St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery — Local services in São Lázaro

We recently visited the St. Michael Chapel and Cemetery during a recent trip to Macau. The small blue chapel was quite lovely both on the inside and outside and we found the Catholic cemetery itself to be quite interesting, filled with tombs, crosses, statues with Portuguese and some Chinese etchings. The oldest markings we found were from the 1860's I believe but I'm sure there were older tombs to be found here.

If you are planning to visit this area of Macau, you can also see the beautiful St. Lazarus district and the decent St. Lazarus Church just a few minutes walk in the direction of the Historic Centre of Macau. Also, in just a few minutes walk down the street from the cemetery grounds, you will find the nice Tap Seac Square area. Then if you proceed up Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeidia, which is lined with beautifully painted houses, you will find the impressive Lou Lam Ieoc Gardens, one of our top spots in all of Macau.

Overall, we enjoyed our St. Michael Cemetery grounds and chapel visit but wouldn’t consider this a priority attraction for Macau. However, if you plan to spend some time seeing the attractions east of the city centre, this is a good place to spend a...

An old cemetery located in the heart of Macao City. There's a little chapel in the centre of this cemetery. The ambient is very calm, because there's no visitor when I visit. The tombs have baroque ornament, Saint and Angel statue. I don't have guide, so I don't know this place...

PLEASE DO NOT TAKE A SELFIE In front of THE TOMBSTONE!!! It literally gives no respect to people there. I have seen lots of tourists taking selfies. It’s not respectful at all. It’s good to visit the chapel n pray or just browse around. But not...