Woke upwardly early on in addition to catch a hearty Buffet Breakfast at
hotel before heading out for some walking tour unopen to the former town. I accept to say, our hotel BF was really good! Food multifariousness was extensive in addition to tastes awesome too.
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| Breakfast room |
We started our walking tour taking inwards the sights along the Melaka river. Followed yesteryear exploration of historical sights across the river (UNESCO Heritage sites).
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| The Heeren House |
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| Malacca Sultanate Watermill |
At the Dutch Square (a.k.a. Red Square), nosotros visited the:
- Stadthuys (an former Dutch spelling, important City hall)
- Clock Tower 1886
- Christ Church
- Queen Victoria's Fountain
- St. Francis Xavier Church
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| Dutch Square |
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| Clock Tower |
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| Christ Church |
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| Queen Victoria's Fountain |
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| St. Francis Xavier Church |
From the Dutch Square, nosotros took a brusk cutting via the dorsum of the Stadthuys (enter behind the Dutch graveyard) in addition to walk upwardly the
St. Paul's hill without climbing staircases. Explored the Portuguese fort in addition to St.Paul ruins, every bit good every bit bird's optic sentiment of the Melaka town. Then nosotros walked downwards the staircase to the
A'Farmosa fort.
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| Dutch graveyard |
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| Exit to graveyard |
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| Staircase to A'Farmosa fort |
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| St. Paul's ruins |
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| He sang actually well! |
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| View from St.Paul's hill |
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| A'Farmosa fort |
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| A'Farmosa fort |
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| Independence Monument Museum |
First circular of historical sites was done! It's tea interruption fourth dimension at
Nadeje Mahkota Parade, well known for their Mille Crepes. From the A'Farmosa fort, nosotros cutting through the Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall to larn to the Mahkota Parade.
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| Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall |
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| Mahkota Parade |
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| Nadeje |
The cakes at Nadeje were fabulous! The service hither was expert in addition to they had gratis Wifi too. It is a must crusade for all dessert lovers visiting Melaka!
At near 1.30pm, we're dorsum at the Heeren street to view the
Baba & Nyonya Heritage Museum. This house used to hold upwardly a rich merchant's residence (曾府), forthwith converted into an educational museum for Earth visitors.
We missed the 1.15pm guided tour in addition to didn't wanna await till 2.15pm for the adjacent tour, in addition to then nosotros opted to walk on our own, armed amongst the provided necessitate book. Admission fee is RM16 per adult.
Photo taking is prohibited within the house, in addition to then nosotros alone took some pics at the reception hall earlier embarking on our tour.
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| View from the reception hall |
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| Guide book |
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| Portraits of the owners |
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| A glimpse of the elaborate staircase from the reception hall |
This peranakan residence was a sight to behold. We tin imagine that the Chan's household unit of measurement were really wealthy at the fourth dimension they were staying inwards this house. Every slice of article of furniture hither was custom made amongst impressively intricate workmanship involved, fifty-fifty the staircase to marking two had gilt leaves carvings all over the railings. It was also interesting to run into the rituals performed during some of their of import events inwards the household. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 pretty insightful tour indeed.
We spent near 40mins inwards the house, in addition to ended our tour at the larn out where a souvenir store in addition to a cafe is located.
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| Exit to the cafe |
We're getting actually exhausted amongst all the walking since forenoon in addition to the sweltering oestrus of Melaka. So its dorsum to the hotel for shower in addition to residue earlier nosotros caput out 1 time to a greater extent than to larn our dinner fix.
Continue to
Part 2.
View total itinerary
here.
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