#Guia Marco Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Jun)
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Guia Marco, Macao
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Recommended sightseeing time:
2-3 hour
Climb the highest peak in Macau and enjoy the Londoner's light show.
On the second day of the Macau trip, we set off from the Parisian Hotel where we stayed in the morning and arrived at the historic old town of Macau. First, we climbed the highest peak in Macau, Mount Songshan, and visited the scenic spots such as the Dongwangyang Lighthouse, the Battery, and the Zero Kilometer on the mountain. Then we visited the newly popular Wan De Tang district, a famous spot for social media, in Macau. After lunch, we visited the Macau Grand Prix Museum to experience the speed and passion that belong to Macau. In the evening, we checked in at the Londoner Hotel, just one street away from the Parisian Hotel, and enjoyed the hotel's light show. Let's take a look together:
Macau's highest peak - Songshan
Mount Song is not high, only 94 meters, but it is the highest peak in Macau. It takes only ten minutes to reach the top, where there is a lighthouse built in 1865, which is the oldest lighthouse in the Far East and a part of the world cultural heritage "Historic Centre of Macao". Next to the lighthouse is the Chapel of Our Lady of Snows, built in 1622, with a history of 401 years. In front of the lighthouse is a fort built in 1622, which was an important military base in Macau. It was not until the Portuguese army withdrew in 1976 that it was developed into a tourist attraction and opened to visitors. There is also a cylindrical monument about 1 meter high next to it, which is the zero kilometer landmark of Macau and the specific latitude and longitude address of Macau marked on the world map.
Wangde Hall District
This district is the smallest of the eight parishes in Macau, with only 0.64 square kilometers. It is an inland parish and also the one with the highest population density in Macau (with a population density of 50,469 people per square kilometer). Although the St. Anthony Parish is small, there are many ancient Portuguese-style buildings preserved, among which the most representative one is the "Pou Tai Un", which used to be called the "House of the Poor". It was built more than a hundred years ago and belongs to the property of the "Charitable Association of Macau".
The name of the Guia Fortress comes from a church in this area, which is located on Rua da Penha, across from the Rua da Felicidade. It was the religious center and residential center of the eastern district of Macau in the early days of the city's construction. According to records, the church was first built in 1568 and has a history of more than 400 years. The Guia Fortress area was named after it.
Macau Grand Prix Museum
This is one of the most worth-visiting museums in Macau. It is located on Avenida do Coronel Mesquita in the new port area and was established to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Macau Grand Prix. It exhibits more than 30 award-winning race cars that have participated in the Macau Grand Prix in the past, including the cars of the driver R. Schumacher and the late world champion driver Senna. In addition to visiting these race cars, there are also immersive interactive projects such as simulated racing and award-winning scenes, which are very interesting.
Portuguese-style dinner
Macau is not only a city of leisure and tourism that people long for, but also a famous world capital of cuisine. After hundreds of years of collision and integration of Chinese and Western cultures, Macau has formed a unique and diverse culinary culture. At noon, we had Western food at the Parisian Hotel, and in the evening, we chose the unique Portuguese cuisine, which was praised for both its environment and taste.
Macau's Avenida da Praia Grande at night.
After dinner, we returned to the Parisian Hotel and took photos of the light show and night view of the area across the hotel. From a distance, the lights were dazzling and colorful, representing the epitome of prosperity. Many internet-famous girls tried to find various angles to capture this unique charm of Macau.
Check in at Londoner Hotel at night.
After watching the light show and night view, it was already past 9 o'clock in the evening. Then we checked into the Londoner Hotel, which, like the Parisian and Venetian hotels, is located on the Cotai Strip in the reclaimed area of Macau. It is adjacent to the Regency Hotel, Conrad Hotel, and Sheraton Grand Macao Hotel. The hotel is full of luxurious suites.
Violet.Bell@71
PARQUE MUNICIPAL DA COLINA DA GUIA
#tripblazers #mytripvlog #2023travelwish #celebratewithtrip #awesomepic. Colina da Guia Municipal Park is located on the largest hill on the Macau Peninsula, it is made up of a multifunctional park that integrates the closest environments and facilities. From here, the vastest and most enchanting panorama of all Macao and the islands can be observed.
Colina da Guia Municipal Park is considered one of the "lungs" of the Macau peninsula. In the colonial period, several afforestation projects were implemented during the administration of Governor Tomás de Sousa Rosa, 1883-1886, and due to the extensive planting of pine trees in Southeast China, the hill is also known as “Hill of Pines”.
