20160512-14 Malacca - Places to visit

8:12 PM Miki Domoto 0 Comments

Malacca is a good place to spend a short weekend as it is only a 3 hours ride from Singapore. The list are not exhaustive but some of the places that worth visiting for the 2 days stay.

SHORE OCEANARIUM
2F-01, The Shore Shopping Gallery,193, Pinggiran @ Sungai Melaka,Jalan Persisiran Bunga Raya, 75100 Melaka

What is different from S.E.A Aquarium at Sentosa is, this places houses a great variety of fresh water fishes. There is also an interesting touch pool which you actually can touch a stingray! As what the appearance tells you, a stingray feels like a carpet, soft and slightly flurry. You can see a series of variety of marine life like hermit crab, turtles which are not found locally. I love the Arowana collection too!


SHORE SKY TOWER
Located at the same building as the Oceanarium, you can get up to 42th floor of the building for a pretty nice sunset. 



MARITIME MUSEUM or FLORA DE LAMAR
Muzium Samudera, (the Flora De La Ma), Jalan Quayside, 75000 Malacca, Malaysia

The Maritime Museum or the Flora de Lamar is a replica of the Portuguese ship which sank in the coast of Malacca while on its way to Portugal. Inside the museum houses some history of malacca trade. The only comments: Is pretty stuff in there.




MALACCA CRUISE
Jalan Laksamana, 75000 Malacca(next to Quayside Heritage Centre, close to the Maritime Museum)

The cruise is recommended to go at night as it is more breezy (Malacca can be very hot in the day) and you can enjoy the night scene of the river with the lighted buildings along the river.  The tour last about 45 minutes and it is recommended to grab a podium seat if you would like to take some nice photos. The boat tour takes you from the Muara Jetty to the Taman Rempah Jetty where some passengers alight. You can alight here if you wish or wait for the boat to u-turn back to the jetty that you have boarded.




3D JONKER WALK
27, Jalan Hang Jebat, 75200 Melaka, Malaysia

Malacca also have its own version of "Trickeye Museum" known as the 3D Jonker Walk or Upside Down @ Jonker Street. As the place is pretty quiet, there actually a photographer who follows you around to take photos of you (in order to sell to you later). However you can see the photographer's help for one or two photos if you need a group picture.

The place is interesting with Doraemon 3D room.





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