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• Malacca.
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Malacca City (map) is the capital city of the Malaysian state of *Malacca. Modern-day Malacca is a vibrant old city with a unique historical and cultural background from being the capital of a powerful Malay kingdom before the colonial era, as well as subsequent Portuguese, Dutch and British rule. The city centre was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in July 2008, along with Georgetown, Penang.
On Tuesdays, many museums, shops and restaurants are closed, especially in the Jonker Street area. If you have only one day to spend in Malacca, do not go on a Tuesday!
Chinatown (Jonker, Heeren and adjacent streets (map)). This is the residential heart of Old Malacca just west of the Malacca River, with its narrow winding streets, beautifully decorated houses, tiny shops, temples and mosques.The whole area is undergoing a renaissance with new shops, restaurants and hotels catering to tourists mushrooming everywhere. However, the area still has a lot of atmosphere and is worth having a look around.
One of the streets in this area is Harmony Street (officially Temple street or Jalan Tokong, map), so called because it contains the prayer houses of Malaysia’s three main faiths — the Cheng Hoon Teng Chinese temple (map), the Sri Poyatha Vinayagar Moorthi Hindu Temple (map), and the Kampung Kling Mosque (map).
Portuguese Settlement (map). Here is where the descendants of the Portuguese who conquered Malacca in 1511 live today. The settlement, just southeast of the city centre, consists of tidy rows of mostly wooden houses leading up to the Portuguese Square and Hotel Lisboa (sorry, unlike its Macau namesake, there is no casino here) on the waterfront.
The most interesting times to visit are during Intrudu – usually in February – when the you’ll get a Songkran-like drenching with buckets of water thrown at you; Festa San Pedro to commemorate the Feast of Saint Peter in June, when there are processions, cultural shows and general merry-making; and Christmas, when the whole settlement is decked in decorative lights.
Morten Village (Kampung Morten, map). A village of traditional houses, it is on the west bank of the Melaka River.
Melaka Raya (map) is where most of Malacca’s relatively limited nightlife is to be found, with many of the city’s pubs, discos and KTV located in that area.
A number of shopping malls and traditional art and craft shops are available around the city, with the most popular shopping malls being Dataran Pahlawan Malacca Megamall (map), The Shore (map), and the ÆON Bandaraya Melaka (map) shopping centres.
#1 George Town
The city has been listed by various publications, including the Lonely Planet, Forbes and Time, as one of the top travel destinations in Asia.
• Public transport.
Information about all types of public transport.
Generally the bus system in Malacca is worse than chaotic. Melaka Sentral (map) is the main bus and taxi terminal for the city, with services in and around the city as well as domestic services.
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BUS: busonlineticket.com • catchthatbus.com. The cheapest way to travel in Malaysia is by bus ⇒ Transnasional • NICE/Plusliner.
TRAIN: Rapid KL • KTM Berhad • KliaEkspres.com. Long-distance trains in Malaysia can rarely match road transport in terms of speed, but state operator Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) provides relatively inexpensive and generally reliable services around Peninsular Malaysia (but not Sabah/Sarawak in Borneo).
AIRPORT: Most international flights land at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Largely thanks to budget carrier AirAsia, Malaysia is crisscrossed by a web of affordable flights with advertised “promotional” prices.
FERRY: PENANG PORT • Malaysia Ferry Booking • Feri Tioman • LangkawiFerryLine.com • LimbonganMaju.com
Best Things to do in MELAKA MALAYSIA.
Melaka or also often spelled as Malacca, is one of Malaysia’s most important centers of history. Melaka has been an important trading hub due to its location along the spice route. Due to this attractive location, many traders from India, China, Portugal, Netherlands and Arabia came to this port to buy and sell their goods. The traces of all these peoples can be found up to today and thus, it does not surprise one by seeing temples, churches and mosques in the same street.
Today, Melaka is one of the most visited towns in Malaysia, by locals, Singaporean and Chinese tourists. The great attractivity of Melaka arises from its many historical buildings, street markets and Peranakan culture. The latter form a unique ethnic group, as they are the descendants of Chinese traders, who intermarried with Malay women.
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• Useful websites.
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