Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: The Venetian Hotel

This is the twenty-sixth part of our 4-days-3-nights Hong Kong-Macau Adventure.

The Venetian Hotel Macau is a luxury hotel and casino resort in the Cotai area. It is modeled on its sister casino resort The Venetian Las Vegas and is the 6th largest building in the world by floor area. It is the largest casino in the world and the largest single structure hotel building in Asia. (Wikipedia)


The Venetian Hotel


The Venetian Hotel


When we got inside, we were just awe-strucked and speechless. The lobby alone is huge and amazing. It was like we were transported in another world. Anyway, we headed on to the Grand Canal Shoppes but before we got there, we just got really lost. But it was a pleasantly good “getting lost” because there was just a lot to see in the hotel.


Roof of the Hotel Lobby


The Hotel Lobby


The Hotel Lobby


Anyway, when we finally found the Grand Canal Shoppes, we were awe-strucked again. It was a jaw dropping, beautiful, amazing area. It features a roof which looks like the sky and it makes you look like you’re on the outside. Another feature is a Gondola Ride which goes along the area. It costs 118MOP/ride so we were unable to try it. We just watched the gondola go by and some of the boatman are singing while rowing the gondola which is nice.


Grand Canal Shoppes


Grand Canal Shoppes


The Amazing Realistic Sky-Designed Roof


The Gondolas in Action


A Gondola


We saw a Lord Stow's Bakery inside the Hotel so we decided to try out the egg tart again and compare it to the one we tried in Koi Kei Bakery. It also costs 8hkd and it was also very delicious. The same as the one in Koi Kei Bakery.


Lord Stow's Bakery


Egg Tart Displays


Half Bitten Egg Tart


After exploring the area, we headed on the fastfood strip of the hotel for lunch. We ate at this Japanese restaurant area. We ordered the Tepanyaki Udon with Beef meal which costs 90hkd and an extra rice for our beef jerky. It was an ok meal, the beef jerky is delicious.


Fastfood in Venetian Hotel


Tepanyaki Udon with Beef Meal


After our lunch, we decided to go back to Hong Kong. We rode the shuttle of Venetian Hotel to the Taipa Terminal to ride the Cotai Jet which would dock in Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal located at Sheun Wan, Hong Kong Island. The ride costs 149hkd per person and it lasted for 1 hour.

And that ends our Macau tour! Our next activity is shopping galore! We started at IFC Mall.

SUMMARY OF EXPENSES:
Lunch: 125hkd
Cotai Jet to HK: 149hkd/person


Read more:
Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: Preparation Phase
Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: Arrival at Hong Kong
Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: Star Ferry Ride & Central Station
Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: Getting to Ocean Park
Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: The Summit Station at Ocean Park
Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: The Waterfront Station at Ocean Park
Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: Peak Tram and Victoria Peak
Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: Ngong Ping 360 Cable Car & Ngong Ping Village
Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: HK Disneyland & Main Street USA
Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: Adventureland in Disneyland
Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: Mickey's Waterworks Parade in HK Disneyland
Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: Tomorrowland in HK Disneyland
Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: The Golden Mickeys Show
Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: Fantasyland in HK Disneyland
Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: Toy Story Land in HK Disneyland
Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: Grizzly Gulch in HK Disneyland
Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: Mystic Point in HK Disneyland
Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: Disney in the Stars Fireworks and Souvenir Shopping
Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: How to go to Macau
Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: Macau Fisherman's Wharf
Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: Senado Square (Largo De Senado)
Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: Ruins of St. Paul's
Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: Grand Lisboa Hotel
Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: Wynn Hotel
Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: City of Dreams Hotel
Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: IFC Mall and Harbor Times Square
Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: Tsim Sha Tsui Area and Avenue of the Stars
Hong Kong-Macau Adventure: The Summary

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