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Petronas Towers


Petronas Towers construction work began in 1995 and by the time it was completed in 1998, it held the world record as the tallest building in the world until year 2004 when Taipei 101 takes over the record. It has a height of 451.9 m and each tower has a total of 88 floors serviced by 78 high speed elevators. You will be able to observe that the structure is made from steel and glass and is a stark constrast to many other high tower buildings in the city.

The towers are linked to one another through a skybridge on 41st and 42nd floors. The bridge has a height of 170m and a length of 58m. Visitors can visit the sky bridge level 41 for RM10/adult and RM3/child or level 86 for RM40/adult and RM20/child by buying the tickets at the counter everyday from 8:30am onwards except on Monday. Level 86 has an observation deck.

The visit to level 41 will last 15 minutes and 1 hour for level 86. Only 1,000 and 200 tickets respectively are available each day. Call +6 03 2331 8080 for more information.

The Petronas Towers
taken from KLCC Park



Once up the towers, you will be able to see the beautiful scenery of Kuala Lumpur. Equipped yourself with a binocular to see the spectacular view of the city and its surrounding. Surrounding the towers is Kuala Lumpur City Centre where the state of the art Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre is located.

Suria shopping mall and a five star Mandarin Oriental Hotel are located here. There is also KLCC park which is equipped with good children playground and pools for the young at heart to play. If you are into orchestra, try watching the high quality orchestra that is performed at the Petronas Philharmonic Hall at ground floor of Tower 2.

KLCC Park

The towers have been featured in many famous movie among which is the 1999 film "Entrapment" starred Sean Connery and Catherin Zeta-Jones.



Getting To Petronas Twin Towers

Getting to KLCC where the towers are located is convenient. You can take the PUTRA LRT to KLCC station which is cheaper compared to getting a cab. Take note that the towers are closed to the public on Mondays and the visiting hours is from 8:30am to 5.00pm.



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