Hotel Lisboa Macau

 

Backside of Hotel Lisboa Macau

 

 

Room we stayed in Hotel Lisboa Macau

 

 

Bathroom of Hotel Lisboa

 

 

Entrance lobby of Hotel Lisboa Macau

 

 

Casino of Hotel Lisboa

 

 

Grand Lisboa Macau

 

 

Grand Lisboa Macau

 

 

 

Episode of Hotel Lisboa Macau

Tomo&Chouchou booked Hotel Lisboa Macau through Japanese travel agency (JTB). Tomo wanted to visit Macau because Tomo liked world heritage and mixed culture. Hotel Lisboa Macau is located in downtown in the Macau Peninsula. So we thought it could be convenient to look around.

We arrived at Macau airport then we took a free shuttle bus to Wynn Macau. We across the street then we walked to Hotel Lisboa Macau. We could find Hotel Lisboa which was lit up in Red. We could not find the entrance. It was the backside of Hotel Lisboa, we understood. Then we looked for the entrance and entered. But we couldn't find the front desk. We walked inside the hotel and we finally found the desk in the entrance. We checked in there. 

The bellboy brought us to the room. He also explained that the place where we checked in was not the front desk. He showed us the front desk before bringing us to the room. He finely explained the room and service. Tomo&Chouchou was planning to go to Hongkong by ferry. We had to leave early. We asked many questions about it. He explained from where to take a taxi, how long it will take to the ferry terminal and so on. He also arranged our breakfast as we cannot have breakfast. He helped us a lot. He was extremely kind and generous. We really appreciated his help and great service.

Our room was very large. We were so satisfied with the luxurious room. There were many free drinks in the fridge (probably drinks were included in the accomodation fee). Bathroom was a little bit special. There were massage shower or jaccuzi bath. Unfortunately we couldn't understand how to use it. Anyway we liked the couch, amenities, closet and atmosphere of the room.

We arrived at hotel in the evening. We decided to go to have dinner. We found the another entrance lobby with beautiful stairs. We really liked this place. It was very beautiful lobby mixed with Portuguese and Chinese architectures. When we went out from hotel, we could see Grand Lisboa just in front of Hotel Lisboa Macau. The color of illumination of Grand Lisboa was changing all the time. Each color was beautiful. We couldn't stop watching it.

The reason Tomo&Chouchou wanted to travel was the casino too. It was the first experience for us to play casino. We could have gone to Casino Lisboa but we went to Casino of Grand Lisboa. There was the bridge walkway between Grand Casino and Hotel Lisboa. We could go there easily. We could enjoy Casino safely.

In conclusion, we were really satisfied with the staff service, room, hotel interior, location and foods. So we highly recommend Hotel Lisboa Macau to stay. 

 

Information

Hotel Lisboa Macau  澳門葡京酒店

Address: 2-4, Avenida de Lisboa, Macau

Access: 

5 minutes by taxi from Macau Ferry Terminal,
20 minutes by taxi from Taipa Ferry Terminal,
20 minutes by taxi from Macau International Airport

 

Relating articles

* Restaurant in Hotel Lisboa Macau

 

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Tomo&Chouchou's travel itinerary of Macau & Hongkong

We travelled Macau in Feb in 2019.

1st day: Arrived in Macau by Air Macau in the evening → Took a shuttle bus to Wynn Macau → Checked-in to Hotel Lisboa Macau → Took a walk to Senado Square → Dinner at Hotel Lisboa → Stayed in Hotel Lisboa Macau

2nd day: Went to Taipa Ferry Terminal in the early morning → Took a ferry to Hongkong → Arrived in Honkong and joined the half-day-tour organized by Panda Travel Agency Ltd → Took a ferry back to Macau → Sightseeing & dinner in Taipa Island → Back to Hotel Lisboa Macau

3rd day: Had breakfast buffet → walked world heritage route → Dinner at Hotel Lisboa → Stayed in Hotel Lisboa Macau

4th day: Checked out in the early morning → Went to Macau International Airport → Took a flight back to Japan

Hotel Meguma in Wakkanai, Hokkaido

Northernmost hotel in Japan "Hotel Meguma"

Crab dinner: Soya Kanizukushi Gozen; 宗谷カニづくし御膳

Horsehair crab [毛ガニ], Red king crab [タラバガニ], snow crab [ズワイガニ]

fireplace at Hotel Meguma lounge

Room of Hotel Meguma

Front door of Hotel Meguma

We took a walk around the hotel in the early morning.

Back street of the Hotel Meguma.

