Lantau
The main gods here are Tin Hau, Goddess of the Sea, and notably, Madam Kam Fa, the Goddess of Fertility and protector of infants and pregnant women. Every…
Must-see attractions in Hong Kong
Lantau
Located away from the main street, in a windy spot in Sha Lo Wan Village, this temple has an air of modest quietude. It was built in the 18th century to…
New Territories
This oddly shaped boulder southwest of Sha Tin carries a legend. For many years a fisherman’s wife would stand on this spot in the hills above Lion Rock…
Lamma
Standing in elegant contrast to that carbon dioxide–belching, coal-fired power station, Lamma’s giant wind turbine, dramatically positioned atop the ridge…
New Territories
This sleepy walled village in the hills south of Sheung Shui is seldom visited by outsiders. Like other walled villages still inhabited in Hong Kong, it…
Aberdeen & South Hong Kong Island
At the western end of Stanley Main St, past a tiny Tai Wong shrine and through the Stanley Plaza shopping complex, is a Tin Hau temple. Though built in…
Sai Kung Peninsula
The museum is part of a restored Hakka village typical of those found here in the 19th century. The village was founded about 150 years ago by the Wong…
Hong Kong
Most people go to the Peak for the views or the thrill of ascending Hong Kong's highest point on the Peak Tram. But there are some other lures, including…
Hong Kong
Parts of this erstwhile official residence of the chief executive of Hong Kong, and previously the colonial governors, date to 1855. Other features were…
Sai Ying Pun Community Complex
Hong Kong
A modern high-rise imposed on Victorian remains make up this complex that's fondly nicknamed the High Street Haunted House. The grey stone facade and…
Sai Kung Peninsula
Belonging to the Space Museum, this small park with stargazing facilities (telescopes, star trackers, benches) is located within Chong Hing Water Sports…
New Territories
Butterfly lovers will enjoy this reserve in a forested ravine behind Fung Yuen village just 2km northeast of Tai Po town. There are theoretically 180…
New Territories
The banks of this 7km-long river running from Tai Wai through downtown Sha Tin to end in Tolo Harbour are pleasant for a stroll or jog in the morning or…
New Territories
Bus 91 passes Silverstrand beach north of Hang Hau before reaching Tai Au Mun; if you wish, you can get off near the small, narrow strip of sand for a dip…
Hong Kong
Because clearly what the Peak needs is more shops, the Galleria mall was being expanded at the time of writing. It remains partially open during the…
New Territories
This large Taoist temple complex, rebuilt in 1993, is on the opposite bank of the Shing Mun River channel. It’s dedicated to Che Kung, a Song-dynasty…
Yuen Long
The 'Two Emperors Study Hall' was erected by the Tang clan in the 19th century as a school and a shrine to the God of Literature and the God of War to…
Yuen Long
Completely eclipsed by the high-rises next to it, the small, three-storey Pagoda of Assembled Stars on the Ping Shan Heritage Trail is one of Hong Kong's…
Sai Kung Peninsula
The lavishly restored Tin Hau Temple and Kwan Tai Temple in Sai Kung Town appear as a single structure with a shared courtyard and separate entrances and…
Lamma
The three so-called Kamikaze Caves, grottoes measuring 10m wide and 30m deep, were built by the occupying Japanese forces to house motorboats wired with…
Aberdeen & South Hong Kong Island
Stanley Main Beach is crammed with sun-worshippers, passing windsurfers, and a few serious swimmers. Dragon boat teams practising here on weekends paddle…
New Territories
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…
Hong Kong
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
Hong Kong
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…
Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island
This greenhouse in Hong Kong Park takes visitors through fairly lacklustre floral displays, including a dry 'desert' room showing cacti and other drought…
Hong Kong
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…
New Territories
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…
Aberdeen & South Hong Kong Island
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…
Hong Kong
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
Aberdeen & South Hong Kong Island
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…
Outlying Islands
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…
Lantau
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…
Aberdeen & South Hong Kong Island
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.
Lantau
There are good views of the mountains from this small Buddhist monastery, hidden away inside the South Lantau Country Park.
Outlying Islands
You'll find plenty of dried seafood, plus staples such as vegetables, rice and meat, at this traditional food market.
