As I wrote about in my 1 night in Macau post a few weeks back, I have joined and earned quite a lot of points with Sands Rewards, and this has given me the possibility of free stays with the Sands Group in Macau. I therefore grabbed the chance for the free stay, and called the reservation hotline as soon as I was back from Macau, and asked for a night stay at the Venetian hotel. Unfortunately that was not available, but they offered me a choice between The Parisian of the Sheraon instead, and I then choose The Parisian, as it looks really impressive from the outside.
Date of stay: November 28-29, 2019
Price: free.
So just like last time I took the bus going to Macau, the only difference this time was that I took the green minibus 901 from just outside my flat and straight to the HZMB border. The price for that bus was 5.6 HKD I believe.
I arrived at the check-in at the Parisian at 14:05, and had to fall in line for about 15 minutes before it was my time to check in. The check-in lobby is huge and really nice looking, walls and the ceiling are covered with large, old style paintings.
When it was my turn to be served my reservation was quickly located, and I was given the choice between smoking and non-smoking room, and single or 2 double beds. I was then pointed in the direction of the north tower wing, and my room was 29-165, which was a corner room on the 29th floor.
I am again a bit surprised that they give such nice rooms for the free stays, I would have assumed that they would give the less nice location ones away for free and let the paying customers have the nicer rooms? But I guess maybe it is the other way around, since I spend (relatively) quite a lot of money at the casino they might want to give us the nicer rooms so we keep coming back?
The room was nice and spacious, it had a large bed, and a nice, soft carpet on the floor. I was a bit surprised though that there were windows on only one side, being the corner room I hoped for windows on 2 walls, but that was not the case.
The room had a great view to the south, overlooking the swimming pools. Studio City and the golfcourse in the distance.
Looking from the room, the swimmingpool area looks awesome, in particular for the kids, with lots of water-park like features. It was getting a bit chilly when I was there, so I did not go for a closeup look of the pool though…
My room had as I said a large bed, and then there was a very comfortable 2-seater sofa next to the windows.
Then there was a small work-desk, an entertainment unit and maybe the larges TV I have seen in a hotel room, probably 60 inches.
The work-desk came with several connectors for charging your electronic equipment, USB connections and network cable, in addition to a HDMI connection so you can connect your laptop easily to the TV.
In the wardrobe as you enter the room there were slipper, and also a set of drawers with a safe on top, which went into the drawers, which I have not seen before.
There were also bathrobes available.
Then on top of the wardrobe was one of my favorite things in hotel rooms – warm, extra blankets!
The bathroom was also spacious, and done in white marble.
There was both a shower and a bathtub.
But the bathtub was only ment for children or Asians…..
Then on the sink there were 2 bottles of complimentary water
Then there were the normal collection of disposable toiletries and soap
Then back in the main room there was something I had never seen before in a hotel – a pillow menu!
However, I was happy with the pillows that was in the bed already, so I did not take advantage of this service, but I kind of regret it, I would have liked to see how it worked 😀
On top of the bed there were a couple of smart fold-out reading lights.
In the TV bench there was a minibar (which was automatically charge, so even if you just get a drink and put it back it will be registered as removed), and a kettle and complimentary coffee and tea.
The minibar was quite expensive, so I didn’t take anything from there, just one trick to remember, there is unlimited complimentary water available in the casinos, so if you run out of water in the room, just head down to the casino and grab a few bottles there instead of paying 20+ HKD in the room.
Exploring the rest of the hotel I was amazed by the decorations in the main hallways of the ground floor, huge chandeliers and painted ceilings.
Then in the main lobby they had put up some weird Christmas decoration, a huge upside-down Christmas tree suspended from the dome….
I much prefer the dome without the tree hanging there…
Overall I must say it was a great hotel, highly recommended, and the staff was really good. Value for money I can’t complain about (as the room was free), but even at current rates (about 1000 HKD per night) it is really good value for money.
While out for a walk later I ended up next to the river separating Macau from mainland China, it is amazing how close it is across…
