Macau 2017 - Day tour at Macau

Macau is an autonomous region on the south coast of China, across the Pearl River Delta from Hong Kong. A Portuguese territory until 1999, it reflects a mix of cultural influences. Its giant casinos and malls on the Cotai Strip, which joins the islands of Taipa and Coloane, have earned it the nickname, "Las Vegas of Asia." One of its more striking landmarks is 338m-high Macau Tower, with sweeping city views.

Allan and I decided to book a ticket a month before my 23rd birthday going to HongKong. We just want to relax and breathe a little from toxic work. Hehe! From booking, I, myself made a 3-day itinerary... We usually travel out of the country almost every month because thats the nature of work of Allan...but with no itinerary because we usually go to one country just to work. But this time, it was all our expense and all from our pocket. But because I want this trip to become memorable and ofcourse "tipid" I did my best to search on how can we save a little while enjoying the attractions and tourists spots in Hong Kong because last time we went to Hong Kong was in December 2016 and we did was nothing but go to free tourists spots that Hong Kong offers.

As I was searching the net and reading others blog and itinerary, I found an online website that offers a 3-day useable card with 15 attractions included. One thing that catches my eye was it was a Hongkong and Macau attractions already! I get so excited as I was reading all the positive reviews of the website and asked Allan if I can buy 2 tickets already (Haha! Yes we usually get approval first to everything) :D

We purchased 2 tickets of this card and printed a sample itinerary we want to use as a guide. by the way this card is like a pass to all included attractions stated in the inclusions terms. This is not a tour card, you will personally make your own itinerary and schedule everything to avail all the attractions indicated.

With iVenture card, you and your family can save up to 50% when you visit attractions, go on tours and go sightseeing around the world. With packages available for destinations across Australia, and in Hong Kong, Macau, London, Tasmania, Singapore, Honolulu, Barcelona, Madrid, Dubai, Mexico City, San Francisco and Cape Town – and more being added – it's an essential addition for any jet-setting family.

We arrived at HongKong August 12, 2017 and we redeemed the voucher by just presenting the confirmation email and code to A-13 counter at the HKIA. From there we also purchased our Turbojet Ferry to Macau for tomorrows activity.

3 DAY SUGGESTED ITINERARY

iVenture Card offers two choices for the length of your trip: it’s either you choose the 5 day access, or the 3 day access. Do take note that the activities included are still the same on both choices- the only difference here is its duration of the card’s validity.As for us, we only availed the 3 day Itinerary.

Here’s how:

(this itinerary is from https://colololz.com/2017/06/26/iventure/)

DAY 1: MACAU

Activity availed: TKW Macau Tour

• 9 AM: Pick up at either the Macau Hotel or Macau Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal. From there, you will visit:

• The ruins of St. Paul’s section of the old walls

• Na Tcha Temple

• Mount Fortress

• Leal Senado Square

• A.Ma Temple

• Nam Van Lake for photos

• Macau Tower ( Activity availed: Macau Tower Convention Center Entrance)

• Souvenir Shop

• 12PM: Lunch (FREE- Hotel Buffet Dinner)

• Visit Casinos

• Grand Lisboa

• Free time in downtown

• 4PM: Free drop off to Ferry Terminal

• As for us we requested for a drop off in The Broadway Macau

• 4PM-5:30PM: Viva La Broadway Show (Activity availed: Viva La Broadway Show)

• 5:30PM: Avail Broadway Macau Set Meal (Activity availed: Broadway Macau Set Meal)

• I suggest that you request for a take out instead of dining it in, since time is very limited for us – if you want to maximize the activities under iVenture

• 6:30PM: Pier 16 Macau 3D World (Activity availed: Pier 16 Macau 3D World)

We purchased the Turbojet Ferry over the Cotai Jet Ferry (tho when you're iVenture holder, entitles you for a discount when purchasing a Cotai, but it will depart from the other ferry terminal.

From Chunking Mansion, we walked to China Ferry Terminal at Canton Road. We entered China Hong Kong City Mall. This mall is directly connected to China Ferry Terminal. We went up to Level 1/F. On this level, ferry ticketing booths, immigration and boarding gates to the ferries are found and lined up to our 7:20 am boarding time.

Our boarding time was 7:30 am, we were one of the first people in the line to the ferry. We lined up through immigration and proceeded to wait at the assigned boarding gate. It was a one-hour ride from China Ferry Terminal (Kowloon) to Macau Ferry Terminal (aka Terminal Maritimo). We boarded at Macau Outer Harbour Ferry and our tour guide texted us to wait at the waiting area near their booth.

We arrived at the counter earlier than the pick up time so we decided to grab some breakfast first at McDonalds located at the 3rd floor.

After, we presented our iVenture card to the counter and handed us the Macau Map and sticker which was placed on our tshirts.

We waited for the others and happily, we were with 12 other Filipino tourists, 3 tourist from Germany and 2 from US. At 11 am, we rode a bus together with the Tour guide and started with:

The ruins of St. Paul’s section of the old walls

Na Tcha Temple

Mount Fortress

Leal Senado Square

A.Ma Temple

Souvenir Shops

12PM: Lunch (FREE- Hotel Buffet Dinner)

We ate at the Amigo Buffet at Macau, (free of charge, included in the tour)

After having lunch, we went to Macau Tower ( Activity availed: Macau Tower Convention Center Entrance)

and visited other casinos like, The Parisian, The Venecian etc..

• As for us we requested for a drop off in The Broadway Macau

• 4PM-5:30PM: Viva La Broadway Show (Activity availed: Viva La Broadway Show)

• 5:30PM: Avail Broadway Macau Set Meal (Activity availed: Broadway Macau Set Meal)

• I suggest that you request for a take out instead of dining it in, since time is very limited for us – if you want to maximize the activities under iVenture

• 6:30PM: Pier 16 Macau 3D World (Activity availed: Pier 16 Macau 3D World)

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