Get around this city dubbed as a UNESCO World Heritage and witness the blend of historical structures, traditional cultures and modern living in Malacca.
First striking sights when you enter this historical city is mostly the red-painted ancient architectural buildings, standing alongside the peaceful renowned Melaka river. Getting closer to the centre of the city, there will be more classic worn-out structures and landmarks to welcome you.
Malacca, or pronounced Melaka, is a coastal state in southwestern of Malaysia. And Malacca City is the capital. It is about 1 to 2-hour drive from Kuala Lumpur. It offers its unique legacy as main tourist attractiveness, consequent to three colonial rules of Portuguese, Dutch, and British. Not to mention the traditional cultures of Ming Dynasty descendants of Baba and Nyonya.
In today’s Malacca, those imprints of colonial forces still can be found in the forms of churches, museums, towers, or ports scattered around the city. Dutch Square is in the centre, surrounded by St. Paul’s Church Malacca, A’Famosa Fort, Maritime Museum and Naval Museum Malacca, and more.
Stroll around on foot
One interesting tip is you can wander around the city just by walking since some famous tourist destinations are close to each other. Jonker Street can be the best venue to walk, that can be followed by going down to have a peaceful walk along the riverbank of Melaka River.
Tour around on Trishaws
You will easily spot this colourful-themed rides flocked mostly at the Dutch Square. They are rickshaw powered by bicycle, decked in various bright colours and ornaments of special themes, as well as very loud sound system playing music. It will cost you around RM40 or about $12 for a one-hour tour. They are absolutely cool choices for moving around the city.
Get around by Bus
If you want to go to further places in the most affordable way, the bus is just perfect. Panorama Bus offers many routes and schedules that will also take you to wander around the city as it passes some memorable places. You can find some designated points of bus stops, or you can start or finish at the Melaka Sentral Bus Terminal.
Wander around by Cab
Hail a taxi if you want to travel to the outskirts or if there’s no public transportation left. Usually, you can try to bargain the fare, but RM15- RM20 will be fairly affordable to take you around town not more than 20km in distance. Or else, you can drop by at www.worldroamer.com for booking, as well as other accommodation options.
Sail around by Melaka River Cruise
Melaka River has its long history, and now it has a new upgrade for good. Enjoying Malacca City on this riverboat provides you with a different vantage point in seeing this city with all its classic and modern blends. Click here for river cruise packages you can choose.
The cruise is available from 9:00am-11:30pm. It will be a 9-km round trip cruise for 45 minutes. The daytime cruise will bring you to pass the old buildings painted with magnificent murals, Kampung Jawa, Kampung Morten, some big bridges, Pirate Park, etc. You can also get on the cruise for chasing the sunset and the night cruise for enjoying the illuminated buildings and lights along the river.
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