Macau Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
special administrative region of China
About Macau
As the first and last European colony in East Asia, Macau has more visible colonial history than Hong Kong. The buildings and cobblestone or patterned brick streets in many parts of the city, particularly the center of the old city andColoane, look much like somewhere in Mediterranean Europe. However, the people and the Chinese-language signage indicate Asia. The Portuguese and Macanese population continues to maintain a presence, but most of the population is ethnically Chinese. Like neighbouring Hong Kong, Macau operates under a "One Country, Two Systems" principle, retaining most laws and governing structures from colonial times. Although part of China, Macau has its own border control, currency, legal system and postal service, so for most tourists it feels like visiting a different co
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