Like a sci-fi set from Blade Runner, this gritty, impossibly dense and vertiginous cluster of colourful apartments is one of the most instagrammed sights in the city (especially since it appeared in a Transformers film). As a result, photography has been banned for the sake of the residents, but you can sneak a (quiet) peek by entering at 1026-28 King's Rd.
Yik Cheong Building
Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
Victoria Peak
4.35 MILES
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 Mo Temple
3.97 MILES
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
11.69 MILES
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…
Peak Tram
3.44 MILES
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…
Hong Kong Museum of History
2.55 MILES
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…
Po Lin Monastery & Big Buddha
19.6 MILES
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,…
Lai Chi Wo
16.91 MILES
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
3.26 MILES
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…
Nearby Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island attractions
1. Para Site
0.53 MILES
Art fans will be genuinely thrilled to discover this hidden gem of a gallery and exhibition space on the top floor of an office tower. Created and curated…
2. Hong Kong Film Archive
0.66 MILES
The archive is a cinephile's heaven. Its resource centre has over 6300 reels and tapes, as well as magazines and scripts related to Hong Kong cinema…
3. Chun Yeung Street Market
1.05 MILES
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…
4. State Theatre Building
1.15 MILES
Look up past the crumbling facade and you'll see flying buttresses on the roof, like a whale carcass. The last of Hong Kong's post-WWII luxury theatres,…
5. Tin Hau Temple
1.27 MILES
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…
6. Lin Fa Temple
1.28 MILES
You'll recognise this unusual-looking temple by its semi-octagonal hall and its verandah with Western-style balustrades, both of which have survived…
7. Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence
1.51 MILES
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…
8. Victoria Park
1.52 MILES
Built on land reclaimed from the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter, Victoria Park is the biggest patch of public greenery on Hong Kong Island. The best time to…