Melaka Tourist Traps

The tourist police is located in the town near the entrance to st. paul hill. This unit is to help and facilitate the tourist in anyway you need help. So, if you feel that you are not treated fairly or you need any help, please dont hesitate to approach them.

White man's price

Whenever you buy anything it is better you bring along a local friend as you will get the local price.

For most places here have what I term as the white man's price.

The rationale is the white man's currency is bigger so he must pay more than the local.

Unique Suggestions: If you stll want to buy something then begin the bargain by bringing the price down by 1/4 on whatever price is being quoted to you. Then from this base start bargaining further.

This is not applicable to the fixed price shops.

Fun Alternatives: The other thing you can do is spot the item you want and get a local friend to buy it for you.

this place is called the hang tuah well.. as far as malaccan legend goes, hang tuah is a hero.. and according to the legend, he dug this well himself a looooong time ago and it has never dried up since.. even in the worst of droughts.. however, at the actual site, there's really nothing much to see other than a hole in the ground.. the road leading up to the well is very impressive.. with pillars of lights all the way.. but only to have an anti-climax at the end.. also, this place is pretty far away from town.. not really worth a visit, unless you're a big fan of hang tuah..

Unique Suggestions: marvel at the very high water level (not a very common thing).. use the bucket and get some water to wash yourself.. legend has it that this is miracle water.. go ahead.. you've go nothing to lose! :)

Fun Alternatives: if you really want to see a historical well, visit the hang li poh well instead.. the well was built by the followers of hang li poh, a chinese princess given as a gift to the malaccan sultan from the chinese emperor, around the well is bukit cina, believed to be the largest chinese cemetery outside china, with many tombs dating back to the ming mynasty..

Nothing existing anymore from Portugueses, or, I missed something !
Only the names of the streets are linked to some historical heritages.

Fun Alternatives: Avoid. A good restaurant anyway here ...

You could be also upset, coming from Europe ie, by the famous fort (very small). Malaisian seems to be proud of this well known fort.

Unique Suggestions: Don't go, or just take the opportunity to visit if you're by car.

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