Must-see attractions in Hong Kong

  • Po Lin Monastery & Big Buddha

    Lantau

    Po Lin is a huge Buddhist monastery and temple complex that was built in 1924. Today it seems more of a tourist honeypot than a religious retreat,…

  • Peak Tram
Hong Kong's Peak Tram going up an incline

    Peak Tram

    Hong Kong

    This cable-hauled funicular railway has been scaling the 396m ascent to the highest point on Hong Kong Island since 1888. A ride on this clanking tram is…

  • Winter sunrise over Hong Kong from the Peak, at Victoria Peak

    Victoria Peak

    Hong Kong

    Standing at 552m, Victoria Peak is the highest point on Hong Kong Island. It is also one of the most visited spots by tourists, and it’s not hard to see…

  • Man Po Daoist Temple, Hong Kong

    Man Mo Temple

    Hong Kong

    One of Hong Kong’s oldest temples and a declared monument, atmospheric Man Mo Temple is dedicated to the gods of literature (‘Man’), holding a writing…

  • High Island Reservoir East Dam

    Sai Kung Peninsula

    Handsome architecture, the South China Sea, and 140-million-year-old volcanic rocks make this one of Hong Kong's most breathtaking places. High Island…

  • Traditional junks on display at Hong Kong Museum of History, Tsim Sha Tsui.

    Hong Kong Museum of History

    Kowloon

    Prepare to be whisked through millennia of Hong Kong history at this extraordinary museum, starting with prehistory (don't linger, the best is yet to come…

  • Lai Chi Wo

    Sha Tau Kok

    Part of Hong Kong Global Geopark, 400-year-old Lai Chi Wo is Hong Kong's best-preserved Hakka walled village and has an intact woodland. With 200 houses,…

  • Temple Street Night Market, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon

    Temple Street Night Market

    Kowloon

    When night falls and neon buzzes, Hong Kong's liveliest market rattles into life. Covering multiple city blocks from Man Ming Lane in the north to Nanking…

  • Nan Lian Garden, Diamond Hill, Kowloon

    Chi Lin Nunnery

    Kowloon

    One of Hong Kong's most arresting and tranquil escapes, this Buddhist complex, originally dating from the 1930s, was rebuilt completely of wood (and not a…

  • Skyline in Central Hong Kong Left to right: Bank of China Tower, Cheung Kong Centre, Bank of China building, HSBC headqurters, Standard Chartered Bank.

    HSBC Building

    Hong Kong

    This remarkable building, designed by British architect Sir Norman Foster in 1985, has stood the test of time – more than 30 years on, its magnetism can…

  • [UNVERIFIED CONTENT] Wan Chai traditional looking Blue House in Hong Kong...In this photo, an exhibit of the Hong Kong tram is being hosted to celebrate its 100th anniversary.

    Blue House Cluster

    Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island

    A rare heritage protection success story, the 1920s Blue House is one of Hong Kong's last surviving wooden tenement buildings. The graceful, four-storey…

  • Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple

    Kowloon

    A devout ensemble of halls, shrines, pavilions and altars, this busy temple is a destination for all walks of Hong Kong society, from pensioners and…

  • China, Hong Kong, Kowloon. A statue of Cult figure Bruce Lee is silhouetted on the Hong Kong waterfront. The Avenue of the Stars on the Tsim Sha Tsui East Promenade pays homage to the stars of the Hong Kong film industry.

    Tsim Sha Tsui East Promenade

    Kowloon

    One of the finest city skylines in the world has to be that of Hong Kong Island, and the promenade here is one of the best ways to get an uninterrupted…

  • Aberdeen Promenade

    Aberdeen Promenade

    Aberdeen & South Hong Kong Island

    Tree-lined Aberdeen Promenade runs from west to east on Aberdeen Praya Rd across the water from Ap Lei Chau. On its western end is sprawling Aberdeen…

  • Hong Kong Wetland Park

    Hong Kong Wetland Park

    Yuen Long

    This 60-hectare ecological park is a window on the wetland ecosystems of the northwest New Territories. The natural trails, bird hides and viewing…

  • Interior of Pak Tai Temple

    Pak Tai Temple

    Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island

    A short stroll up Stone Nullah Lane takes you to a majestic Taoist temple built in 1863 to honour a god of the sea, Pak Tai. The temple, the largest on…

  • Tai Kwun

    Hong Kong

    The long-awaited reinvention of Hong Kong's Central Police Station as a heritage and arts complex was completed in May 2018. It's impressive and vast,…

  • PMQ

    Hong Kong

    This arts and lifestyle hub occupies the multistorey modernist building complex of the old married police quarters (c 1951). Dozens of small galleries and…

