Hong Kong Destinations & City Guides

Central is Hong Kong's architectural and culinary heart, climbing dramatically from sleek waterfront towers up forested Victoria Peak ridges via the 1888 Peak Tram. Stroll beneath restored colonial verandas at Tai Kwun heritage arts complex, explore Man Mo incense coils on Hollywood Road, and enjoy effortless ferry links across Victoria Harbour.

Across the harbour from Hong Kong Island, Kowloon commands the most famous panoramic skyline view in Asia. Wake up in iconic hotels along Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront looking directly at Hong Kong Island's illuminated towers, take heritage afternoon tea at The Peninsula, and dive into Temple Street Night Market, Jade Market, and Mong Kok flower lanes.

Surprisingly rural and forested despite housing the international airport, Lantau Island reveals Hong Kong's wild mountainous green heart. Ride the scenic 25-minute Ngong Ping 360 glass-bottomed cable car above South China Sea coves to the 34-metre bronze Tian Tan Giant Buddha, dine on vegetarian Po Lin Monastery lunches, and take wooden sampans through historic stilt houses in Tai O fishing village.

Across the lush green spine of Hong Kong Island lies a Mediterranean-feeling seaside Riviera linking Repulse Bay's golden crescent, historic Stanley Waterfront Market, and Aberdeen's traditional fishing typhoon shelter. It is the ideal sunlit contrast to downtown neon skylines, pairing easy ridge hikes along Dragon's Back with al-fresco cocktails overlooking turquoise bays.