Accommodation.

Peranakan pearl Seven Terraces / Stewart Ln / 04 264 2333 / seventerraces.com / offers airy rooms, local cuisine at Kebaya and piano tinkling at BabaBar; colonial Chinatown doll Campbell House / 106 Campbell St / 04 261 8290 / campbellhousepenang.com / has a siptastic roof terrace, library + Italian eats at Il Bacaro; grand old seaside Dame Eastern & Oriental / 10 Farquhar St / 04 222 2000 / eohotels.com / is choice for opulent marble-floor suites with full butler service; and mod-minimalist saucebox Macalister Mansion / 228 Macalister Rd / 04 228 3888 / macalistermansion.com / boasts peekaboo baths for a little vacay vavoom. Or, if a beachside pamper is what the doc ordered, pop along the coast to Batu Ferringhi retreat Lone Pine / 97 Batu Ferringhi / 04 886 8686 / lonepinehotel.com / home to the plush Pure Energy Spa.