Lonely Planet China (Travel Guide) by Lonely Planet & Damian Harper & Piera Chen & Chung Wah Chow & David Eimer & Robert Kelly & Michael Kohn & Shawn Low & Bradley Mayhew & Daniel McCrohan

Author:Lonely Planet & Damian Harper & Piera Chen & Chung Wah Chow & David Eimer & Robert Kelly & Michael Kohn & Shawn Low & Bradley Mayhew & Daniel McCrohan
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Published: 2013-03-31T16:00:00+00:00

Getting There & Away

Macau International Airport is connected to limited destinations in Asia. If you are coming from outside Asia, your best option is to fly to Hong Kong International Airport and take a ferry to Macau without going through Hong Kong customs.

Air

MACAU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ( 2886 1111; www.macau-airport.com) Located on Taipa Island, 20 minutes from the city centre.

FREQUENT SERVICES To destinations including Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Kaohsiung, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Osaka, Seoul, Singapore, Taipei and Tokyo.

REGULAR FLIGHTS Between Macau and Běijīng, Hángzhōu, Nánjīng, Níngbō, Shànghǎi and Xiàmén and less frequent flights to Chéngdū, Chóngqìng, Fúzhōu and Wǔhàn). Check www.macau-airport.com for timetable and airlines.

LEFT LUGGAGE COUNTER Departures level of the Macau International Airport (per hr/day MOP$10/80; 24hr).

HELICOPTER Sky Shuttle (www.skyshuttlehk.com; HK$3700; 9am-11pm) Runs a 15-minute helicopter shuttle between Macau and Hong Kong up to 27 times daily.

Boat

TO CHINA TurboJet ( 3628 3628; www.turbojet.com.hk) has departures daily to Shékǒu, in Shēnzhèn (MOP$210, one hour, 10 between 9.45am and 8.45pm) It also has departures to Shēnzhèn airport (MOP$210, one hour, five from 11.30am to 7.30pm), and to Nánshà, near Guǎngzhōu (MOP$180, two between 10.45am and 4.15pm).

Yuet Tung Shipping Co ( 2893 9944; www.ytmacau.com) has ferries connecting Macau’s Taipa temporary ferry terminal (MOP$155, 1½ hours, 11am, 2pm, 7pm) with Shékǒu. Ferries also leave from Macau maritime ferry terminal (MOP$12, every half-hour, 8am to 4.15pm) for Wanzai of Zhūhǎi.

TO HONG KONG Two ferry companies operate services to/from Hong Kong virtually 24 hours a day.

CotaiJet ( 2885 0595; www.cotaijet.com.mo) Runs between Taipa temporary ferry terminal and Hong Kong’s Hong Kong–Macau ferry terminal (economy/first class Monday to Friday HK$151/201, 10% more for weekends, 20% more after 6pm; every half hour, 6.30am to midnight). A feeder shuttle bus service drops off at destinations on the Cotai Strip. See website for services to Hong Kong International Airport.

TurboJet ( 3628 3628; www.turbojet.com.hk) has the most frequent sailings, departing for Macau from the Hong Kong–Macau ferry terminal (economy/superclass Monday to Friday HK$151/291, 10% more for weekends and 20% more from 6.15pm to 6.30am; every 15 minutes, 7am-midnight); and China ferry terminal (every 30 minutes, 7am to midnight, less frequent after midnight). See website for services to Hong Kong International Airport.

Lockers (MOP$20/25 for first two hours, MOP$25/30 for each additional 12 hour period) are on both arrival and departure levels of the Macau ferry terminal.

Bus

Macau is an easy gateway into China.

Border gate (Portas de Cerco; 7am- midnight) Take bus 3, 5, 9 and walk across.

Cotai frontier post ( 9am-8pm) On the causeway linking Taipa and Coloane; allows visitors to cross Lotus Bridge by shuttle bus (MOP$4) to Zhūhǎi; buses 15, 21 and 26 drop you off at the crossing.

Macau International Airport (info 2888 1228) Buses to Guǎngzhōu and Dōngguǎn (both MOP$155, four hours).

Underground bus terminal near border gate ( 2893 3888) Kee Kwan Motor Rd Co has buses to Guǎngzhōu (MOP$80, 2½ hours, every 15 minutes from 8am to 9.40pm) and to Zhōngshān (MOP$23, 1½ hours, every 20 minutes from 8am to 6.30pm).