Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Balmy night dining on Coloane
Ming Tang-Evans/Apa Publications
The island of
Coloane
is now firmly connected to Taipa by Cotai, 80 hectares (200
acres) of reclaimed land dominated by Las Vegas Sands' 40-storey
Venetian Macao Resort
Hotel
. It has 3,000 rooms, 55,000 sq m (600,000 sq ft) of casino space, a 15,000-seat sports
arena, a permanent 1,500-seat theatre for Cirque de Soleil and an indoor life-size reproduc-
tion of St Mark's Square. Next door is the sumptuous Four Seasons Macau. Across from
Sands' Cotai Strip, Melco Crown Entertainment's
City of Dreams
(
www.cityofdreamsmacau.com
)
is competing for punters with huge casinos and amazing
immersive free shows at its giant theatre The Bubble. With a 1,000 sq m (10,764 sq ft) in-
door playground, City of Dreams is also home to the Hard Rock Hotel Macau, Grand Hyatt
Macau and the Crown Towers Macau. A spectacular 40-storey tower hotel designed by Zaha
Hadid is due to open as part of the City of Dreams in 2017.
