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Sightseeing List :

A-Ma Temple

A-ma Temple is one of the three famous Buddha halls and the oldest one in Macau built in 1488 to commemorate Mazu, the sacred sea goddess and tutelary of the fishermen of Macau.

Camoes Garden and Grotto

Being the largest park in Macau, Camoes Garden and Grotto, originally the private house of a Portuguese merchant, is an oasis in the hustle metropolis favored by the locals to do morning exercises.

Grand Prix Museum

For Grand Prix enthusiasts, the museum is really a wise destination. It was built in 1933 in memory of the 40th anniversary of Grand Prix Racing in Macau.

Kun Iam Temple

Kum Lam Temple is the most impressive one of the three most famous temples in Macau. It is also known as a history witness of the signing of the first Sino-America treaty in 1844.

Lin Fung Temple

Among the three most noted temples in Macau, the temple complex is also well-known for the national hero, Lin Zexu who enacted the complete campaign against opium.

Lou Lim Iok Garden

Exquisitely and elegantly designed, this peaceful garden is the only Suzhou style garden in Macau.

Macau Maritime Museum

The Museum, a typical one of European style, is symbolically built on the site where the first Portuguese explorer team landed in 1553.

Macau Wine Museum

If you are interested in brewing culture of wine in Macau, you can not miss the museum and its collection of 1,115 brands of wine with the earliest produced in 1815.

Monte Fort

Monte Fort is the oldest fort in Macau for military use with its quadrilateral circumference standing four bastions in each corner.

Ruins of St. Paul's

Ruins of St. Paul's, also Sam Ba Sing Tzik, is the remain of the greatest St. Paul's Church in Macau and the baroque facade is an important mark of the city.

Sun Yat-Sen Park

Macau also has one of the forty-three Sun Yat-Sen Parks in the world, which is originally the Canal Dos Patos Park built in 1987 for the friendship between China and Portugal.

The Historic Centre of Macao

Historic Centre of Macao provides a particular proof of the exchange of architecture and religion between the East and the West and the quintessence of the Chinese and the Western cultural exchange of more than 400 years.

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Last updated: May 8, 2008