From a biological point of view, this hill is not only a scenic spot rich in natural resources, it is also one of the parks with the most ancient trees in Macau, including the Chinese pines (Pinus massoniana) and, there are also many fig trees. tall (ficus altissima) and camphors exceeding 1 meter in perimeter at breast height (measurement of the circumference of the trunk of a tree 1 meter above the ground). The top of the hill has a children's playground, the south side of the square has a row of large and ancient trees, such as tall fig trees, which are planted on the east side of the Centro de Actividades Turísticas da Colina da Guia, 1 meter high. diameter. In addition, there are still Chinese pines, pagoda trees, sacred fig trees, casuarinas and Chinese evonyms (respectively, pine massoniana, ficus microcarpa, ficus religious, Aleurites moluccana, casuarinaceae, Albizia lebbeck), among other species, plus the shrubs, ferns and herbs that make up a thick middle and lower layer of forest vegetation.
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Naresh Mehra
Information Desk about nature
#2023travelwish #mytripvlog #tripblazers #celebratewithtrip #campingglamping.
Introduction:-
Open to the public since 2003, the Information Office on Nature in Colina da Guia periodically renews its thematic exhibitions, in addition to holding workshops on Nature. It also provides information and electronic devices for citizens and tourists to improve their knowledge and understanding of Macao's flora and fauna and its current conditions, thus seeking to raise public awareness of the protection of Macao's green environment.
Current exposure: Methods for assessing tree hazards
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Naresh Mehra
The new Guia Hill Pedestrian Tunnel Macau
#tripblazers #spooktaculartrip #campingglamping The new Guia Hill Pedestrian Tunnel that connects the Flora Garden and the Casa Real Hotel area. The tunnel goes through the Guia Hill and connects the hotel with footbridges. The system will also connect the Guia Hill Running Trail and the Reservoir Promenade. Recently, at night. ##
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Ram Prasad Panta
Macau Photography: A Photographer's Guide to the Best Spots
🌅 On this trip home, I followed the bloggers' recommendations and visited the popular spot—the Guia Lighthouse in Macau. From there, you can see the Grand Lisboa across the way, and nearby there are many buildings that combine Portuguese and modern styles. It's indeed a great place for photography, and not just a photo trap.
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🏰 Photo Spot: Simply navigate to "Guia Lighthouse". It's located on the top of Guia Hill. You can take the elevator in the Guia Hill Tunnel at the foot of the hill, and then walk up.
📸 Spot Sharing:
1️⃣ Around the perimeter of the lighthouse on the hilltop, near the chairs and the small open space under the stairs;
2️⃣ Inside the old meteorological station in the lighthouse, but we arrived around five o'clock and it was already closed. If you want to enter, it's recommended to arrive earlier.
3️⃣ At the intersection of Rua Nova à Guia, but don't take photos in the middle of the road, it's unsafe and you might get fined.
🚗 Transportation Recommendation: You could take bus 28c to Yuet Wah Middle School, get off, walk a little to the right, and then there's a long slope on the left leading up to the lighthouse (navigate to Guia Lighthouse).
🏨 Accommodation Recommendation: You can stay at the nearby Royal Hotel, which is located on Rua Nova à Guia. Just 100 meters out the door and you can get great shots.
In fact, the streets of Macau are also very photogenic, so after your shoot, you can also wander around the area, which has many great spots for street photography.
GWENDOLYN CASTRO
Best sunset viewing spot in Macau
Macau🇲🇴 doesn't have many places where you can climb high and look far. As the highest point on the Macau Peninsula, Dong Wang Yang Mountain is an excellent place to watch the sunset.
🚡Dong Wang Yang Fort:
Originally a fort, it was used for defense against foreign invasions and as an observation post. It has always been listed as a military restricted area, and outsiders are not allowed to enter without approval, except on August 5th, the birthday of the Virgin Mary, and the Double Ninth Festival in the lunar September.
In 1976, when the Portuguese army withdrew from Macau, the fort💥 was opened as a tourist spot and still maintains its original appearance. The fort is home to the Church of Our Lady of the Snows and the Dong Wang Yang Lighthouse.
As a Portuguese colonial building, the white walls with light yellow lines make the overall architecture very fresh and photogenic.
From the top of the mountain, you can overlook the whole of Macau, facing the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge to the east and the city to the west. When the sun sets, the city side is bathed in the sunset, making it an ideal place to watch the sunset.
🕰 Business hours:
9:00-18:00, the entrance to the fort is closed, but Dong Wang Yang Mountain is open all night. Remember, if it's winter, the closing time is earlier than sunset, don't just go down the mountain, you can continue to watch the night view outside the wall of the lighthouse.
📷 Camera position:
First of all, you need a medium to long focus, preferably with a lens focal length of 85 or above, to better capture the sunset.
