Kuala Lumpur Things to Do Tips by don_thomas

If you wan to have good views over KL climb the Menara tower (with 421m the 4th highest telcom tower in the world). You go up 275 m and you can either walk around and enjoy the views or drink a Martini at the restaurant upstairs.

When it's getting dark you can go up again with the same ticket and watch the sunset fall over KL. Beautiful.

There are also good views on the Petronas Towers from here.

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Phone: 603 2020 5446
Directions: @ the western edge of the Golden Triangle.
If you take the monorail get off @ Raja Chulan and walk west on Jalan Raja Chulan.
Website: http://www.menarakl.com.my

Masjid Jamek or Friday Mosque was built in 1907 and is the most beautiful mosque of KL. It is located at the confluence of the Klang and Gombak rivers (that's where KL got its name from: "confluence of muddy rivers").

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Directions: Best seen from the bridge @ Lebuh Pasar Besar. But you can also visit th emosque and see it from inside. Get off at Masjid Jamek STAR Station or Masjid Jamek Putra LRT Station.

You can't miss this one, as it's dominating the skyline of KL. And it's always impressive: when you look at it from the edge of KL it shows how much taller it is than the rest (and there are a LOT other skyscrapers in KL), and when you approach the building and enjoy the perfection of forms and symbolicism and the grandeur of it.

This US$ 1,9 billion project is now, with its 451.9 m and completed in 1998, the tallest twin tower in the world. It consists of 88 stories (the number 88 symbolises prosperity in Chinese geomancy) and the floor is based on the eight-sided star that is typical of Islamic art.

There are a lot of companies inside the buildings, but also a mall (Suria KLCC). And you can go up! (see other tips)

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Directions: It's about a 10 min walk east from mono-rail stops Bukit Nanas or Raja Chulan.
Website: http://www.klcc.com.my/Showcase/PTT/ps_ptt_overview.htm

You can also go up the towers. Unfortunately you can't go all the way up, but you can go to the skybridge at the 42nd floor. A great experience. And... it's free.

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Directions: see part I
open between 9.00 am and 5 pm
Website: http://www.klcc.com.my/Showcase/PTT/ps_ptt_overview.htm

This is the place where the English played their cricket game. Also the place where the indepence was proclaimed in 1957 and thus a special place in Malysia. The square is flanked by some bueatiful buildings, like the Royal Selangor club and the Sultan Abdul Samad Building.

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Address: on Jalan Raja Laut
Directions: Just west from the river and Chinatown.

This magnificent building was built in 1911 by the British architect AB Hubbock.

On the west side is a pedestrian tunnel across Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin. Here you can see the MRA Building. Walk north and turn left toward the lake gardens. You see the national mosque here.

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