Makao - Macau

Makao je ogromno mesto z več okrožje članki, ki vsebujejo informacije o določenih znamenitostih, restavracijah in nastanitvah.

Largo do Senado

Macau (tudi črkovano Macao, 澳門, Oumùhn v kantonščini, Àomén v mandarinščini) je nekdanji Portugalščina kolonija, svetovno znana destinacija za igre na srečo in eno najgosteje naseljenih mest na svetu s 667.000 prebivalci (2016) na območju, ki je polovico manjše od otoka Manhattan. Vrnjena v kitajsko vladavino leta 1999, je zdaj polavtonomna "Posebna upravna regija", status, ki si ga deli z bližnjo Hong Kong.

Makao je najbolj znan kot glavna destinacija za igre na srečo. To sega v kolonialne čase, ko Hong Kong je imel omejene igre na srečo - to je bilo zakonito le na dirkalnih stezah dvakrat na teden - vendar je imel Macau igralnice. Danes je Makao edini del Kitajske, kjer so igralnice zakonite pod okriljem dogovora "Ena država, dva sistema". Makao je prehitel Las Vegas kot največja destinacija iger na srečo na svetu okoli leta 2008 in ima zdaj znatno prednost; nekaj večjih igralnic v Las Vegasu je zgradilo nove obrate v Macau, da bi izkoristilo trend.

Makao nikakor ni le destinacija za igre na srečo, druge zanimivosti pa vključujejo čudovito kolonialno arhitekturo, nekatere tudi na Unescov seznam svetovne dediščine, prijetno podnebje in nekaj lepih plaž ter odlična hrana in pijača.

Okrožja

Makao je bil geografsko razdeljen na tri regije: polotok in dva otoka. Vendar je rekultivacija območja med otoki ustvarila četrto regijo, imenovano Cotai.

Okrožja Macao

Polotok Makao (澳門 半島 O Mun Pun To) Gosto obljudena regija, povezana s kitajsko celino. Z lepo arhitekturo in obilico igralnic je središče lokalnega življenja in največ turističnih dejavnosti v Macau.

Taipa (氹 仔 Tam Chai) Otok južno od polotoka, dostopen prek treh mostov. Je glavno stanovanjsko središče in je mesto mednarodnega letališča Macau.

Cotai (路 氹 Lou Tam) Novi "Las Vegas Strip", zgrajen na predelani zemlji med Coposojilo in Taipa z velikimi novimi igralnicami, kot je beneška, največja igralnica na svetu.

Coloane (路 環 Lou Wan) Najbolj južni otok je zaradi gorskega terena precej manj razvit kot druge regije. Ima očarljivo staro vaško območje, dve plaži, več pohodniških poti in letovišče. Tu je tudi prvo igrišče za golf v Macau; drugi je na pasu Cotai.

Razumeti

Valuta	Makanska pataka (MOP) Hongkonški dolar (HKD)
Prebivalstvo	566,3 tisoč (2013)
Elektrika	220 voltov / 50 herc (AC vtiči in vtičnice: britanski in sorodni tipi, BS 546, BS 1363, Schuko)
Koda države	853
Časovni pas	Standardni čas Macaa
Nujne primere	999
Vozna stran	levo
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Kot prva in zadnja evropska kolonija v vzhodni Aziji ima Macau bolj vidno kolonialno zgodovino kot Hong Kong. Stavbe in tlakovane ali zidane ulice v mnogih delih mesta, zlasti v središču starega mesta in Coloane, videti podobno kot nekje v sredozemski Evropi. Vendar ljudje in oznake v kitajskem jeziku označujejo Azijo. Portugalsko in makansko prebivalstvo je še naprej prisotno, vendar je večina prebivalstva domačih Kitajcev.

Makao je v marsičem edinstven, ima pa tudi številne tesne kulturne in gospodarske vezi s Hongkongom in ZDA Delta Biserne reke čez mejo.

Geografija

Poleg mesta (Makao / polotok), Makao vključuje otoke Taipa in Coloane, ki so z Macaom povezani z mostovi in ​​med seboj po nasipu. Območje med obema otokoma je bilo povrnjeno iz morja in vgrajeno v Cotai Strip; to je postalo območje intenzivnega razvoja s številnimi novimi igralnicami in hoteli.

Kitajsko mesto Zhuhai na severu meji na Macau, mejni prehod pa prenaša močan dvosmerni promet z vozili in pešci. Posebna ekonomska cona Zhuhai se razteza proti jugu do otoka Hengqin, območja zahodno od Taipe, Cotai in Coloane; Lotusov most iz Cotai se poveže s tem območjem. Prebivalstvo lokalnega prebivalstva Zhuhai in Macau se čez mejo močno premika, zaradi česar sta se počutili kot mesti dvojčka.

Makao je subtropski z vročimi poletji in milimi zimami. Čeprav je zima na splošno blaga, obstajajo občasne hladne fronte, zaradi katerih lahko temperature na dan padejo za 10 ° C (18 ° F). Glej spodaj za razpravo o nevarnosti tajfuna.

Zgodovina

Macau je kraj kontrastov: bleščeče igralnice se dvigajo nad elegantnimi kolonialnimi stavbami; množice moških igrajo mahjong ob krščanskih pokopališčih. Tu izza ruševin katedrale sv. Pavla pokuka še vedno aktiven tradicionalni kitajski tempelj.

V 16. stoletju je Kitajska Portugalski dala pravico, da se naseli v Macau v zameno za čiščenje območja piratov. Makao je bil prvo evropsko naselje na Daljnem vzhodu. Bil je tudi zadnji; v skladu s sporazumom, ki sta ga podpisala Kitajska in Portugalska, je Macau postal Macau Posebna upravna regija (SAR) Kitajske 20. decembra 1999, ki je končal več kot 400 let portugalske uprave.

Kot vsako pristaniško mesto je tudi v Macau vedno obstajal javni dom in nekaj precej nevarnih lokalov, ki so skrbeli za mornarje. Tako kot marsikje drugje je tudi ta imel organizirani kriminal; v devetdesetih letih so bile na ulicah tolpe, ki so včasih vključevale avtomatsko orožje, medtem ko je portugalska uprava ozemlje večinoma prepustila sama sebi in ni storila ničesar za boj proti nasilju. Po kitajskem prevzemu leta 1999 pa so bile tolpe močno zdrobljene in danes Macau ni nič bolj nevaren kot katera koli druga večja turistična destinacija.

Kitajska uporablja slogan "ena država, dva sistema" za odnose med centralno vlado in obema regijama, Hongkongom in Macaom. Oba sta del Kitajske in nobena ne more imeti neodvisne zunanjepolitične ali vojaške sile, vendar ima vsaka svoje zakone in zakonodajno skupščino ter izdaja svoje vizume in valuto. Sistemi upravljanja so zapleteni in nekateri domačini se pritožujejo, da so premalo demokratični in da ima Peking preveč nadzora ali vpliva. Kot pravi Hongkong, Macau uživa nekatere svobode zahodnega stila, ki jih na celini ni mogoče slišati, kot so svoboda govora, svoboda zbiranja, svoboda tiska in necenzurirani internet. Za razliko od Hongkonga gibanje za neodvisnost v Macau ni uspelo doseči večine, večina prebivalcev pa je pozdravila kitajsko vladavino in dogovor "ena država, dva sistema".

V času portugalske administracije so kolonialne oblasti že dolgo slabo upravljale in zanemarjale Macao, v času primopredaje pa je imelo šibko gospodarstvo. Po predaji se je gospodarstvo Macaa zaradi odprtja leta 2005 hitro razvijalo igre na srečo licence. Vsak dan je v Macau na tisoče turistov, predvsem iz celinske Kitajske in sosednjih regij. Zaradi tega se je življenjski standard v Macau znatno povečal in je v mnogih primerih enak nekaterim zahodnoevropskim državam. Ta razvoj dogodkov je priznal Mednarodni denarni sklad (IMF), ki je Makao od leta 2016 uvrstil med napredne ekonomije. Tudi turistična panoga se je razvejala: Makao promovira tudi svoja zgodovinska območja, kulturo in kulinariko.

Ljudje

Da bi ohranili mirne odnose z Kitajska, Portugalska Macau pogosto obravnaval kot "kitajsko mesto, ki ga upravlja Portugalska" in ne kot polnopravno portugalsko kolonijo Brazilija ali portugalske kolonije v Afriko. Kot rezultat, portugalski jezik, katolištvo in številni drugi elementi portugalske kulture v Macau niso bili nikoli široko sprejeti, ki poleg igralnic in kolonialnih zgradb ostaja Kantonski mesto v srcu. Poleg tega se je skoraj 60% prebivalstva SAR rodilo zunaj Macaa, večinoma iz celinske Kitajske. Kljub temu je imel Portugalec pomemben vpliv na lokalno kulinarično sceno, ki ga morda najbolje predstavlja makanejski jajčni tart (蛋 撻), ki je lokalizirana različica portugalske pastelna nata.

Izraz Macanese se običajno ne nanaša na ljudi, ki so rojeni ali prebivajo v Macau, temveč na določeno etnično skupino, in sicer na ljudi azijskega porekla s portugalskim poreklom ali vsaj z glavnimi portugalskimi kulturnimi lastnostmi (na primer posvojitev Katolištvo ali govorite portugalsko doma). Makanci tvorijo majhno, a kulturno pomembno manjšino. Prihodnost Macanov je negotova - medtem ko mnogi vladni uradniki vidijo ohranitev portugalske kulture kot ključnega pomena za turizem in prihodnje poslovne priložnosti v SAR, nekateri Macaneseji pa se odločajo zanemarjati svojo portugalsko dediščino, da bi se bolje vključili v družbo.

Kultura

Lokalna kultura v Macau temelji predvsem na tradicionalni kitajski kulturi, zlasti na Kitajskem Guangdong provinca zaradi svoje zgodovine kot del te regije. Kljub temu so Portugalci pustili pečat tudi na lokalni kulturi, ki je morda najbolj vidna v njeni kulinariki. Ker je bil Macau prizanešen ekscesom kulturne revolucije, so domačini v Macau ohranili številne vidike tradicionalne kitajske kulture, ki so se na celini izgubili.

