5 Best Day Trips from Hong Kong

"After a 20-minute trek up the gentle green slopes of Guia Hill, you'll reach Guia Fort, a small stone complex built during the 1600s, which houses the Chapel of Our Lady Guia and a 300-foot-tall white lighthouse. Ambling around the green hillsides is a pleasant way to spend a morning in Macau. (But if you’re not in the mood to walk, there’s also an electric cable car that transports you to the top in about five minutes.) The fortification’s long-range cannons were crucial in protecting Macau from naval attacks by the Dutch in the 1600s, while the white chapel, founded by missionary Clarist nuns, houses a series of beautiful frescoes that combine European and Chinese motifs." - Kate Springer