Gingerflower

Melaka City


Rooms are rather small, but period fittings and immaculate housekeeping make this restored 13-room Peranakan townhouse a very pleasant place to stay. It's a few paces from the Jonker St hubbub and well placed for gallery and museum visits along Jln Tun Tan Cheng Lock.


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Nearby Melaka City attractions

1. 8 Heeren Street

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This 18th-century, Dutch-period residential house was restored as a model conservation project. A guide is on hand to explain the features and history…

2. Melaka Malay Sultanate Water Wheel

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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…

3. Baba & Nyonya Heritage Museum

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Touring this traditional Baba-Nonya (Peranakan) townhouse transports you to a time when women peered at guests through decorative partitions and every…

4. Cheng Ho Cultural Museum

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The impressive exploits of Chinese-Muslim seafarer Cheng Ho (Zheng He) are celebrated through this museum's dioramas and maritime miscellany. The Ming…

5. Stadthuys

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This former town hall and governor's residence dates to the 1650s and is believed to be the oldest Dutch building in the East. It functioned as State…

6. History & Ethnography Museums Complex

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The ground floor of the Stadthuys houses Melaka's most interesting museum, which focuses on the city's fascinating history and ethnography. Exhibits…

7. Dutch Square

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The focal point of the Unesco Heritage zone, this attractive and elegant square is surrounded by Dutch-era buildings that have been painted crimson, shady…

8. Zheng He Duo Yun Xuan

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A Shanghai-based auction house has funded this impressive gallery split between two large converted warehouses facing the Melaka River and entered from…