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The City Boyview Hotel, Penang This city hotel is perfect for those who visit Penang for its cultural treasures rather than its beaches. A good budget choice, it has a number of fair dining venues, including a rooftop revolving restaurant with excellent views of the island. Choose from guest rooms in the v wing, completed in 1999, or those in the old wing, which have been recently refurbished. Either choice offers cool rooms in neutral tones, not as elegent as many, but comfortable and definitely value for money.

25-A Farquhar St., Georgetown, 10200 Penang. 041263-3161. Fax 041263-4124. 320 units. RM350',0 (US$92-US$118) double. AE, DC, MC, V Amenities: 3 restaurants (international, Chinese); club with Intertainment, lobby lounge; outdoor pool; concierge; limousine service; business center; 24-hr, room : o E; babysitting; same-day laundry service/dry cleaning; nonsmoking rooms. In room: A/C, TV w/in-house movie, minibar, coffee/tea-making facilities, hair dryer, safe.

Eastern & Oriental Hotel (E&O) ** E&O first opened in 1884, estabIished by the same Sarkies brothers who were behind the Raffles Hotel in Singapore. Closed for many, many years (it was desperately in need of an overhaul) I, opened in April 2001. It is without a doubt the most atmospheric hotel in Penang, with its manicured lawns and tropical gardens flanking a white colonialI style, mansion, with a lacelike facade and Moorish minarets. Accommodations are suites, with little sitting areas and sleeping quarters separated with pocket sliding doors. You can expect molding details around every door and paned window. Oriental carpets over polished plank floorboards, and Egyptian cotton linens dressing each poster bed. Dining along the hotel's many verandas is geous. One caveat-no beach, but the pool in the seafront garden is very pretty. 10 Farquhar St., 10200 Penang. 041222-2000. Fax 04/261-6333. 101 units. a 35-RM33,440 (US$430-US$8800). AE, DC, MC, V. Amenities: 2 restaurants (Continental, Chinese); English style pub; outdoor pool; small fitness center with sauna; concierge; limousine service; 24-hr. room v; same-day laundry service/dry cleaning. In room: A/C, TV w/satellite programming, minibar, coffee/ tea making facilities.
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