Rua de S. Paulo (Dasanba) Street
Rua de S. Paulo (Dasanba) Street
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Always bustling with tourists, this street leads up to Macau's most well-known landmark. Expect souvenir shop owners to swarm you with free samples of beef jerky and almond cookies on your way up.
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BradJill
Hong Kong, China159,141 contributions
Jan 2023
Macau has reopened to the outside world after being virtually closed down during the pandemic. With the return of tourists to the city, we also made our first trip over from Hong Kong in three years. It was sad seeing places like Rua de S. Paulo shut down and empty of people back in Feb 2020. That is not the case now as visitors have returned and flocked to this popular food street in the heart of the Historic Centre of Macau.
Once again, Rua de S. Paulo is jam packed with people, shoulder-to-shoulder south of Largo da Companhia de Jesus and the steps leading up to the Ruins of St. Paul's. Here you find the many pastelaria selling Macanese speciality snacks and other food shops. These are boxed or packaged for you to consume later or even back home after your trip to Macau.
If you continue along the street veering left at Largo da Companhia de Jesus, Rua de S. Paulo widens into a proper road with vehicles. Importantly, the crowds thin out here. You'll find more take-away food shops as well as coffee, tea and fruit juice shops before you start to encounter some antique dealers, galleries and other retail shops further down the street. If you make it this far, you'll find some reprieve from the crowds and space to enjoy whatever consumable food & drinks you may be interested in. You can also do this around the steps leading up to the Ruins.
Once again, Rua de S. Paulo is jam packed with people, shoulder-to-shoulder south of Largo da Companhia de Jesus and the steps leading up to the Ruins of St. Paul's. Here you find the many pastelaria selling Macanese speciality snacks and other food shops. These are boxed or packaged for you to consume later or even back home after your trip to Macau.
If you continue along the street veering left at Largo da Companhia de Jesus, Rua de S. Paulo widens into a proper road with vehicles. Importantly, the crowds thin out here. You'll find more take-away food shops as well as coffee, tea and fruit juice shops before you start to encounter some antique dealers, galleries and other retail shops further down the street. If you make it this far, you'll find some reprieve from the crowds and space to enjoy whatever consumable food & drinks you may be interested in. You can also do this around the steps leading up to the Ruins.
Written January 23, 2023
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BradJill
Hong Kong, China159,141 contributions
Feb 2017 • Couples
Dai Gwan is a small Chinese eatery that is recognised by the Michelin food guide for HK & Macau as one of the twelve cheap eats place worth trying in Macau. It is located near the foot of Rua de S. Paulo and is a convenient place to try before making your way up this food street towards the Ruins of St. Paul.
This little place (see picture) is on Rua do Monte, just as you turn off Rua do Palha - a food street in between Senado Square and the Ruins of St. Paul. Just look for the big red sign with Chinese characters (see pictures). Opening hours are around 11am to 8pm.
Here you can try a handful of cheap bites, however what Dai Gwan is famous for are their black pepper pork pies (胡椒餅) - MOP18 each. These are hand-sized bread pies stuffed with spring onion and fresh pork marinated in black pepper sauce baked in sesame seed buns. Served hot, these flaky meat buns are delicious.
Note: You can sometimes catch them loading up the cylindrical-Shaped iron bucket with raw buns which are about to be baked. This is neat to see as well if you enjoy watching foods being prepared. Baking taking around 10-12 minutes before being ready to serve.
Note: There is often a long queue of visitors but if you can manage a bit of a wait but the great snack foods that are fun to enjoy at Dai Gwan or while walking around enjoying the city centre.
This little place (see picture) is on Rua do Monte, just as you turn off Rua do Palha - a food street in between Senado Square and the Ruins of St. Paul. Just look for the big red sign with Chinese characters (see pictures). Opening hours are around 11am to 8pm.
Here you can try a handful of cheap bites, however what Dai Gwan is famous for are their black pepper pork pies (胡椒餅) - MOP18 each. These are hand-sized bread pies stuffed with spring onion and fresh pork marinated in black pepper sauce baked in sesame seed buns. Served hot, these flaky meat buns are delicious.
Note: You can sometimes catch them loading up the cylindrical-Shaped iron bucket with raw buns which are about to be baked. This is neat to see as well if you enjoy watching foods being prepared. Baking taking around 10-12 minutes before being ready to serve.
Note: There is often a long queue of visitors but if you can manage a bit of a wait but the great snack foods that are fun to enjoy at Dai Gwan or while walking around enjoying the city centre.
Written May 15, 2017
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kentkflee
Malaysia77 contributions
A visit in Macau is never complete without visiting this place. Apart from having a good scenery of the local and history site, this place is connected with the outdoor bazaar where most of the fun comes in. You can get lots of good stuff like antique item, souvenir, food, clothing, and etc. Have a great fun...
Written April 28, 2012
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BradJill
Hong Kong, China159,141 contributions
Feb 2020
Rua de Sao Paulo is a popular 'food street' located between Rua da Palha and Largo da Companhia de Jesus where you find the footsteps leading up to the Ruins of St. Paul's. The street is lined with Macanese speciality snack shops, dessert and other food shops and has become one of the busiest locations in the city since the rise in tourism in Macau over a decade ago.
