The best starting point for a walking tour is the Senado Square in the center of Macau, where one of MGTO's tourist information offices is located. MGTO provides pamphlets on Macau tourism, which detail the sights to see along the walking tour route.
Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro (40 minutes)
The heart of the city
Officially known as Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro, but referred to as Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro by Macau residents, Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro is the main street of the city, connecting Avenida Praia Grande to the Inner Harbour. Avenida da Praia Grande is less than a mile long, but it shows traces of the life of the native Portuguese. At the beginning of Avenida Nueva Mar, the pavement is paved with gravel in a pattern with potted flowers and antique street lamps erected on both sides. On the left is the newly built branch of the Bank of China..., on the right is the Bank of the Atlantic (the Bank of the Atlantic was built in 1902 as an offshore bank of Portugal, and when it was rebuilt, the front of the original building was preserved and a skyscraper was erected within it)... Adjacent to the bank is a dual-purpose residential and commercial building (yellowish brown, with whitewashed embossments and balconies surrounded by dark-colored iron railings), which is typical of the coastal region of China, with stores on its ground floor, On the ground floor were shops, banks and trading houses, and above them were residences... Next to them was a flight of stone steps leading up to the main hall (the Cathedral). On the other side of the road, facing the stone staircase, there is a steep road leading up to the Rua de S?o Paulo... To the left of the Rua de S?o Paulo is the Central Plaza, with stores selling designer clothes, and to the right is the Weng Ta Antique Shop... Further on, to the right, there is the General Post Office (which has a special counter for stamps and sells stamps of Macao)... From the General Post Office's bell tower, there will be different bells that will be chiming at different times... Now, we have arrived at the main plaza, the ground floor of the Pavilion of the Parliament, and the ground floor is all made of Portuguese crushed stone. The ground of the square is paved with Portuguese gravel in a wavy pattern. In the center of the square is a fountain with a globe-shaped object... Crossing the road, you can see a stately building in neoclassical style... this is the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau building (which houses a gallery, a garden and a library)... Returning to the square, you can see the front facade of Yan Ci Tong (built in 1568, it is one of the most important buildings in China...) in the baroque architectural style. (built in 1568, it is the oldest European charitable institution in China), get information on Macau tourism from the Macau Government Tourist Office, browse around the stores and visit the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary (built by Dominican monks in 1590, it has been restored and renovated, with a treasure trove of relics on the tower inside the church)... If you would like to have a drink, you can have it at one of the cafes in the square, or the Portuguese restaurant in Rua de Panchatang.... Continuing along Avenida Nueva, you will find pharmacies, jewelry and goldsmiths (where you can buy 24-carat gold jewelry at reasonable prices), banks, traditional Chinese pawnshops (designed like a fortress!), and fashion shops on both sides of the road. and fashion stores... On the right is the Central Hotel with its cheap rent (opened in 1928, it used to be Macau's gaming center) and Camp Street (leading to Rua de Nossa Senhora do Coronel and Pigeon's Nest Park)... If you keep going, you can see the fronts of old buildings on the left side of the road... Cross the road and turn into Hearthstone Pool Lane... In front of you is the Fo Sao Lo (opened in 1903, it's Macau's oldest restaurant, known for its roasted pigeons) )... Turn left from Fok Sau Lo into Fok Loong San Street (once a famous fireworks display area, the building has been restored to its century-old appearance, with the front facade and shutters painted in red)... This area is always bustling with shoppers, diners, and strollers... From Fok Loong San Street, you can go to the Inner Harbour... Along the way, you'll find a number of stores selling salted fish, Macanese specialties, as well as jerky and dried pork (dried meat) barbequed on the open grill ... Returning to Avenida Almeida Ribeiro, there are some antique stores on the right hand side of the road, and nearby are some fashion stores selling cheap designer clothes.
At night in Avenida Praia Grande
Like the daytime, Avenida Praia Grande is very lively at night, with many commercial activities going on, stores still open, and restaurants doing even more business in the evening than during the day... Before you go to Avenida Praia Grande, you can take a stroll by the Nam Van Lake on Avenida Praia Grande... On the right, there are the stately government buildings... and the best of all, the illuminated (built in 1849) building... It used to be the Australian Governor's residence, but is now the headquarters of the SAR Government)... On the left is the Nam Van artificial lake, with a musical fountain in the middle of the lake that puts on a spectacular show every night... Now, back at Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro, Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro and the precincts of the Palais des Congrès are brightly lit up, and the area in front of the Palais des Congrès is bustling with shoppers and leisureists... Continuing along the Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro, you will turn into the new district of Foro Lumpur, which is full of vibrant activity and activity in the evenings: Restaurants of all sizes were filled with diners and there was a constant buzz of voices; smells wafted from street kitchens; the sound of sparrows playing and music emanating from open windows; and there was a steady stream of people taking a leisurely stroll down the street... There were so many restaurants along the way, both large and small, that you could walk into any one of them at will if you were hungry.
