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Includes  Why Go? Sights ...... 537 Best known globally as the ‘Vegas of ’, the Spe- Activities ...... 548 cial Administrative Region is indeed a mecca of gambling and glitz. But the city is so much more than that. A Portu- Tours ...... 548 guese colony for more than 300 years, it is a city of blended Festivals & Events ..... 548 cultures. Ancient Chinese temples sit on streets paved with Sleeping ...... 549 traditional Portuguese tiles. The sound of fills Eating ...... 550 the air on streets with Portuguese names. You can eat Chi- Drinking & Nightlife.... 552 nese congee for breakfast, enjoy a Portuguese lunch of caldo verde soup and bacalhau (cod) fritters, and dine on hybrid Entertainment ...... 553 Macanese fare such as minchi (ground beef or pork, often Shopping ...... 553 served over rice). The holds the old city centre, where co- lonial ruins sit next to arty new boutiques. Further south are the conjoined islands of , and . Taipa has Best Places to Eat gloriously preserved Macanese architecture, Cotai is home to the new megacasinos and Coloane is lined with colonial ¨ ¨António (p551) villages and pretty beaches. ¨¨Restaurante Fernando (p551) ¨¨Clube Militar de Macau When to Go (p550) Macau ¨ ¨Robuchon au Dôme (p550) °C/°F Te mp Rainfall inches/mm ¨¨Lord Stow’s Bakery (p551) 40/104 12/300 30/86 20/68 10/50 8/200 0/32 Best Places to -10/14 4/100 Sleep -20/-4 -30/-22 ¨¨ Pousada de São Tiago -40/-40 0 (p549) J FDM A M J J A S O N ¨¨Banyan Tree (p550) Mar–May Cele- Jun–Sep Days Oct–Feb Music ¨¨Mandarin Oriental (p549) brate the arts, a in the shade of and grand prix ¨¨Pousada de Mong Há sea goddess and temples and in a high-octane (p549) a dragon as mist dragon boats; run-up to Christ- hangs over the nights aglow with mas and New Year. ¨¨5Footway Inn (p549) harbour. fireworks. Macau Sights 537 - u 4 km ) 2 miles Kowloon ) Gu†ngzhŸ Macau International Airport ) Losing ) Losing Sháoguƒn

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