Yuen Long
Located along the western edge of Shui Tau Tsuen, Tang Kwong U Ancestral Hall was built in the Qing dynasty. It was turned into shops in the '50s, a metal…
Must-see attractions in Hong Kong
Kowloon
This red-brick church with Protestant roots was constructed in 1930 with money from an English businessman of Armenian descent. It was built in a neo…
Aberdeen & South Hong Kong Island
A quiet little inlet with a beach flanked by shade trees, Deep Water Bay is a few kilometres northwest of Repulse Bay. There is a handful of places to eat…
Lamma
Sham Wan is a beautiful bay in the south of the island that can be reached from Tung O Wan by clambering over the hills. A trail on the left about 200m up…
Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island
Extending over floors four and five of the Arts Centre, due east of the Academy for the Performing Arts, are the Pao Galleries, which are known to host…
Outlying Islands
East of the ferry pier and just south of Tung Wan beach is Kwun Yam Wan, a quiet spot popular with windsurfers. Go up the footpath and look for the sign…
Lantau
Along South Lantau Rd is a succession of beaches that attract surfers, beach-goers and retirees alike. Just 5km southwest of Mui Wo, Pui O has a decent…
New Territories
Housed in the former Tai Po Market train station (built in 1913 in traditional Chinese style), this small museum is a fun stop for trainspotters and…
Hong Kong Space Museum & Theatre
Kowloon
Updated in 2016, this golf-ball-shaped museum on the waterfront has a new permanent exhibition, 'journey of space exploration', together with high-tech 3D…
Aberdeen & South Hong Kong Island
Black Kite brewery on the 11th floor makes beer under the Black Kite and Kowloon Bay labels. It's a basic set-up with just equipment inside a white-walled…
New Territories
From Tai Au Mun, Tai Au Mun Rd leads south to two fine, sandy beaches: Clearwater Bay First Beach (清水灣一灘) and, a bit further southwest, Clearwater Bay…
Lantau
Just east of Mui Wo town, Silvermine Bay beach is a popular spot for day trippers. The long, wide beach fringed by houses and a few small hotels is not…
Aberdeen & South Hong Kong Island
Pékin Fine Arts, hidden deep within a gritty industrial building in Wong Chuk Hang, specialises in Chinese contemporary art. At this small Hong Kong…
Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island
Not so long ago the waterfront in Causeway Bay was a mass of junks and sampans huddling in the typhoon shelter for protection, but these days it’s nearly…
Lamma
The clean and relatively uncrowded beach at Mo Tat Wan is a mere 20-minute coastal path walk (1.3km) east of Sok Kwu Wan village. Mo Tat Wan is OK for…
Ap Lei Chau Waterfront Promenade
Aberdeen & South Hong Kong Island
Directly facing Aberdeen Promenade across the typhoon shelter, Ap Lei Chau Waterfront Promenade is where commuter ferries from Aberdeen stop. People in…
Kowloon
This nonprofit visual-art organisation is one of the most active tenants inside the Cattle Depot Artist Village, holding regular exhibitions of high…
Kowloon
This lovely historical monument, built in 1883, is sadly not open to the public, except for two days in March every year (see website for dates). It…
Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island
A raised wooden walkway snakes through a netted area of tropical trees at this aviary at the top of Hong Kong Park, offering branch-level views of some 80…
Outlying Islands
On the northern coast of the island is one of the earliest and largest in-situ rock carvings in the territory. The tortuous lines of the dragon-shaped…
Former French Mission Building
Hong Kong
This handsome red brick building was built in the mid-1800s and renovated to its current Edwardian glory in 1917 by the French Society of Foreign Missions…
New Territories
In the middle of the Tai Po Market street, the double-hall Man Mo Temple from the late 19th century is a centre of worship for the Tai Po area. Jointly…
Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre
Kowloon
These factory premises that used to churn out shoes and watches have now been taken over by artists and creatives. Many studios are closed on weekdays,…
Lantau
The beach at Tong Fuk is not Lantau's nicest, but the village has holiday flats, several shops and restaurants, and its distance from Mui Wo means it's…
Hong Kong Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Hong Kong
This Gothic-revival cathedral was built in 1888 and financed largely by the Portuguese faithful from Macau. If taking the bus, alight at Caritas Centre on…
Hong Kong
In the perpetually under-construction waterfront area near Central Piers, this 60m enclosed Ferris wheel is hardly the highest spot in Hong Kong, but is…
Aberdeen & South Hong Kong Island
A short walk south of Stanley village is this great little bolt-hole that handily comes with a cafe, showers and changing rooms. In summer you can hire…
Outlying Islands
The water at the otherwise pleasant Tung Wan beach, a five-minute walk from the ferry pier, is too dirty for swimming and is not served by lifeguards, but…
Lamma
This community art space hosts exhibitions and classes, as well as art-jamming and music-jamming sessions for children and adults, and sometimes the whole…
Kowloon
This neoclassical brick building once housed a Victorian pumping station. It now serves as a function space for the Yau Ma Tei Theatre nearby.
Hong Kong
This stone monument is an exact replica of the cenotaph in Whitehall, London. It was originally built to honour Hong Kong's WWI dead, and later modified…
Chinese University of Hong Kong
New Territories
A koi-filled pond, views of Tolo Harbour, and lots of trees where migratory birds sometimes roost make this a very pleasant campus to have a stroll in.
Outlying Islands
This small temple is dedicated to Kwun Yam, the goddess of mercy. A footpath uphill from the southeastern end of Kwun Yam Wan will lead you here.
Outlying Islands
This small 200-year-old temple is dedicated to Tin Hau, goddess of the sea, a most important deity for a sea-centric island like Cheung Chau.
Lantau
Once a fortification against pirates, this 19th-century tower makes for a photogenic ruin, with vines bursting forth from its windows.
Lantau
This granite watchtower was built in the late 19th century for defence against pirates, and now makes for a scenic ruin.
Outlying Islands
This small temple houses a 2.5m statue of the god Kwan Kung, a Han dynasty general, made from a whole camphor tree.
New Territories
This large banyan tree, laden with coloured paper streamers tied to oranges, was long considered a good luck spot. The idea was to write your wish on a…
Aberdeen & South Hong Kong Island
The long beach with tawny sand at Repulse Bay is visited by Chinese tourist groups year-round and, needless to say, is packed on weekends in summer. It’s…
Lantau
Before 1994 Tung Chung, on Lantau’s northern coast, was an inaccessible farming village. Less than four years later, it was transformed into a new town…
