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10 Top-Rated Tourist Attractions in Macau
Macau (also sometimes known as Macao, or Àomén in Chinese) is just 60 kilometers west of Hong Kong and was, until 1999, under Portuguese administration. Now a Special Administered Region of China...
What to do and see in Macau in a day
1. Visit the Grand Lisboa Casino The Lisboa Casino and Hotel is the landmark of Macau’s gambling heart. Located in downtown, it’s the oldest resident casino on the island. However, in 2007 it...
7 Awesome Things to Do in Macau
Just an hour away from Hong Kong by ferry, Macau is another special administrative region of China. The influences of its former Portuguese colonial masters have been successfully weaved into its...
Macau Travel Guide
Macau (CNN)Asia's Vegas? Not anymore. These days, it's more accurate to call Vegas America's Macau. After all, it's been five years -- 2007, if you're into counting numbers -- since the former...
10 must-try Macau foods
When traveling, food is often as much of a draw as historical and cultural sites. Such is the case with Macau. The city has a multitude of must-try foods, some of which are considered cuisine...
The top 5 free attractions in Macau
The former Portuguese colony makes more money from gambling than anywhere else in the world (US$6 billion a year), it’s the most densely populated place around (18,000 folk per sq km) and it’s...
Destination at a glance: Macau
The last outpost of the Portuguese empire, Macau only became part of China in 1999, two years after the British withdrawal from Hong Kong. Even today, the city state at the mouth of the Pearl River...
What to eat in Macau
African chicken, baked egg tarts, samosas, pork-and-olive fried rice. In Macau, Portugal meets China with a dash of southeast Asia and a sprinkling of Africa. Macanese cuisine is, quite literally, a...
Secret Macau: dives, designers and stilt houses
Macau is often described in terms of dichotomies: old versus new, Portuguese versus Chinese, flashy versus modest, and for a good reason – the city has plenty to offer from both ends of the...
24 hours in Macau
Just an hour from Hong Kong by high-speed ferry lies the former Portuguese colony of Macau. Its heritage architecture sits easily alongside incense-scented temples and shrines, and the Portuguese...