Asian Paradises

MACAU www.paradisesonline.com 107 and DJ's at the property's leading Night Club "Lions Bar". Macau Fisherman's Wharf and the Science Centre are also among new additions along the peninsula. Large and small, Macau's museums are many, including the Wine Museum and adjacent Grand Prix Museum, the MJ Gallery (dedicated to original possessions of the late Michael Jackson) at Sofitel Macau Ponte 16, and the Macau Museum, interactive and adventurous for travellers of all ages. Romantic and historic Taipa Village and equally fascinating Coloane with its fishing village, offers green hills and valleys for trekking, a championship golf course at the Westin Hotel "The Macau Golf & Country Club", an internationally recognised go- kart circuit and A-Ma Cultural Village are also popular. So too the Giant Panda Pavilion with its two playful residents Kai Kai and Xin Xin and the zoo itself. Accommodation These are just a handful of words used to describe Macau's ever-expanding landscape of hotels that cater to the Asian centres demands of today's guests. Not all is new, large and ritzy, as Macau has its share of boutique style budget accommodation of heritage significance, some establishments taking guests back to the colourful bygone days through their charming colonial features. Whilst on the Cotai Strip, you will find giant precincts like the City of Dreams, home of Crown, Grand Hyatt and Hard Rock Macau, the Venetian Hotel and Resort, Four Seasons Macao, Galaxy Mega Resort which includes leading Asian hotel brands Okura and Banyan Tree and home to the world's largest wave pool. If a bit of pampering is your holiday style, Macau is home to many local and internationally recognised day spas, at all major resorts. Yet these ingredients make for a good mix and ensure a stay is a warm friendly experience. You are truly spoilt for choices in Macau.

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