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1 Utama Shopping Center

1 utama shopping center is one of Malaysia's top shopping destination and is located in the city of Petaling Jaya. This shopping center is about 20 minutes drive from the city of Kuala Lumpur. It has 6 retail floors with a total area of 5 million square feet. There are over 600 shops that sell all kind of goods that you can look and browse through. The prices of goods are fixed with occasional sales that are offered at certain times of the year.

The flora decoration in conjunction with Flora Fest 2007

As one of the biggest shopping mall in Malaysia, 1 utama has something for everyone. Varities of food here include Chinese, Malay, Western, Japanese, Vietnamese, Italian as well as other local delicacies that you can savour. The majority of these food stalls and restaurants are opened throughout the year to cater for your needs.

If you need entertainment, there are Tanjung Golden Village and Golden Screen Communications cinemas that screened the latest box office hits in town.

On top of that there is also the indoor rock climbing gym Camp5. Bowling enthusiasts will be happy to use the 36 lane bowling Centre U-Bowl.

It also boasts of a tropical rainforest within the shopping center where huge tropical plants are a permanent feature of this premier shopping center. Called "Rainforest", it has over 100 species of flora and fauna for your enjoyment. After a long day's shopping and walking, this is the place where you can sit down and rest. There are plenty of cafes and restaurants surrounding this place and the Rainforest is a great place to go for your meals.

The Chinese Garden Decoration

Malaysia being a multicultural society has many celebrations. Among them are Chinese New Year, Hari Raya Puasa, Deepavali, and Christmas. During these times of the year, 1 utama will decorate its foyer with the theme to coincide with the celebration

This year's Chinese New Year celebration at the mall is celebrated with the staging of Chinese Garden. Make plans to go over to see the beautifully decorated stage where bamboo, water, and flowers abound. This event will only be held from Jan 26 up to Feb 20, 2007.

The Chinese Garden House

Getting To 1 Utama

As one of the premier shopping center, you can take a bus, use the LRT or flag down a taxi to get to this place. There are some hotels that are serviced by regular shuttle bus that will take you to 1 utama free of charge.

LRT and Taxi

If you use the LRT, make sure you go to the PUTRA LRT line and get off at Kelana Jaya LRT. Take a taxi from here and you will reach in 10 to 15 minutes time.

If you prefer not to wait for LRT, you can take a taxi wherever you are to get here. Make sure that you ask the taxi driver to quote you an approximate price and the meter is ON.

BUS

If you are in KL Sentral, take the Rapid KL Bus No. T82.
If you are in Putrajaya Sentral, take Bus No. T43.
Other buses that go to 1 Utama are Buses No. T86, 613, 614, 615 and 616.

Complimentary Shuttle BUS

There are regular shuttle bus that you can take if you stay in some hotel in Kuala Lumpur. The shuttle bus will go to Melia Hotel --> Dorsett Regency Hotel --> Nikko Hotel --> Mandarin Oriental Hotel --> Novotel Hotel --> Prince Hotel --> 1 Utama.

Check up the time schedule at the hotel that you are staying.

1 Utama and Mont'Kiara Shuttle BUS

This free service shuttle bus between 1 utama and Mont' Kiara was launched on November 16, 2006. Note that it is only available from Mondays to Fridays.

Departure from 1 Utama is 2pm, 4pm and 6pm.

Departure from Mont' Kiara is 10:30am, 12:30pm and 3:00pm.

The Chinese New Year Decoration at the old wing

Bus To Genting Highlands

1 Utama - Genting Highlands Bus

If you intend to go to Genting Highlands, you can now take a bus from 1 Utama. This bus service is available from 8am to 7pm daily. The one way fare is RM8.50/adult and RM6.80/child inclusive of Skyway Transfer to Genting Highlands.

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