Sterling

Melaka City


You may need to shield your eyes against this blinding-white behemoth of a hotel. Though billed as colonial-style, with rooms named after British icons like Winston Churchill and Brighton Beach, the spacious rooms are more business-Ikea-chic than awash in history. The bathrooms gleam and there are great views from the rooftop restaurant.

Room rates vary according to how far ahead you book and how urgently you require an in-room spa bath.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Melaka City attractions

1. St Francis Xavier's Church

0.09 MILES

A central landmark, this mid-19th-century neo-Gothic building was once the largest church built by the MEP (Paris Foreign Missionary) in the Malay…

2. Christ Church

0.22 MILES

Built in 1753 from laterite bricks brought from Zeeland in Holland, this eye-catching cherry-pink church is one of the most photographed and imposing…

3. Poh San Teng Temple

0.22 MILES

If you're heading up to Bukit China to check out the old graves, it's hard to resist stepping inside this temple at the hill's base. 'Precious Hill Temple…

4. Zheng He Duo Yun Xuan

0.22 MILES

A Shanghai-based auction house has funded this impressive gallery split between two large converted warehouses facing the Melaka River and entered from…

5. Dutch Square

0.24 MILES

The focal point of the Unesco Heritage zone, this attractive and elegant square is surrounded by Dutch-era buildings that have been painted crimson, shady…

6. Sultanate Palace

0.25 MILES

This wooden replica of the palace of Sultan Mansur Shah, who ruled Melaka from 1456 to 1477, houses an open-air cultural museum and lovely gardens. The…

7. Cheng Ho Cultural Museum

0.25 MILES

The impressive exploits of Chinese-Muslim seafarer Cheng Ho (Zheng He) are celebrated through this museum's dioramas and maritime miscellany. The Ming…

8. History & Ethnography Museums Complex

0.27 MILES

The ground floor of the Stadthuys houses Melaka's most interesting museum, which focuses on the city's fascinating history and ethnography. Exhibits…