Macau Information

Greyhound Racing
Greyhound Racing (Dog Racing) takes place at the Canidrome located at Avenida General Castelo Branco. There are around 15 games on every racing night starting from 7:30 p.m. Admission is MOP$10 for the public stand. Boxes are MOP$80 (weekdays) and MOP$120 (Weekends and Public Holidays) with a minimum charge of MOP$30 per person plus 10% service charge.

Horse Racing
The Macau Jockey Club is equipped with modern facilities and has assembled a cosmopolitan group of trainers, riders and administrators while horses are being imported from several countries in order to provide racing of international standards. With private boxes and air-conditioned grandstand, Club members and public can enjoy the races, whether watching them live, on the Diamond Vision or the closed circuit television monitors. Chinese and European restaurants are available.Summer recess is usually in between late August and early September.

Casinos
There are plenty of casinos in Macau offering probably the widest range of games in the world, including baccarat, blackjack, roulette, boule, "big and small", fan-tan and of course, hundreds of the most glittering array of slot machines anywhere (the locals call them "hungry tigers"). Visitors to the casinos should read the sign at each entrance, urging players to chance only what they can afford. The casinos in Macau operate 24 hours a day. Players are not obliged to tip the croupiers and any request for a tip by casino employees may be ignored.

The "Sociedade de Jogos de Macau"(SJM) and two Las Vegas based gambling companies: Wynn Resorts (Macau) Ltd. and Galaxy Casino Company Ltd. were granted the licence to operate casinos in Macau.

Go Karting
At the end of the causeway linking Taipa with Coloane is a karting circuit and grandstand, which is visited by locals and foreigners atweekends, either for practising or for watching the races.

If you are looking for bars and pubs, you will find a great number of them along the Avenida Sun Yat Sen close to the Kum Iam Statue and the Cultural Centre. With its picturesque location, facing the Outer Harbour and Pearl River, you can enjoy the music and the wine while watching the boats gliding by. The music is completely cosmopolitan, with bars throbbing to the rhythms of Brazil, Portugal, England, Africa and every part of Asia. Likewise the songs will come in languages from around the world. In some bars there are live bands performing clients' request, for instance in the bars and pubs in hotels like the Landmark, Holiday Inn, Emperor and Westin.

There are also some popular pubs on Taipa Island, opposite the Macau Jockey Club, with a casual ambiance which will make visitors feel at home. On Coloane, you can drink under the stars on the terrace of the Pousada de Coloane or sip a glass of Port in the Westin Resort.

For the most popular trendy discos in town head for NAPE and Avenida do Infante D. Henrique. Here the music is modern with some local touches: international pop sung in Cantonese, Mandarin, Thai or Japanese.

Cabaret-style entertainment is also on offer, with performance of the Crazy Paris Show daily at Restaurant Portas do Sol of Hotel Lisboa, from 10:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., while in the Jai Alai Show Palace, on the 2nd Floor of the Jai Alai Complex there are continuous performances every night from 7:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.

Karaoke
In Macau there are plenty of karaoke clubs (mainly in the city centre, Rua dos Pescadores, Estrada do Repouso, and in Taipa Island, near the Jockey Club).They are very popular among locals and visitors. These clubs offer reasonable prices and packages (room and drinks/snacks) to customers and the atmosphere is friendly and clean. A nice opportunity to test your singing skills or a different way to spend time with friends.

Crazy Paris Show
The crazy Paris show has (temporarily) changed its venue to a Restaurant Portas do Sol located at the Hotel Lisboa. they have Chinese dinner served at 20:30 hrs with live band music in between the dinner followed by a 20 minutes Crazy Paris Show at 22:00 hrs.
The whole package cost MOP $250.00

JAI ALAI SHOW
In the Jai Alai Show Palace, on the 2nd Floor of the Jai Alai Complex there are continuous cabaret style performance every night from 7:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.

Shopping in Macau - a pleasure and an adventure...
Macau is a place where you can purchase almost anything, and have a wonderful time doing it. Luxury items are cheaper here than in other cities in the region. Jewellery (particularly 24-carat gold), cameras, porcelain, electronic items, mobile phones, watches, cashmere sweaters and silk clothing are available at very reasonable prices.