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Hi

Can anyone tell me what HOTEL ANCASA is like for a 4 day stopover in Kuala Lumpur. It is in the Chinatown district and looks great value for money. Has anyone stayed in the Chinatown district ? Or are there better areas to stay where you can make the most of the limited time you have.

Thanks

XDA

Ths hotel looks very good for the money. The website is good and the rate of £25 per night per room sound to good to be true. I would check this out with a travel agent first.

Have a great trip.

XDA

ali south

Hi
I do not know the answer to your question but why not post on the travel section of this forum, someone on there might know
Tara

Grayling

Not in Malaysia.

Hotels are very cheap in the far east. I have stayed in several good hotels in Malaysia for less than that.

G

Vanessa

Try looking them up on www.tripadvisor.com I use it all the time, however, it is personal views and they can very considerably.

nmccallum

We didn't stay at this particular hotel when we were in KL, however I do remember walking passed it on my way to Chinatown. So locaton wise - you can't go wrong. I think it's a geat location if you want to walk around and get a real feel for the city. The main road of chinatown is not too far and it's right in middle of the busy area. Also not too far to the Indian district which is full of intersting things.

Word of advice about arriving in KL. To get to the city you can either take the KL express - which is a fast train or a taxi. We just assumed that the train would be a better option, however it stops at the main station in KL, which then requires a further taxi ride to the hotels. I would recommend pricing a taxi direct from the airport to the hotel - coz you can save heaps. We did that to get back to the airport and it was much better. It's about a 30 min train journey into the city and 45 min taxi ride.

Have fun!

lovealot

I have stayed in the hotel ISTANA and also the swiss garden hotels both were less than £19 per night and both in the golden triangle. Central for everywhere. China town is great to visit for the street markets but I wouldn't want to stay the as it is very busy and very noisey at all times of the day and night.
Change to a hotel in the golden triangle and a taxi to china town costs about 5 ringots = approx £1 sterling
Good luck
Josie

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Thanks everyone,

Some great advice there - I will shop around a bit more before booking anything. Sounds like an interesting place to visit anyway.

Everything okayed for Visa and the house goes for auction today, so hopefully we will be Perthbound soon

Theresa

lovealot

Yeah we're going to Perth aswell. four weeks at Xmas then making the move April 06
Maybe catch you around

OzTennis

We haven't stopped over in KL but my brother-in-law and his wife gave rave reviews to the Hotel Istana in KL. We flew Malaysia in July/Aug and had an extremely pleasant 4 or 5 hours in KLIA in each direction.

OzTennis