Is Kuala Lumpur a good holiday destination? This main city of Malaysia is very lively. It’s a mix of very new buildings and old rainforests that sparkle. It’s the centre of many shops with billboards and markets with lanterns. People from all over the world live in this city, which has high-rise buildings, churches and temples right next to each other. In Kuala Lumpur holidays, there are always new things to see, so take the time to enjoy every bright detail. Get up early with the sun to see temples in limestone caves. You can get there by climbing rainbow stairs. Look at the city’s ornate churches in the afternoon and walk around its busy streets. Check out the flower wreaths that move in Brickfields (Little India), the lanterns that hang from Petaling Street (Chinatown) and the bars that are so high they look like they are floating in the air in the Golden Triangle entertainment district. Take a lift up a building and sit in a fancy bar with a view of the sun going down behind towers and domes. Then go down to street level and eat your heart out at a night market. This is where you’ll learn why so many Koreans (called “KLites”) say they love food. Book your Kuala Lumpur holiday packages now with Our Holiday Vibes are Good Vibes Only! Capital- Kuala Lumpur International Airport: Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) Population- 8,210,745 Currency- Malaysian Ringgit Time: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (GMT+8) Driving side: Left-hand side Official Language: Malay Religion: Islam
Kuala Lumpur’s skyline is mostly composed of Petronas Towers. These 88-storey towers stand over expansive commercial centres and luxurious hotels linked by a bridge. To feel like a giant walking amid clouds across the sky bridge 41 levels above the ground. Then, zoom up to the 86th-level observation deck and stare down the city’s smaller streets. Admire the top of the other Petronas Tower glinting in view, then gaze beyond the city to where mountains lie covered in mist. Look around a city rainforest. One of Malaysia’s first permanent forest reserves, KL Forest Eco Park in Kuala Lumpur’s downtown, is home to bamboo and jelutong trees that stood their ground even before the KL Tower opened its adjacent door. Stide across a little canopy, walk and listen for calls of silver leaf monkeys and tropical bird songs. Other holiday green areas in Kuala Lumpur are the humungous Perdana Botanical Garden, its lovely gazebos and hibiscus blossoms, and KLCC Park under the Petronas Towers. Shop as though a KLite. Looking for a souvenir, Central Market in a 1930s art deco building is overflowing with booths offering vibrant moon kites and batik textiles. Not far away, Petaling Street is a vibrant mix of bargaining vendors and hawkers presenting lip-smoking KL Hokkien Mee. If your preferred designer labels and huge brands are from Bukit Bintang’s citadel-like malls in the Golden Triangle, go there. The Pavilion cheap holidays to Kuala Lumpur Mall has more than 700 stores and eateries. Nine miles west of the city centre, catch a train or taxi to the well-known Batu Caves, where Hindu shrines in limestone grottoes abound. To reach a massive rainbow staircase, pass a soaring golden monument of the Hindu god Lord Murugan. Ascend 272 steps, all tones of bright colour like purples mixing into blues, and meet monkeys hunting for food. Temple Cave has stalactites and stalagmites at the top of the stairs. On the site, Ramayana Cave relates the tale of an epic poem with vividly coloured figures. Visitors should wear clothes covering their knees and shoulders and comfortable shoes to climb all those steps. See the great national mosque of Malaysia encircled in the city centre by lush gardens. Built in the 1960s, the large Masjid Negara is most distinguished by its blue main roof, miming a gigantic open umbrella. See the light beaming through stained-glass windows; walk between reflecting ponds and trickling waterfalls; observe gold-coloured tiles glinting on columns. Visitors are advised to dress modestly; non-Muslims cannot enter during prayer time. There are robes on hand. Perched atop Robson Hill, the six-tiered Chinese temple, Thean Hou Temple, is breathtaking. See exquisite dragons staring from eaves and admire red pillars supporting pagoda roofs. Marvel at the fine sculptures and amazing mosaics. Thousands of lanterns adorn this large temple combining Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucian traditions as well; occasionally, there are enough to form a brilliant canopy overhead. The high location of Thean Hou Temple lets you also appreciate skyline vistas. Though there isn’t a clear dress rule, you should cover your knees and shoulders.
