Places to visit in

Hong Kong

SoHo (South of Hollywood Road) is a compact, vibrant district on the northern slope of Victoria Peak in Central, Hong Kong. Known as a dining and nightlife hub, SoHo blends colonial-era buildings, narrow lanes, and modern bars/galleries. It exemplifies Hong Kong's mix of Cantonese heritage and international expat culture and is a focal point for contemporary dining, creative industries and nightlife.

Hong Kong Park is an urban oasis in Central Hong Kong, opened in 1991 as part of the city’s efforts to create green public spaces amid dense development. It combines modern landscape design with preserved colonial architecture—most notably the Flagstaff House, the former residence of the Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong, which now houses the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware. The park is important for conservation and environmental education, featuring planted native and exotic trees, landscaped terraces, and an important aviary and conservatory that support birdlife and botanical displays within the city core.

Established in 1864, the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens is one of the oldest public zoological and botanical gardens in the world. It has served as an important green lung and educational site in the heart of Hong Kong Island since the colonial period and showcases a mix of historic landscaping, mature trees and curated plant collections alongside a small collection of animals.

Chi Lin Nunnery is a major Buddhist complex in Diamond Hill, Kowloon, Hong Kong, originally founded in 1934. Rebuilt in the 1990s using traditional Tang dynasty wooden architecture techniques (notably constructed without nails), it stands out as a rare modern example of classical Chinese timber craftsmanship. The site is valued for its religious importance, architectural authenticity, and role as a tranquil cultural oasis within a dense urban area.

Nan Lian Garden is a classical Chinese garden in the Tang dynasty style located in Diamond Hill, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Opened in 2006 and managed together with the adjacent Chi Lin Nunnery, it preserves and promotes traditional Chinese landscaping principles, architecture, and horticulture in an urban setting. The garden is an important cultural and recreational green space for both residents and tourists, demonstrating craftsmanship in timber architecture, rock placement, bonsai cultivation, and water features that reflect Buddhist aesthetics and Chinese garden design philosophies.

Wong Tai Sin Temple (Sik Sik Yuen) is a major Taoist temple complex in Kowloon, Hong Kong, dedicated to the deity Wong Tai Sin (Huang Daxian). Established by the Sik Sik Yuen organisation in the early 20th century, the site blends Taoist, Buddhist and Confucian traditions and has become an integral part of Hong Kong’s religious and cultural life. It is renowned for its role in local spiritual practices—especially healing and wish-fulfillment—and for providing charitable, educational and community services through the Sik Sik Yuen foundation.

Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery (Man Fat Tsz) is a well-known Buddhist site in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong. Founded in the early 1950s, the complex is significant for its large collection of Buddha images and its role as a center for popular Buddhism and local pilgrimage. The monastery blends religious devotion with vernacular Chinese temple architecture and has become an important cultural landmark and tourist attraction in Hong Kong.

Che Kung Temple in Tai Wai (Sha Tin), Hong Kong, is a major cultural and religious site dedicated to General Che Kung, a Song-dynasty military commander revered for protecting the local population from disease and unrest. The temple is an important example of Cantonese temple architecture and plays a central role in the local community’s spiritual life. It is also notable for combining folk religion practices with large-scale public celebrations, making it both historically and culturally significant in Hong Kong.

Kowloon Walled City Park preserves the site and memory of the former Kowloon Walled City, once a densely populated, largely unregulated settlement that grew around a Qing-dynasty military fort. It is important historically as a symbol of complex colonial-era jurisdictional arrangements between Britain and China, culturally as a unique urban phenomenon that housed a tight-knit community with its own businesses and services, and architecturally as a contrast between the former maze-like built environment and the restored traditional Chinese garden now on the site.

Nathan Road is the spine of Kowloon and one of Hong Kong's most famous thoroughfares. Laid out during the late 19th / early 20th century and named after Sir Matthew Nathan (Governor of Hong Kong, 1904–1907), the road became a focal point for colonial-era commercial growth, rapid 20th-century urbanization, and the dense retail culture that defines much of modern Hong Kong. It links major neighbourhoods — Tsim Sha Tsui, Jordan, Yau Ma Tei, Mong Kok and Prince Edward — and showcases the city's layered history from traditional markets and temples to neon-lit shopping strips and international guesthouses.

