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The 88-storey Petronas Twin Towers was designed by Cesar Pelli and Associates is the Petronas Corporate Headquarters was completed in 1997.
The towers are joined at the 41st and 42nd floors (175m above street level) by a 192 ft-long (58.4 m) double-decker Sky Bridge. The 1,483 ft (451.9 m), was one of the world's tallest buildings in the world.
The sky bridge tour is nice as you can see some of the buildings from there but the best view of KL can be view from KL Tower. The 10 minutes tour takes you to the bridge and sees the view from the top.
Remember to get there early morning and line up for the pass for the bridge tour. I once waited from 7:30am to get the pass for some friends and we got our pass for 9am tour. Even if you are in line at 9am it also depends on the amount of tourist in-front of you sometime your tour can be for the afternoon. The tour is free so get there early to get your pass. The Sky Bridge is opened from 9:00am to 5:00pm from Tuesdays to Sunday and closed on Monday unless its a Public holiday. Leave a Comment |
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The skybridge that connects the Petronas Twin Towers at KLCC is on the 41st floor... The public can have access to this floor for a bird's eye view of the city (although only 180 degrees)... Admission is free.. the skybridge is opened from 9:00am to 5:00pm from Tuesdays to Sunday.. it is closed on Mondays unless it is a public holiday... Admission tickets are available on a first come first serve basis from 8:30am on the day of visit... No tickets are issued for advance dates of visits... Leave a Comment Address: Petronas Twin Towers (KLCC)Directions: The ticketing office is at the basement of the main entrance to the twin towers... next to the KLCC Maybank branch... Take the escalator on either side of the main entrance foyer... |
These towers is something , I could`nt get enough of looking at the building ;0P. I love its unique architecture. Its truely a land mark that I think all Malaysians should be really proud of.
Well for information sake the Building is owned by Malaysia`s National Oil Company Petronas and the height of the towers is about 452m.
One thing which is also nice to checkout is the skybridge which connects the 2 towers as an escape route for either tower. I would suggest go early to collect your free tickets because when I went there at 8am I only managed to get tickets to go up there at 13h15 and it took me just over an hour to get out to the ticket counter. Its well worth it. Leave a Comment |
At 170 meters above the street, those who do not have an immense fear of heights will enjoy the best view of Kuala Lumpur available. Only about half way up the monstrous towers, the bridge connecting the towers on levels 41 and 42 are used by workers and tourists alike. The bottom level is use mainly for the tourist tours, while the top level is off-limits. Both were put in place for the safety of the workers, as it can be used as an escape route from one building to the other for the upper level employees.
You must reserve your free tickets to the bridge, at the base of the building. The tickets do sell out, so it is best to go the day before you would like to go, to obtain the tickets, though it is possible to get a ticket for later in the day when going early in the morning. Leave a Comment |
I enjoyed going up to the bridge between the Petronas Twin Towers. The bridge is located on levels 41 and 42. Here's my tip: go at the end of the day. I walked right in 15 minutes before closing...no line at all. All the trips to the bridge are timed, so why wait all day. The Skybridge of the PETRONAS Twin Towers opens from Tuesday to Sunday. The Skybridge Ticket Counter opens at 8.30am on every operational days.
The visiting hours is from 9.00am to 5.00pm.
At 1483 feet (452m) tall, the tallest building in the world at the date of its completion, measured to the highest point.
The towers have 32,000 windows.
At the feet of the towers are a modern shopping mall with many restaurant choices on the upper floors. |
Visiting the ‘Twin Towers’ was the one thing that I was REALLY looking forward to in KL!
A great deal was made about how the Petronas Towers was the tallest building in the world at 1483ft (452m), but really that’s not quite true as the CN Tower is actually the tallest building at 1815ft (553m) as I can personally attest. The Petronas Towers was in fact the tallest office block in the world, although the Sears Tower in Chicago still had the highest occupied building floor, more than 200ft higher than the highest occupied floor of the Petronas Towers – so the jury was out on that claim as well, especially considering the Taipei 101 building has now surpassed that record this October
Erm, the record for the worid's tallest two freestanding towers?
But it DOES look far swankier than those buildings, and I’m sure there was no coincidence that the hotel room we booked had a clear view of it.
That first night we hightailed out to KLCC for a look round and gazed in awe up at the sheer majesty of the beautiful structures above us!
The next morning we woke up early to make sure we got a couple of only 800 daily free tickets for the Sky Bridge on level 41 (closed on Mondays!), so you could miss out if you turn up late! Once you have your tickets you go into a sort of mini museum on the construction of the building, followed by a guided tour up on the Sky Bridge itself.