Preberite

Pripoved iz Macaa (ISBN 0195920708) avtor Austin Coates. Odličen uvod v barvito zgodovino Macaa. To knjigo lahko kupite v muzeju v Fortaleza do Monte, ki gleda na ruševine sv. Pavla.

Govori

Poglej tudi: Kantonski besednjak

Uradni jeziki Macaa so Kantonski in Portugalščina.

Kantonski je glavni jezik, ki ga govorijo v Macau. Različica kantonščine, ki jo govorijo v Macau, je podobna različici kantona Hong Kong in Guangzhou, vendar ima nekaj edinstvenega lokalnega slenga. Če pa tekoče govorite kantonsko, to ne bi smelo predstavljati prevelikega izziva. Oddaje novic bodo v standardnem kantonskem jeziku.

Mandarina postaja vse bolj razširjen, saj je bil od predaje obvezen v vseh vladnih šolah in je drugi najkoristnejši jezik na ozemlju po kantonščini - večina domačinov ga zna do neke mere razumeti, vsi vladni uradi pa lahko opravljajo storitve v mandarinščini. Večina ljudi, šolanih po letu 1999, pa tudi osebje, ki dela v večjih hotelih in turističnih znamenitostih, bo v mandarinščini primerno usposobljeno. Vendar imajo številni starejši ljudje težave z govorjenjem mandarinščine (izjemen primer je mandarinska mandarina, ki jo je popustil kantonski predsednik Fernanda Chuija).

angleščina govori večina osebja s področja turizma v prvi vrsti. Skoraj vsi muzeji in igralnice imajo nekaj osebja z odlično angleščino, prav tako tudi številni hoteli, trgovine in restavracije, zlasti nadstandardni. Znanje angleščine med splošno populacijo pa je nekoliko nižje kot v Hongkongu, čeprav višje kot v celinski Kitajski. Za taksiste je koristno hraniti imensko izkaznico hotela.

Govorniki Portugalščina se mu ne bo zdelo zelo koristno pri poskusu komuniciranja z lokalnimi prebivalci, saj je v njem znanega manj kot 10% prebivalstva, vendar zelo pomaga pri razumevanju krajevnih imen in znakov. Ker je portugalščina še vedno uradni jezik SAR, morajo vladne službe po zakonu imeti portugalsko govoreče osebje.

Vsi uradni znaki v Macau so dvojezični v tradicionalni kitajščini in portugalščini. V skladu s politiko "ena država ima dva sistema" Macau še naprej uporablja tradicionalne kitajske znake in ne poenostavljenih kitajskih znakov, ki se uporabljajo v celinski Kitajski.

Vstopi

Dolga leta je bil običajni način, kako priti v Macau, leteti v Hongkong in se s trajektom peljati do Macaa. Danes Macau postaja vozlišče nizkocenovnih letalskih prevoznikov in nekateri popotniki zdaj prihajajo v Macau, da bi kasneje odšli v Hong Kong.

Vizumska politika Macaa

Zahteve za vstop

Vizumske omejitve: Bilo je več političnih disidentov, predvsem iz Hongkonga zavrnjen vstop in / ali deportacija organi Macaa iz razlogov, kot so "ogrožanje notranje varnosti in stabilnosti".

	COVID-19 informacije: Vstop bo zavrnjen tujim obiskovalcem in obiskovalcem, ki so bili v zadnjih 14 dneh v drugih tujih državah (razen na Kitajskem, v Hongkongu in na Tajvanu). Obiskovalci Kitajske, Hongkonga, Tajvana in Macaa, ki so v zadnjih 14 dneh ostali na Kitajskem, lahko v Makao vstopijo brez karantene, potem ko so bili v zadnjih 7 dneh na COVID-19 negativni.
	(Podatki so bili nazadnje posodobljeni 12. avgusta 2020)

Jezero Nam Van

Macau ima ločen priseljenski režim s celinske Kitajske, Hongkonga in Tajvana. Vsi potniki iz celinske Kitajske, Hongkonga, Tajvana in tujih držav morajo ob prihodu v Makao opraviti priseljenske in carinske preglede. Če želite z Macaoa ponovno vstopiti na celino, boste morali zaprositi za drug kitajski vizum, razen če je vaš prejšnji vizum za večkratni vstop.

Imetniki Hongkonga trajno osebna izkaznica ali dovoljenje za ponovni vstop lahko v Makao vstopijo brez vizumov do 1 leta brez predložiti potni list. Imetniki Hongkonga nestalna osebna izkaznica lahko vstopi v Makao brez vizumov do 30 dni in mora predložijo potni list.

Kitajski državljani s celine, ki morajo pridobiti a Dvosmerno dovoljenje (中华人民共和国 往来 港澳 通行证), za vizum pa morajo zaprositi tudi vnaprej. Tisti, ki so v tranzitu v tujino, lahko v Macau vstopijo s potnim listom do 7 dni.

Tuji državljani naslednjih držav / ozemelj lahko vstopijo v Macau brez vizumov:

Do 180 dni: Združeno kraljestvo

Do 90 dni: Vse Evropska unija države članice ter Andora, Bosna in Hercegovina, Brazilija, Zelenortski otoki, Dominika, Egipt, Ekvador, Islandija, Izrael, Japonska, Libanon, Lihtenštajn, Mali, Mehika, Mongolija, Črna gora, Severna Makedonija, Norveška, Južna Koreja, Švica in Tanzanija

Do 30 dni: Avstralija, Brunej, Kanada, Čile, Indija, Indonezija, Kiribati, Malezija, Monako, Namibija, Nova Zelandija, Filipini, Samoa, San Marino, Sejšeli, Singapur, Južna Afrika, Tajvan, Tajska, Turčija, ZDA in Urugvaj

Poleg tega so vsi tuji obiskovalci, ki nameravajo v Macau vstopiti manj kot 48 ur z namenom potovanja naprej do drugega cilja prek mednarodnega letališča Macau, izvzeto od pridobitve vizuma.

Če potrebujete vizum, ga lahko dobite na kitajskem veleposlaništvu ali konzulatu ali ob prihodu v Makao (vizumi v Makau so ločeni od vizumov, veljavnih za potovanje na celinsko Kitajsko; ni enotnega vizuma, ki bi služil obema območjema). A vizum ob prihodu stane 100 MOP (posamezno), 50 MOP (otroci do 12 let; na osebo za skupine 10 ali več potnikov s kolektivno potno listino) ali 200 MOP (družinski potni list). Vizum, izdan ob prihodu, velja za večkraten prijave v 30 dneh od datuma izdaje.

Vendar, Bangladeški, nepalski, nigerijski, pakistanski, šrilanški in vietnamski državljani ne more uporabite vizum ob prihodu (razen če imajo hongkonško osebno izkaznico) in mora zaprosite za vizum za Macau na kitajskem veleposlaništvu vnaprej ali na Urad komisarja kitajskega zunanjega ministrstva v Hong Kongu, če tam živijo. Obrazec za prošnjo za vizum za Makao je na voljo na kitajskem veleposlaništvu ali v uradu komisarja kitajskega zunanjega ministrstva v Hong Kongu. na spletu in prijavnina znaša 30 USD (plus 20 USD, če mora veleposlaništvo prošnjo poslati v Macau). Običajna storitev za obdelavo vloge za izdajo vizuma traja 5 delovnih dni (če mora veleposlaništvo prošnjo poslati v Macau, vloga traja 3 tedne). Ekspresna storitev (3 delovne dni) je na voljo za dodatnih 20 USD, medtem ko je „ekspresna“ storitev (isti ali naslednji delovni dan) na voljo za dodatnih 30 USD (ekspresna / „ekspresna“ storitev ni na voljo, če veleposlaništvo mora vlogo poslati v Macau). Več informacij je na voljo tukaj spletna stran policijskih sil za javno varnost Macao SAR.

Vsi potniki, ki vstopijo v Makao (ne glede na to, ali so oproščeni vizumov ali ne), bodo morda morali pokazati, da imajo najmanj 5000 MOP za financiranje bivanja in imajo veljavno povratno ali nadaljnjo vozovnico. Edina izjema pri zahtevah za povratno / nadaljnjo vozovnico so prebivalci Hongkonga ali celinske Kitajske, vendar ne, če za tranzit skozi Makao v tretjo državo / ozemlje uporabljajo Hongkong SAR ali kitajski potni list. Priseljevanje je na splošno "brez vprašanj", vendar obstajajo poročila, da so indijski državljani tarče imigracijskih uradnikov. Morda je pametno biti pripravljen na kreditne kartice ali dostop do bančnega računa z zadostnimi sredstvi.

Minimalna veljavnost potnih listin. Za tuje državljane je najvišja meja bivanja v Macau omejena na 30 dni pred datumom izteka veljavnosti potnega lista ali potne listine in dovoljenja za vstop ali ponovni vstop. Če na primer državljan Nove Zelandije predloži potni list, ki ima ob vstopu v Macau veljavnost 40 dni, bo lahko ostal do 10 dni, čeprav Novozelandci na splošno lahko ostanejo do 30 dni v Makao brez vizumov.

Tako kot Hongkong priseljevanje v Makao ne žigosa potnih listov. Namesto tega se vsem obiskovalcem ob vstopu izda izstopni list, na katerem bodo določeni vaši pogoji vstopa, vstop in izstop pa bo zabeležen v elektronski obliki.

Podrobne informacije o zahtevah glede priseljevanja so na voljo na spletni strani Policija javne varnosti Macao.

