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Malacca
State of Malaysia

Malacca

Malacca, officially the Historic State of Malacca, is a state in Malaysia located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, facing the Strait of Malacca.

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The state is bordered by Negeri Sembilan to the north and west and Johor to the south and east. The exclave of Tanjung Tuan borders Negeri Sembilan to the north. Its capital is Malacca City, which was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site alongside George Town in 2008.

Get in

Getting to Malacca

  1. 01
    Malacca International Airport
  2. 02
    Melaka Sentral
  3. 03
    Harbour Master's
See

Worth seeing

The older part of the city proper has, in addition to the old palace and the large buildings left by the Europeans, many private houses and shops from nearly a century or more ago, put up by Chinese traders. Many of these have beautiful details such as moulded porcelain tiles and painted plaster reliefs on the front.

Do

Things to do

Fly a kite - Go to Klebang Beach and buy a cheap kite (fighter-style, but nowhere near that well-constructed) with Japanese cartoon characters on it for RM1.50, or a styrofoam airplane for RM5 if you don't have the necessary kite-flying mad skills. Melaka on bike, 117 Jalan Tiang Dua (pick up anywhere in town),. RM100 for 3 hr.

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    Malacca Duck Tour

    Malacca Duck Tour, Jalan Merdeka (beside the Taming Sari City View Tower).

  2. 02
    Taming Sari Tower

    The 110 m-tower seats 66 people at a time, taking them on a 7-min ride for a view of Melaka City.

  3. 03
    RM10
Eat

Where to eat

Besides the usual Malaysian fare, you'll be able to sample some rather peculiar Malaccan food. On top of the list is of course Peranakan or Baba-Nyonya food, which used to be totally uncommercialised and confined to the kitchens of old grandmothers. Now, there is a string of restaurants claiming to serve Peranakan food, but most unfortunately seem to be on the tour bus circuit.

How locals move

Getting around Malacca the local way

  • Get inChartered taxi services are available from the end of Jalan Kee Ann.
  • Get inDaily ferries run from Bengkalis, Dumai and Pekanbaru in Sumatra, Indonesia.
  • Get inAll ferries arrive and depart from the (Jeti Shahbandar) at Taman Melaka Raya near the Maritime Museum.
  • Get aroundChartered taxis would cost about RM20 to go anywhere in the city whereas an e-hailing ride may be lower than half the price for a much safer and cleaner car and driver.

From Wikivoyage: Malacca, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Marcin Konsek (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.