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| INTEREST OF SHOPPING ENTHUSIASTS HERE ARE A WIDE CHOICE OF ANTIQUE ITEMS, QUAINT HANDICRAFT PRODUCTS, ART AND DECO PIECES AND A BEWILDERING RANGE OF BRIC-ABRIC. MODERN SHOPPING MALLS INCLUDE MAHKOTA PARADE, CARREFOUR, JAYA JUSCO, TECSO, MYDIN, MELAKA MEGAMALL ETC. MOST OF ALL THIS SHOPPING AREA NORMALLY ARE OPEN FROM 10am TO 10pm DAYS A WEEK. |
| HANDICRAFT |
| POPULAR HANDICRAFTS FROM MELAKA INCLUDE A RANGE OF PRODUCTS MADE FROM WICKER, MENGKUANG (SCREWPINE), SEASHELL, COCONUT, BATIK, WOOD AND POTTERY. THESE HANDICRAFTS CAN BE FOUND AT STORES ALONG BANDAR HILIR AREA AND SOME OTHERS FAMOUS PLACE SUCH AS:- ALONG STADTHYS BUILDING OPPOSITE CHRIST CHURCH, JALAN QUAYSIDE NEAR THE MARITIME MUSEUM, MINI MALAYSIA, AIR KEROH ETC. |
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| ANTIQUES |
| JONKER STREET (RENAMED AS JALAN HANG JEBAT) IN THE OLDER SECTION OF THE CITY IS A HAVEN FOR ANTIQUE COLLECTORS AND BARGAIN HUNTERS. AUTHENTIC ARTIFACTS AND RELICS, SOME DATING AS FAR BACK AS 300 YEARS, CAN BE FOUND AMONG A HOST OF INTERESTINGCOLLECTIBLES, EACH WITH ITS OWN HISTORY AND MYSTERY. |
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| LOCAL PRODUCTS |
| MELAKA IS FAMOUS FOR LOCAL PRODUCTS SUCH AS CINCALUK (FERMENTED SHRIMP RELISH), GULA MELAKA (PALM SUGAR), DODOL AND A VARIETY OF TITBITS. VISITORS CAN ALSO BROWSE ATHNIC STORES FOR TRADITIONAL LANTERNS, CLOGS, BANGLES, PERFUMED OILS, AND CALLIGRAPHY PIECES. |
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"VISIT HISTORIC MELAKA MEANS VISIT MALAYSIA"
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