Pine Hill and St. Dominic's Church (60 mins)
Revisiting the past
This tour begins at Guia Hill, the highest point on the Macau Peninsula. On the hill are the Guia Fortress and the lighthouse (the Fortress was built in 1637; the lighthouse was built in 1865 and is still in use today as the first lighthouse along the coast of China)... and the Church of Our Lady of Cedar, which is in the Baroque architectural style (during the restoration, frescoes were found on the walls and ceilings of the church)... You can enjoy a panoramic view of the city and the nearby sea... and the Tourist Information Office and a small cafe are located in the former guard post. Leaving the fortress, follow the Songsan road on the right down the hill. This circular road is a walking trail with some recreational facilities along the way, making it a good place for people to exercise, walk their birds and have love affairs... At the end of the road, there is the Pine Hill Cable Car (which operates from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and the whole journey takes only a little over a minute)... You can either take the cable car here or walk down the stone steps to the Eragon Throat Park (a former residential house, which was razed to the ground after a factory explosion in 1928). Inside the park, there is a bird farm, a small zoo, a botanical garden and a fountain)... Leave the park, cross Avenida Storobioso... walk two blocks ahead, and on your right hand side, you will see the Founding Father's Memorial Hall (built by Dr. Sun Yat-sen's family in 1930, it is open to the public from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. every day, but is closed on Tuesdays... For more information, please read about the footsteps of Dr. Sun)... From the Memorial Hall, walk a little further Turn right onto Old Raleigh Road and after two blocks you will see the entrance to the Lou Lien Ruo Gardens (Lou Lien Ruo Gardens were built by a wealthy local merchant, Lou Jiu, in the late 19th century and are characterized by the classical gardens of Suzhou... The gardens are very attractive and many people like to do tai chi, dance and take photographs in the garden. (Concerts are sometimes held at the Chun Cho Tang in the garden... the park is open to the public from morning to night)... As you exit the park, turn left and walk a few steps ahead to the busy Holland Park Avenida, and then walk to the right to see a row of buildings dating back to the 1920s. After restoration, they now house government departments such as the Central Library, the Historical Archives, and the Tap Seac Health Center... There are many restored and refurbished European-style buildings in Crazy Hall Rampart (this was once considered to be a high-class area, with elegant mansions and ornately decorated balconies)... Return to Avenida Hollande and walk ahead to Shui Hang Mei Street, where you can find a number of boutique fashion stores and the Cultural Plaza (the latter is one of the largest and most popular shopping malls in Macau). Plaza is one of the larger bookstores in Macao)... From here, turn right onto Rua de Pedro Nossa Senhora... On the right side of the street is a neo-classical building that used to be a hospital, but is now the Consulate General of Portugal in Macao... Going forward, you will find Rua de Panch?o, and then Rua de Senado.
