MALACCA TOUR

(AN ADVENTURE THROUGH MORE THAN 600 YEARS OF HISTORY)

TOUR OPERATES WITH MINIMUM OF 2 PERSONS

(Tour Includes Lunch) 

HIGHLIGHTS

PORTA DE SANTIAGO – built 1511 – Gateway of Portuguese fortress –

‘A FAMOSA’ ST. PAUL’S CHURCH – built 1521 – where St. Francis Xavier was once buried.

STADHUYS – built 1641to 1660 – pink colored Dutch administrative buildings.

CHENG HONG TENG – built 1645 – oldest know Chinese temple in the peninsula.

CHRISTCHURCH – built 1753 – A well preserved example of Dutch masonry. OTHERS –

St. Peter’s Church, Sultans Well, Malacca Museum, Jonker Street and Bukit China.

TOUR ITINERAY

Depart Kuala Lumpur at 9.30am with a short refreshment stop in between; we arrive in Melaka in about 1½ hours. On arrival, visit St. Peter’s Church (1710) – the oldest Christian Church still in use in Malaysia. Drive past the largest 17^th century Chinese cemetery outside of China, located at Bukit China or Chinese Hill. Stop at the foothill to view the Sultan’s Well before driving through the Portuguese Settlement. Proceed to view famous gateway, ‘Porta De Santiago’ and the ruins of St. Paul’s Church lined by 17^th century Dutch tombstones. Next on the list is ‘Red Square’ – the salmon-pink Dutch administrative buildings which today houses the Melaka Museum and some other government offices. Visit Christchurch before proceeding for lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch, we visit the ‘Abode of the Green Merciful Clouds’ or the Cheng Hoon Teng Temple – the only temple where you can find 3 major doctrines of  local Chinese belief under the same roof, viz: Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism. Take a stroll along Melaka’s “Antique Street” which ends by the banks of the Melaka River.