Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Petronas Tower

Petronas Tower can be gone within 50-60 minutes from Kuala Lumpur Airport Malaysia. Tower stands at the top of Bukit Nanas at an altitude of 421 meters, is the fourth tallest telecommunications tower in the world after the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada (553 meters), Ostankino Tower in Moscow, Russia (540 meters) and the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai, China (468 meters). Kuala Lumpur Tower was built to improve the telecommunications and broadcasting, and as a symbol of the development of Kuala Lumpur.

Petronas towers are two twin skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur which had become the world's tallest building. 88 floor high tower was designed by César Pelli in 1998. Petronas Tower stands 452 meters tall or is calculated to 1483 feet above the peak. In between the two towers were built a bridge (skybridge) that connects the two towers on 41st and 42nd floors. This bridge is a tourist destination visit the Petronas Towers come with a limited number of tickets (about 1,200 pieces). The bridge is also used for evacuation in the event of an emergency in a tower so that visitors can move to a safe tower.

Access to location
Travelers have many options to make the mobility of the commuter train started, monorail, erl, taxis, buses and even motorbikes.