Melaka Walking Tour
Heritage Walk Experience
Melaka was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 7th July 2008 under the Cultural Heritage category. The Core Zone comprises of the St Paul’s Civic Zone and the Residential and Commercial Zone.
This is not an ordinary walkabout experience to Melaka. This walkabout experience weaves together history, cultures, architecture and cuisine to tell a more multifaceted story of Melaka, once a great trading port fought over by various colonial powers, resulting in a rich heritage that is still salient today, resulting in a multicultural city reflecting its cosmopolitan journey over the centuries. Journey along the old streets of Melaka and past its ruins, where its rich history, reflecting hundreds of years of Asian and European influence, remains alive and evolving to this day.
Plan
The walkabout will start at Middlesburg Bastion by the Melaka River and proceed to the Dutch Square which consists of the Stadthuys, the oldest Dutch colonial building in the far east, the Christ Church, a former Dutch Reformed Church. Then ascends up to St Paul Hill to visit the ruins of St Paul Church, the oldest Catholic church in South East Asia.
As we descend from the hill, we passed by Melaka Sultanate Palace, a wooden replica of the 15th century Malay Sultanate, Memorial of Independence, a museum that displays the journey of Malaysia from independence and its modern development and the iconic Porta de Santiago, part of the fortress of Fortaleza de Melaka built by the Portuguese, reinforced by the Dutch and destroyed by the British. From Porta de Santiago, we will walk by many colonial buildings along Fort Road and proceed to Heeren Street which was once known as Dutch Village and Millionaires Row.
This is a walking tour in Melaka. Kindly wear comfortable shoes and attire.
None
None. Only for personal expenses
About 2 hours
