Top choice in Kowloon
Savour organic wild mushrooms with rice or noodles, and impeccable veggie dim sum such as steamed asparagus with lily bulbs and truffle, as an artificial waterfall cascades over enormous windows at this refined Chinese restaurant in the ornamental Nan Lian Garden. If you're coming to the Chi Lin Nunnery next door, it's a must visit.
Do reserve ahead, especially on weekends, and note the minimum charge of HK$120 per person at lunch (and a little more for dinner).
19.88 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,…
5.17 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…
5.82 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…
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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…
High Island Reservoir East Dam
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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…
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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…
13.33 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,…
2.98 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…
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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…
2. Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple
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A devout ensemble of halls, shrines, pavilions and altars, this busy temple is a destination for all walks of Hong Kong society, from pensioners and…
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Try to imagine that this 1.2-hectare ornamental park, built by the British in the early 1990s, was just a few years earlier one of the most infamous…
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This nonprofit visual-art organisation is one of the most active tenants inside the Cattle Depot Artist Village, holding regular exhibitions of high…
5. Cattle Depot Artist Village
1.57 MILES
This century-old slaughterhouse deep in the entrails of Kowloon has been reincarnated into an artists’ village, its red-brick buildings housing studios…
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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…
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Clara and Gum, the founders of this edgy art space up three flights of stairs in a residential building, are passionate about nurturing the local art…
8. Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre
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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,…