Located at the nexus of the old "Spice Route", Melaka has been home to many seafarers & travelers from all over the globe since the Middle Ages. Melaka's Batu Berendam Airport which is just 5 km from the Renaissance Melaka Hotel; caters to flights from Singapore, Medan, Haadyai, Ipoh and Langkawi. Although there are no connecting flights from Kuala Lumpur's Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (Subang) International Airport, it is accessible via a one & a half hours drive through the Malaysian North-South Expressway. Melaka is just 250 km North of Singapore and 150 km South of Kuala Lumpur.