Central Plaza, one of Hong Kong’s tallest buildings, looks garish with its glass skin of three colours – gold, silver and terracotta. It's possible to access the 46th floor for panoramic harbour views. Central Plaza provides direct connection to Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre and Wan Chai MTR station through an elevated pedestrian footbridge.
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
2. Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre
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This enormous waterfront expo centre, a leading venue for large trade fairs and conventions including Art Basel Hong Kong, was built in 1988…
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This unspectacular-looking sports ground is in fact the social hub of old Wan Chai, offering a cross-section of life in the hood at any time of the day…
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Housed in repurposed heritage buildings, this cultural cluster is entirely themed on the medium of comics and anime. A brief ground-floor display…
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A 6m-tall statue of Hong Kong’s symbol, the flower of the Bauhinia blakeana orchid tree, stands on the waterfront in front to mark the establishment of…
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Nestled in a nook on the southern side of Queen’s Rd East, this dark and rather forbidding temple is built atop huge boulders that used to overlook the…
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This tiny colonial-style building served as the Wan Chai post office between 1915–92. These days it's a resource centre operated by the Environmental…
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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…