Malaysia itinerary 6 days — What to do & How to spend 6 days in Malaysia?

October 20, 2019

On Penang Hill there are quite a lot of sightseeings and panoramic views of Penang city below. It’s quite wide so it takes you all day to explore here. However, you need to walk, climb a lot, so if you have time, go all else, or rent a car to drive around.

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Some attractions on Penang Hill that I had the opportunity to visit

penang hill (1) — The bridge of love with countless locks are hung up, quite beautiful.

Next to the mosque is a few dozen meters is the Hindu Temple with many very strange Hinduism statues.

penang hill — Panoramic view of Penang from Penang Hill | malaysia itinerary 6 days

After visiting for a while, it was also afternoon. We took the train down the hill and catch Grab to have dinner at Sungai Pinang Food Court. After dinner, we continue to go to Gurney Plaza shopping mall located on Gurney Dr street close to the sea to play.

Take a ride up the Penang hill in this historic funicular train.

Walking around for a while, it was also dark so everyone went to the hotel to rest. Ending the 2nd day in Penang.

Malaysia itinerary 6 days: Day 3 — Penang – Kuala Lumpur

Georgetown

I spent the whole morning of day 4 to walking in the old town of Georgetown, because I had been cycled to visit a lot of attractions the day before. Have breakfast at a street food stall, which is located at the corner of Lebuh Cintra street and a small alley, a few dozen meters from the intersection of Lebuh Cintra and Lebuh Campbell streets. This Chinese restaurant, called Tai Tong Restaurant, sells delicious breakfast food.

Tai Tong Restaurant43 — Tai Tong Restaurant

Tai Tong Dim Sum Restaurant2 — | malaysia itinerary 6 days

Moving to Kuala Lumpur

Moon Tree 47,what to do in penang in 1 day (1) — Moon Tree 47 Cafe | malaysia itinerary 6 days

After spend entire the morning to wandering, I return to the hotel and find a place for lunch. Then stop by at a cafe to rest and walk to Terminal Komtar bus stop about 1km away. Around 3pm, take the bus to Kuala Lumpur, the bus runs about 5 – 6 hours and arrives at KL Sentral in Kuala Lumpur at 8am or 9pm.

In additon, you can rent a private car for moving from Penang to Kuala Lumpur, quite convenient. Refer here: Private Transfer between Penang and Kuala Lumpur.

kl-sentral-aerial-view-large — KL Sentral. The home to all the roads to go to anywhere in Kuala Lumpur

From KL Sentral, walk through NU Sentral nearby a bit to MR1 (KL Monorail Line) green line toward Titiwangsa, passing 6 stations is MR6 Bukit Bintang station then get off. Then walk to the hotel just a few hundred meters away.

bukit-bintang-kuala lumpur — Bukit Bintang

Arriving at the hotel, the Alor Boutique Hotel is located at the beginning of the famous Jalan Alor walking street. So after checking in the hotel, store the luggage, we heading to this street for dinner and walking.

kuala-lumpur-jalan-alor-night-market food (2) — Jalan Alor night street | malaysia itinerary 6 days

Experience-Kuala-Lumpur_food-and-drink_Jalan-Alor_food-street_dim-sum_oyster-omelet_durian — Malaysian dimsum

The road is very crowded, crowded with shops selling on the 2 sides of the road. Although this time around 12pm but still crowded like that.

After full of eating and drinking, then we return to the hotel to rest. Ending the 3rd day in Kuala Lumpur.

Malaysia itinerary 6 days: Day 4 — Kuala Lumpur

In the morning, I get up early and go around the area looking for breakfast. Accidentally found a place that sells type of cake made from flour quite delicious, the shop is in the alley so I do not remember why I came here, LOL.

Cake made from rice flour or flour, dip with milk to eat, quite delicious. | malaysia itinerary 6 days

Sultan Abdul Samad Building and Merdeka Square

After breakfast, I went to the Sultan Abdul Samad Building to visit and take photos. From the hotel, walk to Bukit Bingtang MR6 station, take the train towards MR4 Hang Tuah station. Then transfer to the ST3 orange line, towards the ST5 Masjid Jamek station and get off at this station.

From the train, you can see the beautiful white Masjid Jamek mosque right below.

After visiting for a while, we walk to the large Sultan Abdul Samad building nearby to visit and take photos. Opposite this building is the large Merdeka Square with columns of countries flags. Especially here has the 96m high flagpole marking the construction of the first Malaysia flag.

Sultan Abdul Samad building

merdeka-square-kuala-lumpur-malaysia kl (1) — Merdeka Square | malaysia itinerary 6 days

Chinatown and Petaling Street Market

petaling street chinatown (1) — Chinatown

After visiting and taking pictures at Merdeka Square, I continued to walk to the nearby food street: Petaling Street Market. Because it was just the morning, this place was quite deserted and there were few food stalls.

Petaling Night Street Market. | malaysia itinerary 6 days

Petronas Twin Towers

Because there’s nothing much to play here, we took a round trip and then took the train heading to the famous place of Petronas Twin Towers. A few minutes walk from Chinatown to Pasar Seni Station (KJ14), from this station take the red line towards Gombak station. Then stop at KLCC station (KJ10) to reach the twin towers.