  • Chun Yeung Street Market

    Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island

    Hop on a tram bound for North Point, and past Fortress Hill you’ll turn into a narrow street teeming with market stalls and old tenement buildings. This…

  • Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence

    Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island

    Housed in a coastal fort (c 1887) that guarded the eastern sea entrance into Hong Kong harbour (via the narrow Lei Yue Mun Channel), this excellent museum…

  • Young Master Brewery

    Aberdeen & South Hong Kong Island

    Young Master Ales has moved to a new street-level location in Wong Chuk Hang. Merchandise is sold in the front, while at the back, the brewing system,…

  • Ping Shan Heritage Trail

    Yuen Long

    Hong Kong's first-ever heritage trail features historic buildings belonging to the Tangs, the first and the most powerful of the 'Five Clans'. Highlights…

  • Hong Kong Heritage Museum

    New Territories

    Southwest of Sha Tin town centre, this spacious, high-quality museum inside an ugly building gives a peek into local history and culture. Highlights…

  • Shanghai Street

    Kowloon

    Strolling down Shanghai St will return you to a time long past. Once Kowloon’s main drag, it's flanked by shops selling Chinese wedding gowns, sandalwood…

  • Asia Society Hong Kong Centre

    Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island

    Hong Kong's Asia Society moved to these fabulous new digs in 2012, enclosing an art gallery, theatre, restaurant and gift shop all open to the public. The…

  • Pak Sing Ancestral Hall

    Hong Kong

    In the 19th century many Chinese who left home in search of better horizons died overseas. As it was the wish of traditional Chinese to be buried in their…

  • Hong Kong Global Geopark

    Sai Kung Peninsula

    Part of the Unesco Geopark network, this spectacular geopark consists of two regions of formations: volcanic rock from 140 million years ago that often…

  • Hong Kong Park

    Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island

    A hillside oasis squeezed between Central and Admiralty, Hong Kong Park was built in 1991 over part of the former Victoria Barracks. Terraced landscaping…

  • Hong Kong Maritime Museum

    Hong Kong

    This multilayered museum records 2000 years of Chinese maritime history and the development of the Port of Hong Kong. Exhibits include ceramics from China…

  • Tin Hau Temple

    Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island

    Hong Kong Island’s most famous Tin Hau (Goddess of the Sea) temple has lent its name to an entire neighbourhood, a metro station and a street. It has been…

  • Tai O Fishing Village @ Hong Kong_1821

    Tai O

    Lantau

    On weekends, droves of visitors trek to the far-flung west coast of Lantau to see a fascinating way of life. Here in Tai O, historical home to the Tanka…

  • Joss House Bay Tin Hau Temple

    New Territories

    This far-flung structure along Tai Au Mun Rd is the largest, oldest and one of the territory's most important Tin Hau temples, hence the title 'Big Temple…

  • Stilt Houses

    Lantau

    Tai O's remaining stilt houses stand over the waterway, scrunched up against each other for support. Some have ladders descending to boats, the vehicle of…

  • Tai O Kwan Tai Temple

    Lantau

    Tai O's oldest temple, raised in the 15th century (Ming dynasty), is dedicated to Kwan Tai, a deified general known as the God of War. It was renovated in…

  • Kowloon Park

    Kowloon

    Built on the site of a barracks for an Indian regiment of the British Army, Kowloon Park is an oasis of greenery and a refreshing escape from the Nathan…

  • Nam Kok Tsui Lighthouse

    Outlying Islands

    Po Toi Island has a handful of sites where you can stargaze. The lighthouse is the most ideal – a reasonable distance (1.5km) to hike from the pier with…

  • Reclining Rocks

    Outlying Islands

    In the southwestern corner of Cheung Chau are five giant eroded rocks on a cliff, like something from Chinese mythology. The largest of the scenic…

  • Shui Hau Beach

    Lantau

    Lantau's largest stretch of mudflat, Shui Hau Beach, is lovely, with rippled black sand mirroring the sky and mangroves teeming with crustaceans and clams…

  • 500px Photo ID: 75122263 - Sea birds at Mai Po Nature Reserve of Hong Kong

    Mai Po Nature Reserve

    Yuen Long

    The 270-hectare nature reserve includes the Mai Po Visitor Centre at the northeastern end, where you must register; the Mai Po Education Centre to the…

  • A visitor to the Kowloon walled city park walks through the Moon Gate.

    Kowloon Walled City Park

    Kowloon

    Try to imagine that this 1.2-hectare ornamental park, built by the British in the early 1990s, was just a few years earlier one of the most infamous…

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