1️⃣ If it's not closed, the best camera position is on the highest platform, not only without the obstruction of trees, but also with the lower platform as the foreground, you can shoot people and the New Lisboa in the same frame;
2️⃣ After closing, walk to the left of the exit, and you will see a row of long benches where you can enjoy the scenery. This is also a good place for photography, not only can you include more of the Macau Tower, but also sitting on the bench, you can beautifully embrace the sunset.
❗Finally, at the foot of Dong Wang Yang Mountain, there is a new street called Dong Wang Yang. Before climbing the mountain, you can also come here to check in. This is a classic camera position for National Geographic magazine, although it has been over-photographed, it is indeed very photogenic.
If the neon lights of the New Lisboa light up at night, combined with the surrounding old buildings, it gives a very cyberpunk feel.
TranscontinentalJourneys
This snowy seaside city is not inferior to foreign countries, super romantic
This seaside city where it snows is not inferior to foreign countries
I was romanced by it, just came back from Dalian,
This snowy seaside city❄
The streets and alleys of Dalian always surprise me~
Retro old-fashioned trams, half-snow half-sea coastal roads,
Retro buildings only found on postcards...
Posted on WeChat Moments⭕ everyone thought I went abroad.
✅3 days 2 nights itinerary
Day1: Zhongshan Square➡Dalian Art Museum➡Russian Style Street➡ Century Street➡Chunhai Street➡Water Venice➡Xiding eat sea urchin dumplings
Day2: Songshan Temple➡Struggle Lane➡Magic Pot Coffee Shop➡Lingjiao Bay
Day3: Xinghai Square ➡Lotus Mountain Viewing Platform➡Silver Beach
📸About the attractions
🔸Zhongshan Square: Collection of old buildings in various styles, you can feed pigeons
🔹 Dalian Art Museum: The snowy day is very much like the scene in Harry Potter
🔸 Russian Style Street: The whole street is beautiful, colorful, and exotic
🔹Century Street Station: Walk back from the Style Street, take the tram🚎 to Century Street Station, you can take pictures of scenes similar to 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'
🔸Chunhai Street: Continue to take the tram🚎 to see the sea and the tram in the same frame, if you want to take pictures of people, be sure to pay attention to safety.
🔹Water Venice: In winter, it is half snow and half sea, there is a huge Christmas tree🎄, after taking pictures, you can go to the nearby (Xiding) to eat sea urchin dumplings, must eat list
🔸Songshan Temple: Tang Dynasty style temple🏯
🔹 Struggle Lane: Lushan Pawnshop, Magic Pot Coffee Shop are all here
🔸 Lingjiao Bay: You can take pictures of the opposite Fisherman's Wharf, which has a special foreign small town style
🔹Xinghai Square: You can feed seagulls, you can see the cross-sea bridge
🔸Silver Beach: You can take pictures of the starting point of the cross-sea bridge, you can watch the sunrise and sunset, and have close contact with the sea.
🍲About food
Xiding: The sea urchin dumplings must be tried, very fresh and sweet
Xiaoguo Mom: The first house of sea intestine fried rice
Qingwa Garden: Korean food, very delicious
Morning market: Delicious and cheap
Fruit: Strawberries are big and sweet, ice pears and frozen persimmons
🚋About transportation
Dalian does not have shared bicycles🚲, basically take the subway and
Buses and trams, but taxis are very cheap,
🏠About accommodation:
You can stay near the Starfish Square, convenient for travel,
Dalian accommodation is really not expensive and very new, our duplex 3 rooms and 1 living room is only 200 a night.
ExpeditionDreamer#333
Macao's Wind and Cloud
Choose a short trip to Macao
Always want to stroll around every corner
Guia Lighthouse
The Guia Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on the top of Guia Hill in Macao, and is also part of the Guia Fort; here you can enjoy the beautiful sunset of Macao, the transition of morning and evening, and take in the bustling city.
Ruins of St. Paul's
This is a famous landmark in Macao and one of the eight scenic spots in Macao. Love Lane, St. Paul's Slope and the Cannon Park are all very picturesque. How can you not come here for a card memory when you come to Macao!
Fengtang Slope
Fengtang Slope is very close to St. Paul's. Walking in it will give you the illusion of walking in Portugal. Avoid the crowd and take a stroll, appreciate the exotic Portuguese architecture, which together with the nearby streets forms a colorful fairy tale world.
Macao is a food paradise, and the food formed by the fusion of multiculturalism is mouth-watering! A crispy Portuguese tart, exuding the temptation of milk fragrance; the fragrant roast pork, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside; the classic pork chop bun, the meat is fresh... all are the satisfaction brought by the 'calorie bomb'.
