Melaka Historical Tour from Kuala Lumpur

0900 Hrs: Meet & Greet by our Representative to Historical Melaka Day Tour

Malacca City (also spelled Melaka) is the capital of the coastal state of Malacca, in southwestern
Malaysia. According to the Malay Annals, Melaka was named after a tree. Parameswara, a prince from
Palembang, was out hunting when he saw a pelanduk (mouse deer) kick one of his hound dogs.
Astonished by the encounter, Parameswara thought that the land would be a great place as a new site
for his Malay empire.

Pass by Little India, you can see the heritage building of chettier
Pass by

The St. Peter's Church is a church in Melaka City, Melaka.It is the oldest functioning Roman Catholic
Church in Malaysia. (Year 1710)

Drive past the largest 15th Century Chinese Cemetery outside of China, located at Bukit China
or Chinese Hill.

The Hang Li Poh's Well, also known as King's Well, is a historical water well in Malacca City. It
is the oldest water well in Malaysia.(The locals throw coins in to the well for good luck)

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

Head to the center of the World Heritage-listed town to admire the buildings of Windmill at
Dutch Square. Constructed between 1660 and 1700, the terracotta buildings showcase
colonial Dutch style.

The Tang Beng Swee Clock Tower outside the Stadthuys was given to the people of Malacca in
1886 by Mr Tan Jiak Kim to fulfil the desires of his father, Tan Beng Swee, who was a third
generation of a Chinese philantrophic millionaire family.

Built in 1901 by the British. The Queen Victoria's Fountain is located in the same area as The
Stadthuys Malacca and the Christ Church. It is just beside the Tan Beng Siew Clock Tower. The
fountain was built to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.

The Stadthuys is a historical structure situated in the heart of Malacca City Malaysia in a place
known as the Red Square. The Stadhuys is known for its red exterior and nearby red
clocktower. It was built by the Dutch in 1650 as the office of the Dutch Governor and Deputy
Governor.

Christ Church Malacca is an 18th-century Anglican church in the city of Malacca City.It is the
oldest functioning Protestant church in Malaysia and is within the jurisdiction of the Lower
Central Archdeaconry of the Anglican Diocese of West Malaysia.

This twin-spired neo-gothic structure was built on the site of an old Portuguese church by a
French priest, Father Farvé, in 1856, in honor of St. Francis Xavier, a prominent 16th-century
Catholic missionary also known as ‘Apostle of the – East.

The site of former Malay sultanates & Portuguese Fort which the local government build Replica
on top of the original Dutch Laterite stone.

Saint Paul's Church is a historic church building in Malacca City, Malaysia that was originally
built in 1521, making it the oldest church building in Malaysia and Southeast Asia. It is located at
the summit of St. Paul's Hill.

A Famosa is a former Portuguese fortress located in Malacca. It is among the oldest surviving
European architectural remains in Southeast Asia and the Far East. The Porta de Santiago, a
small gate house, is the only part of the fortress which still remains today.

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.

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, i.e.
Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism.

Kampong Kling Mosque is an old mosque in Malacca. The Kampung Kling Mosque is situated
at Jalan Tukang Emas, also known as "Harmony Street".

Sri Poyatha Moorthi Temple is the oldest Hindu temple in Malaysia and one of the oldest
functioning Hindu temples in Maritime Southeast Asia. The temple is situated on Jalan Tukang
Emas, also known as "Harmony Street"

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
Leave Melakka by 3.30PM