Footprints of Dr. Sun Yat-sen
Dr. Sun Yat-sen, who led the 1911 Xinhai Revolution that overthrew the Manchu government, was born in Tsui Hang Village, a few tens of kilometers north of Macau, and after graduating from the medical school of Queen's College in Hong Kong in 1892, he moved to Macau and started practicing medicine at the Kiang Wu Hospital in Macau, which was his first job... He rented a suite at Senado Square. He rented a flat at 14 Senado Square (this building no longer exists)... until he had the money to buy a house on Boon Tei Sze Lane, as his family was growing (his first wife, a son and two daughters)... He published articles in Echo Macaense newspaper/magazine advocating reforms to help the Chinese peasants, and establishing a school for the poor, and Fernandes, the editor of the newspaper/magazine, wrote an article about this. Chico Fernandes, the editor of Echo Macaense, was one of Dr. Sun's supporters... Another was Lu Jiu (a major Chinese philanthropist and businessman, who built the Lu Lien Ruo Gardens and founded the Mirror Lake Hospital)... Lu Jiu persuaded the hospital to lend Dr. Sun 2,000 silver dollars to open a Chinese and Western medicine shop on Cao Dui Street (the shop no longer exists, but was a meeting place for Dr. Sun and the Liberals). Mr. Sun Yat-sen was also a frequent visitor to the garden of Lou Lien Ruo... In 1894, Lou Jiu was informed that the buyers of the Manchu government were plotting to overthrow Dr. Sun Yat-sen, who was forced to leave the country, first to Guangdong, where he founded the Chinese Revolutionary Rehabilitation League... and then to Macao, where he lived for a few days and then took a boat to Honolulu, USA... Later on Dr. Sun never returned to Macao, but his family stayed in Macao... In 1928, an ammunition depot exploded, destroying their apartment, and his family decided to build the Founding Father's Memorial Hall on the same site... The Memorial Hall is a richly Muslim building containing Dr. Sun's books, letters, photographs, newspapers and magazines describing his life, as well as other items, and also a few donations of There are also some donated souvenirs. In addition, a bronze statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen stands in the garden at the side of the museum. The museum is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day and is closed on Tuesdays.
Mount Guia (90 minutes)
Where Portugal meets China
This area (Mount Guia), located between the South Bay of the Macau Peninsula and the Inner Harbor, has many sights to see, so it is recommended to schedule a meal break during your visit. Also note: It is best not to do this tour on Tuesdays, as the Maritime Museum is closed on Tuesdays.
From the Senado Square forecourt, walk along the side of the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (CMAB) on Dr. Soares Street... Turn left and walk up the Eastern Diagonal Lane to the Gangtok Forecourt, where the pavement is paved with Portuguese crushed stones in a wavy pattern, and the street lamps erected on the forecourt in green are of a quaint and old-fashioned style... On the left side of the Gangtok Forecourt is the Church of St. Justin (built by the priests of the Justinian order in 1586), where the Ikon of the Passion of Jesus is enshrined. Every year, the icon of the Crucifixion of Jesus departs from St. Austin's Church and travels along the Path of Sorrows that has been set up in the city)... To the right of the Gangtok forecourt is the Caritas Elderly Center, the Ho Tung Library and St. Joseph's Convent... Directly in front of it is the Gangtok Theatre (China's oldest European-style theatre, which was opened in 1858 and has been used as a venue for performances ever since)... Go down through the alleyway beside the theatre and head down to Lungsong Jung Street... and then keep going on the right until you reach Fung Shun Tong Street... Don't forget to visit St. Lawrence Church (the altar in the church is elegant and dignified, with a Chinese-style gold tile roof)... If you prefer to see the church, you can walk along the right side of St. Lawrence Church to Fung Shun Tong Upper Street, where you will find the chapel of St. Joseph's Monastery (built by the Jesuits, the chapel is in the form of a Latin cross, with a dome above it...) Inside the chapel, there is a reliquary with an arm bone of St. Francis Xavier. (St. Francis Xavier died on Sheung Chuen Island in the south of Macau)... Returning to Rua de S. Long Song, follow the narrow Pedder's Alley down to Avenida Praia Grande... On the left is a building with southern European architecture - the headquarters of the Macao SAR Government... Turn right and follow Avenida Praia Grande... On the other side of the road is the new reclaimed area with an artificial lake, the Macau Tower and the Musical Fountain... Passing by several restaurants, one can see a building with a history of more than 100 years You will see a building over 100 years old, which is now the Matteo Ricci School, and a municipal children's park, where children can learn to drive on their bicycles... Turn right and go up