danzbuddies Macau Trip September 2010
- the Presidente Hotel
Our choice of the Presidente Hotel was based on its excellent location - at No. 355 Av. Amizade - that stretch of road where you'll find all the major landmarks of downtown Macau and food and retail outlets - Starwood Hotel, Wynn, Lisboa, MGM, seafood restaurants and supermarkets.
Not a luxurious hotel at all, its pretty basic in fact. But at the price we were paying - S$100 per night for two (off peak rate is about S$80 - S$90), we can't complain. The lobby is big, service staff reasonably friendly and the breakfast room adequate.
The rooms are standard - double or twin-bedded, with the usual amenities including internet connection. What impressed us was the view, even from our 10th floor room. Looking out the window- to the left was the Starwood Casino & Hotel.....
to the right, we can see the Wynn Casino & Hotel right in front with the MGM Casino & Hotel beyond it.......
Looking down the right side, we had a clear view of the whole Wynn frontage, including its Musical Fountain which gave us regular fire-water-music shows every 20 minutes right through the day and night............and during the Fireworks Festival on Saturday, we had a good view of part of the fireworks right from our room window.....
The most valuable thing to us about staying at the Presidente, however, has to be the fact that it was close to the Starwood and Wynn from where we can catch their shuttle bus service to various places - to the Gong Bei Border Gate to go to Zhu Hai, to the Ferry Terminal to catch a connecting shuttle to the Venetian - all for free......
Its a great transport system which is freely used by tourists and locala alike - the buses are well appointed - some with leather seats - all that's missing - that cuppa of expresso....!
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