São Lázaro
São Lázaro is the smallest civil parish of Macau, located in the central-east region of the Macau Peninsula.
São Lázaro is the smallest civil parish of Macau, located in the central-east region of the Macau Peninsula. It is surrounded by the parishes of Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Santo António, and Sé.
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Worth seeing in and around São Lázaro
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Grand Lisboa
Grand Lisboa is a 47-floor, 261-metre-tall hotel in Sé, Macau. It is owned and operated by Sociedade de Jogos de Macau and was designed by Hong Kong architects Dennis Lau and Ng Chun Man with the interiors created by Khuan Chew, Design Principal of KCA International.
1.1 km · building in Macau, China · Wikipedia - 02Ruins of St. Paul's
The Ruins of Saint Paul's are the remnants of a 17th-century Catholic religious complex in Santo António, Macau. They include what was originally St.
800 m · church in Macau · Wikipedia - 03Historic Centre of Macau
The Historic Centre of Macao is a collection of over twenty locations that witness the unique assimilation and co-existence of Chinese and Portuguese cultures in Macau, a former Portuguese colony. It represents the architectural legacies of the city's cultural heritage, including monuments such as urban squares, streetscapes, churches and temples.
1.6 km · UNESCO World Heritage site · Wikipedia - 04Macau Tower
The Macau Tower Convention and Entertainment Center, also known as the Macau Tower, is a tower located in Sé, Macau. The tower stands 338 m high, from ground level to the highest point.
2.4 km · observation tower in Macau · Wikipedia - 05A-Ma Temple
The A-Má Temple is a temple to the Chinese sea-goddess Mazu located in São Lourenço, Macau, China. Built in 1488, the temple is one of the oldest in Macau and thought to be the settlement's namesake.
2.3 km · temple in Macau · Wikipedia - 06Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau
The Diocese of Macau is a Latin Church exempt ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church, in contrast with the Diocese of Hong Kong, which is, de jure, part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Guangdong. The territory of the Diocese of Macau encompasses Macau, a special administrative region of China.
900 m · diocese of the Catholic Church in China · Wikipedia - 07Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge
The Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge, also known as the Macau–Taipa Bridge, is a dual-lane two-way bridge connecting Macau Peninsula near Casino Lisboa and the island of Taipa at the northern slope of Taipa Pequena crossing the former Baía da Praia Grande. It is the first bridge in Macau, to connect the peninsula and Taipa.
2.5 km · bridge in Macau · Wikipedia - 08St. Dominic's Church
Saint Dominic's Church is a late 16th-century Baroque-style church that serves within the Cathedral Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau. It is in the peninsular part of the city at the Largo de São Domingos, near the Leal Senado Building.
1 km · late 16th-century Baroque-style church in Macau, China · Wikipedia - 09Amizade Bridge
The Amizade Bridge is a four-lane, two-way bridge in Macau that connects Macau Peninsula near the Reservatório and Taipa Island. Built after the Macau–Taipa Bridge, it is the second one that connects the peninsula and Taipa across the Zhujiang River Estuary.
1.8 km · bridge in Macau · Wikipedia - 10Igreja da Sé
The Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady also Sé Catedral da Natividade de Nossa Senhora and Igreja da Sé is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Sé, Macau. It is the current cathedral of the Diocese of Macau.
900 m · cathedral of the Diocese of Macau · Wikipedia
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Getting to São Lázaro
- Airports
- Macau (MFM), 7 km · Zhuhai Jinwan (ZUH), 28 km · Hong Kong (HKG), 40 km
- Stations
- Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal, 1.1 km · Zhuhai railway station, 2.2 km
- Shenzhen → São Lázaro66 km · quickest by road, 2h · ¥37–49
- Guangzhou (Huadu) → São Lázaro144 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · ¥65–90
- Zhanjiang → São Lázaro344 km · quickest by road, 5h 49m · ¥155–210
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for São Lázaro
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for São Lázaro. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inMacau's main ferry terminal, the Macau International Ferry Terminal (Terminal Maritimo) and the main land crossing with mainland China, the Portas do Cerco Frontier Checkpoint as well as the Inner Harbour Ferry Terminal are all located on the peninsula.
- Get inThe Macau light rail runs across the Sai Van Bridge to link Barra at the southwest corner of the Peninsula with the ferry and airport in Taipa and as well the hotels in Cotai.
- Get aroundThe Old City is very walkable, but most visitors will want to skip the rather dreary 3 km slog there from the ferry terminal.
- Get aroundTo travel from the Outer Harbour (Porte Exterior) ferry terminal to the old city, just hop on one of the free green Hotel Lisboa shuttles.
- Get aroundMost buses to the ferry terminal (3, 10A, 12) leave from Pier E and cost a flat 6 patacas.
From Wikivoyage: Macau/Peninsula, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to São Lázaro
- Macaucity and special administrative region of China1.4 km
- Nossa Senhora de Fátimacivil parish in Macau1 km
- São Lourençocivil parish in Macau1.8 km
- Santo Antóniocivil parish in Macau700 m
- Sécivil parish in Macau900 m