the Alameda Rampart, passing the residence of the Portuguese Consul General in Macau (the former Peak View Hotel) and the Hao Hotel (where you can take a break for a while and have a drink)... Now, go along the main street of Chuk Mok, turn left into the Guia Rampart... and you will arrive at the Bishop's Palace and the Guia Alley You will arrive at the Bishop's Palace and the Guia Church (the church is open to the public, and it is also an excellent vantage point for views of Macau and the outlying islands... It is also worthwhile to visit the souvenir stores here)... Down Avenida do Bao Kung... Pass by St. Sainte Sainte's Palace (the official residence of the former Governor of Macau, which was built along with the former Governor's Palace by local architect Thomas de Arcangel)... Come to Avenida da República... Turn right and walk along the Old Seawall Keep walking, and on your left you will see the Ronghe Gate (Sino-Portuguese Friendship Monument) standing on an artificial island... Turning the corner, you will see the Santiago Hotel (a seventeenth-century fortress on which a Portuguese hotel was built). The hotel is furnished with furniture from those days and has an outdoor café where you can dine and enjoy the surrounding scenery)... Continue along A-Ma-Ge Upper Street, past the boat dock, and arrive at the A-Ma Temple (built in the Ming Dynasty, it consists of four halls built on the rock and is dedicated to Nyonya, the patron saint of fishermen. The Portuguese name of Macau originates from this goddess)... Walk through the A-Ma Temple precinct, which is paved with Portuguese gravel, to Pier 1 (this is probably where the first Hokkien and Portuguese landed in those days), where the Macao Maritime Museum is located (the museum is in the shape of a ship, and houses a large collection of valuable artifacts that testify to the relationship between the region and the sea... The exhibits on the outside of the museum include a traditional merchant ship and a two-masted vessel) traditional merchant ship and a two-masted sailing ship. It is also possible to take a cruise around the Inner Harbor and the Nam Van area on a traditional Chinese sailing boat. (The museum is open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., closed on Tuesdays)... I'm sure you're hungry by now... There are some of Macau's best Portuguese restaurants (both Portuguese and Macanese) around Rua de S. Riverside... Feel free to enter one of them and try some of the famous dishes... After a hearty meal, you can take a bus or cab back to the city center or to your hotel or to the pier.
In the Footsteps of Chinnery
Anyone familiar with Chinnery's paintings will recognize many of the streets in Macau's Old Town... We recommend a long tour, but if you are short on time, you can selectively visit the sights. The tour begins at the Christian Cemetery (one of the most elaborately designed tombstones of all time, where Robert Morrison is also buried, whose tombstone Chinnery incorporated into his paintings in 1838)... Chinnery arrived in Macau in 1825, after having achieved success in England and India, and continued to paint here, becoming the most famous painter on the coast of China. He died in Macau in 1852... In Chinnery's time, the Casa Garden, the residence of the President of the British East India Company, became the meeting point for British merchants in Macau until they moved to Hong Kong. At that time, the "park", now known as Pigeon's Nest Park, was a very lively place. The Pigeon's Nest Park, along with the nearby Fortress and St. Paul's Church, were often the subject of Channary's paintings. Chinnery's sketch of St. Paul's Church is one of the few existing paintings that shows the church before it was destroyed by fire... Continuing to walk towards the Senado Square precinct, the historical buildings in the area, such as Our Lady of the Rosary Church and Mercy Hall, were often the backdrop of Chinnery's sketches and watercolors (children playing in the street, a hairdresser in the street, a hawker in a market and an animal (a pig)...) From the Senado Square precinct, you will continue to walk along the Dragon Street to the "Pigeon Nest Park". From the front of the Council Chambers, you would walk along Lung Song Street all the way to the "Top of the Heights" (as it was called in Chinnery's time), where the rich could look down on the homes of the people on the waterfront... Chinnery rented a house on Goon Mee Street (the building no longer exists, and since the painter lived there, a nearby street was called Chinnery Street)... In this vicinity, there were often scenes such as the chapels of St. Lawrence Church and St. Joseph's Convent. St. Joseph's Convent Chapel, etc. often appeared in his sketches and watercolors... If we want to see some of the most famous paintings by Chinnery, we must go to Nam Van, although it takes a lot of imagination to paint the beautiful scenery of Nam Van in those days... From Nam Van, you can go all the way up to the A-Ma Temple, which has not changed much. Of course, the beautiful sampans in front of the temple have disappeared.
