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Chinatown, Merdeka Square & Bukit Nanas
Although the Petronas Towers are taller, the 421m Menara KL, rising from the crest of Bukit Nanas, offers the best city views. The bulb at the top…
Masjid Jamek Sultan Abdul Samad
Chinatown, Merdeka Square & Bukit Nanas
This graceful, onion-domed mosque, designed by British architect AB Hubback, borrows Mogul and Moorish styles with its brick-and-plaster banded minarets…
Lake Gardens, Brickfields & Bangsar
Sitting atop leafy Robson Heights, this vividly decorated multistorey Chinese temple, dedicated to Thean Hou, the heavenly queen, affords wonderful views…
Lake Gardens, Brickfields & Bangsar
Inhabiting a building that's nearly as impressive as its collection, this museum showcases Islamic decorative arts from around the globe. Scale models of…
Lake Gardens – Tun Abdul Razak Heritage Park
Lake Gardens, Brickfields & Bangsar
This 70-hectare lush, beautifully landscaped park is most commonly known by its colonial-era moniker: the Lake Gardens (Tasik Perdana in Malay). This is…
Chinatown, Merdeka Square & Bukit Nanas
Kuala Lumpur's oldest Chinese temple (1864) was built on the instructions of Kapitan Yap Ah Loy and is dedicated to Sin Sze Ya and Si Sze Ya, two Chinese…
Kuala Lumpur
The artworks on display at the NVAG are worth a trip out of central KL for their inventiveness and sheer scale. In rotating exhibitions by regional…
Kuala Lumpur
Resembling twin silver rockets, the Petronas Towers are the perfect allegory for the meteoric rise of the city from tin-mining shanty town to 21st-century…
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Petrosains: The Discovery Centre
Kuala Lumpur
Fill an educational few hours at this interactive science discovery centre, which has all sorts of buttons to press and levers to pull. Many of the…
Chinatown, Merdeka Square & Bukit Nanas
The southern end of Jln Petaling's evolution into a hip ’hood is helped along by this cocktail bar concealed behind a fake toyshop in a building that was…
Kuala Lumpur
The signature drink at this glittering cocktail bar on level six of the Four Seasons Hotel lives up to its name, which is 'nectar'. Made with light rum,…
Kuala Lumpur
Established in 1977 and now a popular local chain with outlets in a number of the city's malls, Madam Kwan's specalises in nasi lemek (rice boiled in…
Kuala Lumpur
Resembling twin silver rockets, the Petronas Towers are the perfect allegory for the meteoric rise of the city from tin-mining shanty town to 21st-century…
Kuala Lumpur
Not much evidence of Alice or a Wonderland here but it is one of the more convivial bars at the head of KL's rowdiest nightlife strip. There's plenty of…
Kuala Lumpur
Blink and you’d miss this small live-music venue, bar and bistro, hidden as it is behind a grove of bamboo. NBT, as it's known to its faithful patrons, is…
Lake Gardens, Brickfields & Bangsar
There are far flashier Indian restaurants in Bangsar, but who cares about the decor when you can tuck into food this good and cheap? It serves it all,…
Kuala Lumpur
Pavilion sets the gold standard in KL's shopping scene. Amid the many familiar international luxury brands, there are branches of chains including COS,…
Kuala Lumpur
Lot 10 was the first mall to encourage top hawkers to open branches in its basement food court. Popular stalls include Soong Kee, which has served beef…
Lake Gardens, Brickfields & Bangsar
Sitting atop leafy Robson Heights, this vividly decorated multistorey Chinese temple, dedicated to Thean Hou, the heavenly queen, affords wonderful views…
Chinatown, Merdeka Square & Bukit Nanas
This 1930s art deco building (a former wet market) was rescued from demolition in the 1980s and transformed into a tourist-oriented arts-and-crafts centre…
Kuala Lumpur
Justly famous for its seriously addictive chicken wings, this is an ideal spot for a late-night snack with a bottle of beer. A wide variety of other…
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