Macau: Hotels & Casinos Cotai Strip

When I last talked about Macau: Hotels & Casinos I mentioned how the Macau peninsula is extended to the islands of Taipa and Coloane.  There are a three bridges that connect over to these islands.  This is crossing over to Taipa on the Sai Van Bridge.

Looking left you can see Macau Tower. For you dare devils, bungee jump and see what it feels to meet what Guinness World Records has deemed “The Highest Bungee Jump from a Building” in the world.

The streets of Taipa were decorated with lanterns for the Mid Autumn Festival.

Small shops and restaurants give Taipa a real authentic European feel as Macau was once a Portuguese colony.

The Grand Waldo was the second place I stayed during my time in Macau. The first being the Lisboa back on the Macau peninsula

Elephant statues stand guard in the front of the hotel.

View of the lobby desk.  The Asian Pacific Poker Tour was held in the Grand Waldo casino.

The lobby waiting area.

Lobby cafe.

The room was comfortable and decent in size.  Only complaint was the internet speed which became an issue when we had to log on for work.

A view from the room window.  Here on the Cotai Strip (land between Taipa & Coloane) you can see the island is under heavy development.  The two-toned color building pictured here is the Venetian.

Pulling into the Venetian felt like being in Vegas.

The architecture and interior design should look familiar.

The shops on the second level.

Gondola rides were available.

Choose from a range of Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, and American at the food court.  Can’t say my bowl of pho was all so great.  I enjoyed my chicken/egg sandwich and budweiser from Fatburger a lot more.

The Grand Waldo and Venetian are the better known hotel & casinos on Cotai with many others in the works.  I give Macau a few more years to become one of the biggest tourist attractions in Asia.