An art painting on the wall in the alleys that I passed by. | malaysia itinerary 6 days

From Jalan Alor Street Night Market, you can also walk to this twin towers. Walking time is about 20 – 30 minutes.

After coming to the Petronas Twin Tower to visit and take pictures for a while, it’s noon, we go around and have lunch in this area. In the afternoon, continue to go to Batu Caves.

Batu Caves

From KLCC station (KJ10) take the train back to KL Sentral, then select No.2 orange line and direct to the last station is Batu Caves (On Google map I see it is blue). From the last subway station, walk a little further to reach Batu Caves.

Batu Caves kuala lumpur malaysia 2 — Large square in front of the entrance to the cave. This place has a huge yellow Hinduism statue.

After taking photos in this area, continue go up pass the series of steps to reach the main cave. On the way up you will encounter many monkeys jumping out for food. The monkey feeding is banned but I still see someone feeding them.

If you don’t want travel by train, you can rent a private car to explore Batu Caves and suburds of Kuala Lumpur via Half day tour Kuala Lumpur Suburbs and Batu Caves.

After sightseeing, taking photos at Batu Caves, it was afternoon so we came back. On the way it was raining and the passengers were very crowded so the group had to split in 2 groups. When we return the hotel, it was already dark. Fortunately, the street food area is at the foot of the hotel, so I just need to step out will meet a lot of restaurants. No need to walk far for dinner. End of day 4.

6 days in Malaysia: Day 5 — Kuala Lumpur – Melaka

In the morning of the day 5, we woke up early and went around the hotel area to look for a restaurant for breakfast. Because it is quite early, most shops are not yet open. After going 1 round and we return to the food court near the hotel and fortunately some restaurants have opened so we stopped for breakfast.

breakfast kuala lumpur — This part for one person is full, the price is relatively not cheap, not expensive. Including delicious roasted duck noodles and 1 glass of iced cocoa | 6 days in malaysia

Traveling from Kuala Lumpur to Malacca

After breakfast, we took the train back to KL Sentral because of some of the group members have to go to the airport to fly to Vietnam first. We lunch at KL Sentral too. After some friends left, we continued to take the train to Bandar Tasik Selatan station, then through the Bersepadu Selatan Terminal Bus Terminal (TBS) to buy tickets to Melaka.

1 day in Melaka Sailing on the Malacca River (1) — River cruise on Melaka River

The travel time from Kuala Lumpur to Melaka takes about 2-3 hours. I wrote a separate article sharing the Melaka travel guide, you can check it out here and how to spend 1 day in Melaka too:

The bus stops at Melaka Sentral station, from here we catch Grab to the hotel to check in. If you go alone, catch Grab bike, if you go with a large group, take a Grab car, otherwise take a bus instead of taking a taxi because it is quite expensive.

Malacca — Taxi at the red square | 6 days in malaysia

Jonker Walk Street Night Market

After checking in, we walked to the famous Jonker Walk night market to find snacks and dinner. This street food court is especially bustling on weekend evenings when thousands of people flock to this road to have fun and eat. Hundreds of shops are sold all kind of items along the 2 sides of the road, from restaurants, bars to jewelry, handicrafts, souvenirs…

Malacca day trip from KL Jonker Walk (1) — Melaka street food | 6 days in malaysia

Dutch square, A Famosa Fortress and St. Paul’s church

malacca squre — The Dutch square (or Red Square), the symbol of Malacca. | 6 days in malaysia

Then I walked around the famous areas close together such as the Church and the Dutch square (Christ Church & Dutch Square, The Stadthuys, The Red Square), A Famosa Fortress and St. Paul’s Church.

From the square with a short walking you reach the ruins of A Famosa (A Famosa Fortress) and St. Paul’s Church. At this square area in the evening, there are many colorful tricshaws decorated with colorful cartoon characters such as Doraemon, Kitty cat, superhero, etc… with loud music.

Melaka day trip from KL A Famosa fort (1) — Famosa Fortress

Malacca itinerary 1 day St. Paul's Hill & Church (Bukit St. Paul) (4) — St. Paul’s Hill & Church (Bukit St. Paul) | 6 days in malaysia

Malacca day trip from KL Night walking, listen to the beat of life (1) — Colorful tricshaws at night

You also refer to Melaka Day Tour with Attraction Tickets from Kuala Lumpur.

After walking around this area, we returned to the hotel to rest. End of day 5

Malaysia itinerary 6 days: Day 6 — Melaka – Kuala Lumpur – Saigon

On the day 6, I will getting from Melaka back to Kuala Lumpur and go to KLIA2 airport to return to Vietnam. Early in the morning, we woke up early for a walk along the 2 banks of the river. Here they decorate the houses with many patterns, quite strange and beautiful shapes.

Melaka itinerary 1 day Cafe by the Malacca River (1) — Colorful houses

Chinatown in Malacca (1) — Skylight in Chinese House

After walking around, it was almost noon, we have lunch and then take Grab back to Melaka Sentral bus station, buy tickets to Kuala Lumpur. The bus arrives at the Terminal Bersepadu Selatan (TBS) bus station in KL, it was already afternoon, so we took Grab to go to the airport. End Malaysia itinerary 6 days (6 days in Malaysia).

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