Nonetheless (or perhaps contributing to the commercial failure) hotel rooms are expensive, in the 3-400 US $ range (minimum) for the most renown brands, all the way down to almost Chinese standards in the “local” part of town, far from the casinos and closer to the historical parts. Once I found the historical center, I realized Macau does indeed have some charms and most visitors seemed to agree with me, since they mostly congragated in the Portuguese built XVI century castle, the facade remainings of the St. Paul church and the dedalus of streets surrounding them, which had the feeling of both Europe and a much gentler Far East. I ended up spending my time in Macau there, recurring to the casinos only for their convenient free shuttles, which I used as transportation.