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WORTH A DETOUR
ROYAL SELANGOR VISITOR CENTRE
Located 8km northeast of the city centre is the
Royal Selangor Visitor Centre
( 4145 6122;
ht-
tp://visitorcentre.royalselangor.com
;
4 Jln Usahawan Enam, Setepak Jaya; 9am-5pm; Wangsa Maju, then
taxi), the main factory of the world's largest pewter manufacturer. On sale in the centre's galleries are some very
appealing souvenirs made from this malleable alloy of lead and silver, as well as the company's silver pieces un-
der the Comyns brand and its Selberam jewellery.
You can tour the factory and try your own hand at creating a pewter dish at the
School of Hard Knocks
(
4145 6122;
http://visitorcentre.royalselangor.com/vc
;
4 Jln Usahawan 6, Setapak Jaya; 30-min classes RM60;
9am-5pm; Wangsa Maju, then taxi). The centre is fronted by a nearly 2m-tall pewter tankard and has an ap-
pealing cafe. If you don't make it out here, Selangor's products are sold at its retail outlets in Kuala Lumpur's
malls including Suria KLCC (
Click here
) and Pavilion KL (
Click here
).