The Ruins of St. Paul's and Pigeon's Nest Park (60-75 mins)
A collection of cultural relics
From the precincts of the Senado Square, you can see the Fortress Walls above the back of the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary. (If you have not yet visited the church and the Treasury of Sacred Relics, you should definitely do so.) On the right side of the church is Panjangtang Street...turn left onto Sokchoi Street...and go along the street. Along St. Paul's Street (lined with stores selling antique furniture, china and souvenirs), walk forward to the stone steps of Chong Guan, atop which is the Ruins of St. Paul's (originally St. Paul's Church, built by the Jesuits in 1602, a fire in 1835 destroyed almost the entire church, and all that remained was a stone facade, which is the Ruins of St. Paul's at present). (The sculptures on the Ruins of St. Paul's tell the story of the Catholic mission in Asia)... After admiring the sculptures on the Ruins of St. Paul's, one can go behind the Ruins of St. Paul's to see the restored catacombs where the remains of the martyred priests are buried, and the Museum of Catholic Art... Across the road, there is the Fortress of St. Paul's, where the Museum of Macao was built. (The Museum displays exhibits which illustrate how the East and the West have met and harmoniously existed in Macao through the centuries). It is open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., closed on Tuesdays)... From the stone steps of St. Paul's, turn right and walk along Rua de S?o Paulo, which mainly sells antiques and replicas of antiques... Dragon robes, furniture from the Qing Dynasty, porcelains, coins, lacquer ware, paintings, everything is available... At the end of Rua de S?o Paulo, you will find the St. Anthony's Church and the Dove's Nest... Cross the street and walk through the Old Christian Cemetery... The Old Christian Cemetery (where merchants, missionaries, sailors and some residents who lived in Macau in the 19th century, such as the famous painter, Chinnery, lie in state)... Next to the Old Christian Cemetery is the premises of the Oriental Foundation (once the residence of the President of the British East India Company, with a small museum and gallery)... and then Pigeon's Nest Park (also known as Jaime de Mace Park, as Jaime de Mace, one of the greatest poets of Portugal, lived here for a period of time). Next is the Pigeon's Nest Park (also known as Jamez Park, because Jamez, Portugal's greatest poet, lived here for a period of time), where a bust of the poet is housed in a cavern. Inside the park, there are old trees and flowers, pavilions, stone tables and chairs with chessboards carved on them, etc. People often play chess and socialize here... This is the end of the tour. You can take a cab or a bus back to the Senado Square forecourt or go to Ngo Ban Street... When you leave the Pigeon's Nest forecourt, turn left on Flower King's Lane, turn left on to Speedboat Street, and walk for a short while until you come to Ngo Ban Street. At the beginning of Ngo Pan Street, there is a small triangle of land with Portuguese gravel pavement. Nearby, there are many stores selling antiques, Chinese handicrafts, souvenirs related to Mao Zedong, opium pipes, etc. Ngo Pan Street divides into two streets. In these two streets, you can see craftsmen making Chinese furniture, jade ornaments, ritual objects, wooden buckets, birdcages (in which a small ceramic vessel is placed for the birds to drink), kites, and so on. Birdcages (a small porcelain cage in which a bird is placed for drinking water), kites, etc... There are also many small streets in the neighborhood where you can stroll around and then go to Camp Street, which leads to Avenida de Sintra (Avenida de Ameritapiru).
The New Reclamation Area of the Outer Harbour (30 mins)
The New District of Macau in the Age of Modernity
In recent years, the area of Macau has almost doubled in size, and new districts... the Outer Harbour is one of them. In the old days, ferries and seaplanes used to dock here
The route begins at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. After passing through the hotel's fitness center to a garden with small lakes and stone sculptures, you walk along the road along the waterfront... In front of you is the Macao Cultural Center (a building with a huge wing of flying buttresses on top)... The main building of the Cultural Center (the Theatre Building) houses two theatres, one large and two small, as well as an exhibition space... The The Theatre Complex is a venue for large-scale concerts and plays... and the adjoining building is the Macao Museum of Art (which is a regular exhibition space). The exhibition halls display Chinese paintings and calligraphy, seals, Shek Wan ceramics, 20th century art and historical paintings, as well as special exhibitions. It is open to the public from 10:00am to 7:00pm, closed on Mondays)... Next is Avenida Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, and after walking through the transparent jazz space (Jazz Glass House) near the waterfront, there is the Kwun Yum Statue (the bronze Kwun Yum Statue is located on the man-made island, and was designed by a Portuguese female sculptor and cast in China.
The Guanyin Lotus Throne is a Buddhist cultural center that exhibits the essence of various Chinese religions and wisdom)...opposite the Guanyin Statue, there is a wide tree-lined boulevard, which is Song Yusheng Park (with children's playgrounds and sitting-out areas)...after crossing the park, you will find Youyi Avenue...and then you will turn left to the Arts Garden (with its modern and abstract sculptures)...after Youyi Avenue, you will find Ho Yin Park...
