What started out as a small family break in Macau (me and parents = 3) turned out to be a full fledged family outing of 10 persons! Gosh, and I ended up as unofficial tour guide. And for the first time in my life, I did not do any prior proper research, especially in where to eat. Oh well..... So we ended up eating only in the Hotel. Anyhow, it's not such a bad thing anyway, coz don't think Grandfather would have relished the idea of going out to eat much!
We stayed at the Venetian, the most talked about hotel in Macau right now. Stripping away its hype of having the biggest casino in the world, my first impression of the Hotel was somewhat of a letdown. In my mind, I was expecting it to rival Sands Casino Macau, but what I saw was just a plain big square area with not much character. The Hotel is basically a copycat of everything Venetian, without the material quality. One just simply cannot replace marble with plaster. It is just not the same. Sigh.
Boasting 3,000 all-suites, each suite room is approximately 750 square feet. However, it was another let down. With such a huge space, not much thought was really given to the layout of the room. It ended up as a brand new Hotel with an old-fashioned layout.
Connected to the Hotel and Casino, is a huge retail block, the Canal Shoppes, complete with canal, gondolas and singing gondoliers. Shops were mainly on the mid to high end, with tasteful window designs/layouts.
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