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Best places to stay in Malaysia
Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei 1999 Kuala Lumpur, Melaka & Penang 463 Selangor 330 Sabah 279 Kuala Lumpur 243 Sarawak 193 East Coast Islands, Kelantan & Terengganu 154 Pahang 154 Penang 131 Terengganu 112 Perak 111 Eastern Sabah 111 Kedah & Perlis 101 Golden Triangle & KLCC 100 Kedah 97 Georgetown 90 Johor 89 Melaka 89 Southern Perak 88 Pulau Langkawi 83 Melaka City 78 Kuching 68 Merdeka Square & Chinatown 64 Kota Kinabalu 63 Central Sarawak 61 Northwestern Sabah 55 Johor Bahru 44 Pulau Tioman 44 The Coast 43 Kelantan 42 Pulau Perhentian 40 Little India, Kampung Baru & Northern Kuala Lumpur 40 Central Pahang 40 Western Sarawak 34 Kota Bharu 31 Pulau Pangkor 31 Southwestern Sabah 31 The Rest of the Island 30 Ipoh 28 Northeastern Sarawak 28 Sandakan 26 Petaling Jaya 25 Cameron Highlands 25 Kuala Terengganu 22 South Of Kuala Terengganu 22 Around Mt Kinabalu 22 North Of Kuala Terengganu 21 Negeri Sembilan 21 Batu Ferringhi 21 Northern Perak 21 Taman Negara 20 Lake Gardens, Brickfields & Bangsar 19 Sungai Kinabatangan 19 Miri 19 Mt Kinabalu & Kinabalu National Park 18 Kinabalu National Park 17 Semporna Archipelago 15 Pulau Labuan 14 Pulau Redang 13 Tawau 13 Cherating 12 Kuantan 12 Semporna 12 Northwest Coast 12 Kelabit Highlands 12 Bario 12 Pulau Kapas 11 Poring Hot Springs 11 Taiping 10 Batang Rejang 10 Gunung Mulu National Park 10 Alor Setar 9 Klang Valley 9 Port Dickson 9 Jerantut 9 Seberang Perai 9 Bintulu 9 Sibu 9 Santubong Peninsula 9 Mersing 8

Best places to stay in Malaysia

Whether you're planning a trip to the cosmopolitan chaos that is Kuala Lumpur, the beaches of Penang or anything inbetween, Malaysia has a range of accommodation to suit. Lonely Planet authors have highlighted their favourite places to stay here.

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Singgahsana Lodge

Setting the Kuching standard for backpacker digs, this hugely popular guesthouse, decked out with stylish Dayak crafts, has an unbeatable location and a great chill-out lobby...

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Avillion Port Dickson

Beautifully designed and lushly planted with lily ponds, birds of paradise, bromeliads and palms, the accommodation highlight here is the over-the-water chalets that have big terraces you can swim from at high tide...

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Classic Inn Budget Hotel

Occupying a smartly renovated, yellow-painted shophouse on the southern edge of the Golden Triangle, this is a retro-charming choice with dorms and private rooms, a small grassy garden and welcoming staff.

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G Hotel Penang

The G exemplifies (and aggregates) the contemporary tides of design, lifestyle and luxury amenities sweeping Malaysia’s best hotels. Rooms are studies in minimalist, cubist cool, collections of geometric form set off by swatches of blocky colour...

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Pangkor Laut Resort

The tiny, private island of Pangkor Laut, just opposite Pasir Bogak, is occupied by one of Malaysia’s most exclusive tourist developments...

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Kb Backpackers Lodge

KB’s rooms are only so-so (the bigger the better is the rule)...

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Traders Hotel Kuala Lumpur

The views are good either way, but it’s probably worth paying the small supplement for a room facing the Petronas Towers at this contemporary design addition to KL’s portfolio of luxe hotels. Their rooftop pool and bar is a famous KL hangout.

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Paganakan Dii Tropical Retreat

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Bon Ton Resort Langkawi

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Mirage Island Resort

Cheaper digs are in stylish A-frames while the more expensive options are in huge, louvered wood chalets. All exude a tropical-colonial charm, the staff is young and fun and there’s a bar and pool table in the restaurant area.

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Nazri’S Place

Nazri's is at the far southern end of the beach, which has some of ABC’s best sand...

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Pura Tanjung Sabtu

It’s good, as they say, to be king, yet so rarely can we be. Unless you jaunt near the airport to Pura Tanjung Sabtu, the countryside retreat of a former sultan of Terengganu and, today, the best accommodation option around...

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Emily Travellers Home

Enter the humble entrance off the busy road and it feels like you’ve stepped into another dimension filled with plants, koi ponds, a bunny hopping around (named Mr Playboy) and happy, mingling people...

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Sekeping Srendah Retreat

If you have wheels this forest-bound ecoretreat outside the town of Serendah, 35km south of Kuala Kubu Bharu, is a gem...

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Abc Chalet

Swing on a hammock overlooking the sea at this lovely section of beach at the north end of ABC. Accommodation is spread over pleasant, well-tended grounds, with a couple of chalets almost on the beach...

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