Moj čoln

To je še vedno glavni način, kako večina obiskovalcev pride v Macau. Glavni trajektni terminal v Macau je Trajektni terminal Macau (Terminal Marítimo) v zunanjem pristanišču (portugalščina: Porto Zunanjost, Kitajščina: 外港) na Polotok Makao. To je prometni terminal, ki ureja večino pomorskega prometa med Macauom in Hong Kongom ter kitajskima pristaniščema Shekou in mednarodnim letališčem Shenzhen. Kako priti tja / stran: Avtobusi 1A, 3, 3A, 10, 10A, 10B, 12, 28A, 28B, 28BX, 32 in AP1 vozijo s trajektnega terminala. Avtobusno postajališče je ob glavni cesti desno, ko zapustite stavbo. Brezplačen vozni red vzemite v turistično informacijskem centru v stavbi. Če se odpravite naravnost v igralnico ali hotel, večina teh obratov nudi brezplačne avtobuse. Zberejo se levo od zgradbe terminala; stopite iz nivoja prihoda stavbe in zavijte levo. Poleg avtobusnih postajališč je postajališče taksijev. Taksiji do Largo do Senado znašajo manj kot 30 MOP.

Na pomolu št. 11 v notranjem pristanišču je manj znan trajektni terminal (portugalščina: Notranjost Porto, Kitajščina: 内 港). To je nova stavba trajektnega terminala, potem ko je vlada v Macau razvijalcem podelila nekdanje mesto Pier 14. To je zelo blizu središča mesta Macao in do njega lahko pridete peš. Ta terminal večinoma prevaža čolne do Shenzhena, Jiangmena in Wanzaija čez notranje pristanišče v Zhuhaiu.

Tretji terminal, trajektni terminal Taipa, služi Taipi, Cotai in Coloane, ki povezujejo s Hong Kongom in Shekoujem. Nahaja se ob letališkem terminalu.

Priseljevanje je zelo hitro, razen ob konicah, in vam ni treba izpolniti kartice prihoda.

Iz Hongkonga

Katamaran TurboJET je pristal na terminalu Marítimo

Trajekti do Macaua vozijo z več točk v Hongkongu, vključno z mednarodnim letališčem Hong Kong, kjer lahko obidete hongkonško priseljevanje in se neposredno prepeljete s trajektom do Macaa.

• Otok Macau-Hong Kong: Trajekti iz Hongkonga Trajektni terminal Macau v mestu Sheung Wan na otoku Hong Kong delujejo 24 ur na dan s frekvencami vsakih 15–30 minut podnevi in ​​vsako uro ponoči. V Macau pristanejo na pomorskem trajektnem terminalu v Macau. Najcenejša enosmerna vozovnica iz Hongkonga je HKD142 (HKD20 dodatno za vrečo za prtljago), potovanje pa traja eno uro. Karte lahko vnaprej kupite po spletu, da si zagotovite želeno jadranje v zasedenih časih. Ob delavnikih bi morali imeti možnost naslednje službe, ob vikendih in praznikih pa bodisi rezervirajte naprej bodisi bodite pripravljeni na čakanje. Vikendi so dražji. Trajekti upravljajo TurboJet (☏ 853 7907039 (v Macau), 852 28593333 (v Hong Kongu)). Še ena pogosta trajektna povezava je Cotai Jet neposredno do Taipe iz Hongkonga, na voljo pa so tudi brezplačni avtobusi do Benečije s trajektnega terminala za hiter in enostaven dostop do Taipe in Coloane. Brezvestni prodajalci vam bodo morda poskušali prodati vozovnice brez določenega časa vračila ali zelo pozno z obljubo, da se lahko vrnete prej, če želite. Povratni trajekti iz Macaua do Hongkonga so ponoči pogosto popolnoma polni, vrnitev brez rezerviranih sedežev ali na prejšnji ladji pa je malo verjetna.
• Macau-Kowloon: Trajekte lahko dobite tudi iz Kitajski (HK) trajektni terminal na Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui v Kowloonu, Hong Kong. Trajekti so manj pogosti v primerjavi s storitvami z otoka Hong Kong, ki vozijo vsake pol ure od 7.00 do 10.30. Cena vozovnic se začne pri HKD133, pot pa traja približno 90 minut. Upravljavec trajekta (prej New World First Ferries) je TurboJet (☏ 853 7907039 (v Macau), 852 28593333 (v Hong Kongu)).
• Macau-Mednarodno letališče Hong Kong: Iz mednarodnega letališča Hong Kong do Macaaa vozijo tudi trajekti. Ti so manj pogosti, vendar vam omogočajo, da izognete priseljevanju in carini v Hongkongu tako, da neposredno prestopite do trajekta v letališki dvorani za prestope. Vaša prtljaga bo za vas prenesena vse do Macaa. Vkrcate se na trajekt na letališču SkyPier. Cena vozovnice je HKD254, storitve pa opravlja TurboJET (do trajektnega terminala v zunanjem pristanišču Macaa) in Vodni curek Cotai (do trajektnega terminala Macau Taipa). Če trajekti na letališču niso primerni za vaš urnik, se lahko odpeljete do Premier Plus storitev, ki jo ponuja TurboJET. Vstopiti boste morali v hongkonško priseljevanje, vendar traja vsake pol ure. Ta paket vključuje prevoz z letališča do pomola Sheung Wan, trajekt do Macaa, nato pa prevoz z avtomobilom do katerega koli mesta v Macau. Stane HKD461 in vključuje obrok na trajektu. Glej Mednarodno letališče Hong Kong # S trajektom za podrobnosti.

Cena vozovnic za trajekt se razlikuje glede na uro in dan v tednu vožnje. Odhodi trajekta ponoči (med 18.00 in 6.00) in med vikendi so dražji.

Bodite pozorni predvsem na trajektnem terminalu HK Macau vstopnice. Nekatere pisarne prodajajo zakonite vstopnice v razsutem stanju z majhnim popustom, vendar vse bolj umazane vrste prodajo neuporabljene vstopnice za trajekti, ki bodo kmalu zapustili- če jih zaženete, jih lahko ujamete, če pa jih ne, vam ne bo več sreče (in denarja). Bodite previdni pred vsemi dvigali, ki vas navdušeno povabijo v pisarno agentov - in vam pokažejo vozovnice za prihodnje jadranje, le da boste v naslednjih minutah dobili karte za trajekte, ki odhajajo. Nekaj ​​spotov celo predstavljajo kot "inšpektorji" in z izurjenimi spretnostmi zamenjajte vozovnico. Samo nekdo v uniformi naj vzame vašo vozovnico! Uradne kabine za prodajo vstopnic (obstajajo tudi samopostrežni terminali) so dobro označene, osebje govori angleško in do vstopa na območje priseljevanja nikomur ni treba pokazati karte.

S celinske Kitajske

Številna trajektna podjetja tečejo v Macau iz celinskih pristanišč, vključno z Jiangmenom, Shekoujem (v Shenzhenu) in trajektnim terminalom Fu Yong (zraven letališča Shenzhen).

• Macau-Fu Yong (letališče Shenzhen): TurboJet (☏ 853 7907039 (v Macau), 86-755 27776818 (v Shenzhenu)) dnevno vozi več trajektov med 22.197075113.558911111 Trajektni terminal Macau (Zunanje pristanišče / Porto Zunanjost) in Trajektni terminal Fu Yong. Čas potovanja približno eno uro. Cena vozovnic se začne pri 171 MOP. Obstajajo avtobusi, ki povezujejo trajektno postajo Fu Yong z letališčem Shenzhen.
• Macau-Shekou (Shenzhen):
  • Yuet Tung Shipping Co (☏ 853 28574478) vozi trajekt, ki vozi iz Macaa Notranji pristaniški terminal na pomolu 14 na Rua das Lorchas (blizu križišča z Av Almeido Ribeiro) ob 10.00, 14.00, 17.30 in 20.15. 129 MOP, 78 USD MOP za otroke. Iz Shekouja ladje odplujejo ob 8:15, 11:45, 15:45 in 18:30. Potovanje traja približno 80 minut.
  • Shenzhen Xunlong Shipping Co deluje iz drugih dveh pristanišč v Macau: 10-krat na dan med 9:45 in 20:45 iz Trajektni terminal Macau in 3-krat na dan med 11:00 in 19:00 od Trajektni terminal Taipa (170 JPY v letu 2011).
• Macau-Jiangmen:CKS ima dnevno povezavo z Jiangmen iz Macaa Notranji pristaniški terminal na pomolu 14 na Rua das Lorchas.
• Macau-Wanzai (Zhuhai): Yuet Tung Shipping Co vozi čolne med Makaom 22.194778113.5353332 Notranji pristaniški terminal na pomolu 14 na ulici Rua das Lorchas in Carinsko pristanišče Wanzai v Wanzai, Zhuhai. Čas potovanja je približno 30 minut. MOP 12,50 USD. Čolni se začnejo ob 8. uri in končajo približno ob 16. uri. Iz Wanzai lahko ujamete povezave z avtobusi do Gongbeija in drugih krajev v Zhuhaju.

Pogostejša in cenejša možnost je ujeti trajekt do / od pristanišča Jiuzhou v mestu Zhuhai, ki je le nekaj kilometrov od meje Macau-Zhuhai. Od mejnega prehoda do trajektnega terminala vzemite kratko vožnjo s taksijem (¥ 10) ali avtobus št. Vožnja z avtobusom mora biti vključena v vozovnico za trajekt. Trajekti iz pristanišča Shenzhen Shekou do mesta Zhuhai vozijo vsakih 30 minut. ¥ 90.

Z avtobusom

HZMBus shuttle bus do Hong Konga

Od Hong Kong, pogosto HZMBus za prečkanje so na voljo avtobusi, ki odpeljejo do vsakih 5 minut, 24 ur na dan Most Hong Kong – Zhuhai – Macau (HZMB). Vzamejo približno 40 minut, vstopnice pa lahko kupite z Octopusom ali AliPayom v prodajnih avtomatih ter gotovino in kreditnimi karticami na blagajni HZMB pristanišče Hong Kong Kong. Do pristanišča Hong Kong lahko pridete s taksiji ali različnimi avtobusi, vključno z letališči CityFlyer (številna številka), ali avtobusom B5 s postaje MTR Sunny Bay ali avtobusom B6 iz mesta Tung Chung. Ko prispemo na Pristanišče HZMB v Makau lahko se odpeljete s taksijem ali z avtobusom 101X, z avtobusom 102X do St Paul'sa in Taipe ali do Integrirana povezava letovišča HZMB avtobus (brezplačno) do trajektnega terminala Taipa ali zunanjega trajektnega terminala za povezavo z brezplačnimi avtobusnimi avtobusi.

