Macau Extravaganza
Full-day seat-in-coach excursion with lunch
Macau is an example of east-meets-west integration, refined over more than four centuries since Portuguese explorers acquired the town as a trading port.
We transfer you to the ferry terminal for departure to Macau, where your tour begins with a visit to the tiny Na Tcha Temple (a World Heritage site) built in 1888.
Nearby is a section of the Old City Walls (a World Heritage site), built by the Portuguese in the 16th century.
Your journey continues to Mount Fortress (a World Heritage site), built in 1626, whose walls stand nine metres high and to the Temple of A-Ma (a World Heritage site), the Goddess of Seafarers, who, legend has it, calmed a storm that threatened to engulf a junk. The grateful passengers built a temple to revere her and named the town A-Ma-Gau, which later became corrupted to Macau. In contrast are the ruins of St Paul’s Cathedral, a Roman Catholic Church built in 1602 and now an internationally recognised symbol of Macau.
Before taking the ferry back to Hong Kong you visit Macau Tower’s 223-metre high observation deck for spectacular views and the casino, the first of the many planned which will have turned Macau into Asia’s Las Vegas.