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Places of interest
§ Bukit Larut (formerly known as Maxwell Hill) is a hill resort.
Currently, tourists can reach the top by 4WD vehicles, or by hiking. There are
stops at the end of the road with gas available for hikers to cook and eat
there.
§ Taiping Lake Gardens were
donated by Chung Keng Quee's
son, Chung Thye Phin.
Its serene, tranquil and peaceful man-made lakes were former tin mines.
§ Perak State Museum is
the first museum in Malaysia.
§ Taiping
Zoo & Night Safari
§ Esplanade
- for sports activities
§ Taiping War Cemetery
§ British
Resident's Residence (1877)
§ Kapitan Chung Keng Quee's Townhouse on Barrack Road. It is now an
antique shop.
§ Bukit
Jana Country Golf Resort, Kamunting
§ Bukit
Merah Laketown Resort
§ Burmese
Pool. It has a natural water slide.
§ Tupai
River(Sg Tugoh). Man made swimming pool using river water at the nearby Chinese
Tiger Temple.
§ Austin
Pool. There is a very deep, square granite pool with a waterfall flowing into
it.
§ Taman
Suria streams. Cool streams flowing down from Bukit Larut.
§ Coronation
Swimming Pool. Located at the foothill of Bukit Larut, the pool uses very cold
mountain stream water
§ Taiping Public Library has numerous old and new book collections and is located
near the Lake Gardens.
§ Taiping Airport holds monthly (sometimes twice a month) parachute jumping
programmes organised by Parachuters Club.
§ Stadium
Sultan Yusuf - An important venue for the Taiping football league.
§ Hot
water well (Air Panas) - Batu 9 off Jalan Trong (near Changkat Jering)
§ Kuala
Sepetang Wildlife Sanctuary
§ Kota Ngah Ibrahim - in Matang
§ Ng Boo Bee fountain
- Jalan Air Terjun
§ British
War Cemetery, near Burmese pool.
§ Kampung Dew Fireflies Eco Tourism & Kampung Dew
Charcoal Eco Challenge
Shopping
§ Taiping
Sentral Mall (http://www.taipingsentralmall.com)
§ Giant Hypermarket
§ The
Store, Wisma Dato` Toh Eng Hoe
§ The
Store, Jalan Kamunting
§ Big
Seed Supermarket
§ Pasaraya
Econsave, Kamunting
Cinema - Big
Cinemas Taiping Sentral ( 7 screens ) http://www.bigcinemas.com/my/
Bowling Centre - Winners
Bowl Taiping, Paras 6 Plaza perbandaran, ( 24 Lanes, 9 or 10 Pins )
Places To Eat
§ Doli
- Jalan Tupai
§ Mee
Udang - Kuala Sepetang
§ Char
Kuey Tiow- Larut Matang hawker centre
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