Guidebook for Hong Kong
Food Scene
one of the best italian restaurant and definitely the best pizza in town, good vibe and ambience the place to be in sheung wan, amazing quality restaurant
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208
208 Hollywood Roadone of the best italian restaurant and definitely the best pizza in town, good vibe and ambience the place to be in sheung wan, amazing quality restaurant
original thay issan restaurant, amazing thay street food
107 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Chachawan
206 Hollywood Rdoriginal thay issan restaurant, amazing thay street food
22 Ships
22 Ship Stbest tapas in town
Duddell's
1 Duddell Stchinese restaurant with stile, 1 michelin star
aqua
15 Middle Rdbest view in town
Mitte
1A Upper Station StEverything Else
Macau Ferry station
few steps away
best place to buy electronics at cheaper price than high roads. ask for guantee
Cam2 (by Conxell Digital Ltd.) - Wan Chai Computer Centre
best place to buy electronics at cheaper price than high roads. ask for guantee
The Peak
highest view in town
Drinks & Nightlife
Salon Number 10
10號 Arbuthnot Rdtrendy bar
Drop
Hollywood Roadlate hours club
Volar
38-44 D'Aguilar Stdisco club in central
Essentials
So many options to make the laundry, but our recommendation is the next place:
No. 1 Laundry
Queen's Road West, 193, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong.
MTR Exit 1
Business hours: 8:00 am to 8:30 pm.
Closed on Wednesdays.
Tel: 2803 7613
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193 Queen's Rd W
193 Queen's Road WestSo many options to make the laundry, but our recommendation is the next place:
No. 1 Laundry
Queen's Road West, 193, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong.
MTR Exit 1
Business hours: 8:00 am to 8:30 pm.
Closed on Wednesdays.
Tel: 2803 7613
Parks & Nature
Looking for a beach?
Cheung Sha Beaches, Lantau
Most visitors to Lantau Island aim for the orderly sands of Silvermine Bay, the closest beach to the ferry port at Mui Wo, but better swimming can be had along Lantau's southern coast at Upper and Lower Cheung Sha Beaches.
These are the longest stretches of sand in Hong Kong, ringed by peaks and, closer by, South African restaurant The Stoep, and High Tide, a Thai-Chinese eatery where most of the ingredients are grown in its garden. Just beyond Lower Cheung Sha Beach is Tong Fuk, another fine stretch of wild sand and sea edged with rocks.
• After getting the ferry from Central to Mui Wo, take buses 1, 2, 4 or A35 along the South Lantau Road
Tai Long Wan
Pristine sands, decent waves, fresh (and sometimes dangerous) currents, all amid stark beauty and tree-clad outcrops… It's hard to believe you're in Hong Kong at Tai Long Wan. Sharp Peak rises in the distance and several islands can be seen out to sea, but the main attraction here is the big water, drawing overnight campers and surfers most weekends, but mostly deserted during the week. Be warned: you are not, officially, supposed to swim here. In Hong Kong government-speak, these beaches are not "gazetted", thus not supervised by lifeguards, but even without getting wet these beaches are special and well worth the trek to reach them. On a good day, one of the four cafes might be open and a surfboard for hire, but bring your own water and take away your rubbish away with you.
• From Sai Kung bus terminus, take bus 94 to Pak Tam Au and then follow the MacLehose Trail eastwards to Ham Tin Beach at Tai Long Wan. The walk takes about 90 minutes
Turtle Beach
A hidden cove closed to visitors for half the year so that turtles have a chance to nest, access by foot involves an hour or so of walking along the southern side of Lamma Island, but junk trips sometimes moor out in the bay and swimmers can dive in. If you meet anyone, it will be a surprise. At Turtle Beach itself, a small curving bay offers little shade but lots of isolation and peace and quiet – rare commodities in Hong Kong. Even if it is turtle nesting season, you can soak in the atmosphere, walk around the turtle-watching cottage, and lie back on ochre-hued rocks over the bay.
• Take the small wooden ferry from Aberdeen waterfront to Mo Tat Wan, a tiny village with one restaurant, then climb the steps behind the kitchens. Don't turn right to Sok Kwu Wan, but keep walking around Tung O and other bays, past mangroves and swamps, empty sand-filled and deserted stone villages to Turtle Beach
Cheung Chau Windsurf Beach
Cheung Chau island has at least three beaches – the main Tung Wan (East Bay) Beach is a long stretch of sand marred by cheap, short-stay accommodation (where many young Hong Kong couples go for a bit of intimacy), but at the other extreme is the deserted Italian Beach, or Pak Tso Wan, in a sheltered south-west cove with hidden rocks. In between, wind-whipped Windsurf Beach (Kwun Yam Wan) is the most fun, where a curving sand beach is open at the left for windsurfers and small boats to get in and out – Hong Kong's own and only Olympic gold medallist, Lee Lai-shan (aka San San), honed her windsurfing skills here to win at Atlanta in 1996.
