Poh San Teng Temple
If you're heading up to Bukit China to check out the old graves, it's hard to resist stepping inside this temple at the hill's base. 'Precious Hill Temple…
Must-see attractions in Melaka City
- Zheng He Duo Yun Xuan
A Shanghai-based auction house has funded this impressive gallery split between two large converted warehouses facing the Melaka River and entered from…
- Menara Taming Sari
Melaka's revolving viewing deck looks worryingly like a theme-park ride without the seat belts. Luckily, this is a leisurely thrill ride and one with air…
- Melaka Malay Sultanate Water Wheel
In 2006, work on the Menara Taming Sari revolving tower uncovered another part of the city's fortress walls. The revolving tower was relocated further…
- Cheng Ho Cultural Museum
The impressive exploits of Chinese-Muslim seafarer Cheng Ho (Zheng He) are celebrated through this museum's dioramas and maritime miscellany. The Ming…
- Sultanate Palace
This wooden replica of the palace of Sultan Mansur Shah, who ruled Melaka from 1456 to 1477, houses an open-air cultural museum and lovely gardens. The…
- Chetti Museum
This small museum is a community effort with a collection of artefacts, including antique cendol (shaved-ice dessert with green noodles, syrups, fruit and…
- St Peter's Church
This is the oldest functioning Roman Catholic church in Malaysia, built in 1710 by descendants of early Portuguese settlers. It's quite an elegant picture…
- Proclamation of Independence Memorial
Centuries of Melaka's history are explained within this handsome 1912 mansion that used to house the Malacca Club, a one-time social hub of British…
- Sri Subramaniam Thuropathai Amman Alayam
A huge gopuram (tower), as elaborate and pink as a tiered wedding cake, erupts from this temple. Few visitors come here, but if you shed your shoes you…
- Shore Oceanarium
This aquarium on the 2nd floor of The Shore Shopping Gallery jazzes up the usual fish-in-tanks viewing experience with 3D movies and visual effects in its…
- Jonker Walk World Heritage Park
Take a break from Chinatown's bustle in this tiny park dominated by the vastly exaggerated muscleman statue of Dr Gan Boon Leong, the founding father of…
- Hang Kasturi's Tomb
This mausoleum off Jonker St pays homage to famous warrior Hang Kasturi, even though there is no historical evidence that this is actually his final…
- St Francis Xavier's Church
A central landmark, this mid-19th-century neo-Gothic building was once the largest church built by the MEP (Paris Foreign Missionary) in the Malay…