Chris26WI Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 The Holiday Inn Macau is located in a quite central location, at the Rua de Pequim, near to the long Avenida do Dr. Rodrigo Rodrigues. The famous "Casino Lisboa" can be reached in around 5-10 minutes walking, from the ferry terminal it takes you about 10 mins by taxi. From the airport Macau it's about 20-30 mins by taxi. Most of the touristic sights as the Sao Paulo church / Fortalezo do Monte or the Largo do Senado can by reached by walking. That's the most important plus of the Holiday Inn.The hotel sells itself as "the only international 4-star hotel in the center of Macau" which might be true. Only the Mandarin Oriental (5star) seems to be the other international hotel there. The Hyatt Regency is located on the Tapae Island, the Westin Resort on Collonae Island. In Priceline, I got it as 4-star as well. However, I'd say, it's more a 3-star hotel.As a priceline customer I should get a standard or superior room only; after checking the website and other reviews, I decided to take an upgrade to the executive floor for 400HK$ extra - which was DEFINATELY NOT WORTH it, as the lounge is very small, services reduced (no check-in/-out in the lounge, only a lousy breakfast etc.). The executive room was for sure nicer in the design ("lately renovated") but was still quite small (24sqm). So, the better deal would have been to just take the superior room without extra charge. As PC member, I was even offered an upgrade to Deluxe Room (same size as superior room, 24sqm, but better facilities) for free. The room itself (EF) was comfortable, good bed, nice but small bathroom (no separate shower cubicle), optically separated from the living room by a sliding window - smiliar to the JW Marriott Phuket, but not as good as it could not be completely closed. The Philips TV (flatscreen, CRT) offered some international channels as Star Movies (but not HBO and not UBC) and Pay-TV. All over, the room was quite ok (for chinese relations - in terms of size), but though renovated still looked a bit run-down already (in detail).The hotel has an indoor pool which is nice, but people sitting in the Atrium Caf Link to comment
candice Posted March 21, 2006 Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 are these real pics from the holiday inn macau?i'll be staying there this weekend.many thanks! Link to comment
Chris26WI Posted March 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 Yes, sure. I took these myself. But the standard rooms look different. Link to comment
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