NomadSoul
Macau travel, save this CityWalk route, leading by a long shot
✨The world's shortest hillside cable car🚡, colorful festival lanterns🏮, beautiful colorful houses🏡
✨And the special snack street🍡 known only to locals in Macau, this spontaneous trip to Macau, all thanks to local friends leading the way
✨Avoided the minefields, and didn't miss the classic landmarks of Macau. The holiday is here, stayed up late to organize this nanny-level Citywalk route, hurry up and copy the homework! Go straight on holiday!
📍Preparation before departure:
✅Transportation: Free Fortune Bus🚌 or direct taxi🚗
✅Passage: Hong Kong and Macau pass➕valid endorsement🈸
✅Pay: Prepare a small amount of Portuguese and Hong Kong dollars in advance💰
📍Macau CityWalk One-day Tour Route:
🏰Guan Xia → 🏞️Three Lamps → 🌳Yilong Throat Park → 🔭Dongwangyang Lighthouse → Old City Dongwangyang New Street → 🏛️Gangding Square → 🏫Three Buses → 🏞️Legislative Assembly Square → 🌆City Hall Building
🔸Three Lamps is known as "Little Myanmar", where a lot of Southeast Asian food is concentrated, and locals love to come here for food
🔸Yilong Throat Park is the center of Macau city, it used to be the summer palace of the Macau governor, here you can take the world's shortest mountain cable car🚡 to ascend Songshan to overlook the Macau Peninsula, and after a short walk you can check in at the popular Dongwangyang Lighthouse
🔸The Legislative Assembly Square has been listed on the World Cultural Heritage List, there are many old Portuguese buildings here, during the holidays the lights here at night are super atmospheric, don't miss it～
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Guia Hill
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Address - Guia Hill, Macao
Highlights - Great for Nature lovers, A brief escape from busy and hectic schedule.
You can come here in the morning to breath fresh air.
It is great to come here 8f your are stressed out, there is also a place here where people meditate. It is where I called it "My silent sanctuary", Because everytime I come to this silent sanctuary, I can feel the energy fl9wing within this area.
And also it has courts for football and ither recreations.
A mini forest in the heart of the city
Rating - 4 stars
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Explorer 101
The wind borrows the fragrance of flowers in the small garden, and the hills let you wander and forget the floating dust.
"The Seac Pai Van Park" is built along the Dongwangyang Mountain in Macau and is the largest park in Macau. "Songshan" was formerly known as "Qinshan". Later, it was named after the pine trees that dominated the greening of the mountain. In 1997, it was opened as a park. The park has beautiful scenery and various entertainment, fitness, and leisure facilities. The top of Songshan also preserves three major historical sites: a lighthouse, a battery, and a church. The Macau government has converted the air-raid shelter tunnel built on the mountain in 1931 into a tourist exhibition gallery, displaying precious historical photos and introductions, which was opened in 2003.
leonaortiz97
Macau Treasure Route | 6 romantic couple check-in spots bursting with love
"The streets of Macau are like familiar movie scenes, it is a diverse and colorful city. On one hand, it is filled with exciting and luxurious entertainment, on the other hand, it offers a peaceful and artistic slow life. This time, we will take you on a self-driving journey and present 6 romantic and highly recommended check-in spots for your travel reference!"
1⃣️Fisher's Wharf
A Roman building modeled after the Italian Colosseum, where you can take a panoramic view of the arena at the entrance.
2️⃣️Love Lane
On the left side of Senado Square, there is a lane with colorful retro romantic style houses on both sides, which has a literary style.
3️⃣️ Main Hall of Zhujiao Mountain
This was once the filming location of the TVB drama "Moonlight Resonance on the Fifteenth of October". Many couples come here specifically to relive the classic moments, and you can also overlook the view of Macau city and see the distant landmark of Macau: the Macau Tower.
4️⃣️Parisian Gardens
Couples must take a photo here when visiting Macau. The green lawn, paired with the Eiffel Tower directly opposite, instantly creates a Parisian vibe.
5️⃣️Londoners
At night, it is recommended to shoot around the hotels of Londoners. There are too many different sizes of shooting positions here. If you want to shoot a European-style movie with a grand feeling, you must work hard here!
6️⃣8️⃣-character Ferris wheel
"The Star of Cinemas" 8-shaped Ferris wheel is the world's first and tallest 8-shaped Ferris wheel, reaching a height of 130 meters. Riding it for one round is incredibly thrilling, and at night it becomes even more magical and explosive!
"About renting cars overseas"
Always using 🐬 car rental because the car models are new and there are many brands to choose from. This time, I still chose 🐬 car rental for my trip to Macau. Ordering online and picking up the car locally saved a lot of trouble! This city of Macau doesn't require rushing, it's best to drive around aimlessly and stop as you please. Hope my guide can help you~