We climbed up small snow hill.

We could see the white Mt.Rishiri [Japanese: 利尻山; Rishiri-zan] far.

breakfast of Hotel Meguma

Episode of Hotel Meguma

Tomo&Chouchou joined Hokkaido group tour. On the first day, we traveled Wakkanai [Japanese: 稚内] where was northernmost landmark in Japan. We stayed at Hotel Meguma [Japanese: ホテルめぐま] in Wakkanai. To be honest, Tomo&Chouchou didn't expect to have great dinner. Because, normally, it's difficult to have great meals with group tour. However, it was a great surprise! When we arrived at the restaurant, we were so surprised to see such a wonderful meal. There were three types of crabs; horsehair crab, snow crab and red king crab. So many varieties. Full of local foods. We really enjoyed crab dinner menu [Japanese: 宗谷カニづくし御膳].The service and atmosphere at the restaurant of Hotel Meguma was nice. We could really enjoy dinner.

After the dinner, we enjoyed hotspring [温泉]. Unfortunatelly we cannot take a photo in the hotspring. Especially open-air bath, we enjoyed hotspring in the snow. bath. There was snow so it was cold. But the hotspring was hot. It was simply great. It is the great moment to enjoy hotspring in winter. There was the fireplace [暖炉] at the lounge in Hotel Meguma. So after taking a bath, we could be relaxed there. Hotel room were western style and nice. Beds were comfortable.

Next morning, Tomo&Chouchou decided to have a walk because we love snow. We walked around the hotel. We didn't go far. We went to the backstreet of Hotel Meguma. We found a small snow hill. We decided to approach and climb it up. It was enjoyable to walk on the snow and to make our footprints. It was very beautiful view with white snow. It was very quiet and refreshing. We could see the white snow mountain "Mt.Rishiri [Japanese: 利尻山]" far. We didn't expect to see such a big mountain. It was a lucky surprise. We felt it was the right decision to walk in the early morning as we could see the wonderful landscape. We could also take a photo at the front door of the hotel. Then we had breakfast. It was Japanese meal. It was good.

Hotel Meguma is the northernmost hotel in Japan. Foods are great. They use local foods. We could enjoy seafood. We were so satisfied with Hotel Meguma. Hotel Meguma gave us a great memory of our Hokkaido trip.

Information

Hotel Meguma   / ホテルめぐま

Address: 2-13-14 Koetoi, Wakkanai, Hokkaido[北海道稚内市声問2丁目13番14号]

Access: 5 minutes by car from Wakkanai airport

(cf. It takes 1 hour 50 minutes from Haneda airport to Wakkanai airport by plane.) 

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Travel Itinerary of Hokkaido Snow Festival tour Tomo & Chouchou joined

Travel agent：Club Tourism International Inc.
Date: Feb in 2016 (2 nights 3 days)

1st day: Arrive at Wakkanai airport　⇒　Scallop lunch at Wakkanai station which has northernmost railroad track　⇒　Snow activities such as snow rafting, snow mobile, snow tube at Soya Fureai Park (Japanese: Soya Fureai Koen, 宗谷ふれあい公園）　⇒　Visit Cape Sōya (Japanese: Sōya-Misaki, 宗谷岬), where is the northernmost point of Japan. Visit Drift Ice Hall too.　⇒　Watch Russian musical ensemble at Wakkanai Sakhalin Hall (Japanese: Wakkanai Sakhalin Kan, 稚内サハリン館)　⇒　 Stay at Hotel Meguma in Wakkanai. Enjoy Wakkanai hot spring and Soya crab dinner course.

2nd day: Visit Lake Kutcharo (Japanese: Kutcharo-ko, クッチャロ湖) in Hamatombetsu (浜頓別).　⇒　Go to Cape Drift Ice / Cape Ryuhyo (Japanese: Ryuhyo-misaki, 流氷岬) in Monbetsu (紋別). Bord on the drift ice crusher "Garinko Ⅱ".　⇒　Stay at Sounkyo Kankou Hotel (層雲峡観光ホテル). Enjoy  41th Sounkyo Ice Waterfall Festival at night.

3rd day: Enjoy snow sculpture and ice sculpture of 67th Sapporo Snow Festival.　⇒　Eat Sapporo Ramen (Japanese:  ラーメン, which is a Japanese noodle soup) at New Chitose Airport Terminal (Japanese: Shin Chitose Kuko, 新千歳空港)  　⇒　Fly back to go home.

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Travel review of Hokkaido Snow Festival group tour

Tomo & Chouchou had dreamed of traveling to the snow festival in Hokkaido. Our dream came true with this tour!

