Route Description: With a history of more than 400 years, the East and the West have always been intertwined in this place, which has made Macao a unique city, with both ancient and traditional temples, as well as solemn and dignified Catholic churches, and a multitude of historical and cultural heritage, as well as a beautiful coastline. The city is a unique city with ancient traditional temples and solemn Catholic shrines, as well as numerous historical and cultural heritages, and beautiful coastal scenery.
Tour days: 1 day
For people: First time visitors to Macau
Morning: The Venetian Macao
Tips: Cross the border at Hengqin in Zhuhai, and there is a free shuttle bus at the entrance to the Venetian, and there is a bus stop at the entrance of the Venetian that takes you directly to Rua de Guanaje. There are a lot of food there, such as Western restaurants, Macao's snacks wood chaff Pudding, etc. ...... famous pork chop buns store Lai Kee, but only to be served at 3:00 p.m., only once a day out of the oven.
The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel (The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel) is the Venetian Resort invested by the U.S. Las Vegas Sands Corp. with an investment of about 20 billion yuan, which pursues the concept of diversified operations of the resort with 3,000 luxury rooms and large-scale gaming, convention and exhibition, shopping, sports, variety and leisure facilities, etc., which With 110,000 square meters of convention and exhibition space, it is bound to be a competitor to Hong Kong. Located on the Cotai Strip in the Cotai area of Macau, the hotel is a 39-story building.
The Venetian Resort boasts world-class amenities on a scale that surpasses that of Las Vegas in the U.S., including more than 60 square meters of deluxe guest rooms, a 100,000-square-meter Grand Canal Shoppes with world-class brands, an 8,000-square-meter spa, and Cirque du Soleil, a resident performing troupe, among others. It is expected that the opening of the Venetian Resort will not only attract gamblers, but also many business conferences and exhibitions to be held in Macau, and the resort expects to attract a group of high-spending business travelers to spend money in Macau.
Grand Canal Shoppes, Retail and Food & Beverage: 93,548 sqm, Grand Canal Shoppes Stroll under the blue skies and white clouds and be enchanted by the sounds of gondoliers singing while being entertained by unique street performances. Wander through 1,000,000 square feet of shopping space, offering over 352 international stores for your shopping pleasure. This is the Grand Canal Shoppes.
Transportation to The Venetian Macao:
If you are traveling from Zhuhai:
Hengqin Border Crossing: Take a transit bus and arrive in Macao after passing through the border checkpoint. Upon arrival, you can take a free shuttle bus directly to The Venetian Macao. Travel time is from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Gongbei Border Crossing: Arrive at Macau through the border checkpoint. Upon arrival, you can take a free shuttle bus directly to The Venetian Macao. Travel time is from 7:30 a.m. to 12 midnight.
If you are traveling from Guangzhou/Zhongshan/Dongguan/Shenzhen:
Take a transit bus directly to the underground shopping mall of Gongbei Border Crossing or Lotus Bridge in Zhuhai, and then walk through the border checkpoint to arrive in Macau. Upon arrival, take a free shuttle bus directly to The Venetian Macao.
If you are traveling from Macau International Airport:
Take the free Venetian shuttle bus to The Venetian Macao in 5 minutes, with buses departing from the airport every 15-20 minutes.
If you are traveling from Hong Kong International Airport:
Take the fast ferry directly from the airport and arrive in Macau in 1 hour, no need to spend 1 hour to pass through Hong Kong customs.
If you are traveling from Guangzhou Baiyun Airport:
Take a bus to Zhuhai Xinhe Bus Station (east of Gongbei Customs) and arrive in Macau through Gongbei Customs. After entering Macau, you can take the free service Venetian shuttle bus to the Venetian Macau. The total trip from Guangzhou to Macau takes about two and a half hours.
If you are traveling from Zhuhai Airport:
Take a shuttle bus to Zhuhai Hengqin Border Crossing, pass through the Lotus Bridge, and take the free service Venetian shuttle bus to The Venetian Macao. (They run every 10-12 minutes from 9.30am to 7.30pm daily). The entire trip takes about 30 minutes.
If you are traveling from Shenzhen Baoan International Airport:
Take the shuttle bus to Shenzhen Fuyong Ferry Terminal and take the ferry to Macau in 45 minutes.
