Malacca

eGuide

2008

Contents

Overview…………………………….3History……………………………....7Historical Dates…………………….18Malacca Today…………………….. 24Demographics………………………26Cultures……………………………..26.Economy……………………………28Places of Interest……………………29Resort Hotels……………………….48Hotels in Town……………………..51Budget Hotels………………………54Golf Resorts………………………...59Shopping……………………………60Other interesting places…………….61.Would you like to buy these………. 67Exotic foods……………………… .68Money………………………………72Airlines……………………………..73.Sea travels…………………………..73Land travels………………………...73.Car rentals…………………………..74Special Panorama Buses……………74.Trains……………………………….75Police……………………………….75Entry requirements…………………76Visas………………………………..76Customs…………………………….76Warnings…………………………...76Working hours……………………..78Phones and Internet services……….78

Map-Malacca town

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Overview

Malacca

is situated in southernPeninsular Malaysia and lies sevendegrees north of the equator. It lies between the continent of India to theWest and China to the East.The State of Malacca,(Melaka in Malaylanguage), one of the fourteen stateswithin Malaysia, is situated on theSouth-Western Coast of Peninsular Malaysia facing the Straits of Malaccaand sandwiched between the states of Negeri Sembilan in the north and Johor in the south. The area of Malacca stateis 1,658 square kilometers and isdivided into three smaller districts,namely Melaka Tengah, Alor Gajah andJasin.The North-South Expressway allowseasy access into Malacca from all statesof Malaysia. It takes about two hours of travel by road (express bus) from thecapital, Kuala Lumpur to Malacca andapproximately three hours fromSingapore to the south.

Malaysia’s Location

Malacca

also gives its name to thenarrow straits of water called theMalacca Straits, where most of the shipstraversing between East Asia (China,Japan) and the West (Europe, India and

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