Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Billed as an 'intelligent garden city', Putrajaya is impressive, but like other planned cit-
ies it can also be a strange place to visit. Its heart is a 600-hectare artificial lake fringed by
landscaped parks and an eclectic mix of buildings and bridges, best viewed when illumin-
ated at night. However, it's still a long way off its envisioned population of over 300,000
and is practically devoid of streetlife.
The Best...
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Lakeside Mosque
Putra Mosque
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Botanical Garden
Taman Botani
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Place to Eat
Selera Putra (
Click here
)
Top Tip
Just over 97% of Putrajaya's population is Muslim - something to be aware of when
choosing how to dress and behave while visiting the city's mosques.
Getting There & Away
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Train
KLIA transit trains from KL Sentral and KLIA stop at the Putrajaya-Cyberjaya
station (from KL Sentral it costs RM9.50 one way and takes 20 minutes).
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Bus
Buses 100, 101 and 300 run from the train station to close to Dataran Putra (50
sen); a taxi there is RM13, while hiring one for an hour to tour the sights (the recommen-
ded option) is RM40.
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Bicycle
Bicycles (RM4 per hour) can be hired from the tourist-information booth.
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Tour
From the tourist-information booth and Putrajaya station, the two-hour
Best of
Putrajaya bus tour
(
11.30am & 3pm Sat & Sun)
runs on the weekends only.
03-8887 7690; RM1;
