Sir Robert Ho Tung Library
Free: All time This building was constructed before 1894 and was originally the residence of Dona Carolina Cunha. A Hong Kong businessman Sir Robert Ho Tung purchased it in 1918, using it as his retreat until his relocation to Macao during the Second World War when Hong Kong fell into the hands of the Japanese...
Dom Pedro V Theatre
Free: All time Built in 1860 as the first western-style theatre in China, this is today one of the most important cultural landmarks in the context of the local Macanese community and a venue for important public events and celebrations that remains in use to this day. Dom Pedro V Theatre is neo-classical in design, incorporating...
St. Lawrence’s Church
Free: All time St Lawrence’s is one of the three oldest churches in Macau. It was constructed from wood around 1569. In 1618 the church was rebuilt with clay. The present construction, made in stone, was completed in 1846. It stands near the southern coast where ships would enter the harbor and family members of...
Lilau Square
Free: All time The ground water of Lilau used to be the main source of natural spring water in Macao. The Portuguese popular phrase: “One who drinks from Lilau never forgets Macao” expresses the locals’ nostalgic attachment to Lilau Square. This area corresponds to one of the first Portuguese residential quarters in Macao with a...
Mandarin’s House
Free: All time Built before 1869, this was the traditional Chinese residential compound home of prominent Chinese literary figure Zheng Guanying, whose works on economic markets influenced both Dr Sun Yat Sen and Mao Tse Tung and were invoked by them in promoting major historic changes in China. This traditional Chinese residential complex is located...
Moorish Barracks
Free: All time The Moorish Barracks is a brick and stone neo-classical structure with Mughal influences standing on a raised granite platform above the street. To the rear the construction has two floors, while the rest of the building is only one storey high. Spacious 4-metre-wide verandas with pointed arches run along all sides of...
A-Ma Temple
Free: All time A-Ma Temple already existed before the city of Macao came into being. The name “Macao” is believed to derive from the Chinese “A-Ma-Gau” meaning “Bay of A-Ma”, on which A-Ma Temple is located. A-Ma Temple is situated halfway up the western slope of Barra Hill. It consists of the Gate Pavilion, the...
“The Canyon” at Ob Khan National Park
Free: All time Ob Khan is one of a handful of national parks in Thailand that doesn’t charge an entrance fee. Despite its close proximity to Chiang Mai, it’s not very well known. This hidden gem is the perfect spot for swimming. Its 30-meter cliff known to expats and backpackers as “The Canyon” or “The...
Kazan Cathedral
Free: All time Strolling down the main street of St. Petersburg – Nevsky Prospekt, you’re bound to come across the impressive Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan, a.k.a. Kazan Cathedral. It’s constructed in the beginning of the 19th century based on the design of the Basilica of St. Peter’s in Rome. After the war of...
Palace Square (Dvortsovaya Ploschchad)
Free: All time Palace Square is basically the central city square of St. Petersburg and the former Russian Empire. It was the setting of many events of worldwide significance, including the Bloody Sunday of 1905 and the October Revolution of 1917. The earliest and most celebrated building on the square is the baroque white-and-azure Winter...
Piskariovskoye Memorial Cemetery
Free: All time Piskariovskoye Cemetery serves as a reminder and memorial for the tragedy the city lived through during World War II – specifically during the 900-day Siege of Leningrad. More than a million people perished during the period, of which some 420 thousands of inhabitants of the city died from hunger, bombing and shelling....
St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral
Free: All time Located in the sailor quarter of St. Petersburg, this impressive baroque Cathedral was named after Nicholas – the patron saint of seamen. It was built under the order of Empress Elizabeth between 1753 was finished during the reign of Catherine the Great in 1762. St. St. Nicholas Cathedral had kept functioning as...
