A serenading gondoliers at The Venetian Hotel Macao

The Venetian Macao is a hotel and casino resort in Macau owned by the Las Vegas Sands corporation. The Venetian is a 40-story, $2.4 billion anchor for the 7 hotels on the Cotai Strip in Macau. The 10,500,000-square-foot (980,000 m2) Venetian Macao is modeled on its sister casino resort – The Venetian in Las Vegas – and is the largest single structure hotel building in Asia, The sixth-largest building in the world by area and the largest casino in the world.

the venetian

The Casino
The casino measures 550,000 sq ft (51,000 m2). It has 4 themed gaming areas namely Golden Fish, Imperial House, Red Dragon and Phoenix. The casino consists of over 3400 slot machines and 800 gambling tables.

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Learn Indonesian history from National Museum

The National Museum of Indonesia (Indonesian: Museum Nasional), is an archaeological historical, ethnological, and geographical museum located in Medan Merdeka Barat street, Central Jakarta, right on the west side of Merdeka Square. Popularly known as Elephant Building (Indonesian: Gedung Gajah) after the elephant statue in its forecourt. Its broad collections cover all of Indonesia's territory and almost all of its history. The museum has endeavoured to preserve Indonesia's heritage for two centuries.

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The museum has a collection of 61,600 prehistoric and anthropological artifacts, and 5000 archaeological artifacts from all over Indonesia and Asia. The museum collections are among the richest, the most complete, and the best of its kind in Indonesia and one of the finest in Southeast Asia.

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A pottery making at Rumah Tanah Baru

Rumah Tanah Baru  (Newland House) is a ceramics gallery belong to F. Widayanto, a famous ceramics maestro in Indonesia, It located on 1st Curug Agung street, Tanah Baru, Beji, Depok, West Java - Indonesia. This area is a suburb of Jakarta. However, If you do not have enough time to go here, you can also visit the gallery at 11th Setiabudi II street, Jakarta.

the main house

It is one of the places often visited by locals especially during school holidays and also foreign tourists.  Rumah Tanah Baru offers a pottery making package, where you can experience the making of your very own ceramic design, having a fun day with clay for you and your children.

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