Malacca Historical and Heritage Tour with Professional Tour Guide

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1

  8.30am meet and greet our friendly English Speaking Guide and Driver at the hotel lobby and proceed for your tour and You will be picked-up from your hotel in an air-conditioned vehicle and take a tour through the Melaka City. St Peters Catholic Church: After the Portuguese captured Melaka in 1511, until it fell to the Dutch in 1641, Melaka’s rule was assisted by the heavy hand of the Roman Catholic Church, but the tables turned with the Calvinist Dutch when Catholic churches were destroyed and practices were forbidden.

  20 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 2
  A Famosa Fort

  Porta De Santiago (A Famosa): The A’ Famosa fortress with 3-meter thick walls and a 40-meter watchtower had played a major role in protecting the Portuguese from their enemies. It was also the most well-known and symbolic fortress that the Portuguese had ever built.

  20 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 3
  St. Paul's Hill & Church (Bukit St. Paul)

  St. Paul’s Church: St. Paul’s Church was enlarged to two stories in 1556 (after the Archbishop of Goa in India handed over the church to the Jesuits in 1548); between 1567 and 1596 the Portuguese added gun turrets to the chapel and it became a fortress.

  20 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 4
  Red Square (Dutch Square)

  Red Square - the Salmon - Pink Dutch administrative buildings which today houses the Melaka Museum and some other government offices

  20 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 5
  Stadthuys

  Stadthuys and Christ Church, oldest Dutch building: The Stadthuys was built between 1641 and 1660 on the ruins of a fort which belongs to the Portuguese. It is believed that the Stadthuys is the oldest Dutch building in the East. This massive red building displays all the common features of the Dutch colonial architecture which includes substantial solid doors and louvered windows.

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 6

  Queen Victoria's Fountain Fountain was built to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 7
  Christ Church

  Christ Church Melaka 18th-century Anglican church also lt is the oldest functioning Protestant church in Malaysia

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 8

  Malacca Clock Tower The Red Clock Tower, otherwise known as Tan Beng Swee Clock Tower, is a 134-year-old clock tower located in Dutch Square. It is one of the most popular spots for tourists in Melaka. The 50-foot tower was built in 1886 by Tan Jiak Kim, a Peranakan Chinese philanthropist who wanted to fulfill the wishes of his father Tan Beng Swee, who dreamed of a clock tower in the heart of Melaka. Tan Jiak Kim built the clock tower at the Stadthuys building where it would be most prominent.

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 9
  Jonker Street

  Jonker walk (China Town) Take a stroll along Melaka's Antique Street which ends by the banks of the Melaka River. Bustling open-air market on weekend nights with an array of food & souvenirs, plus entertainment. Free & easy, you have free time to shopping and explore the local food, fruit, cookies, antiques and many more

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• Kuala Lumpur (Pass by)

  Start departing back to Kuala Lumpur at 16:00 from Melaka. Journey will take approximately 2 hours

  Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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