The Cotai Strip

Imagine a strip of land just over a kilometer and a half long, where replicas of the greatest architectural symbols of Europe have appeared in just two decades. Here, the Eiffel Tower stands next to Big Ben, and gondolas with singing gondoliers glide under the windows of Venetian palaces. This is the Cotai Strip — a man-made marvel that transformed Macao from a modest Portuguese colony into the gambling capital of the world.