Country Info
- Macao
- Capital
- Pataca (MOP)
- Currency
- 453,733
- Population
- MO
- Country Code
Travel Blogs from Macau
A Night of 'Luxury'
This is a top pick! ... been a local shortcut), eventually we made it to the area of Cotai where all the casinos are based. This definitely looked like the Macau we were expecting! As we didn't have that long, we went on a whistle stop tour of the Casinos, luckily there is a ...
Look out Vegas!
This is a top pick! ... Mainland China to Hong Kong, then on to Macau. It certainly gets stamps in the passport fast! The colonial legacy left Macau with a really strange fusion of East and West. The old part of town with its cobblestone lanes (bearing Portuguese names) ...
A very big dinner party
This is a top pick! The photographer of A2 studios is at the hotel around 10:00. At first he could not find the room, but after a few phone calls he managed to knock on the door of suite 9052. He introduced himself as 'sorry I don't speak English' so I assured him of my ...
Macau in a day...
This is a top pick! ... HK's high-end office malls but is extremely nice to us and the prices are much more reasonable than I had ever imagined. I'm off to Macau while Will works on a paper for another one of his classes. I walk to the ferry from the tailors and run ...
Two Days One Night in Macau
This is a top pick! ... STOP 7 ~ Maritime Museum & A-Ma Temple Macau Maritime Museum Occupying an area of 800 square meters, the Macau Maritime ...
HK - Macau
This is a top pick! ... commercial end of the island taking in all the extravagant casinos which are the main attraction for most visitors to Macau. Inside the tower we were approached by a representative of the 'A J Hackett adrenaline experiences' that are available ...
Macau - Day 134
This is a top pick! ... called Hospedaria San Va guesthouse. Simple guesthouse in a good central location near to all the old Portuguese colonial sites. Macau has a very different feel to Hong Kong, you can see the old Portuguese colonial influence everywhere in the ...
Do chinese people gamble?
This is a top pick! ... found them and decided to go and book a ferry. I dont think any of us thought a great deal about it but Macau is essentially another Special Adminstrative Zone in China and therefore we needed passports to get through immigration, customs etc. We ...
Showing mommie around Macau
This is a top pick! ... and a few glasses of wine. As the buffet closed around six, we headed onwards to the grand canal shoppes where we wandered around in Macau's cathedral of shopping where the sky is always blue, so you have no idea what time it is. Later in the evening we ...
Macau Grand Prix
This is a top pick! A nice and warm day in Macau. The streets blocked for the races, First off the WTCC and after only 10 minutes in the corner after the straight the first Seat kissed the wall. Later the GP3 cars took the track, a lot of noise, but less entertaining. Last ...
Going colonial in Macau.
This is a top pick! ... , good and modern museums, multilingual signs and free entrance to some sights (unthinkable in mainland China) and friendly tourism officials. Macau is best-known for casinos, but if you're not interested, they're easy to avoid, all being crammed into a ...
Tighter Macau visa rules - but not for foreigners
This is a top pick! ... August. Earlier this year China limited stays to a month, and then allowed Chinese to visit every two months. Since 2006, Macau has been the largest gambling hub in the world, and there are nearly 30 gambling casinos competing for business. Taxes ...
Ferry to Macau
This is a top pick! ... the containment of bird flu and SARs we assumed. Meg was a little worried they were going to stop her because of her cold. In Macau Meg wasn't feeling the best, so we grabbed McDonalds for lunch and went for a walk around the city. We got slightly lost ...
Made it to Macau!
This is a top pick! ... other-side of the city this visit, but wouldn't mind coming back and hitting the slot machines and Baccarat tables...maybe seeing the Macau Grand Prix or taking in a race at either the horse or dog-track. There are plenty of characters in this town and ...
Venetian Macau
This is a top pick! ... under the High Limit sign. I was a bit concerned, but fortunately one table was still a $200 table. I guess this maybe why Macau surpassed Las Vegas in gambling revenue last year at 6.9 Billion to 6.5 Billion. I sat down and dropped $2000 on the table ...
