Choosing your base in Malaysia
The collection includes large cities, islands and inland stays. Choose the base for the part of the trip you are actually making, and price the transfer alongside the hotel when a flight or boat is involved.
Explore destinations in Malaysia
Alor Setar
Alor Setar is Kedah's capital. Choose accommodation around your city plans and any connection that brings you to this part of Malaysia.
Read the guide →Batu Pahat
Batu Pahat is a town in Johor. Choose accommodation around the part of the town you want to use and any onward journey.
Read the guide →Bintulu
Bintulu is a coastal town in Sarawak. Let the purpose of the visit determine the hotel area before comparing accommodation across the wider surroundings.
Read the guide →Cameron Highlands
The Cameron Highlands is a hill-station district in Pahang, close to the Perak border, where tea estates and vegetable farms cover slopes at roughly 1,500 m. A string of small towns runs about 25 km along the main road, from Ringlet in the south through Tanah Rata and Brinchang to Kampung Raja in the north. Nights are cool enough to need a jumper.
Read the guide →Desaru
Desaru is a coastal resort area in Johor. Choose accommodation according to the beach access and facilities you actually intend to use.
Read the guide →Genting Highlands
Genting Highlands is a mountaintop resort on the Pahang–Selangor border, about an hour's drive north-east of Kuala Lumpur along the Karak Highway. Built from 1965 rather than in the colonial era, it centres on Resorts World Genting, home to Malaysia's only legal casinos, theme parks and malls, linked by covered walkways. Gondolas connect the summit with Awana and Gohtong Jaya lower down.
Read the guide →Ipoh
Ipoh, the capital of Perak, grew rich on tin from the Kinta Valley and is now known mostly for its food. The Kinta River divides it: the colonial Old Town and railway station lie on the west bank, the grid of the New Town on the east. Limestone hills ring the city, and Tambun's hot springs sit to the north.
Read the guide →Johor Bahru
Johor Bahru sits at the southern tip of Peninsular Malaysia, joined to Singapore by the Causeway and, further west, the Second Link. The old centre around JB Sentral and the border checkpoint is walkable, but the rest of the city sprawls along highways to Mount Austin in the north, Danga Bay in the west and Iskandar Puteri, home of Legoland Malaysia.
Read the guide →Kinabalu National Park
Kinabalu Park is a protected area in Sabah. Choose accommodation only after confirming the activity, meeting point and access arrangements for your visit.
Read the guide →Klang
Klang is a city in Selangor, distinct from the wider Klang Valley. Pin the actual part of the city you need before comparing hotel locations.
Read the guide →Kota Bharu
Kota Bharu is Kelantan's capital near the mouth of the Kelantan River. Decide whether it is the focus of your stay or a stop in a wider itinerary.
Read the guide →Kota Kinabalu
Kota Kinabalu, usually called KK, is the capital of Sabah on the north-west coast of Borneo, pressed onto a narrow strip between the South China Sea and the Crocker Range. The grid-plan centre faces the islands of Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park, the airport sits just south near Tanjung Aru, and Mount Kinabalu is the main trip inland.
Read the guide →Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is spread out and hot, so the rail line closest to your hotel matters more than the district name. The Golden Triangle, covering Bukit Bintang and KLCC, holds most mid-range and upscale hotels, while Chinatown and Brickfields are the older and transport-hub areas.
Read the guide →Kuala Terengganu
Kuala Terengganu is Terengganu's capital. Start with the purpose of your stop and the transport needed for any onward journey.
Read the guide →Kuantan
Kuantan, the state capital of Pahang, is the largest city on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia and stands on the Kuantan River close to the South China Sea. Its compact centre is a working town rather than a resort; the beaches start at Teluk Cempedak, a few kilometres north-east, and run up the coast towards Balok and Cherating.
Read the guide →Kuching
Kuching is the capital of Sarawak, in the west of Malaysian Borneo, built along the Sarawak River where the Brooke family's White Rajahs once ruled. The south bank holds the waterfront, Main Bazaar and Padungan's Chinatown; the north bank has the Astana and Malay kampungs. Bako National Park, Semenggoh's orangutans and the Santubong peninsula are all day trips.
Read the guide →Langkawi
Langkawi is an archipelago of 99 islands off Malaysia's north-west coast, near the Thai border and part of Kedah state. Almost everything happens on the main island, Pulau Langkawi: Kuah is the town and ferry port in the south-east, while the beach hotels cluster around Pantai Cenang in the south-west, close to the airport. There is effectively no public transport.
Read the guide →Malacca
Malacca (Melaka) is a historic port city on Malaysia's south-west coast, between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Its old centre, a UNESCO World Heritage site, packs Dutch-era buildings, Chinatown shophouses and Jonker Street along the Melaka River, and is best seen on foot. The city has no railway station, so most people arrive by coach at Melaka Sentral, north of the centre.
Read the guide →Miri
Miri is a coastal city in northern Sarawak on Borneo. Decide whether the hotel is for exploring the city or a stop around travel elsewhere.
Read the guide →Muar
Muar is a town in Johor at the Muar River's estuary. Choose a base around your planned visits and the arrival route.
Read the guide →Pasir Putih
Pasir Puteh is a district in Kelantan, with a town also written Pasir Putih. Check the full local address before comparing accommodation under the destination name.
Read the guide →Penang
Penang is a Malaysian state split between Penang Island and Seberang Perai on the mainland, across a narrow strait. Most visitors stay on the island: in George Town, the state capital and a UNESCO World Heritage city on its north-eastern tip, or at the beach resorts along the north coast. The airport is at Bayan Lepas in the island's south-east.
Read the guide →Port Dickson
Port Dickson is a coastal resort destination in Negeri Sembilan. Choose the part of the coast first, then compare the hotel and the time you expect to spend there.
Read the guide →Semporna
Semporna is a town in Sabah. Decide whether you need a town base or accommodation linked to a separately arranged island or marine outing.
Read the guide →Seremban
Seremban is the capital of Negeri Sembilan. Choose a local base around your main visits and the route used to reach the city.
Read the guide →Shah Alam
Shah Alam is Selangor's capital. Use the specific part of the city your visit requires to narrow the hotel search.
Read the guide →Sibu
Sibu is a city in central Sarawak on Borneo. Choose accommodation around the places you intend to use and the arrival or onward departure point.
Read the guide →Sungai Petani
Sungai Petani is in Kedah's Kuala Muda district. Choose the hotel area around your planned visits and the way you will arrive.
Read the guide →Taiping
Taiping is in Perak, northwest of Ipoh. Choose the local base around your planned visits and the way you will arrive.
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