On most days, you will find this narrow pedestrian street very crowded. On weekends it can be shoulder-to-shoulder crowds, making it difficult to pass through to see the Ruins. Thousands pack into Rua de Sao Paulo to sample free foods and make purchases from famous places like Koi Kei, Choi Heung Yuen and other pastilerias (bakeries) and shops found on the street.
However, that is not the case now with the Coronavirus Outbreak which has more or less shut down Macau for the time being. Passed by yesterday and found 90% of the shops closed down and only a handful of pedestrians on Rua de Sao Paulo. I haven't seen it this empty of people in the past 15 years, a remarkable yet sad scene at the same time.
Hopefully the virus outbreak will clear up so that tourists return, filling up its streets once again soon.
On most days, you will find this narrow pedestrian street very crowded. On weekends it can be shoulder-to-shoulder crowds, making it difficult to pass through to see the Ruins. Thousands pack into Rua de Sao Paulo to sample free foods and make purchases from famous places like Koi Kei, Choi Heung Yuen and other pastilerias (bakeries) and shops found on the street.
However, that is not the case now with the Coronavirus Outbreak which has more or less shut down Macau for the time being. Passed by yesterday and found 90% of the shops closed down and only a handful of pedestrians on Rua de Sao Paulo. I haven't seen it this empty of people in the past 15 years, a remarkable yet sad scene at the same time.
Hopefully the virus outbreak will clear up so that tourists return, filling up its streets once again soon.
Written February 13, 2020
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friendvivian509
Hanoi, Vietnam38 contributions
Jan 2016 • Friends
It is an interesting place to visit on Rua de S. Paulo (Dasanba) Street. Because it is almost typical scene in Macau and its architecture is quite reflect past colonial culture filled with Portuguese style. Besides, there are many museum around Rua de S. Paulo (Dasanba) Street. Tourists can visit those museum as well. Opening Hours are 10am to 7pm daily.
After photo taking, we start to find some local food and we want to recommend all of you must to eat Pork Chop Bun in Portuguese Style. A crunchy bun with roasted pork chop is amazing taste. When people walk while exploring, you will find many stores selling local biscuit. Those biscuit are almond flavor, which are like traditional Chinese snacks. They provide a tasting services. How nice it is! You can try before you buy. The most important thing for visiting here is that I have some brief picture about past Macau history. However, there is some troubles the narrow street is the slope between St. Dominic's Church and the Ruins of St. Paul's, and seems to be constantly overcrowded with tourists. Too many tourists are in sightseeing spot and affect our mood.
After photo taking, we start to find some local food and we want to recommend all of you must to eat Pork Chop Bun in Portuguese Style. A crunchy bun with roasted pork chop is amazing taste. When people walk while exploring, you will find many stores selling local biscuit. Those biscuit are almond flavor, which are like traditional Chinese snacks. They provide a tasting services. How nice it is! You can try before you buy. The most important thing for visiting here is that I have some brief picture about past Macau history. However, there is some troubles the narrow street is the slope between St. Dominic's Church and the Ruins of St. Paul's, and seems to be constantly overcrowded with tourists. Too many tourists are in sightseeing spot and affect our mood.
Written April 10, 2016
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Borys B
Kyiv, Ukraine695 contributions
Oct 2013
Tripadvisor should pay more attention to naming conventions. There is no "Dasanba street" in Macau. There is either Rua do Sao Paolo (Saint Paul street, if somebody is eager to translate) or hieroglyphs set in order to imitate the name, actually sounding like "ta sun pa" = "da Sao Pa(olo)"
Written November 23, 2013
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BradJill
Hong Kong, China159,141 contributions
Sep 2013 • Couples
The narrow passage walkway, leading up to the Ruins of St. Paul is called Rua do S. Paulo and it has very much become a food and snack street, where local pastilerias (bakeries) have taken up every commercial space to via for trade, selling all sorts of Macanese specialities.
In the distant past there used to be more antique and other shops found here but they have been pushed aside and what is left now is a gauntlet of food shops and crowds of eager visitors tasting free samples of local foods or hopping in and out of the local bakery shops to buy souvenir foods to take back home.
There are now three separate Koi Kei Bakeries (within two minutes of each other), two Choi Heung Yuen Bakeries, the Singapore based Bee Cheng Hiang and another 6-7 lesser-known local bakeries all fiercely competing for customers along this small, narrow stretch of walkway. The good news is that shopkeepers are friendly and not pushy at all, they just want to hand out samples for you to try.
The most popular of the brands here is clearly Koi Kei Bakery and they have the best Macanese braised meats in our opinion. Their almond cookies are also very good, similar to the excellent almond cookies sold by Choi Heung Yuen. There are good egg tarts available at many of the bakeries as well but we’ve found none that rival the famous Margaret’s and Lord Stow’s Bakery egg tarts found elsewhere.