Lahko vzamete tudi trenerja Guangzhou. Potovanje traja približno 3 ure in stane približno 80 JPY. Avtobusi so redno na voljo na letališču Guangzhou. Avtobus vas pripelje v neposredni bližini (200 metrov) Portas do Cerco - običajna vstopna točka v Macau.

Tam so neposredni trenerji Shenzhen, tako z letališča kot avtobusne postaje na dolge razdalje, ki traja približno tri ure. Dongguan prav tako ima letališče Macau storitve, ki trajajo tudi tri ure in stanejo 100 JPY.

Avtobus lahko dobite iz katerega koli kraja do avtobusne postaje Gongbei v mestu Zhuhai. To vas pripelje čez cesto od obmejnih objektov, tako da se lahko sprehodite do Macaa (glejte naslednji odsek). To vam lahko prihrani malo denarja; avtobus ima približno enako ceno, toda hrana in hoteli so v Zhuhaiju cenejši.

Z letalom

Mednarodno letališče Macao

• 22.149444113.5913893 Mednarodno letališče Macau (MFM ^IATA) (ob obali otoka Taipa). Ima osnovne prostore in nekaj letalskih mostov, vendar je mogoče, da parkirate na asfaltu in se z avtobusom pripeljete do terminala.  

Nosilka zastave Macao je Air Macau (澳門 航空). Čeprav ni nikjer tako dobro postreženo kot Hong Kong, je letališče priljubljeno med nizkocenovnimi letalskimi družbami zaradi nižjih pristojbin za pristanek. AirAsia leti v Macau iz Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Penang, Bangkok in Pattaya medtem Jetstar služijo Singapur, Cebu Pacific in Philippine Airlines služita Manila in Clark, Thai AirAsia leti v Bangkok.

Lahki železniški sistem služi letališču, vendar pokriva samo južna območja Taipe, Coloane in Cotai. Podaljšanje Barre na jugozahodnem koncu otoka Macao naj bi se odprlo okoli leta 2023.

Avtobus AP1 pelje pot med letališčem in pregradnimi vrati. Njegova pot poteka skozi več točk na otoku Taipa, na poti pa se ustavi pri trajektnem terminalu na polotoku. Na potnika stane 4,20 USD, na vrečo pa 3 USD. Ima omejeno ponudbo za prtljago in je lahko zelo gneča (morda sploh ne pridete do prvega avtobusa). Sprehodite se na trajektnem terminalu za druge cilje, pogosti avtobus številka 3 vozi od trajektnega terminala in pelje mimo Lisboe, hotela Landmark in Holiday Inna ali ujemite enega od hotelskih / igralniških avtobusov, ki vozijo do trajektnega terminala. Avtobusi ne dajejo sprememb, vendar je znotraj terminala menjalnica, ki bo tujo valuto spremenila v MOP z nizko denominacijo.

Druga možnost je, da se z merjenim taksijem odpeljete naravnost do cilja, vendar je na voljo letališko doplačilo v višini 5 MOP in 2 MOP za most in 3 MOP za vrečo. Cena vozovnice do središča mesta je približno 40–50 MOP, potovanje traja 15–20 minut.

Če ste namenjeni v Hong Kong, Zhuhai ali Shenzhen, lahko uporabite letališče Express Link posebna avtobusna povezava za neposredno povezavo s trajektom ali mejo Zhuhai brez prehoda skozi priseljevanje iz Macaa. Vozni red avtobusov pa je omejen (samo od 11.00 do 18.00), kar nekoliko omejuje uporabnost; odvisno od leta, če ne potrebujete vizuma za Macau, je morda hitreje dvakrat iti skozi priseljevanje. Če imate vozovnico za isti dan, lahko to storitev uporabite tudi v smeri povratka za neposreden prevoz do letališča.

Povezave s celinsko Kitajsko niso več omejene, s storitvami v številnih mestih. Air Macau leti vsak dan do Peking, Nanjing, Ningbo in Šanghaj. Letijo tudi večkrat na teden do Chengdu, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Hefei, Nanning, Wuhan in Xiamen. Letalska družba Xiamen Airlines leti v Fuzhou, Hangzhou in Xiamen. Drugi letalski prevozniki so AirAsia, Cebu Pacific, EVA Air in Spring Airlines. Običajno je ceneje leteti v Zhuhai in prečkati mejo po kopnem, saj se leti med Macaom in celino štejejo za mednarodne lete.

Vključujejo tudi druga letališča v bližini Macaua Mednarodno letališče Guangzhou Baiyun (LAHKO ^IATA) in Mednarodno letališče Hong Kong (HKG ^IATA). Letališče Hong Kong ima direktne trajekte do Macaa.

Z avtom

Bočno preklopno križišče ob mostu Lotus

Obstajajo tri vstopne točke za vozila v Macau s Kitajske. Tradicionalni sta dve Portas do Cerco (關閘 Guan Chap v kantonščini, Guānzhá Mandarin) na skrajnem severu polotoka Macao, ki vas povezuje z Gongbei v Zhuhaiju in Lotusov most (uradno kontrolna točka Cotai Frontier), ki povezuje pas Cotai z okrožjem Wanzai v Zhuhai. Tretji je kombinacija most / tunel iz Hongkonga.

Vstopite lahko le, če ima vaše vozilo (samo avtomobili, brez motornih koles) registrske tablice v Makau in celinski Kitajski, voznik pa ima vozniška dovoljenja v Makau in na Kitajskem. Moraš preklopite na stran ceste: celinska Kitajska vozi na desni, Macau in Hong Kong na levi.

• Portas do Cerco: To je običajna vstopna točka v Macau iz mesta Zhuhai in je zelo prometno. Odprto je od 7. ure do polnoči. Prehod vas pripelje neposredno v Gongbei v mestu Zhuhai. Kako priti tja / stran: Najboljši način za pristop k prehodu od koder koli v Macau je uporaba Avenide Norte de Hipodromo, ki se nadaljuje kot Avenida da Ponte da Amizade ali Avenida Comendador Ho Yin z zahodnega dela polotoka. (Glejte razdelek Zhuhai o podrobnostih, da pridete do kitajske strani meje.)
• Pristanišče Hengqin / Lotus Bridge: Veliko tišji od Portasa do Cerca vas ta prehod vključuje vožnjo čez Lotusov most čez ozek kanal med njima Cotai in otok Hengqin (Kitajska), potem ko je očistil priseljevanje iz Kitajske in Macaa. Prehod zagotavlja 24-urno storitev. Kako priti tja / stran: Do mejne kontrolne točke Cotai je mogoče dostopati po cesti Taipa-Coloane Istmus (še vedno znana tudi kot Ulica Taipa-Coloane) in zaviti v krožišču Flor de Lotus približno na polovici poti med Taipo in Coloane.
• 50 km Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau most, predor, odprt oktobra 2018, je bil verjetno eden največjih gradbenih projektov na svetu. Drivers must apply for two separate permits (one from each of the Hong Kong and Macau governments) to drive across the bridge from Hong Kong, and you have to park your car and use public transport once you arrive in Macau anyway, so taking a shuttle bus is probably a better choice.

Z vlakom

An intercity train at Zhuhai railway station, which is adjacent to Gongbei Port (connecting to Portas do Cerco)

Macau has no train service of its own but the newly opened 22.2183113.5454 Zhuhai railway station across the border in Zhuhai is next to the Portas do Cerco (Barrier Gate), the northern entrance to Macau. There's hourly inter-city service from Guangzhou, daily high-speed service from Peking, and twice-daily service from Beijing and Šanghaj.

Peš

You can cross from mainland China to Macau on foot at the above mentioned 22.2162113.54925 Portas do Cerco (Barrier Gate) crossings at the extreme north of Macau Peninsula. In fact, thousands of Macau and Chinese citizens do it daily, making it an horrendously busy crossing. Depending on the time and day of the week, expect long waits to get processed.

On the Chinese side is the city of Zhuhai; walking out of the terminal puts you right in the main tourist district, Gongbei. It also puts you right at the Zhuhai terminus of the fast trains which connect directly to Guangzhou and from there to almost anywhere in China.

Getting there/away: The massive underground Portas do Cerco bus terminal is beneath the pretty garden in front of the border checkpoint plaza. You'll be able to find buses to most parts of Macau, including Taipa, Coloane and the Cotai Strip from here. From downtown Macau by taxi, the border is about 10 minutes and MOP$30.

As most people crossing the Barrier Gate are either mainland or Macau residents, foreign passport holders may get a short queue at the Zhuhai immigration clearance as they do not pass through the same counters as Chinese nationals. However, Macau's immigration divides entrants only into Macau residents and visitors, without further differentiation, and foreigners have to queue with an overwhelming number of mainland residents. There is a separate, usually much shorter, queue reserved for diplomats, senior citizens, disabled people and pregnant women.

There are money changers at the Barrier Gate that give very good rates so you can change your money into Chinese renminbi before crossing the customs.

Although you are not allowed to walk on the 22.1402113.54686 Lotus Bridge between Wanzai and Cotai, you can board a bus after clearing both Chinese and Macau immigration at 22.138922113.5481077 Hengqin Port. The current two bus route connects the Port to Portas do Cerco and urban Colane.

By helicopter

The Sky Shuttle helicopter service operates every 15–30 minutes between Macau's Terminal Maritimo and the Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier in Hong Kong, as well as five times a day to/from Shenzhen airport. The trip takes just 16 minutes, but tickets cost a whopping HKD4300 one-way, with a surcharge of HKD500 on major holidays.

Obiti

Health Codes An example of "health code" In an attempt to balance between public health and post-pandemic economic development, "health codes" have been adopted by the Macau government to indicate the health status of people. This is generated through specific mobile phone apps developed by the authorities. A green code indicates the person is at lowest risk, while a red code indicates high transmission risk, and will result in denial of entry of public places. These codes will be checked when entering public places.

A view of the city, showing older low-rises in the foreground and some of the new high-rises in the background

Unlike in mainland China, Google Maps is not blocked and can be used in Macau.

