WHAT TO VISIT IN KUALA LUMPUR

KLCC: Kuala Lumpur City Center

Kuala Lumpur City Centre is a multi purpose development area in KL. The area is located around Jalan Ampang, Jalan P. Ramlee, Jalan Binjai, Jalan Kia Peng and Jalan Pinang.

Designed to be a city with-in a city, the 100 acres site hosts the tallest twin buildings in the world, shopping mall, hotels, office buildings and several hotels. A public park and a mosque is also built on the area and open to everyone. The whole project is cooled via district cooling located on the property.

Suria KLCC is currently the only and main commercial center in the KLCC area. The shopping mall occupies space underneath the Petronas Twin Towers and shares it's parking lot with it. The six story shopping mall has been extended to Menara Carigali since 2011. There are plans to extend the mall to Lot K and Lot D1.

The mall is connected to the KLCC LRT station making it access to public transport easier. It also serve as one of the bus hubs for Bandar Buses of RapidKL. The mall also has a tunnel link to Kuala Lumpur Convention Center which in turn connects to Bukit Bintang shopping district.

Aquarium

Nestled in the heart of the bustling "Golden Triangle" of Kuala Lumpur and within walking distance from the Petronas Twin Towers, Aquaria KLCC is a state-of-the-art oceanarium showcasing over 5,000 different exhibits of aquatic and land-bound creatures over a sprawling 60,000 square-foot space in the Concourse Level of the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.

- if you have time definitely visit it. During the weekends it can get crowded. The entrance is 45RM (http://www.aquariaklcc.com/) .

Petronas Towers and the Sky Bridge
 

The best way to visit the towers/bridge is to buy a ticket in advance. We bought a ticket for the evening (around 6.15pm) as we wanted to see the sunset. We had really nice views over KL. The ticket cost 50 RM and it allows you to enter one of the Petronas Towers (86^th floor) and also the famous Sky Bridge 41^st and 42^nd floor. One is for the visitors and the other is for the workers in the Petronas Towers.

Sky Bar: Luna Bar 
 

Luna Bar – situated in Pacific Regency Hotel Suites, Jalan Punchak – off Jalan P. Ramlee street. It boasts one of the most breathtaking views in Asia thanks to its location on 34^th floor of the Pacific Regency Hotel Apartments. We visited it during the day while it was almost empty. It has a swimming pool in the middle – only for the hotel guests. I think it is really nice to visit it during the day.
                                                                                    Trader's Hotel Sky Bar                                                                                
 

Traders Hotel – the SkyBas is situated in teh Traders hotel on 33^rd floor. It has been also named 'The Best Malaysian Bar'. The views are spectacular, especially in the evening when the KLCC is lightened up and the Petronas Towers too. It is absolutely worth to visit!

Bukit Bintang 
 

Nestled within KL's Golden Triangle. Bukit Bintang is the name of the shopping and entertainment district of KL. It encompasses Jalan Bukit Bintang and its immediate surrounding areas. The area has long been Kuala Lumpur's most prominent retail belt that is home to many landmark shoppimg centres, al-fresco cafés, swanky bars, night markets, as well as hawker-type eateries. This area is popular among tourists and locals, especially among the youths. A part of Bintang Walk is designated as an "Arab Street".

China Town

At the heart of Kuala Lumpur is an area which never sleeps, and far more colourful and bustling than its bigger and more glamourous neighbours, KLCC & Bukit Bintang. Chinatown, based in Petaling Street, is also known as 'Chee Cheong Kai' (Starch Factory Street), a reference to its roots as a tapioca-producing district. Deeply immersed in Oriental culture, heritage and history, Chinatown is undoubtedly one of the most popular tourist spots in Malaysia.

Chinatown is also a well-known bargain hunter’s paradise, a place where you can find all sorts of stuff from Chinese herbs to imitation goods. At night, its main market area, Petaling Street, transforms into a lively and vibrant night market, filled with hundreds of stalls offering all kinds of goods at dirt-cheap prices, and the best thing is, the prices can be brought lower still as haggling is the way of life here

Chinatown’s biggest Attractions is perhaps the rows and rows of stalls selling all types of merchandise from food to clothing at bargainable prices. But look further and you will find that there’s more to Chinatown than fake branded goods. Just around the corner from this paradise of bargains are temples that have been around for more than a century. 

 

Few more notes on China Town from my experience

China Town with its Petaling street is a paradise for bargain shoppers. You will find there anything you look for. If you are there during lunch time, have a lunch in one of the small restaurants. If you would like to see some cultural performances, they usually happen during afternoons by the Central Market (formerly known as KL's Wet Market). Central Market became the largest Malaysia arts and craft centre. 

 

Little India

From the station Masjit Jamek (the opposite direction to China Town) you find a Pasar Malam (Night Market) on Lorong Tuanku Abdul Rahman. It is opened from late afternoon till 10pm. It can get really crowded. If you fancy to eat Indian food, then definitely this is the place to visit.

                 
Merdeka Square

Merdeka means that the offices of the Colonial Secretariat on the Selangor Club Padang (field) became the Sultan Abdul Samad Building on Darteran Mereka (Independence Square).

•  it is a nice place with a colonial buildings around but there is not much to do...