Travel: Macau

[flyfree]

Recently saw a article report: Macau has become a "Thieves Heaven". It states that there are lot of pickpockets around, ready to steal tourists belonging/money/handbags whatever they see.


Is the situation really so " bad" ? Please share your experiences.

Thanks.

[cherrygal]

Thinking of going to Macau for a short getaway with hubs. What’s there to do if going free and easy? Any feedback will help. Thanks

[Coolkidsrock2]

The hotels have shuttle bus to city centre where you can visit the ruins of an arch. Sorry I cannot remember the name but it appears in Hong Kong serials whenever they visit Macau.


You can also watch the shows since you are staying there. We were not able to do so cos we had to rush back to Hong Kong - it was peak season and we were afraid of missing the last ferry back due to insufficient seats.

You can also tour the hotels and casinos there.

[cherrygal]

In your opinion, is it more fun to go to Macau or Bangkok? Only DH gambles a little. I am into shopping and eating. I went to Macau 20 years ago, DH hasn’t been there. Bangkok we have gone about 5 years ago.

[happydl]

cherrygal:

Thinking of going to Macau for a short getaway with hubs. What's there to do if going free and easy? Any feedback will help. Thanks

Go 2D1N can liao i think.

I never pay anything for transport when i was in macau. Cos many hotels provide free shuttle. My hotel has no shuttle but I took another hotel shuttle from the ferry terminal and walk to my hotel. I stayed near Senado Square.

Alot of people went and find nothing much. But to me I find many things leh. Maybe they don't know what to do.

My itinerary was:
After check in, I went to St Paul's ruins and Senado square to take photo and makan.

Then from there take shuttle bus to City of Dreams Hotel to watch free bubble show.

From there I took another shuttle to Venetian to take photo.

Then from there i went to Wynn resort to watch 2 shows. I think is musical fountain and money tree. Free also. By then alreadly nite liao and we took the shuttle back to the hotel.

Note: All the hotels we went are Casino hotels, you can gamble if you want to. For us we don't gamble so we just watch the show and take photo.

Day 2, basically we walked to Senado square for makan. I tried their pork chop bun, egg tarts is nice. Then after that check out and return to hong kong.

There are other places of interest which we didn't go such as the statue of kuanyin, tower of macau, a temple and etc.

[cherrygal]

Thanks! Sounds doable...

[happydl]

Must try their pork chop buns. Very nice.


I didn’t try from the famous one. I just bought from a shop from Senado Square cos I was too lazy to find the famous one which I think need to take transport.

Imagine the normal shop one is alreadly very nice, i cannot imagine how the famous one taste. Must be very very very nice.

After tasting it. I tried the pork chop bun in Malaysia and Singapore. All not nice, totally different taste as Macau’s. Really miss the taste.

[MMM]

I think both offer different stuff. Shopping wise, I think BKK is a better choice. Except for local products, I don’t find myself shopping in Macau.


But if you are keen on doing something different, don’t mind casino hopping and light gambling, macau is a better choice. dh will play card games while I like the jackpot with those special features. We are not the hardcore gambler. Just for the fun of it. We also don’t expect to "win" but rather if we lose, it’s more of entertainment fees.

The first time we went, we sign up for 1/2 day tour at the terminal. So there is a guide who took us to the various sights in Macau.

I personally prefer the egg tarts but the pork chop bun for us is too overwhelming.

[cherrygal]

Thanks everyone!

[starlight1968sg]

Anybody tried taking the free shuttle casino buses at the ferry terminal upon arrival from HK?

Any restriction on say teenagers or children on boarding the buses as all know they can’t enter the casinos?
Thank you.