Macau visit?

We are in HK for 4 days in June, first time visitors staying at the Langham Place.

Hoping to visit the Peak, Giant Budda and Stanley!

We really want to visit Macau , but wondered if you are able to do it as a day trip without feeling rushed?

If so does anybody recommend any good seafood restaurants there?

Thanks

Macau visit?

Macau can be done as a daytrip, especially if you don%26#39;t spend time gambling. The ferry to Macau runs multiple times hourly from piers at both Hong Kong and Kowloon. The boat trips takes about one hour. You should have time to see all the major cultural and historical sites in one day.

For more detailed recommendations, please post in the Macau forum.

Macau visit?

Hi, in relation to your proposal to visit Macau;yes, a day trip can be done without feeling rushed,if one does not fit in to many,but focus on the essentials.

One point though,try to avoid the visit to Macau on Friday/Sats,as you will encounter long queues in immigration,and also crowded ferries.

Since your stay will be at Langham Place,then it is much more convenient to take the New World First Ferry from China Ferry Terminal,which is located on Canton Road at Tsim Sha Tsui.

There are so many good seafood restaurants over in Macau,with seafood cooked Portuguese,Macanese, Cantonese style.

Highlights of seafood in many Macau restaurants are curried crab, clams in garlic, steamed hilsa heering,panfried cod fish(or its variation of cooking with codfish), spiced jumbo prawn,seafood rice.The list of restaurants can be really endless;so I suggest to go over to TA Macau forum,and use the search function on list of restaurants that had been discussed.

For your day trip in Macau-can suggest,you visit Senado Square, St Paul%26#39;s Ruins, A Ma temple.Then in the evening before you return, you may want to catch performance fountain show,rotunda properity tree,golden dragon shows at Wynn hotel;then from here,just take their complimentary shuttle bus back to the ferry terminal.

A brolly will come in useful,or even a lightweight waterproof parka,as month of June is the wetter month in Macau and also HK.

Do you need a visa to go from Hong KONG to Macau?

KLJ, Australian passport holders don%26#39;t need a visa for stays of less than 30 days in Macau.

Shoozy, if you can make your Macau visit on a regular weekday (not weekend or local public holiday) it will feel much less rushed, as you won%26#39;t have humungous great crowds in Macau immigration. On a weekday you can just turn up at either of the ferry piers with boats to Macau about half an hour before you want to sail, buy your tickets and then proceed straight through immigration.

As mKiaraTravel noted, there are large numbers of excellent seafood (and other) restaurants in Macau - you first have to choose whether you want Cantonese, other Chinese regional, Macanese, Portuguese, or something else again.

Macau is tiny - total land area a tad under 30km sq., and also has a cheap, frequent, reliable and safe bus service, so it%26#39;s very easy to see a lot in a day, though there%26#39;s no way you%26#39;d get to see everything (even the 25 UNESCO heritage sites). Check out cn.macautourism.gov.mo and the Macau Region forums for more info on what%26#39;s available, sample itineraries and so on.

More correctly, Australian tourists do not have to apply for a visa in advance. A short-stay visa is issued when you arrive at Macau.

To travel HK to Macau, you need your passport and the departure slip issued by the HK authorities when you arrive in HK.

To me, a visit to Macau can be done in a day, and I did. Getting over and back weekdays was a breeze. They DO have a fabulous hilltop museum there, and I did enjoy that. But overall, I would not go back.

I didn%26#39;t really notice much difference between HK and Macau overall.

There%26#39;s SO much to do in HK! Personally, I LOVE the outlying islands of Lamma, Peng Chau, and especially Cheung Chau. Quiet, peaceful, great places to eat.

Have fun!

Sorry, Sydneynick, here is the latest from the Macau Government Tourist Office page cn.macautourism.gov.mo/en/info/get2macau.php

In the Passports and Visas section it clearly states that visas are NOT required for Australian nationals (or a lot of others) for stays of up to 30 days.

4 days isn%26#39;t long for Hong Kong, but I find Macau is very different and certainly worth a visit. If you can go during the week it is better - avoid Friday and Saturday nights - and if you can do it as an overnight stay you can get some good deals on hotels which also makes it more cost effective - get a package from the agents at the ferry piers in HK. Another reason to spend longer in Macau is all the delicious food and wine that you can try there. A day trip limits your opportunities for tasting.

Thanks everyone!

Very helpful! I just we had longer overall...

but am sure we can squeeze everything in!

bebo