Walking in Macau for 9 hours, I'll tell you all the pitfalls and thunder points
【First Chatter】
I went to Macau for a day, and many friends asked me about my feelings: The most impressive feeling that day was the crowding and loneliness.
The crowding is a description of the city, feeling that there are 10 people standing in one square meter; loneliness is because there are multiple languages being spoken around you, but none of them you understand, in Macau I felt like I was alone.
【On the Road: Customs Return】
🛻 Customs & Return
Enter from Zhuhai Gongbei Port (6 am-1 am), follow the instructions all the way, now you don't need to declare your health status, report separately if there are exceptions. The whole process is to swipe the pass, fingerprint, exit the customs and get the voucher, fingerprint, fast customs clearance.
❗️Lesson from the past: If you have Hong Kong and Macau endorsement information, you can handle the new endorsement by yourself at the endorsement machine, it takes 1 minute. If you have never had any Hong Kong and Macau endorsements (a white card), you must follow the time for handling a new card.
❗️Return: Gongbei Port is called Guanzha in Macau, don't search for the wrong destination when you search.
❗️Shopping, generally you will not be stopped when you return unless you have a lot of things.
【On the Road-Macau Crazy Walk for 9 Hours】
Gongbei Exit-(Take the New Lisboa Fortune Car)-New Lisboa-(Walk)-Legislative Council-(Walk)-Ruins of St. Paul-(Walk)-Fort/Macau Museum-(Walk)-Crazy Church Slope-(Walk)-Dongwangyang New Street-(Walk)-Old Lisboa-(Bus 6 Yuan)-Londoner-(Walk)-Venetian-(Bus/Taxi/Fortune Car)-Old Lisboa-(Bus/Taxi/Fortune Car)-Guanzha
10:00-19:00, 9 hours, the output limit
If it weren't for the Venetian who kept walking and felt there was no end, I should be able to visit more places
【Food & Souvenirs】
Macau is expensive, so I didn't eat anything particularly good, but there are some small shops I recommend to everyone (I've eaten)
1⃣️ Jinmei Food
2⃣️ Jinli Food Shop
3⃣️ Paramount
4⃣️ Xingxiangyuan
Souvenirs, the most common and most chosen is "Juji Souvenir", and I chose to buy "Andrew Egg Tart" for egg tarts.
【Extra Attention】
1, Expenses: Most shops can Alipay & WeChat, real-time exchange rate, cash can be exchanged for 1000 Macau dollars, Hong Kong dollars can also be, but the exchange rate is different.
2, SIM card: You can buy it at customs or in advance, turn on the phone after customs, and you can receive the Macau signal.
3, Macau taxi: Taxi stand queue or hail (but I didn't see anyone hailing, almost all were queuing) or Macau call app, taxi is a bit expensive, traffic is not easy to move, often over a hundred, and only cash is accepted.
4, Bus: All 6 yuan, prepare the money in advance, no change
From the main gate to Macau from China, there is a very large underground shopping mall in front of the gate, there are railway stations and bus stations next to it, the traffic is very convenient, and there are many hotels nearby, enough to deal with the huge passengers.
Gongbei Port is located in the southeast of Zhuhai City, adjacent to Macau, and connected by land road to Macau. In 2011, it surpassed Luohu Port to become the more prosperous city of Zhuhai. Gongbei is a national port, the customs was established in the year to the area's landmark arch bridge (the former site is next to the Zhuhai Shuiwan Road Bay Hotel) and the Beiling "North" word named Gongbeiguan. Since then, the name of Gongbei has been used to this day.
Gongbei Port is located at No. 3 Qiaoguang Road, Gongbei, Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, close to Zhuhai Railway Station. Gongbei Port is the only way to go to the Macao Special Administrative Region by land, and it is also the most convenient passage to the Macao Special Administrative Region. After the Gongbei Port, you can reach Macau in less than 200 meters, which is very fast and convenient.
[View] A big river and mountain [Fun] Super beautiful
We went to gongbei port on October 2nd. It was extremely busy. It means Long queues. I suggest travellers to fill in the online entry/exit health declaration card beforehand (for entering macau). It was in Chinese. Thankfully a staff helped us to complete the form. It took us about 10 minutes to complete it. On our way back, entering China took us a lot of time. At immigration, Foreigners are required to complete the arrival card. This again slowed us down. Next time I will plan my trip carefully when travelling with kids.
This is the walking passage between Zhuhai and Macau. You can see Macau people coming to Zhuhai to buy vegetables, eat, massage, live. It is very famous.