Venetian Macau Round "Due"
This is a top pick! After a nice dinner at a restaurant that I never would have found or gone into myself, Anna, Denis and I went to the Venetian to have a look around. Denis gave me a "lucky" $100 gaming chip that he'd gotten from work as some kind of reward. I'm sure it ...
Venetian Macau Round "Tre"
This is a top pick! ... saying, "Here goes nothing". Of course, I drew an 11 against a 5. I reached in my pocket and all I found was 400 Macau Patacas and without a hesitation broke yet another rule: Set LIMITS and follow them STRICTLY. (this is why I shouldn't gamble I can ...
Happy Endings Are Possible
This is a top pick! ... ** I've had a great time here in Macau. Normally I only stay for less than 8 hours which is even shorter than the average Macau visitor at 1.5 days. 8 days is the longest that I've stayed in Macau and the longest I've stayed in any gambling town in the ...
Day Trip To Macau
This is a top pick! ... in decorations for an upcoming festival. We headed off to find the ruins of St Pauls, which is the main photo opportunity in Macau. The building was totally destroyed apart from the facade but it still looks very impressive. There are stairs up to the ...
Grand Prix do Macau
This is a top pick! ... during morning warmups woke me up. I hate travel days and had been at it for 10-11 hours already, but I didn't come to Macau to sleep. I headed straight out to the 6th Annual Macau Food Festival and grabbed a couple large Macau Beers and heaps of food, ...
A little taste of Portugal
This is a top pick! ... Terry was a member. We also went to the Embassy Bar and for a lovely Italian meal, with some lovely Italian wine. I didn't see much of Macau apart from the bars, but it was very enjoyable. Arriving back in Hong Kong we decided to go to the FCC (Foreign ...
Venetian Macau Round 4
This is a top pick! I was still a bit pissed about my 1500B fine imposed by Thailand's new get rid of tourism policy when I landed in Macau. I knew there was a quick way to offset the fine very near the airport. I love the Venetian Casino in Vegas, but I really love the ...
Four countries in a day!!!
This is a top pick! ... of a 15 year old bike!!!! So I left Cambodia back to Thailand, spending about 2 hours in Bangkok. Thena 3 hour flight North to Macau, the old Portugese colony on the edge of Hong Kong.......here spending less than an hour, meeting Faresh (a friend of a ...
Another day in Macau
This is a top pick! I extended our hotel stay until the 4th of September. Today, we spent the day doing the cultural hike. Temple visits, church visits and we bumped into this library, sir Roberto Ho Tung Library, where internet use is free, AWESOME. My brother can ...
Trip to a different world, the difference is Macau
This is a top pick! ... , after talking to the immigration officer, he then softened and agreed to allow him to go with us since we are just going to Macau. I called them back, and my nephew was just the happiest person at that moment. His first time to ride a plane, to go ...
"Copy Rolex.. nice suit for you, Sir?"
This is a top pick! ... time was way different. I did the touristy thing last year and this time around it was less of a tourist, more of a local. Macau Having been escorted to the ferry terminal by Gareth and all (making sure we left maybe?) we caught the late ferry to ...
Working as a movie extra in Hong Kong
This is a top pick! ... is guaranteed its special administrative region status for at least 50 years starting from December 20, 1999. Residents of Macau mostly speak Cantonese natively; Portuguese, Mandarin, English, Fujianese, Filipino, Thai, and several other languages are ...
What happens in Macau...stays in Macau
This is a top pick! ... people coming to Macau to gamble vs Vegas. Even more impressive is that there are only currently twenty-five casinos in Macau. I have to admit though, it was nice to sit at a blackjack table and not have a couple idiots wreck the table ...
Macau - Portuguese China.
This is a top pick! ... leave the country but could trade with the Portuguese on Macau. Since 1999 Macau has belonged to China as a "Special Administrative Region". Macau is famous for two other things and they both begin with G - Grand Prix and Gambling. Each year in November ...
A Day in Macau
This is a top pick! ... could have been in Europe. And it felt more so once we were in the green shuttered Church of St Dominic, followed by the Macau Cathedral, especially as there was a service going on in Portuguese. Down a couple of more lanes, looking at Euro buildings, and ...