Top 10 Places to visit Today in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
What is the best places to visit and best things to do in Kuala Lumpur? If you are planning to have a unforgettable trip in Kuala Lumpur (The capital of Malaysia) there is many recommended places to visit, a lot of things you can do and many local yummy foods you must try! Some attractions may not that famous but there are really great!
1. KL Tower (Menara Kuala Lumpur)
One of the place you must visit when you reach Kuala Lumpur, so what to do in KL Tower? On top of the tower there have Observation Deck at 276 meters, Sky Deck at 300 meters, Atmosphere 360 Restaurant and 360 transparent Sky Box, below the tower there have awesome water world Blue Coral Aquarium, Illusion Upside Down House, Gift & Souvenirs Shopping, etc.
2. Petronas Twin Towers (KLCC / Corn Towers)
The most popular building & attraction in Malaysia. What you can do in KLCC right now? KLCC park is a joyful place to visit because there is a hidden open air swimming pool, playground and musical fountains so you may have some fun with it before get into the building. After that what to do in KLCC? Suria KLCC Shopping Mall, Aquaria KLCC, Petrosains, Petronas Art Gallery, Rooftop Skybar, etc.
3. Berjaya Times Square
It is one of the biggest shopping mall in the World located in the center of KL city. Beside shopping they also offer various type of facilities such as banks, money changer, indoor theme park, monorail station and even a 4 star hotel — Berjaya Hotel.
4. Petaling Street Chinatown (Chee Chong Gai)
One of the oldest tourist area in Kuala Lumpur city and commonly known as Chinatown Malaysia. You can find roadside hawker stalls selling a variety of things and many different type of restaurants & delicious foods such as Old China Cafe, Merchant’s Lane restaurant, beef ball noodle, Bunn Choon egg tart, Koon Kee wantan mee, Madras Lane yong tau foo, etc.
P.S: Please be careful your belongings in this crowded place, pick-pocket cases are happening a lot. Locals will not visit Petaling Street normally and this place is filled with 99.9% tourists therefore you can see different kind of foreigner around nor Malaysian.
5. Central Market (Pasar Seni)
This attraction is full with Malaysian History, Ethnic, traditional & modern art, culture and crafts. Therefore Malaysian called it the Kuala Lumpur art market commonly. There have a lot of exciting & unique art works by local artists that you can purchase on the spot, it is a good place for your souvenir collections.
6. Jalan Alor — Bukit Bintang
One of the most happening tourist destination, nightly & crowded place to visit in Kuala Lumpur. You can taste mostly 90% Malaysian local foods such as Chinese cuisine, Malay cuisine, Indian cuisine, etc. There have endless row of hawker stalls, bars, cafe, all kind of pubs & clubs such as Rootz Club, Kyo, Havana Bar, Le Noir KL, etc.
7. Heli Lounge Bar
The best place with amazing 360 degree view of Kuala Lumpur, starring night or sunset. It is a real rooftop helipad before but now it is the coolest & famous night bar in KL. Sexy interior design & leather furniture, pilot uniform waitress, pretties, R&B musics, beers & great beverages & reasonable price cocktails. Hotel is available too within 500m!
8. Hop On Hop Off Tour
I am strongly suggest to try this double decker city bus to enjoy a 30 minutes quick tour in Kuala Lumpur. Two routes is available City route (Red Line) & Garden route (Green Line). City route is start form the first stop Bukit Bintang to Chinatown. Garden route from Central Market to Tribeca Hotel. Highly recommended start your tour in the morning to avoid hot weather and traffic congestion.
9. Museum of Illusion
Let’s enter the magical illusion World of Kuala Lumpur. This place is going to trick your eyes and confuse your mind with their playful intriguing visual arts & dilemma games such as Kaleidoscope, Hollow Face Illusion, Rubin’s Vase, Head on the Platter, The Bottomless Pit, Stereogram, Illusion chairs, anti-gravity room, etc.
10. National Zoo Malaysia — Ampang
Do you want to see Tigers in real life? Here is the right place. It is created and managed by a non-governmental organization Malaysian Zoological Society since 1963. There are having more than 5000 species of animals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish. There is many events & animals show all the times, you may visit their official website for more information.
Alright! If you have any other great suggestions for things to do or places to visit in Kuala Lumpur please write in the comment section below, I will happy to see your comment.
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