to try it. Bababar – the hotel’s
Seven Terraces, Penang – part 1
After a series of posts on Malaysian street food, let’s see the most interesting hotel on this trip. Seven Terraces is a spectacularly reimagined heritage hotel in Penang. Located at the UNESCO World Heritage site, in the heart of Georgetown, the hotel is a conversion of a row of seven 19th century Anglo-Chinese terraces. Around the Love Lane area