Overall, we are never thrilled to see the massive crowds that seem to bottle up in the narrow Rua do S. Paulo during much of the day. It can take a bit of patience making your way up and down this street, especially during the middle of the midday hours. However, we’d be lying if we said it wasn’t fun snacking on the many free sample foods found here, many of which are indeed, very good. In this end, this is a good experience for visitors, another of the places they will long remember about Macau.
In the distant past there used to be more antique and other shops found here but they have been pushed aside and what is left now is a gauntlet of food shops and crowds of eager visitors tasting free samples of local foods or hopping in and out of the local bakery shops to buy souvenir foods to take back home.
There are now three separate Koi Kei Bakeries (within two minutes of each other), two Choi Heung Yuen Bakeries, the Singapore based Bee Cheng Hiang and another 6-7 lesser-known local bakeries all fiercely competing for customers along this small, narrow stretch of walkway. The good news is that shopkeepers are friendly and not pushy at all, they just want to hand out samples for you to try.
The most popular of the brands here is clearly Koi Kei Bakery and they have the best Macanese braised meats in our opinion. Their almond cookies are also very good, similar to the excellent almond cookies sold by Choi Heung Yuen. There are good egg tarts available at many of the bakeries as well but we’ve found none that rival the famous Margaret’s and Lord Stow’s Bakery egg tarts found elsewhere.
Overall, we are never thrilled to see the massive crowds that seem to bottle up in the narrow Rua do S. Paulo during much of the day. It can take a bit of patience making your way up and down this street, especially during the middle of the midday hours. However, we’d be lying if we said it wasn’t fun snacking on the many free sample foods found here, many of which are indeed, very good. In this end, this is a good experience for visitors, another of the places they will long remember about Macau.
Written September 12, 2013
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Magellano81
Tortona, Italy41,158 contributions
Mar 2013
Undoubtedly, walking through the historic center of Macau it's a must give an eye on this road also called in Portuguese language "Rua Ressurreicao", this is a very busy street leads directly in front of St. Paul's church ruins as I said the area is literally clogged with tourists almost struggles to walk and after a while it becomes stressful.
For the rest is very picturesque, the presence of numerous shops along the way but frankly in my personal opinion there I found nothing so interesting to point out that aside from the staircase and the ruined Church.
For the rest is very picturesque, the presence of numerous shops along the way but frankly in my personal opinion there I found nothing so interesting to point out that aside from the staircase and the ruined Church.
Written April 18, 2013
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1girl_1passport
Vancouver, Canada1,041 contributions
Feb 2014 • Couples
This is one of the major main tourist streets or attractions to visit while in Macau. At the very top of the stairs at the end of the street is the ruins of St. Paul's Cathedral. From the top of the stairs is a good photo of the street and buildings.
The street is super busy with tourist so just beware of your belongings like always. Lots of shops selling the same kind of stuff over priced. Though if you adventure down the side alley's they offer cheap eats and drinks. Those alleys are the place to try some food!
The street is super busy with tourist so just beware of your belongings like always. Lots of shops selling the same kind of stuff over priced. Though if you adventure down the side alley's they offer cheap eats and drinks. Those alleys are the place to try some food!
Written September 14, 2014
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BradJill
Hong Kong, China159,141 contributions
Jan 2012 • Couples
We visited this street and area referred to as Dasanba that runs up to the Ruins of St. Paul steps and up to the Na Tcha Temple and Old City Wall. This area is also known as the Rua da Ressurreicao in Portuguese.
We didn't find anything particularly special about this street but we did enjoy our time in this area celebrating the Chinese New Year festivities. There are nicer streets that are very beautiful near St. Pauls, one of our favorites is the nearby Travessa da Paixao, a beautifully maintained, traditional Macanese street.
We didn't find anything particularly special about this street but we did enjoy our time in this area celebrating the Chinese New Year festivities. There are nicer streets that are very beautiful near St. Pauls, one of our favorites is the nearby Travessa da Paixao, a beautifully maintained, traditional Macanese street.
Written January 24, 2012
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- Rua de S. Paulo (Dasanba) Street is open:
- Sun - Sat 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
- Hotels near Rua de S. Paulo (Dasanba) Street:
- (0.10 mi) Towns Well Hotel
- (0.06 mi) Dormy Boutique Hostel
- (0.11 mi) Towns Well Hotel
- (0.30 mi) Sofitel Macau At Ponte 16
- (0.21 mi) Ole Tai Sam Un Hotel
- Restaurants near Rua de S. Paulo (Dasanba) Street:
- (0.00 mi) Mok Yi Kei
- (0.01 mi) Tai Sing Kung Cha Medicinal
- (0.03 mi) Arong Curry Niuza
- (0.03 mi) Durian Garden
- (0.03 mi) Ichiryu Ramen
- Attractions near Rua de S. Paulo (Dasanba) Street:
- (0.01 mi) Loi Wo Temple
- (0.04 mi) Rua da Palha
- (0.10 mi) Historic Centre of Macau
- (0.10 mi) Patio de Chon Sau
- (0.06 mi) Domingos Road
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