Flights to Hong Kong City

From the airport to the harbour

Buy an Airport Express ticket or an Octopus card at the counters in the arrivals hall, then ride to Kowloon station for Tsim Sha Tsui hotels or to Hong Kong station for Central and Sheung Wan. Red urban taxis queue outside the terminal, and the drive to Tsim Sha Tsui takes 30 to 40 minutes outside rush hour. On the way home, several airlines let you drop bags at Hong Kong or Kowloon station before boarding the train. Check current UK government travel advice and your insurance before you go.

Central and Sheung Wan

Central packs banks, rooftop bars and the Mid-Levels escalator, an 800-metre chain of covered walkways that carries commuters uphill. West along Hollywood Road, antique dealers lead to Man Mo Temple, built in the 1840s and hung with coils of incense. Sheung Wan's side streets sell dried seafood, herbs and tea, and PMQ, the former police married quarters, now holds design studios and small shops. Double-decker trams, nicknamed ding-dings, rattle along the north shore for a flat fare.

Kowloon after dark

The Tsim Sha Tsui promenade runs past the Clock Tower, a surviving piece of the old Kowloon-Canton Railway terminus, to the Avenue of Stars, and looks straight across at the Island skyline. Inland, Temple Street Night Market fills each evening with stalls of clothes, gadgets and fortune tellers, while clay-pot rice cooks at pavement tables. Further north in Mong Kok, the Ladies' Market, the Goldfish Market and Flower Market Road show everyday Hong Kong shopping.

Museums, views and day trips

M+ and the Hong Kong Palace Museum both stand in the West Kowloon Cultural District, linked by a harbour-front park. After riding up to Victoria Peak, walk the shaded, mostly level loop along Lugard Road for views over the harbour. For a slower day, the stilt-house fishing village of Tai O on Lantau pairs well with a last night near the airport.

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