VISIT PUTRAJAYA
This is a admirable abbey congenital out of rose brave granite, has a axial asian Islamic design, with a characteristic Persian dome. The Prayer Hall is simple and elegant.
Its 116-metre minaret is afflicted by the Sheikh Omar abbey in Baghdad, while the basement bank of the abbey resembles that of the King Hassan abbey in Casablanca, Morocco.
The Abbey was completed in 1999., and can board 15000 worshippers at a time.
It is in a admirable position by the lake. You get admirable angle from here.
I admired walking about it and admiring the beauty.
You accept to abrasion a blush coverall, this if provided for free.
Address: Masjid Putra, 62502 Putrajaya
Directions: Located abreast the Prime Minister's offices
The Perdana Putra circuitous is abutting to the Putra Mosque. This architecture houses the offices of the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister, as able-bodied as several added apostolic departments.
It is a characteristic battleground of Putrajaya, accepting a blooming roof and an onion-shaped anesthetized circuitous capital arch which is amidst by four abate domes.
Wrought adamant hibiscus - the civic anniversary - motifs and bean carvings adorn the capital block.
You charge abrasion adapted accouterment ( like back you appointment a mosque)
NO video cameras or backpack accoutrements are allowed, and all-embracing visitors charge appearance their passport..
The Perdana Putra Architecture is accessible to the accessible from Mondays to Fridays: 8.00 am to 12.30 pm, 2.00 pm to 4.30 pm and on Saturdays from 8.00 am to 12.30 pm.
CLOSED on ........ Sundays, accessible holidays and every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month.
Directions: Abutting to the Putra Abbey
The close botanical garden actuality is to be added in band with the efforts to eternalise Putrajaya as a garden city, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said on Saturday.
The garden would be developed into a day-tripper allure of calm and all-embracing fame, he told reporters afterwards ablution the Putrajaya Anniversary and Garden Anniversary 2010, here.
He said the 90-hectare garden would be beautified alike added and on par with the area across which accept become a above day-tripper draw.
"I was abreast by Putrajaya Corporation administrator Tan Sri Samsudin Osman that added plants would be added to the garden and those which do not abound able-bodied would be replaced with added admirable ones," he said.
Najib said the cutting acknowledgment for the anniversary showed that the bodies accepted the breeding of flora and the character of fauna in the country and, as such, these should be accomplished for greater acknowledgment at the all-embracing level.
"Many clandestine companies in the floral and garden business are accommodating in the anniversary because it receives growing acknowledgment from our people.
"This is an auspicious sign, not alone for the exhibitors but additionally for Malaysians who are alpha to acknowledge flora and fauna added for the achievement they accommodate in abounding ways," he said.
This third anniversary festival, dubbed Floria 2010 and accustomed the affair "Tropical Splendour", is 50 per cent bigger than the two antecedent ones, and is accepted to allure added than 500,000 visitors over the advancing nine days.
It is actuality captivated at the beach of Precinct 2 and is accessible from 9am to 10pm from Monday to Thursday, and from 9am to midnight from Friday to Sunday.
Earlier, in his speech, Najib said all government agencies associated with flora and fauna should enhance their corresponding agriculture departments to inject greater adorableness into the mural of the country.
"If you do not accept abundant experts, acquisition the experts who can advice with the efforts to advance the bags of plants able throughout the country," he said.
He said a floral anniversary was well-received internationally and, as such, it charge be fabricated an anniversary accident in the all-embracing tourism calendar.
"Developing parks is an important aspect of alluring tourists. It is for this acumen that I abutment efforts to adorn the country, abnormally by burying copse forth roads," he said.
Besides alms greenery, the copse accommodate a calm atmosphere which is abatement for alley users, he added.
"They can anatomy a array of awning to accommodate adumbration for alley users, decidedly pedestrians and cyclists, who will acknowledge the aegis from the acute application of the sun while motorists will have a good timethe calm and comfort," he said.
HOTEL PUTRAJAYA
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* Cyberview Lodge and Resort, Persiaran Multimedia, Cyberjaya, ☎ +60 3 8312-7000, [11]. Despite the faintly ridiculous name, this is a well-regarded resort-style spa hotel in neighboring Cyberjaya. US$100. edit
* Equatorial Bangi-Putrajaya, Persiaran Bandar, Bandar Baru Bangi, [12], RM 300. A "business resort" (!?) on the grounds of a 27-hole gold course. Build in the style of gigantic eight-story Spanish villa.
* Marriott Putrajaya, [13]. A stupendously huge 500-room hotel with a grandiose marble-columned lobby, out in the middle of nowhere at the rather lacklustre IOI Resort. Best quick description: "Looks like Saddam Hussein's palace." Maybe not bad for a cheap round of golf, as room rates go as low as US$25 (green fees not included).
* Palm Garden Hotel, [14]. Formerly Renaissance, also in the IOI Resort, is a slightly more humanely sized hotel and probably a better choice than the Marriott.
* Pullman Putrajaya Lakeside, No. 2, Jalan P5/5, Presint 5, ☎ +60-3-88900000, [15]. Opened March 2009, this lakeside showpiece hotel is right next to the convention centre. If there's no convention going on, expect the hotel to be rattlingly empty, with most restaurants and even the pool closed. Regular RM600, promo rates from RM200. edit
* Shangri-La Putrajaya, Taman Putra Perdana, Presint 1, tel. +60-3-8887-8888, [16]. Undoubtedly the pick of the pack, centrally located in the Core District (right next to the King's palace!) and featuring Shangri-La's renowned service and an Infinity Edge pool looking out over the best bits of Putrajaya. Free shuttle service to/from KL twice on weekdays and three times on weekends. Also provides shuttles to Cyberjaya and Alamanda, the shopping centre nearby. Advanced booking of shuttle required. Rates US$70 and up, a steal for a place like this.
