Macau travel - Lonely Planet | China, Asia

macauMacau’s name is believed to derive from the A-Ma Temple, which was known locally as Maa Gok, which became Macau in Portuguese. The A-Ma Temple (Shutterstock)Macau (also spelled Macao) is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China. Located across the Pearl River estuary from Hong Kong, Macau is about 62 kilometers from Hong Kong within