Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital city of Malaysia and the city centre should be your starting point for exploring this city.
Towering above the city centre, you will easily spot the famous Twin Towers or Petronas Towers, as they are also known.
Petronas Towers
One of the towers is fully occupied by the oil company Petronas, hence the name – Petronas Towers. The towers are located next to the stunning KLCC Park in Kuala Lumpur city centre, which is a green space devoted to gardens, trees, lakes and fountains. KLCC stands for Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. Each of the two towers are 88 storeys high, measure 452 metres above street level and from 1998 until 2004, were the tallest buildings in the world. Linking the two towers on the 41st and 42nd floors is the Sky Bridge weighing 750 tons.
Travelling around Kuala Lumpur
Travelling to the Petronas Towers is assisted by the Bukit Bintang pedestrian walkway, which is a neat corridor elevated above the roads and paid for by Petronas – it saves crossing roads and give a more direct route to the Towers from the Pavilion Shopping Centre, which is also a major shopping and tourist attraction. There are several other access points to the pedestrian walkway along the route, which is almost 1.2 km long. The walkway provides access points to the Suria KLCC shopping mall located nearby the park and towers, The Pavilion shopping centre and to the KTM and monorail railway network.
To travel to the city centre, take the KTM Port Klang Line or MRT Kajang Line to Bukit Bintang and then take the pedestrian walkway from the Pavilion shopping centre to the KLCC park and from there you can amble through the park to the Petronas Towers.
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If you are a nature lover or photographer, you can visit the Perdana Botanical Gardens, which are 4km away
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