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NOORDIN
MEWS
is Penang's newest private boutique heritage hotel. A welcome
and refreshing addition to Penang's already vibrant tourist attractions.
Set
in a walled tropical garden with its own private swimming pool,
the main building is a classic 1920s Peranakan shop house in straits
eclectic style with its own laneway Mews which was originally
for trishaws and hand carts as well as the servants quarters for
the wealthy families who lived in Noordin Street in the first
decades of the last century. Noordin Mews is just a 10-minute
walk to the Street of Harmony which links Penangs most iconic
landmarks: the Khoo Khongsi Clan House, the Guan Yin Temple, the
English Georgian Church, Penang's main Mosque and a remarkable
kovil. Minutes from Little India and the wharf jetties.
Noordin
Street was famous in the 1950s and 60s as the home of the Wembley
Cinema; an amusement centre where entertainment as different as
bangsawan performances, movies, ronggeng parties, bumper cars,
billiard parlours, pinball arcades and dance halls attracted throngs
of Penangites. It's the Wembley which has inspired the design
and feel of Noordin Mews; a celebration of popular period Asian
cinema, stars and fashion of the period.
The
Mews building was discovered in a dilapidated state by award winning
hotelier Christopher Ong who has returned home to Penang to open
a range of small private heritage hotels which celebrate the unique
spirit and heritage of this World Heritage town, complimenting
its already uniquely Asian architecture and living traditions,
rituals and festivals. Clove Hall was his first creation in Penang
and it was chosen by Conde Naste Traveller as the only Malaysian
hotel in its 2010 hot list of the best new hotels in the world.
Currently Penang, especially Noordin Street is in revival thanks
to the opening of several upmarket shopping centres, the new Cititel
and St. Regis hotels within the vicinity. Its also famous for
the neighbourhood street food hawkers in New Lane, Kimberly Street,
Presgrave Street and its minutes from Penang's largest wet market.
Sixteen
air-conditioned bedrooms have 32 inch flat screen televisions,
complimentary Wi-Fi and restored retro fittings and furniture,
and each are served by their own private en suite bathroom with
Grohe accessories and antique tiles. Spend an adventurous day
of eating and discovering Penang's historical treasures and return
to Noordin Mews beautiful lush tropical garden and swimming pool
before heading off at night to one of Georgetown's famous street
hawker centres for their renowned Asam Laksa, Hokien Mee and Char
Koay Teow.
For
more info, contact us at info@noordinmews.com

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