Peš

This is arguably the best way to get around the Macau Peninsula, which is small, compact and full of things to discover. Many roads are also one way so there is quite a chance that it won't be slower than to take road transport which may need to make a long loop to reach the destination. Most streets have a pedestrian sidewalk making walking easy, although you will have to fight the crowds going in all directions. Cars are more mindful of pedestrians than in mainland China, but traffic rules are still not very well adhered to, so ensure that you look both ways before crossing and be careful of large vehicles in narrow roadways. In and around the Senado Square, the pavements will be made of hand-laid limestone pieces made into simple designs, something that will surely catch your attention. Macau is also hilly, be prepared to struggle up and down steep lanes and steps.

Especially in the old city, the city streets do not seem to run in any particular pattern and you'll most likely get lost at some stage, which is part of the fun of exploring Macau.

In the Cotai strip, distances are large but sidewalks are pretty consistently present. It is now fairly easy to walk between the Galaxy, Venetian and City Dreams casinos, and it is easy to walk between Galaxy and Taipa Village. It is more interesting to take a walk after dark to take a glimpse of the casinos' illuminated façades. Many of the hotels are connected to each other by indoor walkways lined with expensive shops.

Z avtobusom

A public bus of Transmac

Macau and its districts are served by two bus companies - Transportes Urbanos Macau (Transmac) and Sociedade de Transportes Colectivos de Macau (TCM). The bus system in Macau can be difficult to use. It is often difficult to gauge which direction the bus is heading and the routes through the city center are very curvy, often making a long ride out of a short distance. Bus drivers usually only speak Cantonese, very little English or Mandarin and certainly no Portuguese at all. Most bus stops have no English on signs, although you can sometimes figure out the destination from the Portuguese bus stop names. Some bus stops have route descriptions (with a list of stops) on a rotating pole at the stop and a small coloured dot indicates the stop you're at (including which direction on the route the stop serves). The ferry terminal is "Terminal Maritimo" while other mentions of "Terminal" indicate the terminus (end) of the route. Buses run early morning to late evening, most roughly from 6AM to midnight.

Nevertheless, the websites of both companies list the stops that all their routes make. The TCM site is in Chinese and English, while the Transmac site depicts routes schematically. The tourist information desk at the ferry terminal has free maps with bus routes on them and can provide advice on how to get to a particular destination.

There is a flat fare of MOP$6 (2018) for all bus routes. Get your destinations written in Chinese if you need to tell them where you're going. You should pay the exact fare as drivers do not give change if you overpay. Buses accept Hong Kong coins (but not the HK$10 coin).

Announcements on the bus are made in Cantonese, Portuguese, Mandarin, and something that resembles English (but with most of the stop names in Portuguese). Free WiFi is available on the buses for a limited period of time.

Macau Pass, a stored value card similar to Hong Kong's Octopus Card system, is now widely used by Macau citizens as it provides discounts on paying bus fare (fares with Macau Pass are MOP$3 for regular routes and MOP4 for express routes, with free transfers). However, it's not worth it for most short-term visitors – distribution points are limited, the minimum value to add when you first get the card is MOP$100, and while getting a partial refund is possible, it's inconvenient. The Macau Pass is also widely accepted as payment in stores.

By scooter

No lack of scooters in Macau!

Scooters are a very economical and fun way to see the sites of Macau, they are also the primary mode of transport for locals due to Macau's narrow streets and lack of car parking space. Scooters are available for rental from a few dollars. Licenses from most countries covering mopeds or motorcycles are accepted.

By shuttle bus

A shuttle bus ran by Sands Cotai Central

If you've got more time than money on your hands, you can travel around Macau for free simply by hopping on and off the complimentary shuttle buses operated by all major casinos and hotels. Virtually all serve the Terminal Maritimo, with buses every 5 to 10 minutes, while the big boys (Venetian, Wynn, City of Dreams, Galaxy etc.) also shuttle to the Border Gates, the Taipa Ferry Terminal and the airport. The buses to Hotel Lisboa, for example, drop you off just a few blocks from Largo do Senado. Most of the casinos and hotels offer totally free shuttle buses, but some of the casinos on the waterfront of Old Macau, including the Lisboa, Wynn, and MGM, require users to first spend money in their casinos before getting the tickets.

Some free shuttle buses also run between the main hotels on the Cotai Strip, and the larger hotels in the old city. For example, a shuttle bus between Hotel Sintra in old Macau and Studio City or City of Dreams on Taipa. The Sands hotel chain also run a similar service between their hotels on the Cotai Strip (The Venetian, the Parisian, Sands Cotai Central) and the original Sands Hotel in the city. These particular shuttles are often very popular but they run frequently, and it's unlikely that you will wait for long at any stop.

S taksijem

Taxis are cheap and convenient. Taxi ranks are spread around the city but at peak times you will have to wait a bit for a taxi (you can also hail taxis on the street but it is even harder to find them there). As of 2016 taxi fares start at MOP$17. Largo do Senado to the border is about MOP$50. The longest possible taxi ride (from the Border Post at the extreme north of Macau to Coloane in the south) would be well under MOP$200 unless there are extremely bad traffic jams.

It is a good idea to have difficult destinations, such as small hotels, written in Chinese as many taxi drivers only know Cantonese well. Most know enough English to understand the major attractions and destinations and some of them may speak good Mandarin or English, though it is not wise to count on your luck, and almost none speak Portuguese. Most taxi drivers carry with them a list of casinos and other important places, so in case there's a communication gap, just look for it on the sunguard of the front passenger seat. Should you leave from a casino/hotel, a bilingual English/Cantonese speaking employee will generally be there to tell the cab driver where you want to go.

Like in Hong Kong, every bag placed in the boot of the taxi will have an additional surcharge.

Many taxi drivers are off duty at Sundays and use their cars privately. Those taxis have a red sign in the front window. Expect some waiting for a free taxi on Sundays.

By cycle rickshaw

Triciclo cycle-rickshaws

As in Hong Kong, cycle rickshaws (triciclo ali riquexó) are a dying breed, although a few still lurk around tourist haunts like the ferry terminal and Hotel Lisboa. Prices are negotiable, but a few hours of city touring by triciclo might cost around MOP$200.

Z avtom

Car rental is not a popular option in Macau given the territory's high population density and small size. Avis provides car rental services in Macau and you have the option of renting the car with or without a driver. Roads are generally well maintained and directional signs are in both Chinese and Portuguese. Unlike in mainland China, international driving permits (IDPs) are accepted in Macau. If you intend to stay in Macau for over 14 days, you need to register your IDP with the police. No registration is necessary for stays under 14 days.

Traffic moves on the levo side of the road with most cars being right-hand drive (as in neighbouring Hong Kong).

If you wish to drive in mainland China, your vehicle must have a second set of number plates issued by the Guangdong authorities, which is almost impossible for tourists to apply, and you need to carry an additional Mainland license, as the Chinese government does not recognise Hong Kong, Macau or foreign licenses. You would also need to change sides of the road at the border.

By light rail

The Macao Light Rapid Transit opened in December 2019 with a single line connecting Taipa Ferry Terminal and the airport to other parts of Taipa in Cotai. Future lines will connect the rest of the city.

Trains run every 5–10 minutes from 6:30AM to after 11PM.

Glej

Statue in front of Sao Paulo Cathedral

Penha Church

Individual listings can be found in Macau's okrožje articles

Although best known for gambling, Macau is extremely rich in attractions and oozing with atmosphere, thanks to hundreds of years of fusion between European and Chinese cultures.

Macau is a fascinating place to just walk around as the place is packed with churches, temples, fortresses and other old buildings bearing an interesting mix of Portuguese and Chinese characteristics. Besides buildings, there are also hundreds of narrow alleyways forming a maze in the old part of Macau where the people of Macau carry out businesses and work. If the sheer density of humans gets to you, take a break and enjoy several pretty gardens or head to the islands.

One of the interesting things to see in Macau is a statue of the Bodhisatta Avalokitesvara (known as 觀音 kwoon yam in Cantonese) next to the sea near the Sands Casino and MGM Grand. Despite being a Chinese deity, the statue is distinctly European in design and resembles the statues of the Virgin Mary you can find in Europe.

And if history is not your thing, there is the Macau Tower of awesome views and adventure sports, or Fisherman's Wharf to enjoy some theme-park activities and shopping.

You'll find most of the attractions in Macau Peninsula, but Taipa and Coloane, each with a pretty village, also draw hordes of visitors. Visit the Cotai reclaimed land area to see its transformation into the "Las Vegas Strip of the East". The Venetian is the most famous with its Venice-styled shopping mall with canals running through, and is also the largest casino in the world. The City of Dreams, not much smaller, high end fashion shops, three hotels and the world's most expensive theatre show (see spodaj).

Heritage

A large section of Macau Peninsula has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage site and 25 buildings and sites within the area have been deemed to have cultural and historic significance.One of the best ways to cover the sights is to do the Macau Heritage Walk circuit. The heritage buildings, the Sao Paulo Cathedral, the Fort and the Macau Museum are adjacent to each other and can be conveniently seen individually even if one cannot catch the Heritage walk timing.

Taipa Village in Coloane Village, previously inhabited by fishermen, are also interesting with their colonial-era shops and houses along narrow lanes.

Muzeji

Macau has several museums. The "Macau Museum Pass", which used to give discounted entry to most of these, is no longer sold. The main museums, such as the Macau Museum, are in Macau Peninsula although there are two museums on Taipa - the Museum of Taipa and Coloane History in Taipa Houses Museum.

Animals

The Macao Giant Panda Pavilion v Coloane is worth a visit – especially for those travellers unlikely to traverse into Mainland China. The pavilion is in the middle of Seac Pai Van Park, and is a little bit more difficult to get to than other attractions in Macau. Although entry to the park is free, the pavilion requires a MOP$/HK$10 entry fee. This is by far the cheapest way to see pandas in Hong Kong or Macau, and it has 4 resident pandas (as of January 2017). For that price though, don't expect too much. Be sure to arrive in the morning time, around 11AM perhaps, as the pandas tend to sleep later in the day.

