Things to see and do Macao 澳门

This gigantic tower dating back to 2001 and dominating the entire bay of its 338 m, encompasses the whole perspective around Macau. The site hosts a leisure and exhibition centre, a shopping centre, several restaurants and a cinema. We cannot miss this new monument, at the intersection of Avenida do Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Avenida Stanley Ho. A lift allows access to the 58 ^th floor, covered, and 61st floor open to all winds. The view of the Pearl River Delta, Macao and China, is exceptional. At the top of the tower you can walk, equipped with a harness, on the outer platform, climb the point of the tower, or make a saut leap (!).

This church is the most famous site of Macau. Its monumental facade and staircase are everything that remains of the'largest Christian monument in Asia '. Between 1602 and 1637, Jesuits assisted by Japanese Christians, fleeing from Nagasaki persecutions, built the building on one of the seven hills of Macao. This collegial church was used as an oratory at Collège Saint-Paul in 1594. They were missionaries. Consecrated in 1603, the building was very famous for its beauty, and received lavish donations from the largest kings of Europe. Matteo Ricci and many missionaries studied Chinese before leaving China offering their services to the Ming court as astrologers and mathematicians. In 1835, a fire killed the church only the monumental facade and staircase. The site was re-launched in 1991. The facade is surmounted by the Jerusalem cross. The lower niches houses bronze statues (flows to Macao in a barrel foundry). The Virgin Mary is framed of angels and flowers, the représentant representing China, and chrysanthème him in Japan. Behind the facade, you can go to the empty space that was previously the church (the location of the pillars is marked on the ground). At the bottom of the crypt, in a magnificent and clean place, the relics of the martyrs of Japan and Vietnam are preserved.

Built in 1622 on the highest point in Macau, the fort is dominated by a lighthouse dated 1864 (closed to the public). It is the oldest lighthouse on the entire Chinese coast. The chapel, Notre-Dame-de-Guia, built in 1637, gives an even more austere atmosphere to the fort.

Very popular in summer, Praia de Hác Sá is supervised by nageurs during the season. Rental of windsurfing boards and BBQ facilities.

Situated in the Sun Yat-sen municipal park, the house, with Moorish style, was rebuilt by its family in 1918 to replace the original one, destroyed by an explosion at the time it served as an explosive warehouse. It contains furniture, personal objects and photos that belonged to the great revolutionary and founder of the first Republic of China in 1911. Sun Yat-sen, who studied medicine in the West, lived in Macao for a few years before the fall of the Chinese Empire. The park is separated from popular China in the west by a small canal, Canal dos Patos.

A superb open-air swimming pool located at the south end of the large beach of Cheoc Van. It is also possible to bathe on the small sandy beach of the Baie des Bamboo. Attention to the currents, they can sometimes be very violent on the beaches.

The MGTO is extremely efficient, well organized and provides information about the city, hotels, ongoing events and plans. Excellent documentation. In addition, the Tourist Office organizes guided tours of one or more days in Macao and China (Canton, Shekou).

Intelligence offices are scattered across the city: