Macau - Sightseeing

I wanted to stay in the old town of Macau so we could easily walk around and explore the historic precincts and enjoy the ambience in the morning and evening when its less crowded.    I really love the old buildings and find the old city very attractive.

We did three major sightseeing expeditions.   The first was through the famous historic precinct from Senado Square and St. Dominic's Square up to the Ruins of St Pauls.    This area was extremely crowded with tourists.

St Dominic's Square 

The Ruins of St Pauls has been designated by UNESCO as a World-Heritage Selfie-Spot of global significance.  

I really enjoyed watching the happy crowd taking their selfies with the famous facade of St Pauls in the background.

 

I love the way the girls pose for selfies and adjust their cutest expressions.

(Although you can understand how it is that 3 people are decapitated by selfie-sticks every year in China.  Which is why they are banned in Disney Parks link).

We walked right to the top to see the view from the Monte Fort.  For a town with such beautiful streets, Macau has a very ugly sky-line.

The second walk was in the evening south down the peninsular along R. de Barra to the Moorish Barracks and A Man temple.   It was beautifully quiet and we saw a wedding party playing in one of the squares.

The third walk was on Sunday afternoon north from Monte Fort to the Lou Lim Loc Gardens and Guia Hill.

Wed not been to this part of town before but it is very attractive, and very quiet.

Many beautiful old buildings.

The Lou Lim Loc garden was quite interesting with a nice pond and an abundance of scholars rocks.

The highlight for me was a chinese string quartet playing in the garden.

Video:  String Quartet

We walked past Sun Yat Sens house but didn't go inside as we were running out of time.  

We just had time to go to the Guia Hill Park and take the cable-car to the top.

Although the queue was short it was very slow and it would have been quicker to walk.