how many days are you going?

from my personal experience, there are nothing to be done at macau! even the fisherman's wharf proven to be a waste of time(unless you make full use of it by taking pics of the buildings). but i spent one whole day at venetian tho. hehes. love the interior of venetian and four seasons.

Better take the ferry to HK and come back late.. there are only casinos at night, so boring.. Unless you want to "massage"

Who say macau boring..Lotsa of historic buildings & the mix portuguese-chinese culture to see...+ nice food there...egg tart, lemon milk, portuguese fried rice & etc..

Those are mainly day time activities, at night really boring. I stayed opposite the "nest", not sure the other side of Macau at night

lol, im being dragged by a lady and ask me to bring her back to hotel during my last trip, it happened in the casino.. really shock. haha coz im just merely legal to go in

can go to Taipa and Cotai at day time.

can go to the Macau tower at night time .. it opened till 9p.m..

if you are going during its dogs racing season, can go to c dogs racing too

we took bus (around MOP7 per pax) to Taipai at night.. even we just sat for one round turn and get off at the place we went up the bus but it gave different feelings with day time.. anyway, i felt it is nice to walk around at macau downtown too.. it gave diff feels too

regarding casinos, i don't really like to gamble there as mostly they charge commissions

all those tht you have mentioned, i took a tour and finished it within one day

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Added on July 14, 2009, 8:48 pmrecommend taipa+cotai and macau tower(esp the one with the glass floor tht you could look down). but all these can be done very fast also.

This post has been edited by andrienne: Jul 14 2009, 08:48 PM

my fren and i planned to go macau by bagpacking.. any recomended place to stay which is budget and comfortable ? 1st time plan to travel with friend, macau need to apply visa ? roughly much bring how much to spend there ?

I done those within 1/2 day covering Venetian once reaching airport & after lunch, Public bus to Grand Lisboa & walked from there till St Paul ruin b4 taking Public bus crossing over to Zhuhai But what I'm telling earlier is who said Macau is boring..although can cover within 1 day. or even 1/2 day!

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Added on July 15, 2009, 5:13 pmNo Visa required but I think it's not easy to find budget accomodation in Macau..I can't afford staying in macau too long, thus covered Macau within that day & cross-over to Zhuhai & stayed there instead. Avg cheapest acc per nite in Macau from this thread probably ~HK$400 up to HK$600..Staying in China is 1/2 of Macau price for same standard of hotel.

This post has been edited by stimix: Jul 15 2009, 05:17 PM

took me less than an hour to finish touring macau. went grandprix grandstand, the kuan yin statue out in the sea and spent the rest of the day in stanley ho's building.

Macau Tower jump. anyone try this??

http://www.macautower.com.mo/eng/adventure..._activities.asp

any cheap budget hotel to recommend which are near the bus station at macau?

btw, is the bus station near to the 4 seasons hotel?

PS: i not gona stay at 4 seasons, but merely asking is it near to there or not, thinking to go there look see

Not sure where is the central bus station but normally buses start & end at the macau main Jetty...probably this is what you want?

The 4 seaon hotel is part of Venetian complex at Cotai. There is a small bus terminal at Venetian too but the buses are normally chatered or the Venetian free shuttle servuice to the airport & main jetty...for local public buses, you need to o to the back of Venetian & wait at any bus stops around there.

BTW, Venetian is located at the reclaimed land covering Cotai & Taipa island...thus, it's not near to the Macau jetty or the main bus station (?- not sure about this)

On my last day in Macau, I was lucky to get a cheap hotel from a forumer here at RM150..enuf for me to stay overnite for my early flight back to KL. You can try here..I think I stayed at bbest western..MOP299 is similar to my rate...u can try this..very near to the airport

http://www.macau.com/en/hotels/in/macau

Ouch, Venetian not near to the airport huh? Hmmm.... My time abit rush, sigh. Will it takes more than 30mins if take cab?

Yea, am looking for the bus station that got bus depart to dongguan:)

thanks for the link btw
will check it out

Venetian is very near to the airport infact you can walk from the airport to Venetian during winter...not now..only 1.5km away. But the main bus terminal is probably at the main Macau jetty which is located at mainland Macau & not Taipa island

This post has been edited by stimix: Jul 20 2009, 11:46 AM

if u adventurous and sked bored, u cna swim from mainland to island. help kill time of boredom.

Yeap very close indeed...for swimmer very easy to swim across...check the new towering blocks of business ctr opposite Macau Ruin of St paul.....that's the new biz ctr at Zhuhai:

got shark there and many pampers float around. i sked swim.

well, i just learn to swim last year, so .......

good to hear that it's near the airport....i can shop liao...woot