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5 Best tourist attractions in Kuala Lumpur
Tourists visit Kuala Lumpur, the capital and largest city in Malaysia, for many reasons. The city gives travelers an opportunity to learn about a different culture, with traditional foods and architecture that combines the best of the East and the West. And come for shopping. CNN lists Kuala Lumpur as one of the four best shopping places in the world. Most any time is a great time to visit, as temperatures in this tropical rainforest climate don’t vary much during the year. This post will give you an overview of the top tourist attractions of Kuala Lumpur:
Berjaya Times Square
Berjaya Times Square is a large complex containing a shopping mall and two luxury hotels. With 7.5 million square feet (700,000 m²) of built up floor area it is consider as the fifth largest building in the world. Its shopping mall includes more than 1,000 retail shops, 65 food shops and several enjoyable attractions. For example Asia’s largest indoor theme park, Cosmo’s World and Malaysia’s first-ever IMAX 2D & 3D theater which is placed on the 10th Floor.
Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia
The Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia is the Southeast Asia’s largest museum focus on Islamic art. Opening in 1998, the museum is huge site of more than 7,000 antiques, includes jewelry and replica of the mosque in Mecca. The collection features not just antiques coming from the Middle East and Malaysia, but from China and India also. The museum has 12 galleries, most of which exhibits items by type rather than geographic region. An on-site restaurant professionally serves Middle Eastern cuisine. The museum lies near Lake Gardens and not far from a mosque.
Menara KL Tower
The approximately 335-meter (1,100-foot) high Menara KL Tower serves two purposes. The first is as a communications building. The second is as a visitor attraction with a revolving restaurant and sightseeing area that offers spectacular panoramic views of Kuala Lumpur below; it is the tallest public observing area in the city. Trivia fans will be impressed that it took 31 continuing hours to pour the concrete for the building base. Travelers in top athletic condition may want to take part in the annual race to climb the steps to the top levels; couch potatoes can take the elevator.
KL Bird Park
Placed in the serene Lake Gardens, KL Bird Park is an eco-tourism site that is home for more than 3,000 birds belonging to 200 species. In here, they divide birds into four zones; three of these zones are called free-flight, in there, birds are free to fly wherever they want in surroundings that are similar to their native, natural habitat. Park managers say there is no bird park in the world can own the free-flight park as wide as them. Visitors can walk among the birds in these zones, finding for a new experience. Caged birds are in the fourth zone.
Petronas Twin Towers
Travelers who are afraid of height may want to think twice before visiting the Petronas Twin Towers, but daredevils might enjoy the challenge of looking out over the whole city from hundreds of feet in the air. At 170 meters (557 feet) high, is the world’s highest double-decked bridge links the twin towers together. The towers are even higher, soaring 491 meters (1,620 feet) into the Malaysian sky. At one time, the buildings were the highest in the world. The towers, Malaysian had to spend seven years building them, are a landmark in Kuala Lumpur and are stunningly lit up at night.
