Travel information

Macao is an autonomous region of China on the country’s south coast, across the Pearl River Delta from Hong Kong. The easiest option is to fly to Hong Kong and then either take a ferry across to Macao (around one hour) or take a shuttle bus across the new Hong Kong-ZhuhaiMacao bridge (45 minutes). Time is eight hours ahead of GMT. Currency is the Macanese Pataca (MOP), though the Hong Kong

Dollar (HKD) is widely accepted. In September, the average high temperature is 30°C and the average low is 25°C.

GETTING THERE

TurboJET (www.turbojet.com.hk) and Cotai Water Jet (cotaiwaterjet.com) run ferry services from Hong Kong International Airport to Macao.

RESOURCES

Macao Government Tourism Office is the official tourist board and its website (visitmacao.co.uk) is packed with helpful information.

FURTHER READING

Taste of Macau by Annabel Jackson (Hong Kong University Press) is much more than a cookbook, charting the history of this distinctive cuisine.