Special Region · 特别行政区Capital: Macau

Macau澳门·澳

Portuguese-era cobblestone streets, casino skyscrapers, and the best Portuguese-Chinese cuisine on Earth.

Macau is a 33 sq km special administrative region across the Pearl River estuary from Hong Kong — formerly the world's longest-held European colony (1557–1999) and now China's only .

The is a UNESCO-listed warren of pastel and Chinese temples, while the Cotai Strip rivals Las Vegas with billion-dollar casino resorts.

Beyond the glitz, Macau offers a unique — a 500-year-old fusion of East and West that is visible in its food, language, and architecture.

Top Attractions

Culture & Traditions

Macanese Cuisine

A creole 500-year-old fusion of Portuguese, southern Chinese, Indian and Malay cooking — African chicken, minchi (ground beef and potato), bacalhau and the world-famous Macau egg tart.

Sino-Portuguese Architecture

Macau's UNESCO-listed old town is the most concentrated Portuguese colonial architecture in Asia — pastel townhouses, baroque churches and tiled-floor convents.

Drunken Dragon Festival

Each May, Macau's fishmongers run a unique parade in which performers consume rice wine before twirling wooden dragon heads — one of Macau's intangible heritage practices.

Cantonese Heritage

95% of Macau residents are ethnic Chinese with Cantonese as their first language — so daily life feels closer to Hong Kong than Lisbon, especially in markets and tea houses.

Casino Economy

Gambling generates over 80% of Macau's tax revenue — the SAR is the largest gambling jurisdiction in the world, dwarfing Las Vegas by nearly 5x in revenue.

Cities

4 prefecture-level · sorted by tourist popularity

1
Macau Peninsula
澳门半岛Capital
The historic and administrative heart of Macau — Ruins of St. Paul's, Senado Square, A-Ma Temple, and many of the city's oldest casinos.
2
Taipa
氹仔
A mix of old and new — Taipa Village, the Houses-Museum, and a major residential and transportation hub (Macau International Airport).
3
Cotai
路氹
The "Las Vegas of the East" — a reclaimed strip of land home to massive integrated resorts like the Venetian, Wynn Palace, and City of Dreams.
4
Coloane
路环
The "Green Lung" of Macau — Coloane Village, Hac Sa Beach, and the A-Ma Cultural Village, offering a quiet escape from the city.