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 Traveller's Tales: Places to go and see in Melaka (Malacca), Malaysia
Take a tour of the top places to go in Melaka (Malacca), Malaysia. You may read about must see places and activities in the area. Also, you might want to read our
Kuala Lumpur city guide,
Langkawi city guide,
Melaka city guide,
and Penang city guide.
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| L Teck piaw |
08 August 2005 |
Stayed at City Bayview Hotel Melaka - Melaka (Malacca), Malaysia.
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We visited A Farmosa, Christ Church, Mahkota Shopping Centre and Jonkers Street. Jonkers Street is full of great bargains! A very unique night market with many interesting shophouses too!
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| L Beng wee |
23 May 2005 |
Stayed at Century Mahkota Hotel Melaka - Melaka (Malacca), Malaysia.
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Moving around Malacca is rather easy, lest the occassional traffic jam. The pace of the city is very wonderful and makes you want to come back sooner than later. My family and I enjoyed every trip to Malacca, which we tried to make it a point to visit 4 times or more a year. Jonker Street is a must visit over the weekends, especially in the night where you get to see night stalls and street performance. My children loved the performance and always fascinated by the 'fire eating', coconut piercing performance.
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| N Chow |
26 April 2005 |
Stayed at Equatorial Melaka, Hotel - Melaka (Malacca), Malaysia.
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We wanted to try out the hawker stalls at Jonker Street, and had trouble finding the place although we drove in our own car. Melaka is a maze of winding lanes and roads, and it was confusing at times to find our way around, even though we are fellow Malaysians. Later on, we found out that the night market at Jonker only opens on weekends, which was a let down for us. However, there were many restaurants in Melaka Raya, an area which was located just opposite our hotel and within walking distance. We enjoyed good Nyonya food (Nyonya food - a combination of Malay and Chinese fusion food specific to Melaka and Penang) and noticed that there were many of such restaurants in this area. For visitors, there are many trishaws available just at doorsteps of the hotel, for those who fancy such rides. Additionally, this would be a good place to visit historical sites such as A Famosa, Christchurch and a display of a Portuguese ship, although this was in our plan for this trip.
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| M Teo |
31 December 2004 |
Stayed at Century Mahkota Hotel Melaka - Melaka (Malacca), Malaysia.
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Location is really great - just opposite the hotel is Melaka's biggest shopping centre - mahkota parade. You can spend a greater part of the day shopping - lots of stuff and variety, fashion, supermarket, etc. Especially great for families with kids - to pick up essentials and there's MacDonald's, KFC, Kenny rogers chicken, etc. My visits to Melaka usually includes at least one round of golf. There are various clubs there - Tiara Melaka, Golden Valley and Orna - all within close distance of one another. These courses are also rather challenging which makes the game much more enjoyable. Orna is the only club to offer night golfing though (not sure if they still do...) There's also this Teochew restaurant near Jonker Street which serves authentic Teochew stuff. Biz is so good that you have to make advance reservations..... Pricey though.
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| E Kumar |
25 December 2004 |
Stayed at Renaissance Melaka Hotel - Melaka (Malacca), Malaysia.
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Melaka is an old city with a lot of Historical significance. Try the antique shops along Jonker street and Christchurch is definitely worth a visit to see the tombs of the early dutch settlers buried under your feet in the main sanctuary.
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| M Fremeijer |
13 November 2004 |
Stayed at Century Mahkota Hotel Melaka - Melaka (Malacca), Malaysia.
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Nice small town to browse through antiques and art (Jonker street and surroundings) and find out Melacca's history in the musea. Do check out all the nice bars and restaurants in Chinatown. If you want to go for a boat trip, please note that there are only two departures 12.00 and 01.00 pm.
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| R Stoeterau |
31 October 2004 |
Stayed at Renaissance Melaka Hotel - Melaka (Malacca), Malaysia.
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Melaka was a wonderful city for a weekend visit. Do not expect spectacular attractions. Do expect a relaxing and lazy pace, warm people, great food and interesting shopping. The mix of cultures - Chinese, Malay, Indian, Portuguese - is fascinating, and more evident here than perhaps other cities in Malaysia. It is easy to stroll around the city on foot, particularly Chinatown, which is full of antique stores. In Chinatown, I would recommend a visit to the Babanonya Heritage museum, which is comprised of three rowhouses which were connected by a wealthy Chinese merchant. When I went, I was the only person there, and the museum tour guide was very quirky. For restaurants, I would highly recommend Peranakan House and Harpers. The latter is ideal to soak up the hazy, post-colonial atmosphere of Melaka over a lunch of malay-portuguese food and Tiger beer.
More than anything, I would recommend Melaka because of the people. They were uniformly friendly and helpful, and overall seemed to maintain a small-town warmth that is quickly disappearing in many other southeast asian cities.
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| J Chong |
10 October 2004 |
Stayed at Equatorial Melaka, Hotel - Melaka (Malacca), Malaysia.
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We visited the Portuguese square in the evening and discovered that besides a few stores that serve seafood, and a small souvenier cart, there is nothing else there. The portuguese settlement museum is closed. In contrast, the old town is very enjoyable to walk and we found a couple of nice restaurants, many antique shops and arts galleries with very reasonable pricing. A must to visit.
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| Y Chi |
09 October 2004 |
Stayed at Puri Melaka, Hotel - Melaka (Malacca), Malaysia.
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Walking is the best way to look around the beautiful place. We arrived here on Friday and some people told us there is night market in the Jonker Street and it only opens in the evening from Friday to Sunday. You can find many local foods here, it's very important to try the local foods.
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| M Millar |
20 July 2004 |
Stayed at City Bayview Hotel Melaka - Melaka (Malacca), Malaysia.
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Interesting walk round the A' Famosa fort portal & palace. The guy selling drawings at the portal with the long hair & goaty beard apparently starred in the film Entrapment as the boatman.
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