Macau Casinos

Casinos: Gambling fans can choose between an ever-expanding portfolio of sumptuous gaming palaces. Sands (tel: 2888 3388; website: www.sands.com.mo) casino was the first of the of Las Vegas operators to open in Macau in 2004, and will add a hotel wing in late 2007. The luxurious 600-room hotel and casino Wynn Macau (tel: 2888 9966; website: www.wynnmacau.com) features a giant casino, plus a top-floor VIP Sky Casino; its phase two later this year will add a third casino, plus a theatre and luxury apartments. Across the street, Stanley Ho's eccentric Grand Lisboa hotel and casino creation (tel: 2838 2828) dwarfs its sister hotel, and doyen of Macau's historic gaming industry, The Lisboa (tel: 2837 7666), which is undergoing extensive renovations.