PARQUE MUNICIPAL DA COLINA DA GUIA

#tripblazers #mytripvlog #2023travelwish #celebratewithtrip #awesomepic. Colina da Guia Municipal Park is located on the largest hill on the Macau Peninsula, it is made up of a multifunctional park that integrates the closest environments and facilities. From here, the vastest and most enchanting panorama of all Macao and the islands can be observed. Colina da Guia Municipal Park is considered one of the "lungs" of the Macau peninsula. In the colonial period, several afforestation projects were implemented during the administration of Governor Tomás de Sousa Rosa, 1883-1886, and due to the extensive planting of pine trees in Southeast China, the hill is also known as “Hill of Pines”. From a biological point of view, this hill is not only a scenic spot rich in natural resources, it is also one of the parks with the most ancient trees in Macau, including the Chinese pines (Pinus massoniana) and, there are also many fig trees. tall (ficus altissima) and camphors exceeding 1 meter in perimeter at breast height (measurement of the circumference of the trunk of a tree 1 meter above the ground). The top of the hill has a children's playground, the south side of the square has a row of large and ancient trees, such as tall fig trees, which are planted on the east side of the Centro de Actividades Turísticas da Colina da Guia, 1 meter high. diameter. In addition, there are still Chinese pines, pagoda trees, sacred fig trees, casuarinas and Chinese evonyms (respectively, pine massoniana, ficus microcarpa, ficus religious, Aleurites moluccana, casuarinaceae, Albizia lebbeck), among other species, plus the shrubs, ferns and herbs that make up a thick middle and lower layer of forest vegetation.