Kuala Lumpur Attractions

Kuala Lumpur

There are so many tourist attractions in Kuala Lumpur, it will took you a few days to covers all the places and every attractions in Kuala Lumpur has its own unique either for kids or adult. Before you tour to the spot you need to plan your tour, this will maximize your tour experience and minimize your travel time. Others factor such weather and mood of travel you will use either by group tour, hiring a taxi, private tour guide or using a private plane for sky tour will be determine your tour success. Some of the places such as twin towers Skybridge visit requires traveler to be in queue as early as 630am to get a entrance ticket.

Below is the list of tourist attractions in Kuala Lumpur for traveler reference.

Central Market Kuala Lumpur

central-market-kuala-lumpur The cultural bazaar/Pasar Seni was formerly the central market. The original market was constructed in 1888 and 1889 to serve Kuala Lumpur large tin mining community. It was a wet market which sold seafood, meat, vegetable and everyday item. There were frequent renovations and extensions costing millions of Ringgit Malaysia to cater for Kuala Lumpur growing population. The market acquired its Art deco style in 1936 under an expansions plan drawn up by town engineer RH Seed. Art deco was very popular in the 1930s. Among the new features were a stepped arch and square motif on the walls. City halls earmarked the building for demolition in the early 1980s, but the Malaysia Heritage Trust stepped in to save the building. It became the Cultural Bazaar in April 1986 and a popular market for handicraft.

Tourist can find a lot of wood craft such face mask, signage and Malaysia traditional art works.

Opening Hours

1000am – 930pm

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Jalan Hang Kasturi Shop House

jalan-kasturi Just a short walk from Central market, Jalan Hang Kasturi used to be spot for provisions such as a dried fish and preserve vegetable. Many of the dried good still can be found today. The pre-war shop house mostly of Neo-classical style. This is become hot spot for foreign worker from Nepal, vietnamese and Indonesian during weekend or public holiday.

Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park

kuala-lumpur-butterfly-park Colourful and beautifully landscaped Butterfly Park house over butterflies from 120 species and over 15000 plants

Entrance Ticket

RM8

Kuala Lumpur Bird Park

It is located at Perdana Lake Gardens of Kuala Lumpur, consist more than 5000 birds (or more than 50 species) of birds in an enclosed aviary. Out of these 5000 birds, 90% are local birds and 10% were imported from overseas. The size of this bird park is around 7-16 hectares the main feature that distinguishes KL Bird Park from any other bird parks is the concept of free-flight.

The Birds show available every day at 330pm and extra show at 1030am on every Public Holiday and weekend.

Royal Selangor Pewter

Founded in 1885, the company has a workforce of 600 skilled craftsmen. The Royal Selangor factory is reputed to be one of the largest. During the 18^th century, item mainly incense burners and candle handle for oriental market. With the British colonials, the offering expands to tankards, ashtray and even tea services.

The brands were known as Selangor Pewter. In 1992, the company has change its name to royal Selangor reflect its royal endorsement from His Royal Highness and to reflect its diverse product range, which extended beyond pewter. Visitor has the opportunity to see and try out how pewter was made. Main attraction at Selangor pewter is the largest tankard in the world.

Central Market Kuala Lumpur

Jalan Hang Kasturi Shop House

Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park

Kuala Lumpur Bird Park

Royal Selangor Pewter

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