Must-see attractions in Hong Kong

  • Stanley Main Beach

    Stanley Main Beach is crammed with sun-worshippers, passing windsurfers, and a few serious swimmers. Dragon boat teams practising here on weekends paddle…

  • Old House at Wong Uk Village

    This grey-brick house inside Wong Uk Garden is all that's left of an 18th-century village that served as a hub for merchants who plied the trade route…

  • City Gallery

    This museum attached to Hong Kong City Hall is dedicated to local infrastructure projects, past, present and future. Some of the most interesting sections…

  • ᠎Western District Community Centre

    Offices and amenity rooms occupy this red-brick Georgian house at the junction of Western St and Third St. The listed building was opened in 1922 as the…

  • Forsgate Conservatory

    This greenhouse in Hong Kong Park takes visitors through fairly lacklustre floral displays, including a dry 'desert' room showing cacti and other drought…

  • Possession Street

    Just before Hollywood Rd meets Queen’s Rd West is Possession St, where Commodore Gordon Bremmer and a contingent of British marines planted the Union Jack…

  • Tin Hau Temple

    This Tin Hau temple was built in the 18th century and retains the original bell and stele from the Qing dynasty. It was moved to this residential property…

  • Old Stanley Police Station

    This two-storey colonial building in Stanley Village is Hong Kong's oldest surviving police station and is now occupied by a Wellcome supermarket. You…

  • Jardine House

    This 52-storey silver monolith punctured by 1750 porthole-like windows was Hong Kong’s first true ‘skyscraper’ when it opened in 1973. Inevitably the…

  • Hong Kong Correctional Services Museum

    Mock cells, gallows and flogging stands are the gruesome draws at this museum, about 500m southeast of Stanley Village Rd, which traces the history of…

  • Cemetery

    Peak Rd is the main route to the island’s cemetery in the southwestern part of the island; you’ll pass several pavilions along the way built for coffin…

  • Hau Wong Temple

    Facing Tung Chung Bay is this double-roofed temple, founded at the end of the Song dynasty. It contains a bell dating from 1765 that's inscribed by the…

  • Tai Wong Shrine

    This small shrine near the western end of Stanley Main St serves as a reminder that Stanley was once a fishing village, if nothing else.

  • Yin Hing Monastery

    There are good views of the mountains from this small Buddhist monastery, hidden away inside the South Lantau Country Park.

  • Cheung Chau Market

    You'll find plenty of dried seafood, plus staples such as vegetables, rice and meat, at this traditional food market.