Noon: Lung Wan - Fisherman's Wharf
Afterwards, you can walk to Lung Wan from Rua de Guan Yai (about five minutes). Visit the home of native Portuguese, Xingfan out of the Koon Yai Street corner of the bus 28A to Fisherman's Wharf (Jinsha Casino), fare: 3.3 yuan, after the tour you can directly take a taxi to the new road (Senado Square, can also be called the fountain), about 20 yuan (take the car can also be, but due to the bus is a circular line driving. Easy to sit in the wrong direction, plus the bus fare seems to be 2.5 yuan / person
Longuan Portuguese Rhythm Residential Museum (referred to as Longuan Portuguese Rhythm), is located in Macau's tourist attractions, the entire attraction is located on the island of Taipa, to the seaside of Avenida de Almeida, the museum of the five Portuguese-style houses mainly. On December 5, 1999, the Lon Chuan Portuguese Residence Museum was officially opened to the public. The five Portuguese-style houses are: the House of the Native Portuguese, the House of the Island, the House of the Portuguese Region, the Exhibition Hall and the Welcome House. Nowadays, this residential museum is one of the most important heritage buildings and cultural assets of Macau, and also one of the most representative attractions of Macau. The entire Lung Wan Lusophonic Square includes the Lung Wan Lusophonic Residential Museum, the Carmel Church, the Taipa Library, the Taipa Municipal Gardens and the Garden of the Cross. In front of the museum is a mangrove wetland where you can watch birds such as black-faced spoonbills, egrets, gray herons, kingfishers and mandarin ducks. The Lung Wan Portuguese Rhythm Scenic Spot has been assessed as one of the eight scenic spots in Macau.
"Lung Wan" is the old name of Taipa Island, and "Portuguese Rhythm" refers to the Portuguese architectural style here. These five Portuguese-style buildings were completed in 1921. They were originally the residences of high-ranking officials of Macau's outlying islands and some native Portuguese families. In 1992, the Macao-Portuguese government restored and converted the complex into a residential museum.
Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. , Monday: Closed
Admission price: MOP5, under 10 or over 60: free admission, on Sundays: free admission
Macau Fisherman's Wharf is the first theme park and shopping center modeled after the European and American Fisherman's Wharf in Macao. Macau Fisherman's Wharf is Macau's first theme park and shopping center modeled after Fisherman's Wharf in Europe and America. Macau Fisherman's Wharf was built on the shore of the new reclaimed area in the Outer Harbor, near the Macau Ferry Terminal. Invested by Stanley Ho and Chow Kam Fai, with a total investment of approximately MOP 1.85 billion, the project took five years to prepare and construct, and was inaugurated by Macau Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah and Fisherman's Wharf Chairman Stanley Ho on December 31, 2005 for a trial run. It was officially opened on December 23, 2006, one year after the trial operation. Macau Fisherman's Wharf is located on the coast of the new reclaimed area of the Outer Harbour and occupies an area of more than 111,500 square meters, integrating entertainment, shopping, dining, hotels, marinas and convention and exhibition facilities, and combining different architectural features and Chinese and Western cultures, in order to enable visitors to break through the boundaries of the region and to experience the feeling of a different region. The diversified entertainment facilities in the area will make Macau Fisherman's Wharf a great place for families to visit. The completion of Macau Fisherman's Wharf is expected to bring a new dimension to Macau's tourism industry.
Macau Fisherman's Wharf is divided into three main sections: Tang City, East-West Concourse and Legend Pier. Tang City is a Chinese-style city building modeled after the architecture of the Tang Dynasty, with a shopping mall featuring trendy products from all over the world and high-class restaurants. The East-West Collection combines traditional Eastern concepts with Western architectural styles. The area offers a wide range of facilities, from kiddie-friendly amusement rides, multi-purpose performance and convention venues, to video games and shopping malls. Inside the volcano, visitors can ride Asia's first Raiders of the Lost Ark-style monorail indoor roller coaster called the Flying Dragon Express and a boat ride called the Flaming Rapids, which allows visitors to experience the hot lava zone for themselves. At night, visitors can enjoy a spectacular view of this 40-meter-high man-made volcano as lava boils and erupts. Fort Arabia will be a popular destination for children. There are four rides for the little ones in this area, namely the Flying Camel, the Magic Carpet, the Aladdin Express and the Arabian Jumping Tower.
