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Coloane Village

  • May 2, 2007
  • Rated 4 of 5 by marseilles from Metro Manila, Philippines
Coloane Village

The city center of Macau already has enough colonial buildings to keep any history junkie interested, but if you have an additional afternoon to spare, you can take a bus ride from the center of Macau to Coloane Village to step back into time.

Coloane Village is along the coast of Coloane Island. To get there, take bus 15, 25, or 26. We were in Macau during "Golden Week," China's week-long holiday in the first week of May celebrating the Labor Movement. (In Hong Kong and Macau, only May 1 is considered public holiday, like in much of the world.) It may have been because we were there on a holiday, or it might have been because it was a Sunday, that the buses going to and from Coloane were packed, and it was an uncomfortable 30-minute ride to Coloane. Amid all the chaos, we missed our stop and rode all the way to Hac Sa beach before the bus returned via the same route and we got off at Coloane Village.

You'll know you're going the right way because of the frequency of road signs pointing the way to Coloane. Soon after you stop seeing such signs, you'll arrive at a roundabout with a small statue of Cupid at its center. A lot of people will be waiting at the bus stop there, and a number of people will also probably alight from your bus. That's your stop. Get down there, and begin your tour of Coloane Village.

One of the Macau Tourism Authority brochures describes a 30-minute self-guided walking tour of Coloane Village that you may wish to follow, or simply wander around yourself exploring this little place (reviews of particular sights in Coloane Village are elsewhere in his journal). While walking around Coloane Village pay attention to the colonial architecture that most of the buildings here still follow, whether they actually are old buildings or whether they are new ones. Promenade along the Avenida 5 de Outubro and imagine the old Chinese locals mingling with Portuguese businessmen along this stretch.

From journal One Week: Hong Kong and Macau

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