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Batu Caves, Malaysia - Nov 04, 2019: Access area and entrance to the stairs to the Batu Caves, guarded by the huge Sri Muruga statue, Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia

Overview

A skyline punctuated by minarets, Mogul-style domes and skyscrapers; colorful, food-stall-lined streets shaded by a leafy canopy of banyan trees – this is Kuala Lumpur.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

Petronas Towers
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…
KLCC Park
Kuala Lumpur
At the heart of the mammoth KLCC development, this excellent park offers a 1.3km soft-surface jogging track, a great children's playground and paddling…
ILHAM
Kuala Lumpur
Housed in a 60-storey tower designed by British architects Foster and Partners, this impressive art gallery presents exhibitions spanning various media…
National Visual Arts Gallery
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…
Bazaar Baru Chow Kit
Kuala Lumpur
This daily wet market, serving the working class of Chow Kit, packs a heady, chaotic atmosphere. It sprawls across several blocks including new sheds, old…
Kampung Baru Gateway
Kuala Lumpur
A modern concrete and blue glass gateway marks the entry to this neighbourhood of traditional Malay wooden houses. Gazetted by the British in 1899,…
Badan Warisan Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
This heritage preservation society has its head office in a 1920s colonial bungalow. The building, once part of a neighbourhood of British officers'…
Ruang Pemula
Kuala Lumpur
Pakhruddin Sulaiman and his wife, Fatimah, have been amassing one of Malaysia's top private art collections since around 1996, when they bought two major…