There are also game booths, snacks and souvenir stores in the same area. The Convention and Exhibition Center covers an area of 5,000 square meters, of which the main exhibition hall covers 3,000 square meters. The 6.3-meter-high lobby with a column-free design is suitable for conferences and exhibitions, corporate banquets, private parties or wedding receptions. The Rome Showground is a 2,000-seat outdoor performance venue with top-notch audio-visual equipment and a 200-square-meter multi-purpose stage, creating an unforgettable experience for the audience. The European and Latin-style architecture of Legendale Marina allows visitors to find a variety of international wines and foods, store for goods in a wide range of brand-name stores, and enjoy different street performances by performers. There are also street performers who will entertain you with a variety of street shows.
Macau Fisherman's Wharf Address: Avenida da Amizade and Avenida Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, Macau
Macau Fisherman's Wharf Opening Hours: Free admission 24 hours a day (motorized games: 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Macau Fisherman's Wharf Published Ticket Prices:
Raiders of the Lost Ark, Single - MOP$40
Flaming Waters, Single - MOP$40
Flaming Waters, Single - MOP$40
Flying Camel Single-MOP20 Two-MOP36
Magic Carpet Single-MOP20 Two-MOP36
Aladdin Express Single-MOP20 Two-MOP36
Green Cloud Rise Single-MOP20 Two-MOP36
Water World Admission to the showground - MOP 50
Afternoon: Senado Square - Ruins of St. Paul's - Macao Museum
Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro (Senado Square, which can also be called the Fountain) is a popular shopping area, with a concentration of brand name specialty stores. Other attractions are: St. Paul's, the Fortress, the Macau Museum, the Main Church, and the Rosary Church. Afterwards, you can take the No. 3 bus at Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro or take a taxi to the Barrier Gate (about $20)
Ruins of St. Paul's
The Ruins of St. Paul's, a landmark of Macau, is a must-visit destination for travelers. Since a fire in 1835, the original St. Paul's Church, which was a combination of Chinese and Western architecture, has become a ruin with only the front wall. St. Paul's Church was the largest Catholic church in the East at that time, known as the "Vatican of the East", and was attached to St. Paul's College. The College was the first Western-style university in the Far East. Between its founding in 1594 and its end in 1762, many foreign missionaries visiting China came to study Chinese, making the College an important missionary base for these missionaries to enter China, and playing an unrivaled role in promoting religious and cultural exchanges between Europe and China.
After the church became a monument, it was called the Ruins of St. Paul's because of the resemblance of the front wall to a traditional Chinese pagoda, and because the word "St. Paul's" was translated from Portuguese (S?o Paulo) into Chinese as "Samba". The Ruins of St. Paul's are baroque in architecture and have distinctly oriental carvings, including peony and chrysanthemum motifs representing China and Japan, making them unique among Catholic churches around the world.
The Ruins of St. Paul's has lost its practical function as a church, but it is still very much a part of Macau's life. Various cultural events are held here from time to time, and the long flight of steps in front of the Ruins happens to be a natural seating area, turning the Ruins into a huge set in a flash, with a stage made of heaven. It is believed that those who lived in Macau hundreds of years ago would never have imagined that this church would become an ideal outdoor venue for cultural events.
From the back of the Ruins, you can walk up an iron staircase to the second floor of the Ruins. When you look out from here, you will feel as if you were standing inside St. Paul's Church and looking down on the life of the people of the town, a special feeling that must be experienced to be realized.
After visiting the Ruins of St. Paul's, you can go to the Museum of Catholic Art in the inner square, where representative paintings and sculptures from the churches and monasteries of Macau are housed, the most precious among them being a group of oil paintings based on religious life, which were the first paintings in the Far East and are also the oldest oil paintings in the Orient. The next door crypt houses the remains of Japanese and Vietnamese martyrs, illustrating Macau's religious history.