The Guanyin Statue is located at the heart of the city. Going out from the park on the right is Gomes Street. Walk along Gomes Street to the Tourism Activities Center (adjacent to the Museum of Varieties)... Inside the Tourism Activities Center, you can visit the Grand Prix Museum (which exhibits the cars of the greats of the motorsports world, Formula 3 cars, motorcycles, items used by racing drivers, a small cinema and racing simulators) and the Wine Museum (which exhibits Portuguese wines, ancient winemaking vessels and utensils, and a wide range of winemaking equipment and equipment). (featuring Portuguese wines, a variety of ancient winemaking vessels and utensils, and the history of viticulture) and the Wine Museum. Both museums are open daily from 10am to 6pm... If you are ready for lunch, you can find a restaurant nearby or take a bus or cab to the city center.
The Outer Harbour New Reclamation Area at night
The Outer Harbour New Reclamation Area has become the center of Macau's nightlife, with restaurants and bars open all day long... You can follow the above itinerary, or if you want to go to the Cultural Center or the Transparent Jazz Space (Jazz Glass House) or the Variety House to see a show, you can choose to take a partial tour of the area. There are many restaurants and bars where you can dine and have a drink before or after the program... If you want to try your luck, you can go to the casino at Mandarin Oriental Hotel... It is a beautiful place to stroll around at night and enjoy the illuminated statue of the Goddess of Mercy and the sculptures in the Art Garden.
Taipa Downtown (40 mins)
A Journey through the past and present
Take the bus to the Taipa Downtown Terminal... You can see a small temple of Tin Hau on the square... On the other side of the square, there is a green and white building in the southern European style... This is the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau's Taipa Office... Just a few meters ahead of the Taipa Terminal is the Rua de Coelho de S. S. Leyte... Then you will turn left to the Alameda de S. Falon... and the Rua do Mercado (Street of Traders). and then Rua de Sao Tome and Principe. This is one of the many narrow streets lined with traditional commercial and residential buildings from the coastal region of China, with decorative patterns and wooden shutters on the grey of the houses, and the ground floors used as stores, restaurants and small family-run stores... Passing through the Tak Hong and Mee Yee Ma Kah Lai forecourts to reach the Rua de Sao Tau Kuan Yai, also known as the Food Street, as there are a lot of restaurants on this street and the neighboring ones serving different flavors of cuisines, such as Portuguese style, Macanese, Indian, Italian, Chinese and even African food... Crossing Kolya Shriver's Row, you go up the narrow gravel road on the right along the sloping lane of the barracks, which used to be a military fort on the hill... Turning left into the Kallus Meeyemah Road... Passing by the post office and the school, you arrive at the Church of Our Lady of Carmel (a neo-classical building with yellow and white stuccoworks, built in 1885)... In front of the church is the Beautifully landscaped gardens with fountains and shaded areas covered by grapevine arbors... A winding road next to the church leads down to the waterfront road (this used to be a bay, a port where Chinese and Indian merchant ships used to anchor, and a place frequented by merchants and sailors)... There are five small buildings built at the beginning of the twentieth century, and in the middle of the road, there are rows of old banyan trees, as well as other flowers... The first one is the "Native House The first building is the "House of the Natives", an old residential museum (with Chinese and Western furniture from the early 19th to mid-20th centuries, showing the living environment of a traditional native Portuguese family in Macao)... The second building is the "House of the Islands" (with exhibits consisting of pictures, diagrams, and models introducing the changes in Taipa and Coloane over the past hundred years)... The third building is the "House of the Portuguese Regions" (with displays on ethnic dresses of ten major regions of the mainland and neighboring archipelagos, and also a display of the ethnic costumes of the ten main regions of Portugal)... The third building is the "House of the Portuguese Regions". The fourth building is a multi-purpose exhibition hall where exhibitions and other cultural activities can be held The last building is the Welcome Hall... There is an amphitheatre across the street for small-scale concerts Please note that the museums here are closed on Mondays... Now that you're hungry, please walk back along the road to Carmel Diagonal Lane and turn left Turn left onto Rua de Sido Hinh Ching... Across the street is a closed firecracker factory, which was a big part of Taipa's firecracker industry in the old days... Just ahead of you is the food street, where you can enjoy a wide variety of cuisines!
Taipa at night
Taipa's nightlife is very colorful. Many of the restaurants on the food street are very busy and lively. The main hotels on the island have casinos, nightclubs, and a wide variety of bars and restaurants... Taipa is also a place for sports lovers... The Macau Jockey Club is a state-of-the-art facility that hosts night races on weekdays and weekends... You don't need to make reservations for races in advance... You just need to go to the entrance to the club and pay MOP10... It's very easy to schedule an evening... You can arrange for a drink before or after the race... and dinner! Another sports venue is the Macau Stadium near the Jockey Club... It has a soccer field and an athletic stadium, and often hosts large-scale sporting events or pop concerts... For more information, please check with the Tourist Information Office or the hotel you are staying at.
