Taiping Clock Tower & Old Town
Menara Jam Taiping
An 1890 clock tower and rows of British colonial shophouses. The old town is the best area for walking and finding traditional snacks.
The Taiping Clock Tower was built in 1890 and once served as a fire station. It is a landmark of the old town. Around it, streets are lined with two-storey British colonial shophouses that preserve Nanyang-style arcades, five-foot ways and old signboards. Also here are the century-old Pasar Besar Taiping market and many traditional coffee shops and biscuit bakeries. Come in the morning to browse the market, drink coffee and eat chee cheong fun and char kway teow; by afternoon it is hot and often rains. The old streets are flat, so walking or renting a bicycle is easiest.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Larut Matang Hawker Centre
- All Saints' Church, Taiping
- Taiping Lake Gardens
- Zoo Taiping & Night Safari
- Perak Museum
- Antong Coffee Mill
- Old Taiping Railway Station
- Ling Nam Temple