Places of Interest in and around Taiping

• Taiping Lake Gardens is donated by Chung Keng Quee’s son, Chung Thye Phin. It is serene, tranquil and peaceful. The man-made lakes were former tin mines.
• Bukit Larut (formerly known as Maxwell Hill) is a hill resort. Currently, tourists reach the top of Maxwell Hill by 4WD vehicles, or by hiking. There are stops with gas available at the end of the road for hikers to cook and eat there.
• Perak State Museum is the first museum in Malaysia.
• Kwan-Tung Hui-Kuan (Cantonese Association), founded in 1887 by Chung Keng Quee and others.
• Taiping Zoo & Night Safari
• Esplanade – for sports activities
• All Saints Church, Taiping
• Commonwealth 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 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 from Bukit Larut.
• Buddhist Retreat in Tupai Cemetery. Travelling to this retreat requires semi 4-wheel drive vehicle but the view from retreat is spectacular and very peaceful.
• Chinese cemetery at Tupai Hokkien Tiong – Situate One huge grave for Chinese those who lost their life during Japanese invasion
• Coronation Swimming Pool. It is located at the foothill of Bukit Larut It has very cold mountain stream water even on hot days.
• Taiping Public Library has numerous old and new book collection. The library is located near Taiping Lake Gardens.
• Taiping Airport holds monthly (sometimes twice a month) parachute jumping programme organised by Parachuters Club.
• Stadium Sultan Yusuf – Taiping football league important venue.
• 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 graveyard. Near to Burmese pool.

Shopping Malls in Taiping

• Giant Hypermarket
• Tesco Hypermarket
• Taiping Sentral Mall
• Tesco Extra Hypermarket (planning)
• Mydin Hypermarket （planning)
• The Store Jalan Panggung Wayang
• The Store Jalan Kamunting
• Taiping Mall

Night Markets in Taiping

• Sundays: Kampung Boyan
• Mondays: Aulong (Taman Pertama), Simpang (Taman Berkat)
• Tuesdays: Simpang (Taman Kota Jaya), Bukit Jana
• Wednesdays: Pokok Assam (Taman Raja Idris),Kamunting (Medan Kamunting)
• Thursdays: Assam Kumbang (Taman Saujana Jaya),Ayer Kuning (Taman Seri Kuning),Tupai (Taman Tupai Mas)
• Fridays: Aulong (Taman Pertama), Pengkalan Aur (Taman Kaya)
• Saturdays: Kamunting (Medan Kamunting), Changkat Jering