Ali

Individual listings can be found in Macau's okrožje articles

Igralnice

Casino Resort MGM Grand

Gambling is Macau's biggest industry and busloads arrive daily from mainland China to try their luck. In addition, many Hong Kongers arrive on weekends with the same aim. For decades, the Casino Lisboa was the largest and most famous, a landmark well-known to people outside Macau, but many more casinos have sprung up. Nevertheless, the original Casino Lisboa is still worth a visit as its halls contain many original antiques on display from the private collection of gambling tycoon Stanley Ho.

The old casino area is along the waterfront on the southern side of Macau Peninsula. North of the Lisboa is a strip with many smaller casinos, a number of hotels and bars, and quite a few restaurants. This can be one of the more interesting areas of Macau; among other things it has quite a good Indian restaurant and several Portuguese ones. However, parts of it are also fairly sleazy, with lots of hookers and touts, so some caution is in order. New casinos have also opened in the area called NAPE south of Avenida de Amizade, including Wynn Macau and Sands Macau.

But all this is being overtaken by the new development on the Cotai Strip, which is being made into "The Las Vegas Strip of the East". The biggest casino in the world, Venetian Macao, opened its doors in August 2007, the not-much-smaller City of Dreams followed in 2009, others followed, and more are still to come. There are also several casinos on Taipa, including the Crown Macau.

There are ATMs available at any casino, and many other Forex facilities to change your money. Gamblers are required to be at least 21 years of age to be allowed to play. Interestingly, local civil servants are not allowed to enter the casinos with the exception of the first three days of the Chinese new year.

For the full listing of casinos, see the respective district pages.

Oddaje

Macau has an increasing variety of performances.

The City of Dreams in Cotai hosts The House of Dancing Water, the world's most expensive theatre show, costing US$250 million to produce. The stage holds five Olympic swimming pools worth of water, and ushers give the front few rows of the audience towels.

Adventure activities

At a height of 233m, the bungy jump from Macau tower, maintained and operated by A.J. Hackett is the second highest in the world. Along with the bungy, one can also try the Sky jump, that is somewhat like a jump but is more protected and doesn't involve a free fall, and a sky walk, that is a protected on a platform running around the circumference of the floor. Bouldering and sport climbing activities are also conducted at the tower's base. Glej Macau Peninsula page for details.

Plavanje

Hac Sa beach

Macau's two beaches, Hac Sa (黑沙 - black sand) in Cheoc Van (竹灣 - bamboo bay), are on the southern side of Coloane island. They are very popular and are frequented by locals and visitors, especially at the weekend.

Besides beaches, there are several public swimming pools all over Macau. All high-end hotels also have swimming pools.

Hiking and cycling

There are opportunities for hiking and cycling on the relatively rural islands of Taipa in Coloane. In Taipa, the two hills Taipa Grande (大潭山) in Taipa Pequena (小潭山) are the two main spots for Hiking Trails, while a cycling track is available near Ocean Gardens and Avenida dos Jogos da Ásia Oriental da Taipa.

In Coloane, the area is much more rural and is harder to be spotted. The area in Coloane is also more mountainous, creating more opportunities for hiking.

A list of the hiking and cycling paths is available at the IAM website.

Bowling

There is a bowling centre of international standard which was constructed in 2005 for the East Asian Games at the Macau Dome (澳門蛋) in Cotai area. There is also a bowling alley in Macau near the Camoes Garden/Protestant cemetery.

Nakup

Macanese street scene, the huge tower to the left is Casino Lisboa

Individual listings can be found in Macau's okrožje articles

Denar

The currency of Macau is the pataca (ISO code: MOP), which is divided into 100 avos, though due to Hong Kong influence on Macau education, they may also be referred as "dollar" and "cent". Prices are shown as MOP$10, for example (10 patacas).

The pataca is pegged to the Hong Kong dollar (HKD) at 1.03 patacas to 1 dollar. Hong Kong dollars are almost universally accepted in Macau on a 1:1 basis, so there is no need to get MOP if you already have HKD, although ATMs and money exchanges are numerous. Most businesses will endeavour to give you change in HKD if you pay in HKD, if they have them. Occasionally, however, a business might give change in MOP notes and HKD coins or the other way around. If you receive MOP in change, make sure to spend it before you leave Macau. The HKD10 coin may not be accepted because of numerous forgeries.

Chinese yuan/renminbi (¥, RMB, or CNY) are also accepted in some areas, but the rate may be poor, and can easily be changed for either patacas or HKD. In casinos, the HKD is the preferred currency, and gamers with patacas may actually be required to exchange to HKD (or HKD-denominated casino chips) before playing. Transactions made at government offices though will require you to pay in patacas.

The Macau Pass transport card is widely accepted for payment in shops and restaurants.

Banking

Getting money is quite easy as there are banks and ATMs on nearly every street. Holders of a debit card on the international networks will have no issues withdrawing money. Kitajski Union Pay cards are widely accepted, however withdrawal from ATMs requires a mainland identity card and facial scan. ATMs usually dispense in MOP (100 and 500 bills) and HKD (100 and 500 as well) and some will also dispense in Chinese currency.

Changing your currency into patacas outside of Macau is just about impossible and pointless. Change enough HKD to tide you over, and then change the rest into patacas after arriving. The money changers at the Barrier Gate provide good exchange rates, and you can also change the HKD you are holding into patacas.

On the other hand, try not to leave Macau with a lot of patacas. Unlike the HKD, they are quite hard to exchange in most countries. Even if you try to exchange them in Hong Kong, money changers may charge high commission thus giving you fewer HKDs than for what the MOP is worth. Therefore because of the 1:1 acceptance between the HKD and MOP and the difficulty exchanging between the two currencies outside Macau, you are advised to use HKD as much as possible for commercial transactions.

Visa and MasterCard credit cards are widely accepted in major restaurants, stores and the ferry terminal but some merchants may require a minimum purchase amount, usually MOP$100.

Tipping

Tipping customs are similar to Hong Kong. In most cases tipping is neither expected nor practised by locals, though tips will not be refused if offered, and bellhops may expect about MOP$10 or so for carrying your bags. In full service restaurants, a service charge is usually imposed and that is taken to be the tip. If you wish to give a tip, you should give it in cash directly to the person you wish to reward for their good service and do it discreetly. Taxi drivers also do not expect tips, and would return exact change, or round it in your favour if they can't be bothered to dig for change.

Nakupovanje

Soulless shopping in the city centre

Poglej tudi: Shopping in China

Quite frankly, the shopping options in Macau don't hold a candle to Hong Kong. While the newer megacasinos have introduced Macau to the joys of sterile franchise-filled malls, the city center streets around the older casinos are still a bizarre monoculture of ridiculously expensive watch, jewelry and Chinese medicine shops (with an emphasis on herbal Viagra-type cures), all aimed squarely at liberating lucky gamblers from their winnings. Finding tasteful souvenirs can thus be surprisingly challenging, although the touristy streets between Largo do Senado and the ruins of St. Paul's do have a scattering of antique shops.

Bargaining in the small shops can be done, but usually working on the principle of the shopkeeper quoting a price, the buyer making "hmmm" sounds and the shopkeeper lowering the price a bit (or a lot). A full-fledged haggling match is quite rare, as most antique shops sell precisely the same thing at precisely the same prices.

There are many pawnshops, especially along Av de Almeida Ribeiro in the center of town, where losing gamblers sell their cameras and Rolexes to finance the trip home or a return to the tables. For buyers, prices are usually not particularly good, but if you know the merchandise and are prepared to bargain there are some good deals.

Jej

Pastéis de nata

Pato de cabidela

Individual listings can be found in Macau's okrožje articles

Poglej tudi: Chinese cuisine

Macau is famous for excellent restaurants, unique cuisine and mellow bars. Above all, the city is famous for two cuisines: Portuguese in Macanese.

Portuguese food (cozinha portuguesa), brought in by its Portuguese colonizers, is hearty, salty, straightforward fare. While many restaurants claim to serve the stuff, fully authentic fare is mostly limited to a few high-end restaurants, especially the cluster at the southwestern tip of the Peninsula. Typical Portuguese dishes include:

• pato de cabidela (bloody duck), a stew of chicken with blood and herbs, served with rice; sounds and looks somewhat scary, but it's excellent when well done
• bacalhau (salted cod), traditionally served with potatoes and veggies
• caldo verde, a soup of potato, chopped kale and chouriço sausage
• feijoada (kidney-bean stew), a Brazilian staple common in Macau as well
• pastéis de nata (egg tarts), crispy and flaky on the outside and soft and sweet on the inside
• serradura ("sawdust" pudding), a dessert made with whipped cream topped with crumbled biscuits

Macanese food (comida de Macau) was created when Portuguese and Chinese influences were mixed together with spices brought from Africa and South-East Asia by traders, and many restaurants advertising "Portuguese" food in fact serve up mostly Macanese dishes. Seafood and barbecue specialist Fernando's on Coloane's Hac Sa Beach is probably the best-known Macanese restaurant.

Macau's famous almond cookies, being made by hand in the historic center of the city

• almond cookies. Dry Chinese-style cookies flavoured with almond. Macau's top souvenir, they're compact, durable and hence sold pretty much everywhere.
• galinha à africana (African-style chicken). Barbecued chicken coated in spicy piri-piri sauce.
• galinha à portuguesa (Portuguese-style chicken). Chicken in a coconutty curry; despite the name, this is not a Portuguese dish at all, but a purely Macanese invention.
• pork chop bun. The Macanese version of a hamburger, the name pretty much says it all: it's a slice of freshly fried pork (often with a few chunks of bone left) with a dash of pepper placed inside a freshly baked bun.
• beef jerky. More moist and fresh than typical jerky, and quite delicious. Easily found on the street leading up to the Ruins of St. Paul, where vendors will push free samples at you as you walk by with great enthusiasm. Be sure to try them all before choosing the one you like best!

All that said, the food of choice in Macau is still pure Kantonski, and a few aficionados even claim that the dim sum and seafood here beat Hong Kong. The streets of central Macau are littered with simple eateries offering rice and noodle dishes for under MOP$30 (although menus are often only in Chinese), while every casino hotel worth its salt has a fancy Cantonese seafood restaurant where you can blow away your gambling winnings on abalone and shark's fin soup.

