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Cannon Street

Lebuh Cannon, Georgetown, Penang Island, Malaysia
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Ranked #17 of 32 attractions in Georgetown
Type: Landmarks/ Points of Interest
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Kuala Lumpur
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed June 18, 2013 NEW

Worth visiting this road. So many to see. The wall art, streets photos, and shoplots has their own unique items for sale. Great place to see local stuffs, quite similar like Malacca's Jonker street, but they're quite scattered in Penang.

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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed June 16, 2013 NEW

The murals paint of Reaching Up are nice and these made the street famous. We like the murals paint very much !! But the parking would be a problem.

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London, United Kingdom
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed April 27, 2013

We were following a walk in our guide book and took us past here, worth a short stop as a great example of a Chinesse temple. There is a good cafe opposite that has delicious cheesecake.

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed April 15, 2013

We spend quite a time here looking at all the Chinese arts,paintings and the small gate Kongsi temples but it's big compound behind the doors,just like what you see in old forbidden city in China.I was impressed with all the tiny shop lots arranged accordingly along the street rows.This island is full rich of history better then some places we... More

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Georgetown, Malaysia
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed March 17, 2013

I always love visiting the heritage area, especially cannon street and cannon square. This is where a few hundred years ago, Chinese immigrants formed a society that help each others and take care of each other. The architecture of the buildings here are unique and the lay out of the buildings are interesting too. For example, Khoo kongsi at Cannon... More

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed February 23, 2013

Cannon street is actually a very short street of great historical significance. Good photo opportunities and home to one of the beautiful street arts decorating the city. I'd recommend to take this street together with Armenian street as part of a lovely walk. Also the entrance to Khoo Kongsi clan complex is in Cannon Street.

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed February 6, 2013

Smart shops in the street, keep your eyes out for the street art on the gable ends of buildings. Two small children riding a bycycle, look almost real. The clan Taoist temple on the corner is worth a visit.

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Broadway, United Kingdom
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed January 7, 2013

Cannon Street in George Town Penang is a small street with a big place in the history of this area. It played its part in the local rioting of the late nineteenth century, housing the cannons which were fired against the 'hostile elements'. Some interesting architecture, take it in as part of a tour.

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3 of 5 stars Reviewed December 30, 2012

A good street for cycling. The part that could be improved is the stopover points as some attractions are where cars and people fighting for space and often made enjoying these attraction difficult if you are doing the viewing town trail style.

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Penang Island, Malaysia
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed December 26, 2012

With a visit to this place , a lot of other interesting buildings can be visited and all within walking distance. There area has been spruced up and a lot of effort has been put in to make your visit worthwhile

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