If you are planning a 2 night stay in Malacca and you love colonial style houses, then we recommend you make a hotel booking in Heeren House. Make sure to visit during laid back weekdays, as in the weekends this guest house is pretty full and buzzing.
Heeren House is located in the center of Malacca's old town. Do have a chat with the owners as they can answer all your Malacca questions and show you places out off the beaten track.
The Heeren House has 6 rooms, all decorated in old colonial style. The family room has an ornate four poster bed and some heavy wooden carvings on the wall.
Notice you need to hang your clothes on the wall as there isn't a cabinet.
The best part of this Malacca hotel is : location! Heeren House is overlooking the river in Chinatown. From your window you can see across the river to the Stadthuys. Malacca's Stadthuys was Melaka's town-hall during the Dutch colonization area and is now a museum.
Heeren House is located ideally to start strolling around Melaka's Chinatown being full of antique and souvenir shops and having some beautiful old Chinese temples hidden in narrow streets amongst original, historical buildings.
To know about Malacca's history, only choose 1 museum, as the displays are similar. We loved The Maritime Museum for its original setting in a reproduction of a Portuguese ship sunk in the Malacca Straits.
Heeren House is a bit more pricey than the hotels in the new city, but if you want to go for new things, then why are you visiting Malacca Malaysia for in the first place?
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