| W Phelps |
01 January 2003 |
Stayed at Hyatt Regency Macau - Macau, Macau.
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If you are going to Macau to gamble and are expecting a "las vegas" style experince then you should not spend the time in Macau. The casinos are all small, crowded, and poorly run. Games are few with little action or excitement to speak of.
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| N Singh |
15 December 2002 |
Stayed at Westin Resort Macau - Macau, Macau.
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A must do - hire cycles and go around the island - very easy to do and enjoyable.
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| A Hoang |
20 July 2002 |
Stayed at Holiday Inn Macau - Macau, Macau.
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I only walked around Macau, though buses seemed pretty frequent and convenient. The non-gambling sites are located mostly in the center of the city, which are easily within reach by foot from the Casino Lisboa. Two days would be enough to see most of the sites.
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| P Laidler |
09 July 2002 |
Stayed at Mandarin Oriental Macau - Macau, Macau.
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-Mezzaluna in the mandarin and Fernandos at Hac Sa are as excellent as ever.
-The new tower is worth a trip up but take a spare pair of underpants.
-The foot massages in the little reflexology shops are good value and relaxing.
-People in Macau are generally more relaxed and friendly than hong kongers. A great place to drift around.
-The protestant cemetery is interesting.
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| A Overholser |
16 June 2002 |
Stayed at Lisboa Hotel - Macau, Macau.
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The Portuguese population of Macau has supposedly decreased by 80% since its handover to China in 1999, which means the local Portuguese restaurant scene is somewhat diminished. One gem that remains is "A Petisquera" in Taipa (not far from the Dumbo restaurant). Truly superb cooking (octopus salad, baby sardines, fresh home made cheese, codfish cakes, clams) accompanied by an excellent and very reasonable wine selection. The two owners (Eusebio and Jose) are very gracious.
The sauna for women at the Lisboa was highly luxurious and pampering of my partner, unusual for Asia where it's generally the men's side that has all the whirlpools, steamrooms and lounge comforts.
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| C Kenny |
16 June 2002 |
Stayed at Westin Resort Macau - Macau, Macau.
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The Hac Sa beach was not particularly appealing due to a black sludge on the sand. It was pleasant enough to walk on to go to Fernando's Restaurant but I made a point of keeping clear of the water and the sludge. Macau made for an interesting walking tour if you have got the energy to climb the hills to get to the best view points.
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| P Ransted |
25 May 2002 |
Stayed at Beverly Plaza Hotel - Macau, Macau.
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Gambling is about all there is to do in Macau.
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| A Wodnicki |
18 August 2001 |
Stayed at Beverly Plaza Hotel - Macau, Macau.
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Macau! Great for a weekend, and I suppose boring for the whole week. Lot's of places to see, especially a few very beautiful Gardens (Jardim), a Cable Car to the Light House, and of course Casinos and everything on 2 sq. km. When in the City Centre, try go get to Safari restaurant. Although it may sound funny, Africa in Macau, but the food is really OK, traditional Macau food and the service pretty nice.
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| J Kung |
28 January 2001 |
Stayed at Lisboa Hotel - Macau, Macau.
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Aside from the throng of hookers in hotels and "saunas," Macau is a lovely town with a plethora of great places to eat - Henri's, Platau, and hole-in-the-walls spring to mind. Come here if you'd like a nice, chill weekend (a week would be too much unless you are a hard-core gambler).
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| B Mclaughlin |
06 January 2001 |
Stayed at Westin Resort Macau - Macau, Macau.
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There's loads of nice food. My favourite places are Galo (which has removed its comical English name) in Taipa, Fernando's in Coloane, and the faintly ridiculously-named Dumpling Town near Leal Senado square. Taipa old village is cool.
Go-karting in Coloane can be good - I enjoyed it last time I went. But this time they forgot that we were on the waiting list, messed us around and made us wait for ages. The lady who eventually gave us our money back (after a protracted discussion) was record-breakingly surly.
There are some brilliant junk shops (as opposed to the nice antique shops) down a back street to the East of Senado Leal square. One has a fantastically loopy old owner, and a bizarre pricing policy where everything seems to be M$200. It's got loads of very cool stuff.
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Traveller's Tales: Things to do in Macau
