Red Square (Dutch Square) Melaka

6 days in Melaka, Malaysia, starting from Singapore with the bus! Very comfortable trip, perfect service, this is probably the best way to travel! It was funny to cross the great bridge from Singapore to Malaysia (called Second link), since the marina is very close to it, so, I see it every time I am here... now I crossed it! On the way, palm trees …

There's really not a lot to say about Melaka! It was a nice break in the journey from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore but that was about it.
Chinatown area was quite nice and there was a lot of history steeped in the area but nothing of major interest to us. Lonely planet describes Melaka as "One of Malaysia’s most eagerly sought-after …

En toen kwamen we alweer aan in de hoofdstad van Maleisië: Kuala Lumpur. Wat een verademing om weer eens in een stad met Westerse gewoonten terecht te komen. Bussen kwamen op tijd, het eten werd tegelijkertijd geserveerd en over het algemeen zag alles er spik en span uit. Fijn, fijn, fijn! We vonden een superleuk guesthouse in Chinatown, waar we …

... nearest market we could find to wind down.  The market we did find was in Dutch Square, also known as Red Square because of the buildings that surround it. Off the square is the Stadhuys, built in 1650 as the official residence of ...

... evidence of all, but the Dutch had had one the biggest impacts on the area. There was a part of town called Dutch Square, or Red Square simply because they had painted all the buildings red. It has long been a melting pot of different cultures, and this ...

... and waited it out over a coffee. To commence the sightseeing I went to Town Square, otherwise known as Red Square, which consists of an area of red painted Dutch buildings, following their occupation in Melaka.  This included Stadthuys (the old ...

... get in, you know its good. After being suitably fed (for less than a fiver for two of us) we started exploring melaka. Our first stop was the red square (stadhuys) it was the site of the old dutch town hall. Melaka is really multi-cultural in than it was ...

... wasn't anything of interest to see there, and it was pretty empty (both of information and people). Next off we headed to Red Square (I think) where there was a fountain dedicated to Queen Victoria, which seemed to be a place people went to socialise. ...

... -preserved city with plenty of old buildings especially at the heart of it. We stopped by at the central site called Red Square filled with the former Dutch colonial administration building Stadhuys, a fountain, the Christ Church, the Tang Beng Swee ...

... Church  was built in 1741  & the governer's residence in  1660. Around these stand out buildings is lovely Red Square with a clock tower and fountain & all around it are the brightly coloured trishaws.  On the riverfront is an ...

... day (air con, and hot shower in the room... luxury!). Tour of Malaka today; high light China Town and the Dutch red square. It is the Chinese New Year, lost of celebrations, red lights  and yellow paper flowers everywhere, they must have known ...