While the number of options is somewhat limited compared to Hong Kong, the popularity of the casinos with high rollers has also led to a proliferation of fine dining restaurants.

The greatest concentration of restaurants is in the Peninsula, where they are scattered throughout the district. Taipa is now a major destination for those going for Portuguese and Macanese food and there are many famous restaurants on the island. There are several restaurants in Coloane, which is also home to the famous Lord Stow's Bakery, which invented the Macanese egg tart. Yummy!

Vegetarians should take advantage of the Peninsula's hole-in-the-wall vegetarian restaurants. Beyond providing a tasty, inexpensive vegetarian meal, these are a way to get away from the tourists and eat the way locals do. Check the listings in Macau/Peninsula, and keep your eyes out for signs with the character 素 (sù, "vegetarian").

Glej Chinese table manners for more details on dining etiquette in Macau. While there are some minor differences, much of traditional Chinese table manners apply in Macau too.

Pijte

Cafés at Patio do Comandante Mata e Oliveira

Individual listings can be found in Macau's okrožje articles

Reasonably priced Portuguese wine is widely available. A glass in a restaurant is around MOP$20, while bottles start from under MOP$100, and a crisp glass of vinho verde ("green wine", but actually just a young white) goes very well with salty Macanese food. As elsewhere in China, though, locals tend to prefer cognacs and whisky. Macau Beer is passable and widely available, as is the Filipino brand San Miguel which has a brewery in Hong Kong. There is also a wine museum in which you can have the opportunity to taste over 50 varieties of wine.

There is a buzzing nightlife in Macau. There are a variety of bars and clubs along the Avenida Sun Yat Sen close to the Kum Iam Statue and the Cultural Centre where you can have a good night out. Locals, especially younger people, prefer to meet up with their friends in western style cafes or places that serve 'bubble tea', tea served with tapioca balls and often fruit-flavoured that can be served either hot or cold. The shops in the town centre (near Senado Square) are often open until late at night and are often crowded. The casinos have also become a big hit for entertainment, offering performances of international level (advance booking advised) and comprehensive shopping malls for those less interested in trying their luck with the machines. For ladies who want to pamper themselves after a shopping spree, there are spas available in almost all respectable hotels. These are different from "saunas", which are thinly disguised brothels (prostitution is legal in Macau), but these can be easily distinguished by their shop appearance.

Spi

Individual listings can be found in Macau's okrožje articles

The bulk of Macau's hotels are on the Peninsula, although there are also many options - including high-end ones - on Taipa and, increasingly, the Cotai Strip, which is challenging the Peninsula to become Macau's premier casino area. Coloane has fewer and much quieter options, but among them is the beachside Pousada de Coloane.

Hotel rates are most expensive on Friday and Saturday nights, because demand is higher with tourists coming to Macau to gamble over the weekend. Try to make a booking through a travel agent, even if for the same day, as the rates can be substantially lower than walk-in rates. If you are coming from Hong Kong, book through an agent at the Shun Tak ferry pier for the best deals. Getting a package deal including return ferry tickets gives you the best price.

In the Inner Harbour area, many of the pensions and cheap hotels are also the place of business for many of the mainland Chinese prostitutes that work in Macau, and most hotel "saunas" are in fact thinly disguised brothels.

Hotel listings are in the individual district pages.

Nauči se

Macau has 12 tertiary education institutions. Besides some smaller and more specialized schools (Tourism School, European Studies Institute, etc.), the ones of importance are:

• University of Macau. The oldest and most popular university, established in 1981 (then under the name University of East Asia). Offers degree programmes in a wide variety of fields at all levels, including pre-university courses, bachelors, masters and doctorate degrees. The majority of degrees are taught in English, except education and law which are taught in a choice of either Chinese (Cantonese) or Portuguese. 
• Macau University of Science and Technology. Established after the 1999 handover of Macau to China, courses are mainly taught in Chinese (Mandarin) by professors from the mainland, and a significant portion of its student population draws from the mainland too. 
• Macau Polytechnic Institute. A spin-off of the former University of East Asia, it was established in 1991 to provide practice-oriented education and training mainly to the local population. 
• University of Saint Joseph. Established in 1996, it offers pre-university, undergraduate, and postgraduate courses. 

Delo

Non-residents who wish to take up employment in Macau, including those from Portugalska ali mainland China, need to obtain a valid work permit and are then issued the so-called Blue Card (officially called Non-Resident Worker's Permit). The process takes approximately a month to receive a work permit, at which time employment may begin, and another 1–2 months to receive the Blue Card.

As illegal employment has over the past decades been a problem plaguing Macau, the authorities do crack down severely on any offenders (both worker and employer) caught. Visitors are therefore advised not to engage in illegal employment.

Ostani varen

Severe weather

There is a risk of typhoons, mainly between July and September. A system of typhoon warnings is in place that are issued by the Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau and are broadcast widely on television and radio:

The typhoon warning system is basically a copy of the system used in Hong Kong.

• Number 1: tropical cyclone is within 800 km of Macau
• Number 3: tropical cyclone is likely to bring winds of 41–62 km/h to Macau, with gusts of 110 km/h (usually issued when the typhoon is within 300 km of Macau)
• Number 8: tropical cyclone is nearing Macau, bringing with it winds of 63–117 km/h, and gusts of up to 180 km/h
• Number 9: the centre of the tropical cyclone is approaching Macau and it is expected that Macau will be severely affected
• Number 10: the centre of the tropical cyclone will hit Macau directly, with mean wind speed over 118 km/h and intense gusts

During a number 8, 9 or 10 typhoon everything in Macau shuts down. People stay home and it is not advisable to venture outside as there is the risk of injury or worse from flying debris.

Storm surges may accompany with typhoons, and may cause severe flooding across the city. The storm surge warning system means the following:

• Modra:Water level will be rise under 0.5m above road level.
• Yellow:Water level will rise to 0.5 to 1m above road level.
• Oranžna:Water level will rise to 1 to 1.5m above road level.
• Red:Water level will rise to 1.5 to 2.5m above road level.
• Črna:Water level will rise over 2.5m above road level.

Expect citywide flooding when red or black storm surge warning is issued. A list of affected areas by levels of storm surge warning can be found here.

Sirens will be activated for warnings above orange level. The government has enacted a evacuation plan after the devastating typhoon in 2017, and regular exercises are conducted to prepare for typhoons and storm surges.

Law enforcement

Similar to Portugalska and other ex-Portuguese colonies, Macau has 2 distinct police forces, namely the Public Security Police Force (Chinese:治安警察局/治安警, Portuguese:Corpo de Polícia de Segurança Pública, CPSP) and Judiciary Police (Chinese:司法警察局/司警, Portuguese:Polícia Judiciária, PJ).

In rare major operations, you may also observe plainclothes agents from the Unified Police Service (Chinese:警察總局, Portuguese:Serviços de Polícia Unitários), the agency overseeing the previous two agencies. The customs service (Portuguese:Serviços de Alfândega) is tasked with maritime patrol and other customs duties, and also participates in water rescue.

Officers of the Public Security Police

A police car of the Public Security Police

The Public Security Police is tasked with crime prevention and deterrence, traffic control, and immigration duties. Public Security Police officers wear light blue uniforms, and have badges on their uniform. Their police vehicles are painted in dark-blue. In an emergency, particularly imminent crimes against persons, they can be contacted by 999, the unified emergency number for police, fire services and medical emergencies.

Officers of Judiciary Police

Meanwhile, the Judiciary Police deals with most crimes, though they have increased presence in prominent public spaces. Judiciary Police officers are plain clothed, and should wear a vest clearly stating their police identity. In an emergency, they can be reached by 993. Though the Public Security Police will also refer cases to Judiciary Police, it may be better to directly contact the Judiciary Police in case of crimes.

Crime

Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro in the nighttime

Compared to many other cities in the world, Macau is relatively safe to travel. The standard of living of the local Macau residents is generally good (one of the best in Asia). In addition, as a city geared towards tourism, the Macau government is keen to "clean up" the city and its image. For example, the police in Macau is now seen by the public as more effective than it used to be.

The following points should be noted when you travel to Macau.

• You should beware of žeparji, especially in crowded areas like tourist attractions and the border stations. Keep your valuables somewhere safe. Pickpockets usually come in a group and use one person to distract people while the others work.
• Be wary of harassment from street prostitutes and hawkers handing out leaflets/flyers. Among the more insistent flyer flingers are Falun Gong, a religious/political organisation. If you do take one of their flyers (which is sometimes the easiest way to get rid of them) and you are going to mainland China, be sure to dispose of it before crossing the border. The organisation is illegal in China and being caught "smuggling" some of their propaganda would be a major hassle.
• A scam involving mainland Chinese visitors asking for money has become widespread, mainly in downtown Macau. These people, who are usually properly dressed, claim to have lost their wallet and not to have eaten the whole day, asking for MOP$20–30 to buy some food. The police have issued warnings in the local media not to give money to these people.
• In the mid-1990s, Macau had some vicious gang wars among the triads, mobsters with automatic weapons. The triads were firmly crushed following the transfer of sovereignty, and there have been no signs of open mob conflict since then. The triads usually don't bother ordinary people, so the advice is not to mess with them (such as by borrowing money from loan sharks and then failing to repay it), and they won't mess with you.
• After arriving in Macau at the ferry terminal, beware of touts offering cheap rides into town. If you accept their offers, expect to be taken first to shops, which offer the touts commission. If you stand your ground and refuse to enter these promoted shops, you could be turfed out somewhere in the territory, and not where you would like to be. Stay safe, and take time to find out suitable public transport routes, or take a proper taxi.
• There have been reports that fraudsters operate at Portas do Cerco, where they uses IMSI-catcher to send scam messages and lure victims to reveal their personal information. Merely ignore these messages is enough.

Legal matters

Čeprav je Macau leta 2009 sprejel zakon o nacionalni varnosti, je zakon po obsegu ožji od svojega hongkonškega kolega in od sprejetja ni bil uporabljen v nobenem primeru. Običajnih potnikov zakon na splošno ne skrbi.

