\n\tMalacca<\/strong> \u2013 now best known for its beautiful historical centre \u2013 was founded long ago by Parameswara, a former prince from Sumatra.<\/strong> The fishing village on the Malacca Strait<\/strong> was strategically for shipping as a staid between China<\/strong> and India,<\/strong> making it the most important port city in the region.<\/p>\n \n The European colonization by the Portuguese, Dutch and then English people left a big mark on the town. An example is the St. Paul’s Church<\/strong>; first a church for the Portuguese, later a cemetery during the Dutch occupation. And the bright redStadthuys,<\/strong>a beautiful building with Dutch traits. Malacca has more beautiful sights, but locals come mainly for the delicious food. Jonker Street,<\/strong> with its dozens of restaurants – and a cosy market every night – is one of malacca’s most popular streets. Try the Sateh Celup, fondues with satay sauce.<\/p>\n \n A lovely place to walk around isChinatown, <\/strong> the beating heart of the city, with its narrow streets full of old merchant houses, red lanterns on the roofs and atmospheric terraces. In Little India<\/strong> the atmosphere is more authentic, it feels more Indian than Chinatown Chinese. Join the locals in the restaurants and have your curry served on a banana leaf.<\/p>\n \n Other well-known places in Malacca include Bukit China,<\/strong> Kampung Keling Mosque,<\/strong> Cheng Hoon Teng temple,<\/strong> A colonial melting pot, synonymous with culture, street art and delicious Asian food<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":22127,"parent":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"country":[242],"highlight_category":[602],"continent_category":[217],"class_list":["post-32105","highlights","type-highlights","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","country-malaysia","highlight_category-gebied-en","continent_category-asia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/32105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/highlights"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/32105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=32105"},{"taxonomy":"highlight_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlight_category?post=32105"},{"taxonomy":"continent_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/continent_category?post=32105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n The beating heart of the city<\/h4>\n
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\n<\/strong> and leaning St. Francis Xavier’s Church<\/strong>. Take a few days to create this multi-culturalWorld Heritage Site<\/em> to know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"