There are so many snow festivals in Hokkaido. Sapporo Snow Festival is the most famous one. With this tour, we could go to two festivals "Sapporo Snow Festival" and "Sounkyo Hyobaku Festival". Normally it costs a lot to travel to Hokkaido during snow festival season. With this group tour, we could travel at a relatively reasonable price. So we were very lucky. We could also visit the northernmost point of Japan and board the drift ice crusher. Even though we couldn't see the drift ice, 2016 was not so enough cold to see the drift ice, it was enjoyable to look for the drift ice. All the foods that we ate were good. We were really satisfied with this tour.

 

Relating article

sightseeing spot in Wakkanai

* Lake Kutcharo

* Wakkanai Secondary Port Market [Wakkanai Fukuko Ichiba] 

 

Phoenix Seagaia Resort in Miyazaki, Japan

There are trees in the lobby of Sheraton Grande Ocean Resort.

 

Miyazaki Sheraton room window view.
we could see the ocean and pine forest.

 

We enjoyed delicious cake and coffee 

at the lounge in Sheraton Grande Ocean Resort.

We cycled until Hitotsuba Coast [Japanese: 一ッ葉ビーチ] and 

Miyazaki Seaside Park [Japanese: みやざき臨海公園].

 cycling & walking road in Miyazaki Seagaia Pine Forest

Episode of Phoenix Seagaia Resort

Tomo&Chouchou had ANA mileages which were expiring. After checking, we decided to go to Phoenix Seagaia Resort in Miyazaki prefecture, Japan.
As we booked a tour through ANA, we flew to Miyazaki by ANA. 
We could go to Phoenix Seagaia Resort by train and local bus from Miyazaki airport.

It was the first time for us to go to Miyazaki. We stayed in Sheraton Grande Ocean Resort which is located in the middle of the vast pine forest. We were surprised to see such a high hotel in the forest.
There are trees in the hotel lobby. It's a fancy hotel with tropical atmosphere.
From our room, we could see a magnificent view of the ocean and pine forest.
Bathroom in our room was very large and gorgeous.
There was open air spa [Japanese: onsen; 温泉] in the hotel, so we could enjoy onsen more!
We didn't go by car, so we decided to enjoy around the hotel a lot. That's why we booked optional plan called "Mankitsu plan [Japanese: 満喫プラン]" of ANA tour.
Mankitsu plan included rental bike (cycling), SNAG golf, Spa admission, Miyazaki souvenir gifts, and dessert offer. It was splendid!
Delicious cake and coffee were offered. We enjoyed them at the hotel lounge. We had glamorous moments.
We could rent a bike. We really enjoyed cycling along the coast and in the black pine forest. Cycling course road is made in the pine forest. Cycling in the green forest was very refreshing. We cycled until Hitotsuba Coast & Miyazaki Seaside Park. Salt breezes were very pleasant. We can do both cycling and walking there.
There was a walking road in the forest too.
SNAG golf resembling mini golf was very enjovable to play. We thought it was only for kids but actually adults could enjoy it too.
Dinner buffet includes local specialties. It was tasty.
We only stayed in and around the hotel but we could really enjoy the hotel maximum. We had relaxing time. We also enjoyed several activities in the nature. We could appreciate the moments in the nature.

Reference

There is the Miyazaki City Phoenix Zoo [Japanese: 宮崎市フェニックス自然動物園] near Sheraton Grande Ocean Resort. Especially, chimpanzee show was interesting. We could also find other interesting animals there. We could enjoy lunch there. We ate Miyazaki specialty "Chicken-Nanban". It was reasonable and tasty.

Miyazaki specialty "Chicken-Nanban" at Miyazaki City Phoenix Zoo.

Tomo&Chouchou's advice for Miyazaki Seagaia Resort

There are famous golf courses in Phoenix Seagaia Resort. If you like to play golf, it could be a good place.

Information
Sheraton Grande Ocean Resort [シェラトン・グランデ・オーシャンリゾート]

Address: Hamayama, Yamasaki-cho, Miyazaki
宮崎県宮崎市山崎町浜山

Access:
*From Miyazaki airport [宮崎空港], it takes 30 min. by bus.
Bus runs only Sat. Sun. & national holidays. Bus fare costs 830yen.

*From Miyazaki train station [宮崎駅], it takes 25 min. by local bus.
Bus fare costs 500yen.
(From Miyazaki airport to Miyazaki station, you can go by train.
It takes 10 min. by train and train fare costs 340yen.)