Macau - Hong Kong - page 518

Hác Sá (Black Sand) is Macau's most popular beach. The sand is indeed a blackish colour
and makes the water look somewhat dirty, but it's clean. Lifeguards are on duty from May
to October. The stalls just off the beach rent out parasols for MOP$60 a day, with a
MOP$100 deposit (but you'll need to bring your parasol back).

MEMORIAL

A-MA STATUE & TEMPLE
(, Estátua da Deusa A-Ma GOOGLE MAP ;Estrada do Alto de Coloane; temple 8am-7.30pm)
Atop Alto de Coloane (176m), this 20m-high white jade statue of the goddess who gave
Macau its name was erected in 1998. It's the best part of a touristy 'cultural village' that also
features Tian Hou Temple . A free bus runs from the A-Ma ornamental entrance gate () on
Estrada de Seac Pai Van (bus 21A, 25, 50) half-hourly from 8am to 6pm. You can also reach
both by following the Coloane Trail (Trilho de Coloane) from Seac Pai Van Park.

BEACH

CHEOC VAN BEACH
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; Estrada de Cheoc Van; 21A, 25, 26A)
About 1.5km down Estrada de Cheoc Van, which runs east and then southeast from Coloane
village, is the beach at Cheoc Van (Bamboo Bay), smaller but more idyllic than Hác Sá
beach. There are changing rooms and toilets and, in season, lifeguards on duty (from 10am
to 6pm Monday to Saturday, from 9am to 6pm Sunday, May to October).

PARK

SEAC PAI VAN PARK
( GOOGLE MAP ;Estrada de Seac Pai Van; 9am-6pm Tue-Sun, aviary 9am-5pm Tue-Sun; 21A,
26A, 50)
At the end of Cotai, this 20-hectare park, built in the wooded hills on the western side of the
island, has somewhat unkempt gardens, the Macau Giant Panda Pavilion , a lake with swans
and other waterfowl, and a walk-through aviary.