Istana Negara King’s Palace in Kuala Lumpur
Last Updated on June 2, 2025 by Roxanne Tamayo
We visited the New Istana Negara, one of the places we visited during the Kuala Lumpur City Tour is the Royal King’s Palace. I got amazed of the beautiful park and the green lawns being surrounded. As of this writing, I just learned that this is the new King’s Palace as the old was located in Jalan Istana, Central KL. It was inaugurated last November 15, 2011 and is located in Jalan Duta in Northern Kuala Lumpur.
The King’s Palace Photos – Istana Negara
The public is not allowed to enter the palace but you can take pictures outside as the palace has several nice views. As a tourist myself, I found the Main Palace Entrance a favorite picture spot as the Arch of the Gates resembles the mini gates of Buckingham Palace although I’ve never been to London.
The Royal Palace of Kuala Lumpur
During the tour, we were four with my blogger friend and a couple from Manila. We were on our van and it was very spacious so the entire city tour was relaxed.
The New Istana Negara has covered 97.65 hectares and it’s bigger than the old National Palace. The Old one is converted to a museum. The New Palace has 66 hectares inside and the rest of the areas are made to be parking areas for tourist buses and a plaza where visitors can take a lot of pictures or videos freely.
The King’s Palace in Kuala Lumpur – Istana Negara
We only spent few minutes here and off to our next destination. Istana Negara is a must visit. 😀
More photos on Flickr.
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- Istana Negara King’s Palace in Kuala Lumpur
Such a beautiful Istana indeed 🙂
Indeed beautiful 😀