Paul's Hill & Church Tourism
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Top 5 Reviews on Paul's Hill & Church
717simonc
4.0Wrote on 7 May 2024
At the historical heart of Maleka
Located just a few metres up the hill from A Formosa, (the climb is fairly steep and in hot weather can be tiring) this is a church with great history - and free.
Anand1351
3.0Wrote on 6 Apr 2024
Nice and decent
Decent attraction for Malacca , views from top are nice and nothing much to see or do , not more than 30 minutes. There is a free museum there - just need to write your name to enter, can spend 15 min there - interesting
broderickl220
4.0Wrote on 15 Mar 2024
Average historical ruin
Stairs were very steep. The view from the top of the hill was very beautiful. Souvenirs were quite overpriced and ‘meh’. The ‘church’ was just a ruin with multiple stone slabs. Overall, a very chill place to visit.
LincolnBest
3.0Wrote on 26 Jan 2024
Worth a visit
It’s worth a visit to get an inkling of the size and scope of old Malacca. Useful to read up on it before you go as not much info on site.
DaddyistheBest
5.0Wrote on 15 Jan 2024
Oldest European structure in Southeast Asia!!
Much has been said about the historic value of the ruins of the church building (it's 500 years old!!), but for me, the many headstones with engravings in Dutch are a present day reminder (if needed) that there once was a big Dutch presence in Malacca. It dawned on me that there are hardly any other places in Malacca where one can see Dutch engravings/text (except perhaps the Dutch cemetery). Interestingly, a marker stone on the floor in the middle of the church informs us that the wife of Jan van Riebeek (founder of Cape Town in 1652, and perhaps/debatably "modern" South Africa) was interred here, although it would seem her headstone was moved to Cape Town in 1915. So Jan van Riebeek himself had been in Malacca at some point in time?