City of Coloane (30 mins)
Reproduction of China's coastal scenery
This tour starts at the Ennis Presidential Forecourt, with a park in the middle of the forecourt and a bronze statue of Cupid in the middle of it. Along the Boat People Street is the Three Holy Mosques (the entrance is guarded by black and gold bronze lions... the green wooden rafters and light brown glazed tiles on the ceiling are worth seeing)... In front of the Three Holy Mosques, there are several traditional Chinese medicine stores, an altar carved out of roots, and some salted fish stores (it is said that the salted fish sold here is the best in the region)... and there are also some tin huts built on the water... From the Coloane Ferry Terminal (before the construction of the Cotai Highway and the Cotai Bridge) Before the construction of the Cotai Highway and the Cotai Bridge, ferries from the Macau Peninsula docked here)... Back to the temple... To the right of the temple, there was a road leading to the October 5 Avenida... To the right of the Avenida, there was a river... On the other side of the river was Hengqin Island in the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone of Guangdong Province, an economically vibrant place with aquaculture and vegetable production bases... Hengqin Island was connected to Coloane by the Lotus Highway... There were banyan and palm trees planted by the side of the river... Along the Avenida Walking ahead, on the left there is St. Francis of Assisi's former residence, the Coloane Library, some private houses and an elementary school... At the end of the road, there is the Tham Kung Temple (dedicated to the Taoist deities worshipped by the fishermen, with a glazed tiled roof, and inside the temple there is a boat carved out of whalebone, with statues of sailors on top of the boat, and a mural of a tiger on top of the boat)... Then turn left, and when you come to the first intersection, turn left onto Ship Street... Walking along the side of the street, there are rows of Walk along the row of banyan trees and go to the place where steps appear on the right, leading to the front of the Thien Hau Temple... Walk up a little and you can visit the Thien Hau Temple (dedicated to Amah, the Goddess of the Sea)... Exit here and walk back down to the Rinpoche Road... In front of you there is a public **** sports ground... Cross the alley of the Great Temple and you will see another, smaller Thien Hau Temple (famous for its moon-shaped gate and the golden studs on it)... Then turn right and walk along the street with its traditional characteristics of the Chinese coastal area Stroll along a street with the traditional characteristics of China's coastal areas. Here you will find small stores selling hardware, food and clothing... There is also a distinctive Macau atmosphere here: white bodies, blue and white tiles, old-fashioned street lamps with bulbous baskets of flowers hanging from the lamp posts... As you walk on, you will arrive at the most important square in downtown Coloane, with a Portuguese stone pavement lined with arcades with a southern European character... Here is the St. Francis of Assisi Church (built in 1928 to house the arm bones of St. Francis of Assisi's missionaries as well as the remains of a number of martyred Christians from Japan, Korea and Indochina)... Although the remains inside the church have been moved to museums in Japan and Macao, the small church with its cream-colored front wall still attracts a large number of worshippers and tourists alike... Adjacent to the church is a monument commemorating the victory of the residents of Coloane over pirates in 1910. The main monument is in the shape of an obelisk surrounded by gun barrels and ammunition... There is a restaurant in each of the arched colonnades on either side of the plaza, making it an ideal place to enjoy a meal... Leaving the plaza, you can browse the antique stores along the Hakka Street... Before returning to the Macau Peninsula, walk through the grounds in front of the President of the Republic of Ennis and stop at Andrew's Bakery to pick up a couple of Portuguese custard tarts.
Other places to visit in Coloane
Besides the downtown area, there are many other tourist attractions in Coloane... Take the bus and get off at Shek Pai Van Country Park (also known as Coloane Park, closed on Mondays), which has a natural walking trail, where you can visit the Bird Paradise, the Children's Zoo, and the Land and Nature Museum (which exhibits the ecology of Macau as well as specimens of traditional Chinese medicines)... or alternatively, you can take a bus... Or you can take a bus through Coloane downtown to Chuk Van Beach (a very nice beach with fine sand, swimming pool, yacht club, surfing, Chuk Van Hotel, and excellent Portuguese and Italian restaurants) or from Chuk Van Beach further to Hac Sa Beach (a beach with black sand and clean water).