6 Best Hotels in Downtown Macau, Macau

After a seven-year renovation, this 11-story icon built in 1928 (when it became Macau’s first skyscraper) reopened in 2024 with exquisitely designed rooms blending vintage charm—claw-foot tubs, jade tiles, vintage rotary phones—and modern comforts, including a free minibar and packaged coffee beans. Depending on the floor, the rooms reflect different decades from the 1920s to the 1940s—the best have spacious balconies or views of the Ruins of St. Paul’s.

 The rooftop offers 360-views of the historic center and is free and open to the public.

Offering a serene, casino-free escape, Mandarin Oriental's 213 spacious rooms and suites each boast walk-in closets, in-room work desks, and bathrooms with tubs perched next to floor-to-ceiling windows, offering panoramic views of Macau and Zhuhai while you soak. The spa—one of the city’s best—blends Chinese-inspired treatments with modern wellness therapies, including personalized programs bookable by the hour, while the 25-meter outdoor pool provides a refreshing retreat from the summer heat. Thoughtful amenities like a kids’ Jacuzzi, in-room gaming consoles, and adjoining room options make it a great pick for families, too.

In Macau’s lotus-shape landmark, redolent with history and intrigue, labyrinthine hallways and salons display jade and artworks, and a gilded staircase leads to 1,000 guest rooms and suites with handcrafted furniture, lush drapes, gold and red accents, and whirlpool baths. The old hotel now stands in the shadow of its Grand Lisboa sister; the two are connected by a bridge and share facilities, such as the Grand’s modern pool, gym, and spa. Many people come to the Lisboa expressly for its restaurants, especially Portas do Sol.

These chic accommodations—with their muted bronze and gold palette, picture windows, standalone tubs, and spacious seating areas—have all the comforts you’d expect from a luxury brand while Portuguese accents further distinguish this hotel from the other casino-resorts. A golden lion statue stands guard over the grounds on the peninsula’s southern coast; artwork by Dale Chihuly adorns the hotel lobby and reception; and the playful Grande Praça (Grand Square), a glass-ceiling space modeled after a European town square, serves as an inner courtyard and offers dining under the stars.

Luminous open-plan suites have high ceilings, Jacuzzi tubs, and panoramic bay windows, and even the deluxe rooms, with their high-quality bedding and dark wood furniture, make you feel like you’re somewhere special. Dancers and live bands entertain at the Whisky Bar on the 16th floor, as well as downstairs in the lobby. The dazzling geometric building was designed by Rocco Yim, the architect known for Hong Kong’s towering Two IFC.

In this two-tower property with 1,000 rooms and suites, every glamorous room in the suite-only Encore Tower offers views of Performance Lake and the serene Nam Van Lake while the Wynn Tower features more understated, yet equally luxurious, rooms with marble bathrooms, cream and gold color schemes, and subtle Chinese motifs, like cloud designs woven into the bedsheets. In-room amenities elevate the experience, with dual vanities, high-definition in-wall televisions visible from the bathtub, and private spa rooms in select suites ensuring a lofty level of comfort.