Melaka River Cruise
For a quick tour around the city at a leisurely pace, hop on the Melaka River Cruise. During the 45-minute ride, you will get to see the best bits of this historical city, offering sights such as the traditional Malay village Kampung Morten and the beautiful murals alongside Jonker Walk. You can depart at Muara Jetty, close to the Maritime Museum. From here the cruise takes you upstream as far as Taman Rempah jetty where the boat turns around and brings you back to the starting point.
Opening Hours: Daily 09:00 – 23:30
Address: Jalan Laksamana, Malacca
Tel: +606 281 4322
Price Range: Non-Mycard holder: Adult-RM45 Child-RM 7
Mycard holder: Adult-RM10 Child-RM 5
Malacca Duck Tour
Do you want to take a tour in Melaka with buses to look around the Melaka historical city and in the same time, take a ride on boat to look around the bigger straits in the world, Melaka straits. If yes, Melaka Duck Tour is the best choice of you. This car can drive on road and in the same time it can become a boat and drive down to the sea.
Address: Jalan Merdeka Bandar Hilir, 75000 Melaka (in front of Taming Sari Tower)
Opening hours: 9am-6pm
Inquiries: 06-2922595
Admission Fee: Non-Mycard holder: Adult-RM45 Child-RM27
Mycard holder: Adult-RM38 Child-Rm22
Menara Taming Sari
The Taming Sari Tower is 110 metres high, and its revolving feature offers visitors a 360-degree panoramic view of the Malacca town.
Admission Fee:
Non Mykad holder: Adult – RM20 Children – RM10
Mykad holder: Adult - RM10 Children - RM5
Student rate: Mykad holder - RM16 Non Mykad holder - RM8
Address: Menara Taming Sari Jalan Merdeka, 75200 Melaka
GPS Coordinate: 4°51’29.23″N, 100°44’39.44″E
Trishaws
Trishaw also known as tricycle rickshaw or pedicab, is undeniably one of the unique attractions in Melaka. Most of the tourists will be amazed on the efforts of decoration put on the trishaws in Melaka rather than other states in Malaysia. The decorated trishaws were one of the identity or icons of Melaka. The going rate is RM 40 per hour.
Shop local food products
Some claim that Malacca is home to some of the finest food in Malaysia, and we couldn’t agree more. People from all over Malaysia flock to Malacca to get some of only-in-Malacca food products, so grab the opportunity while you’re in town. Head to two of the biggest food manufacturers in Malacca; Tan Kim Hock for delicious dodol and coconut candy, and San Shu Gong for durian chocolate and bean biscuits. When you’re done, hop over to LW Pineapple Tarts for some fresh out-of-the-oven nyonya pineapple tarts.
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Tan Kim Hock:
Address: 85, 87 & 89, Jalan Bendahara, Malacca
Tel: +606 282 6099
Operating hours: Monday – Sunday 09:00 – 20:00
San Shu Gong:
Address: 33, Jalan Hang Jebat, Malacca
Tel: +606 282 8381
Operating hours: Monday – Sunday 10:00 – 22:00
LW Nyonya Pineapple Tarts House:
Address: 90, Jalan Tokong, Malacca
Tel: +606 281 1626
Operating hours: Monday – Sunday 10:00 – 20:00
Jonker Street
Jalan Hang Jebat, locally known as Jonker Walk, is a complete delight to walk through, as centuries’ old pre-war shop-houses still stand proudly, selling anything from attractive antiques to one-of-a-kind local produce. The best part of Jonker Street is the night market on Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays. Come & check it out.
Dutch Square Malacca
Dutch Square Malacca is the most picturesque along Jalan Kota. It's also a colourful trishaw pickup point, it is distinguished by a group of bright, terracotta-red colonial Dutch buildings, built between 1660 and 1700, with louvered windows and chunky doors with wrought iron hinges. One of the oldest surviving parts of Malacca, Dutch Square’s most prominent building is the Stadhuys.
Christ Church Melaka
Christ Church built by the Dutch when they took possession of Malacca from the Portuguese, it's one of Malacca’s most defining structures. Situated along Jalan Gereja (also known as Church Street) it is an instantly recognizable brick-red building with a huge white cross at the top. Sitting opposite the Stadhuys. The interior of the cathedral has 200 year-old handmade pews, decorative fanlights and plaques that honour Dutch soldiers and locals.
A'Famosa
Built in 1511, the settlement used to sprawl across a whole hillside but now only a lone gate (Porta de Santiago) remains. One of the oldest surviving European architectural remains in Asia; it is set beside the Melaka Sultanate Palace on Jalan Kota. A’Famosa is perhaps Malacca’s best known sightseeing spot.
Address: Jalan Kota, Malacca
St. Paul's Church
The ruins of St. Paul’s Church are at the summit of St. Paul's Hill. Built on the site of the last Malaccan sultan’s istana (palace), it was constructed by Portuguese fidalgo (nobleman) captain, Duarte Coelho, in gratitude to the Virgin Mary for saving his life during a storm at sea.
Location: Jalan Kota, Bukit St. Paul (St. Paul’s Hill)
Malacca Proclamation of Independence Memorial
Malacca Proclamation of Independence Memorial displays records and photographs on the early history of the Malay Sultanate.
Opening Hours: 09:00 – 17:30 Tuesday – Sunday
Location: Kompleks Pelancongan, Jalan Parameswara
Tel: +606 284 1231
Melaka Sultanate Palace
Melaka Sultanate Palace is a wooden replica of Sultan Mansur Shah’s 15th-century palace. Set at the base of St. Paul’s Hill it was painstakingly constructed in 1985 using traditional construction techniques and materials, based on accounts in the 16th century, Sejarah Melayu (Malay Annals) text. It was built entirely without nails and supported with carved, wooden pillars and featured a copper and zinc roof.
Opening Hours: 09:00 – 17:30 Wednesday – Monday
Location: Jalan Kota, St. Paul’s Hill
Tel: +606 262 7464
St. Francis Xavier Church
A domineering presence in the skyline of Malacca, this twin-spired neo-gothic structure was built on the site of an old Portuguese church by a French priest, Father Farvé, in 1856, in honour of St. Francis Xavier, a prominent 16th-century Catholic missionary also known as ‘Apostle of the East’. Located on Jalan Laksamana.
Melaka Maritime Museum
Melaka Maritime Museum is a replica of the Flor de la Mar, a Portuguese ship said to have been carrying loot plundered from Malacca when it sank off the coast of Malacca on its way back to Portugal. Opened to the public in 1994, this unique museum is an enlightening trip back into Malacca’s past.
Opening Hours: 09:00 – 17:30 Monday – Friday; 09:00 – 21:00 Saturday & Sunday
Tel: +606 283 0926
