The Petronas towers is unquestionably within any tourists’ bucket list while on a trip to Kuala Lumpur. Everybody who is anybody wouldn’t miss this one out on purpose. My wife and I planned our visit to Kuala Lumpur last year was planned in haste, but yet we had the towers on top of our itinerary. I pre-booked a slot for us through klook.com because the slots are always houseful. For 80 Ringgit per person, the tour tickets seemed a little expensive but, however, I had set my mind to go any lengths to conquer the towers.
The twin towers is the image of the city and a total must-see. Completed in 1996 by Caesar Pelli, it was the largest tower till 2004. The building has around 84 floors of office and commercial spaces. Every floor of the tower is a spectacle, but only a few are accessible to tourist. All excited, we got onto the Free-of-charge GOKL bus, got dropped off directly in front of the Towers and began our tour.
Our slot was at 4pm. We strolled a bit through the SURIA KLCC, the mall at the base of the Towers, and took some time to find the reception for the towers from where the elevator to the top of the tower is launched. At the lobby of the high-speed elevator, I took a snap of my wife with the F1 sports-cars hung up in the backdrop.
We were 10 minutes late, bu didn’t miss it. The visitors for each slot is divided into 3 batches of 15-20 persons and then taken up, one batch at a time. The third batch was just about to be hoisted up, so we joined them. We punched in our tickets and proceeded to in front of the elevator.
An introduction is given on the wait where a guide explains the height of architecture used for construction. Then a light-speed elevator carried us to the 41st level to access the sky-bridges. We were first given an introduction to the sky bridge’s architecture and its views, and then allowed to free-roam on them for about 10 minutes. The sky-bridges are an alternate eye to the city’s panorama. Architecture fanatics can marvel at the structural integrity of the bridge and the soaring towers. We took a few photos and basked in the glory of the view.
Then visitors are assembled back at the elevator lobby and taken to the 83rd level, where again an introduction is given that it is the highest accessible floor for tourists. The floor gives an even more elevated viewpoint of the city.
It is a merchandise & sales floor, selling all the extravaganzas of the city. Keys, chains, mugs, T-shirts, postcards and more commodities, all fashioned in the shape or design of the twin towers is available for a high price
Visual presentations and gadgets are up for grabs. An interesting mirroring screen in the hallway captured our video and morphed the towers in 3D into our hand, but only on-screen. It was an interesting play.
After 15-20 minutes, we were told to gather together near the lift lobby. We were taken down and exited the tower. But we weren’t done yet. We flung out to the front yard of the Towers near the Jalan Ampang and took a pic with the towers in the background. Also, we went to the rear side of the towers into the beautifully landscaped KLCC park and again took snaps with the towers.
A total worth of every penny paid, the towers give the visitor immense pleasure and desire to come back. We had a ball.