The tapering twin towers share an Islamic-influenced geometric octagonal plan with 88 floors (all these ‘8’s are on purpose as they signify the lucky Chinese number. If you fancy some background revision, check out the movie Entrapment, which features the Petronas Towers in some detail.
There is also a fantastic shopping centre here and we got to see the spectacular movie Hero on its opening day in Malaysia, a film that has yet to see general release in the West. Leave a Comment Address: Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC)Phone: +603-23828000Directions: Just take the LRT to the KLCC stop and you can't miss it - really... ;-)Website: http://www.petronas.com.my/petronas/ |
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One thing that immediately comes to my mind when step my feet to the famous Petronas Twin Tower is “Entrapment”, movie by Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta Jones. Let’s leave the “Entrapment” for a while to let yourself “trap” to the grandeous design of the Twin Towers. With 451.9 meter, the structure of steel and glass, Petronas is the world’s tallest freestanding twin towers.The area of the Twin Towers also known as KLCC (Kuala Lumpur City Centre)
It’s definitely one of touristic spot that you must visit. Leave a Comment |
Formerly the world's tallest building, the Petronas Twin Towers is the most recogniseable building in KL despite losing the title to Taipei 101 building in October 2003. Nevertheless, it still hold the record for the worid's tallest twin freestanding towers and has also been selected as the winner of the prestigous Aga Khan award for architectural achievements for the year 2004.
The 88 storey twin towers soars to a height of 452 metres above the city skyline. The floor plate of the twin towers were designed based on geometric patterns common in architecture of Islamic heritage that describe the important Islamic principles of 'Unity within unity, harmony, stability and rationality'.
The twin towers are connected by a double decked skybridge at Levels 41 and 42 that symbolizes the gateway to the future. Casual visitors are only allowed to go up to the skybridge at level 41 of the twin towers. Timed tickets will be issued free of charge for the visit on a first-come, first-served basis.
Situated between the two towers at the podium level is the Petronas Philharmonic Hall, home to the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra and the Petronas Performing Arts Group. Nestled at the foot of the Twin Towers is the Suria KLCC shopping mall which also houses the Petronas Art Gallery and the Petrosains Petroleum Discovery Centre.
The Petronas Twin Towers has been featured in many local and foreign produced movies and tv productions, most notably the film "Entrapment" starring Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta Jones as well as few other Bollywood and Hong Kong movies.
It is interesting to note that the owner put great emphasis on how the building is being potrayed on films. Hence the superimposed image of the building with the Melaka river in Entrapment drawn critism to the film producer. For the same reason, application to shoot the James Bond movie "Tomorrow Never Die" starring Pierce Brosnan and Malaysia very own Michele Yeoh was turned down since its would involve a scene where the building is being blown up. Leave a Comment |
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We had the opportunitiy to do the Sky Bridge Visit this time round without having to queue early in the am for the tickets. Thanks to Zue who work at Petronas and was able to help us secure the precious tickets.
The skybridge is located at level 41 which is 170m from street level. We were given ten minutes to look around and take some pics from the top.
We watched a video presentation before we were called by our colour tags to clear the security and proceed to take the lift.
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The skybridge is an essential functional component linking the Twin Towers to facilitate movement between the two towers.
The 58.4 meters double-decked skybridge is located at levels 41 and 42 joining the sky lobbies situated in both towers.
The Skybridge of the PETRONAS Twin Towers opens from Tuesday to Sunday.
The Skybridge Ticket Counter opens at 8.30am on every operational days.
The visiting hours is from 9.00am to 5.00pm.
As for Monday, the Skybridge would be opened for half day from 9.00am to 1.00pm during school holiday and open full day from 9.00am to 5.00pm if the Monday is Public Holiday, otherwise the Skybridge would be closed. I think it would be good if you could advise your friend to avoid visiting the Skybridge on Monday.
There are limited number of tickets to be issued on first come first serve basis. The ticket is free of charge. Normally the tickets would be finished around 11.00am. The tickets will be issued on the visit day itself. To avoid any disappointment, I would suggest you to come to the ticket counter as early as 8.30am. The Skybridge Ticket counter located at the Concourse Floor (underground) of the PETRONAS Twin Towers. The floor can be accessed from both Towers.
There is no restaurant at the Skybridge. There is only a club, Malaysian Petroleum Club located at Level 41&Level 42. The club is only open for the members. Address: Petronas Twin TowerDirections: Twin Towers |
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