Bodite previdni pri fotografiranju ljudi, saj je fotografiranje in / ali snemanje drugih brez njihovega dovoljenja kaznivo dejanje.

Za razliko od portugalske zakonodaje o drogah je zakonodaja o drogah v Macau bistveno strožja in je enaka vzhodnoazijskim standardom. Nezakonito uživanje mamil in posedovanje pripomočkov za droge se lahko kaznuje z zaporom od 3 mesecev do enega leta.

Ostani zdrav

Eden nepričakovanih vzrokov za bolezen v Macau je ekstremna temperaturna sprememba med vlažnim poletnim vremenom na prostem od 35 ° C (95 ° F) in klimatiziranimi stavbami do 18 ° C (65 ° F). Nekateri ljudje imajo simptome prehlada po tem, ko se pogosto premikajo med obema skrajnostma; ni nenavadno, da oblečete pulover ali prevleko, da je toplo v zaprtih prostorih, zato je običajno dober nasvet, če nosite oblačilo z dolgimi rokavi, kadar pričakujete daljši obisk klimatiziranih prostorov.

Medtem ko voda iz pipe je varno za pitje (okus ob strani), večina domačinov kuha ali filtrira vodo ali kupuje poceni ustekleničeno vodo zaradi okusa in ker sistemi za shranjevanje vode v posameznih stavbah niso vedno dobro vzdrževani. Tudi to morate zavreti, če niste prepričani o kakovosti cevi v stavbi, v kateri bivate.

Zaradi zgodovine regije, ki se bori proti SARS (in kasneje obvladovanju ptičje gripe (H5N1)), je zelo priporočljiva dobra osebna higiena.

Čeprav je zdravstveni sistem v Macau primeren za rutinska posvetovanja, pomanjkanje ustrezno usposobljenih strokovnjakov in naprav pomeni, da vas bodo zaradi resnejših težav najverjetneje napotili v Hong Kong. Medtem ko Hong Kong subvencionira svoje prebivalce za zdravljenje v javnih bolnišnicah, do tega ne boste upravičeni, če prebivate v Macau. Prepričajte se, da vaša zavarovalna polica krije stroške medicinske evakuacije in celotne neutemeljene stroške zdravljenja.

Bilo je nekaj primerov mrzlica denga. Vlada je razpršila insekticid na območjih, kjer obstaja potencial razmnoževanja komarjev, zato je to tveganje večinoma omejeno. Vendar se je najbolje izogniti ugrizom z uporabo sredstva proti komarjem in / ali nošenja dolgih oblačil, zlasti v mraku.

Spoštovanje

Socialni bonton v Macau je zelo podoben sosednjemu Hong Kong.

Ljudje v Macau so na splošno prijazni do tujcev (glede na dejstvo, da je Macau imel več sto let portugalske kolonialne vladavine, domačini, tudi starejša populacija so navajeni živeti vzporedno z zahodnjaki). Vendar ne domnevajte, da domačini govorijo angleško (ali portugalsko); nekaj osnovnih kantonskih besednih zvez je vedno v pomoč.

Politika v Macau na splošno ni tako občutljivo vprašanje kot v Hongkongu; ni aktivnega gibanja za neodvisnost Macaa in večina prebivalcev je pozdravila dogovor "Ena država, dva sistema". Podobno uporaba mandarine v Macau ni tako politično obtožena kot v Hong Kongu. Za razliko od Hongkonga so domačini v Macau večinoma v celoti sprejeli "kitajsko" identiteto.

V Macau ni dovoljeno uživanje alkohola ali pijanstvo.

Poslovno

Tako kot v Hongkongu se ljudje, ki se prvič srečajo, pozdravljajo s trdnim stiskom rok. Pri dajanju in prejemanju vizitk bodite pozorni na to obe roki in rahlo potopitev glave. Dajanje ali prejemanje vizitke samo z eno roko se šteje za zelo nesramno.

Religija

Sodobni Macau je v vsakdanjem življenju večinoma laičen, pri čemer religija ne igra skoraj nobene vloge pri delu ali politični pripadnosti ljudi. Kljub temu večina etnične kitajske večine še vedno sledi mešanici Budizem in do neke mere tradicionalne kitajske ljudske religije. Pri obisku kitajskih templjev je treba izkazati osnovno spoštovanje. Na primer, moral bi ne s kazalcem pokažite na kipe božanstev, saj velja za zelo nesramnega; raje uporabite palec ali odprto odprto dlan. Vendar je fotografiranje običajno dovoljeno in vam ni treba prositi za dovoljenje, če ni objavljen znak za nefotografiranje.

Kot zapuščino portugalske vladavine se z rimokatoličanstvom ukvarja pomembna manjšina, vključno z večino etnične makanejske skupnosti, zanje pa skrbijo številne cerkve.

Za razliko od celinske Kitajske, kjer je prepovedana, je v Macau religija Falun Gong dovoljena, njeni privrženci pa občasno organizirajo proteste proti kitajski vladi.

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Predpona za mednarodno klicanje v Macau je 853.

Brezplačna javnost Wifi ponuja na različnih lokacijah WiFi Go. Poiščite omrežje "FreeWiFi.MO by WiFiGo". Nekaj ​​vročih točk ponuja 24-urno storitev; drugi so od 8. do 1. ure. Druga možnost je "CTM-WIFI", ki vam omogoča, da se vsak dan prijavite le omejeno. Nobeno od teh omrežij ni posebej zanesljivo. Brezplačen WiFi je na voljo tudi v javnih avtobusih, nekateri hoteli / igralnice pa imajo WiFi, v katerega se lahko prijavite, tudi če niste gost.

Turistične informacijske pisarne na Largo do Senado in na terminalu jetfoil imajo zemljevide, informacije o muzejih in prireditvah, ustrežljivo angleško govoreče osebje, v pisarni Largo do Senado pa brezplačen dostop do interneta. Morda boste morali čakati v čakalno vrsto za internet, saj je strojev le malo.

Chinoy Express, Rua dos Mercadores. Poceni in hitra internetna kavarna (5 MOP $ / uro) tik ob ulici Rua da Felicidade. Postrežejo poceni prigrizki, čez cesto pa je filipinska pekarna s poceni in okusnimi kruhi.

Za razliko od celinske Kitajske internet v Macau ni cenzuriran; dostopna so vsa spletna mesta.

Mobilni telefoni

Makao ima odlično pokritost z mobilnimi telefoni. Makao ima omrežja GSM 900/1800 in 3G 2100. Preverite pri svojem operaterju. Telefonski načrti, ki izvirajo s celine, zahtevajo pravilno nastavitev za uporabo zunaj celine.

Od 22. decembra 2019 morate ob nakupu kartic SIM, vključno s predplačniškimi karticami SIM, registrirati svoje ime pri svojem operaterju, da ga lahko aktivirate. Obstoječe kartice SIM je treba registrirati v 180 dneh; v nasprotnem primeru bo storitev začasno ustavljena.

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Konzulati

V Macau je nekaj konzulatov, ki so večinoma portugalsko govoreče države, čeprav je verjetneje, da bodo vaši državi postregli prek konzulat v Hong Kongu.

• Angola (Consulado de Angola em Macau), Avenida Dr. Mário Soares, Edifício FIT (Finančna in informacijska tehnologija, 7. nadstropje, ☏ 853 2871 6237, faks: 853 2871 6230, ✉[email protected]. 
• Zelenortski otoki (Consulado de Cabo Verde em Macau), 21. nadstropje, Macau Landmark, 555 Avenida da Amizade, ☏ 853 2878 8138, faks: 853 2878 8168, ✉[email protected]. 
• 22.195833113.5528611 Kitajska (Urad pooblaščenca Ministrstva za zunanje zadeve Ljudske republike Kitajske), 208, Avenida de Marciano Baptista, ☏ 853 8791 5404, faks: 853 2872 6900. Obravnava tudi hongkonške vizume. (posodobljeno avgust 2020)
• ^{[mrtva povezava]}Filipini (Filipinski generalni konzulat v Macau), Enota 1404-1406, 14. nadstropje AIA Tower Avenida Comercial de Macau, ☏ 853 2875 7111, 853 6698 1901 (24-urna vroča linija za nujne primere), faks: 853 2875 7227. 9.00-17.00 od ponedeljka do petka (brez odmora za kosilo). 
• Portugalska (Consulado Geral de Portugal v Macau), 8 Rua Pedro Nolasco da Silva 45, R / C, ☏ 853 2 835 66 60, faks: 853 2 835 66 58, ✉[email protected]. 9.00-13.00 in 14.30-17.00. (posodobljeno september 2019)
• 22.19113.5492 Tajvan (Tajpejski gospodarski in kulturni urad), Al. Dr. Carlos d'Assumpcao, št. 411-417, Edif. Dinastija Plaza, 5 Andar J-O, ☏ 853 2830 6282, faks: 853 2830 6153, ✉[email protected]. M-Ž 09.00-12.. (posodobljeno avgust 2020)
• Združene države (Ameriški generalni konzulat Hong Kong in Macau), 26 Garden Road, Hong Kong, ☏ 852 2841 2211 (Službe za državljane ZDA), 852 5808 4666 (poizvedbe o vizumu), ✉[email protected]. Obiščite spletno stran za obrazec za poizvedbo o vizumu. Konzularno osebje mesečno potuje v Macau, da bi zagotovilo omejene storitve za državljane ZDA, poglejte spletno mesto za naslednji "dan Macaa". 

Pojdi naprej

• Hong Kong je 40 minut vožnje z avtobusom HZMBus ali 60 minut s trajektom.
• Zhuhai je tik čez kitajsko mejo, čeprav morajo državljani večine narodnosti imeti vizum za vstop na Kitajsko.
• Vsa mesta v Delta Biserne reke nekaj ur vožnje z vlakom, avtobusom ali trajektom.
• Tajpej in drugih destinacij v Tajvan, do katerega je enostavno priti s približno 15 dnevnimi leti (2h) iz Macaa in več iz Hongkonga.