Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Top End: more than RM400
»
Luxury double room RM450-RM1000
»
Meal in top restaurant plus bottle of wine RM200
Advance Planning
Two months before
Book flights and accommodation.
One month before
Plan itinerary, checking to see if there are any events or festivals you may be able to attend.
One week before
Book online for tour up Petronas Towers and for foodie walking tour. Make reservations at any top-
end restaurants.
Useful Websites
Visit KL
(
www.visitkl.gov.my
)
Official city tourism site.
Time Out KL
(
www.timeoutkl.com
) Monthly listing magazine; sign up online for its weekly 'what's going on' digest.
Lonely Planet
(
www.lonelyplanet.com
) Destination information, accommodation bookings, Thorn Tree travel forum
and more.
Arriving in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)
Trains RM35; every 15 minutes from 5am to 1am; 30 minutes to KL
Sentral. Buses RM10; every hour from 5am to 1am; one hour to KL Sentral. Taxis from RM75; one hour to central KL.
KL Sentral
Transport hub with train, Light Rail Transit (LRT), monorail, bus and taxi links to rest of city. Taxi is by
prepaid coupon to Chinatown/Golden Triangle (RM13).
Pudu Sentral
Long-distance buses from many parts of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore arrive at this station close to
Chinatown.
Singapore express buses also arrive at Kuala Lumpur Station, Berjaya Times Square and the Corus Hotel opposite the
Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC).
See
arrival
for much more.
Getting Around
Buy the
MyRapid card
(
www.myrapid.com.my
;
RM10), which includes RM8 in credit, at monorail and LRT stations.
Tap at the ticket gates or when you get on Rapid KL buses for fare to be deducted.
