Chapel of Our Lady of Penha — Attraction in São Lourenço

Our Lady of Penha Church is a modest church and has a rather simple interior and exterior, making it a lower priority visit for those interested in seeing more attractive churches in Macau or those which are included in the Macau World Heritage collection.

However, visits to the church can be enjoyable as it is perched upon a hill, providing impressive views to the south and northwest from the location of the Our Lady of Penha Church.

Just below the church is a public park area with many benches as well. This makes a nice place to visit and relax for those looking to escape the more crowded areas of Macau like those more commonly visited around Senado Square and the Ruins of St. Paul. Here you find peace, quite and when sky conditions are favourable, some lovely panorama views of the south, facing Macau Tower towards Cotai Island.

On the other side of the church, there is another nice viewpoint looking over the western area of the Macau Peninsula and over into China. There is a public bathroom and fast...

On 21nov2024. Sunny. Rain finally stop. Early morning start our day of sightseeings.

Walk up the hill from Ama Temple. Slow & steady. Took us half an hour. The weather is cool 20°C.

Beautiful lookout from Chapel of Our lady of Penha. Built on mountain. Can see the whole of Macau Penisula, especially Macau Tower. High rise hotel & casinos.Very impressive.

We spent sometime in the Chapel. Atmosphere of silence. Prayer.

A few worshippers in prayer.

A lot of tourists /visitors too.

Daily schedule started from 3.30am to 8pm.

Holy Eucharist. Weekday. 8am. Sunday 9.15am.

Both are conducted in English.

Offering box is available in the Chapel.

No Entrance fee. All...

Penha Church, is a small church pray to the patron saint of seafarers. There is a marble sculpture of the Madonna. Overlooking the half island of Macau, beautiful environment. Bishop hill next to the Chapel, built in 1622 in the Fort, Palace of simple, trails weave, used for mass prayers in Portuguese soldiers. Around 1892, demolished the old Castle and to gradually extend the Chapel, rebuilt in 1835 to become today the grand scale. Church building Tower Gatehouse as the mainstay, triangle standing on the roof of the Virgin Mary statue, right as the Bell Tower of the Church, belfry towering,...