Catholic Art Museum and Crypt: Open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is free
The Senado Square
Throughout the world, especially in Europe, there are plazas of varying sizes, where visitors can meet and talk, or just enjoy life at a café. In Macau, there are also a number of squares paved with wavy Portuguese black and white gravel, like the ocean with big waves, with a variety of sea creatures and Macau attractions as the pattern, a more three-dimensional sense of expression of Portugal's seafaring business, but also cleverly fit the image of Macau's fishing port in the past. As you walk past the famous Senado Square, A-Ma Temple, Granny's Well, Gangteng Square, Panjang Hall, Lobby Square, Dove's Nest and the Jesuit Memorial Square, don't forget to look down as you enjoy the fusion of Chinese and Western cultures in Macau's cultural ocean.
When it comes to plazas, is the famous Senado Square a must-see? The Senado Square used to be called the Fountain because of the fountain in the center of the square, and although it has changed over the years, many of Macau's oldest residents still use this name. Nowadays, the fountain is decorated with a celestial globe, symbolizing the Portuguese voyages, which is illuminated at night to make the Senado Square look more colorful.
Coming to the Senado Square at different times of the year is a different experience. During the Lunar New Year, the Mid-Autumn Festival and Christmas, the area is decorated with festive decorations, which, together with the surrounding European architecture, brings out the best of Macau's East-meets-West cultural fusion. The Senado Square is also a popular venue for events such as the annual Macau Fringe, which transforms the city into a stage, transforming visitors from spectators to performers as they pass through the area.
The area has always been a thriving commercial district with many stores, and visitors are attracted to the area for shopping because of its many souvenir stores. The most rare thing is the preservation of two- and three-storey Chinese and Western houses in the past, while nearby there are Western-style buildings such as the Rosary Church, the Hall of Mercy, the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau building, and even the Three Streets Association, such as Chinese temples, combined with the pace of life of the modern people, so as to achieve the harmony of the old buildings and modernity **** survival, and reflect the fusion of Chinese and Western cultures, which is precisely the uniqueness of Macao. As you continue to visit the nearby Gangteng Square, Pancham Tong Square and other plazas, these characteristics of Macau will continue to unfold their charm and attraction.
Macao Museum
The Macao Museum was inaugurated on April 18th, 1998 in the heart of the city. The museum is located on the Fortress, which was built by the Jesuits in the early 17th century. The famous St. Paul's College (also known as the College of Our Lady of God) and the St. Paul's Church were built near the Fortress at that time, and St. Paul's College was considered to be the first Western university in the Far East.
The Macao Museum was built with the aim of preserving the many facets of traditions, customs and culture that have existed in Macao over the centuries, when Eastern and Western cultures met and harmonized***.
The Museum's collections are not of great value, but are rich in historical significance and memories of a better life. The exhibits show visitors the living conditions and history of the different ethnic groups that inhabited Macau over the centuries, living in peace.
The Macao Museum*** has three floors: the first floor is dedicated to the original civilization of the Macao region, introducing the origins of the Macao region, the development of China and Portugal before the arrival of the Orvis in the Pearl River Delta in 1513, the contacts in trade, religion and culture resulting from the encounter between the two in Macao, and the distinctive Macao culture that evolved in the centuries to come.
The second floor, Macau Folk Art and Traditions, allows visitors to learn about Macau's traditions, folk art and trades or activities that have now declined or even disappeared. The exhibits also reveal various stages and aspects of Macau's history: entertainment, daily life styles, religious rituals and celebrations, etc., to highlight the way people of different cultures and races tolerated each other, ****survived and lived in Macau in a way that was both rich and unique.
The third floor, Contemporary Macau, features contemporary Macau city life and a vision of the future. Also on display are the works of a number of writers with close ties to Macau, including the famous Portuguese literary figures Jaimez and Pisanje. The final part of the exhibition introduces visitors to the prospects and opportunities of Macau as a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
After visiting the museum, visitors can take a side trip to the Fortress Gardens, overlooking the stunning scenery of the city of Macau.
Address: Rua do Museo de Macau, No. 112 (side of the Ruins of St. Paul's)
Opening hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily (tickets on sale until 5:30 p.m.), closed on Mondays (except public holidays)
Admission prices: Adults MOP15; children under 11, senior citizens over 60, and students MOP8; groups, Schools and public **** organizations at a discounted price. Free admission on the 15th of every month.
Public **** buses arrive at: 2,3,3A,4,5,6,7,8A,10,10A,11,17,18,19,21,21A,26,26A,33