Temple Street Night Market is one of Hong Kong's most iconic street markets, reflecting the city's vibrant night economy and working-class culture. It developed into a major urban hub after World War II and has long been a place where locals shop, eat, and socialize after hours. The market showcases traditional Cantonese street culture—hawkers, open-air eateries, fortune tellers and occasional Cantonese opera—making it an important cultural attraction in Kowloon.

Ladies' Market (Tung Choi Street) in Mong Kok is one of Hong Kong's most famous street markets, representing the city's vibrant hawker culture and affordable fashion scene. Originating in the mid-20th century and growing through the 1970s, it became known for goods aimed at women—clothing, accessories and beauty items—while evolving into a major tourist attraction and local shopping hub. The market showcases Hong Kong's street-level entrepreneurial spirit and dense urban atmosphere.

Fa Yuen Street, commonly known as "Sneaker Street," is an iconic retail strip in Mong Kok, Kowloon. It developed from a traditional street market into a specialized hub for athletic footwear and street fashion from the late 20th century onward. The street reflects Hong Kong's dynamic street-market culture, vibrant small-business entrepreneurship, and the city's role in Asian sneaker and streetwear trends.

Apliu Street is one of Hong Kong's best-known flea markets, historically rooted in the working-class Sham Shui Po district. It developed after WWII as a place where locals traded second-hand goods, affordable electronics and repair parts—becoming a hub for tinkerers, collectors and bargain hunters. The market reflects Hong Kong's pragmatic, reuse-driven culture and its reputation as a regional electronics and gadget center.

Tung Choi Street North, widely known as the Goldfish Market, is a distinctive street market in Mong Kok, Hong Kong, famous for its dense concentration of pet shops, especially those selling ornamental fish and aquarium supplies. It reflects Hong Kong’s long-standing urban pet-keeping culture and the popularity of ornamental fish in Chinese tradition (symbolizing prosperity, good luck and harmony). The market also illustrates small-scale retail ecosystems in a high-density city and provides insight into local livelihoods tied to specialist trades.

Flower Market (Mong Kok, Hong Kong) is a historic and culturally significant street market specializing in flowers, plants and gardening supplies. Located along Flower Market Road in Mong Kok/Prince Edward, it has long served both local residents and florists across the city as a major wholesale and retail center. The market plays an important role in Hong Kong's seasonal and festival customs—especially the Lunar New Year—when flowers symbolize prosperity, good fortune and fresh starts.

Yuen Po Street Bird Garden is a culturally significant urban garden in Mong Kok, Kowloon, dedicated to the long-standing Cantonese pastime of keeping and listening to songbirds. Established in the early 1990s as a planned replacement for earlier bird bazaars, it preserves and showcases an element of Hong Kong's intangible cultural heritage: the social practice of bird-keeping, bird appreciation, and the specialized craft of making ornate bird cages. The garden acts as a living museum of local customs and a social hub for older generations of Hong Kong residents.

Victoria Park is a major urban public park in Causeway Bay on Hong Kong Island, widely used as a green lung and social gathering space in a dense, commercial district. Named for Queen Victoria and built on reclaimed land in the mid-20th century, the park plays an important civic role — serving everyday recreation, large public events, cultural gatherings and memorials.

Happy Valley Racecourse is one of Hong Kong's oldest and most iconic sporting venues, central to the city's social and sporting life since the mid-19th century. It helped establish horse racing as a major leisure and cultural institution in Hong Kong and is closely tied to the history of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, charity and community fundraising efforts, and the development of the Happy Valley district.

Lantau Island is Hong Kong's largest island and holds great natural, cultural and historical value. It is home to traditional fishing villages, important Buddhist sites such as the Po Lin Monastery and the Tian Tan Buddha (Big Buddha), and areas of protected countryside including Lantau South Country Park. The island also hosts parts of Hong Kong’s maritime history and was historically a site for fishing and salt production. In modern times, Lantau plays a strategic role with Hong Kong International Airport and associated infrastructure on the northern coast.