Experiences

Hac Sa Beach is Macao’s larger and more popular beach, both for its safe swimming and various other water activities like sailing and jet-skiing. Several BBQ-stalls ply their trade just off the beach, and families can enjoy tennis courts, swimming pool, picnic area, children’s playground, exercise area and several restaurants in and around the adjoining Hac Sa Park.

Ká-Hó Reservoir Natural Park is located in the northeast of Coloane Island, covering an area of ​​about 81.8 hectares. It faces Ká-Hó Village across Estr. da Barragem de Ka Ho in the east, Seac Pai Van Reservoir in the west, the golf course to Estrada do Altinho de Ká Hó in the south, and the road leading to the Desafio Jovem Macau (teen Challenge) in the north extending to the mountainous forest area by the sea.

The country park is centered on the Ká-Hó Reservoir, and is surrounded by the Northeast Walking Trail System and the Ká-Hó Reservoir Lake Trail, small streams, barbecue areas, picnic areas, outdoor experience camps and freshwater wetland ecological areas.

Located along the Hac Sa Beach, the Hac Sa Nautical Centre became operational on 29th November 1999. The 4,749sqm sport centre is home to various non-powered vessel activities. Although a vessel loan service is not available at the Nautical Centre, the Sports Bureau regularly organises Sport for all recreation classes and the collaboration with the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau organising summer activity courses, interested parties may conduct water sport activities under the guidance of an experienced coach after enrolment.

The Hac Sá Reservoir Barbecue Park is located in the mountainous forest area southeast of the Central Mountain on Coloane Island. It extends from Estr. de Hac Sa at the entrance of Grand Coloane Resort in the east to the outlet of "Zhugutang" opposite Wankang Garden in the south, with a total area of ​​about 37.1 hectares. In terms of topography, the Hac Sá Reservoir is the most distinctive feature of the park, so the country park is also named after the Hac Sá Reservoir.

There are parterre, barbecue areas, picnic areas, family trails and health trails near the reservoir dam. Whether you visit during the day or at night, like an intellectual or emotional journey, and prefer a short or long trip, there are ideal locations and routes for reference here.

Built in 1928, this chapel follows the baroque style of Macao's major churches. It has a cream and white facade with oval windows and a bell tower. It stands behind the monument commemorating the local victory over pirates in 1910.

Andrew Stow opened Lord Stow’s Bakery on Coloane Island, Macau on 15th September 1989. It was a modest affair, in a small village shop, in an area he loved. Local people quickly took to his European produce – a phenomenon in an area with no strong tradition of bread eating.

Before the inauguration of Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge in 1974, ferries were the only means by which residents living in the islands could travel and transport supplies. A pier is an infrastructure where ferries and other vessels moor, pick up and drop off passengers and goods. The Coloane Pier was part of the infrastructure in the islands in the mid-20th century and was a platform for transporting fishery by-products and other goods in Coloane.

Close to the world's tallest statue of the Goddess A-Ma (or named Tin Hau) on the mountain top on Macao's Coloane Island, A-Ma Cultural Village is a 7,000sqm complex which celebrates the legend of the Goddess of Seafarers. The village architecture mainly comprises a pavilion-style front gate, a carved marble altar, Tin Hau Palace, Dressing Hall along with Bell Tower and Drum Tower.

Nestled against a hill side in Seac Pai Van Park in Coloane in a fan-shaped layout of about 3,000sqm. The pavilion comprises two 330sqm indoor activity quarters and a 600sqm outdoor yard for the inhabitation of the giant panda and a 900sqm indoor exhibit area. Two viewing paths of different elevations align along the front edge of the fan-layout indoor activity area, accessible to two streams of visitors.

Speed merchants can find the 50,000sqm 1.2 km kart race track adjoining Caesars Golf Macau near Seac Pai Van Park on Coloane Island. Ranked one of the most challenging tracks in Asia, the Coloane Karting Track is the only permanent track available in Macao or Hong Kong, and provides spectator stands and restaurant, as well as a sweeping panorama of the surrounding countryside.