Kuala Lumpur Attractions: Petronas Towers and Batu Caves

These four guides cover Kuala Lumpur's best-known skyline visit, two of its major temples and the square where Malaya's independence was declared. Fees are in Malaysian ringgit: a non-Malaysian adult pays RM127 on a weekday for Normal Admission to the Petronas Twin Towers Skybridge and Level 86 deck, the Temple Cave at Batu Caves is free while the Cave Villa below it charges non-Malaysians RM15, Visit Selangor lists Thean Hou Temple as free of charge, and Tourism Selangor lists Merdeka Square as free. Each guide gives that site's hours, fees and how to get there, with the source for each figure.

Kuala Lumpur attractions with visitor guides

Petronas Twin Towers

The Petronas Twin Towers are a pair of 88-story, 452 m (1,483 ft) skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur City Centre, the world's tallest twin towers. The paid visit takes you to the double-deck Skybridge that links the towers at Levels 41 and 42, about 170 m above the ground, and to the observation deck on Level 86, at about 370 m. Visits run Tuesday to Sunday and on public holidays from 9:00 am to 10:30 pm (last admission 9:30 pm); on Mondays the towers open only on the 2nd, 4th and 5th Monday of the month (9:00 am to 8:00 pm, last admission 7:00 pm) and close on the 1st and 3rd Mondays unless that Monday is a public holiday.

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Thean Hou Temple (天后宫)

Thean Hou Temple is a six-tiered Chinese temple to the sea goddess Mazu (Tian Hou) on Robson Heights in Kuala Lumpur, owned and run by the Selangor & Federal Territory Hainan Association. Its top-floor shrine honors Mazu alongside Guan Yin (the Goddess of Mercy) and Shui Wei Sheng Niang, and the temple blends Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. The shrine is open daily, including public holidays, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Visit Selangor lists entry as free.

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Batu Caves

Batu Caves is a limestone hill in Gombak, Selangor, about 13 km north of central Kuala Lumpur, whose largest cave holds the Sri Subramaniar Swamy temple dedicated to Lord Murugan. Visitors climb 272 steps, painted in rainbow colors since 2018, past a 42.7 m golden statue of Murugan to reach the Temple Cave, which is free to enter. It is the focal point of Malaysia's annual Thaipusam festival.

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Merdeka Square (Dataran Merdeka)

Merdeka Square (Dataran Merdeka, also called Independence Square) is the open lawn and plaza on Jalan Raja in central Kuala Lumpur where the Malayan flag was raised for the first time at midnight on 31 August 1957. Tourism Selangor lists the square as open 24 hours with free admission. It is maintained by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) and is ringed by heritage buildings including the Sultan Abdul Samad Building, the Royal Selangor Club and St. Mary's Anglican Cathedral. Inside the Sultan Abdul Samad Building, reopened to the public on 2 February 2026 after restoration, the ticketed Kuala Lumpur City Gallery is open daily 9am to 6pm.

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Planning your visit to Kuala Lumpur

Opening hours differ. The Petronas Twin Towers open Tuesday to Sunday from 9:00 AM to 10:30 PM and only on some Mondays, Thean Hou Temple's shrine is open from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM daily, and the Sultan Abdul Samad Building on Merdeka Square is open from 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM. Batu Caves has no official published hours, so the guide explains what the different sources say. Merdeka Square is on Jalan Raja near Masjid Jamek LRT, the towers stand at KLCC, Thean Hou Temple is on Robson Heights, and Batu Caves is about 13 km north of the city center in Gombak, at the end of the KTM Komuter line.