KOMTAR Tower
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- Best time to go
- December–February
- Accessibility
- wheelchair-accessible
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
KOMTAR is the tallest tower in George Town on the island of Penang, a cylindrical concrete skyscraper completed in the mid-1980s and rising about 232 metres as the centrepiece of a civic and commercial complex. For decades it was the tallest building in Malaysia and a symbol of the state's modernisation. Its upper floors hold a glass-floored observation deck and a rainbow-coloured walkway projecting from the side, giving views over the historic streets of the World Heritage old town, the strait and the mainland beyond.
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