depends...u want to enjoy the beach...stay at batu ferrenghi..if you wanna go for shopping/clubbing stay at town arealor...if u wanna njoy both u can stay at 2 diff place oso!..There are a lot of service apartments available at Batu Ferrenghi...not badd..bayu emas,sri sayang etc~

the beach in penang is nice..i love it so much

dont to go the beach alone at nite...after 12pm...in turns into a real scary thing....its darn dark and you can see couples kissing romantically and some taking advantage on one another ..specifically behind paradise hotel