• Ferries to Cheung Chau go frequently from the Central ferry piers and signs point through congested built-up areas around the harbour to the various beaches
Hung Shing Yeh, Lamma Island
Lamma Island has several hidden and little-known, unsupervised beaches. Hung Shing Yeh is the largest, with changing rooms, rocky areas, volleyball nets and a restaurant and several stands selling beer and ice-cream. As with most Hong Kong beaches, a shark net is hung under an orange line of buoys which has the main benefit of keeping rubbish out and swimmers safely within the marked area – sharks are only rare visitors to Hong Kong. Lo So Shing Beach, with a backdrop of untouched Lamma Island hillsides, is further along the coast towards Sok Kwu Wan, and is considerably less frequented.
• Ferries from Central go frequently to Yung Shue Wan on Lamma Island, from where it takes about 25 minutes to walk to the beach
Shek O
On a hot sunny day, reaching the fine golden sands of Shek O can be an obstacle course of inflatables, dinosaurs, supermen and footballs favoured by Hong Kong families eager to get the most from their day out. Much of this frantic activity, however, will be confined to the shore, and the determined sea-seeker will find a lot of it to spare. The beach is ringed by high rolling hills and dramatic drops, covered by Hong Kong's usual mix of shrubbery and trees, with rocks poking through the foliage. The settlement of Shek O itself combines the rustic charm of small village streets and huge mansions scattered over the verdant greens of the Shek O Country Club, owned by a handful of the richest and oldest trading families of the China coast. Lifeguards, shark nets an
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Lower Cheung Sha Beach
Looking for a beach?
Cheung Sha Beaches, Lantau
Most visitors to Lantau Island aim for the orderly sands of Silvermine Bay, the closest beach to the ferry port at Mui Wo, but better swimming can be had along Lantau's southern coast at Upper and Lower Cheung Sha Beaches.
These are the longest stretches of sand in Hong Kong, ringed by peaks and, closer by, South African restaurant The Stoep, and High Tide, a Thai-Chinese eatery where most of the ingredients are grown in its garden. Just beyond Lower Cheung Sha Beach is Tong Fuk, another fine stretch of wild sand and sea edged with rocks.
• After getting the ferry from Central to Mui Wo, take buses 1, 2, 4 or A35 along the South Lantau Road
Tai Long Wan
Pristine sands, decent waves, fresh (and sometimes dangerous) currents, all amid stark beauty and tree-clad outcrops… It's hard to believe you're in Hong Kong at Tai Long Wan. Sharp Peak rises in the distance and several islands can be seen out to sea, but the main attraction here is the big water, drawing overnight campers and surfers most weekends, but mostly deserted during the week. Be warned: you are not, officially, supposed to swim here. In Hong Kong government-speak, these beaches are not "gazetted", thus not supervised by lifeguards, but even without getting wet these beaches are special and well worth the trek to reach them. On a good day, one of the four cafes might be open and a surfboard for hire, but bring your own water and take away your rubbish away with you.
• From Sai Kung bus terminus, take bus 94 to Pak Tam Au and then follow the MacLehose Trail eastwards to Ham Tin Beach at Tai Long Wan. The walk takes about 90 minutes
Turtle Beach
A hidden cove closed to visitors for half the year so that turtles have a chance to nest, access by foot involves an hour or so of walking along the southern side of Lamma Island, but junk trips sometimes moor out in the bay and swimmers can dive in. If you meet anyone, it will be a surprise. At Turtle Beach itself, a small curving bay offers little shade but lots of isolation and peace and quiet – rare commodities in Hong Kong. Even if it is turtle nesting season, you can soak in the atmosphere, walk around the turtle-watching cottage, and lie back on ochre-hued rocks over the bay.
• Take the small wooden ferry from Aberdeen waterfront to Mo Tat Wan, a tiny village with one restaurant, then climb the steps behind the kitchens. Don't turn right to Sok Kwu Wan, but keep walking around Tung O and other bays, past mangroves and swamps, empty sand-filled and deserted stone villages to Turtle Beach
Cheung Chau Windsurf Beach
Cheung Chau island has at least three beaches – the main Tung Wan (East Bay) Beach is a long stretch of sand marred by cheap, short-stay accommodation (where many young Hong Kong couples go for a bit of intimacy), but at the other extreme is the deserted Italian Beach, or Pak Tso Wan, in a sheltered south-west cove with hidden rocks. In between, wind-whipped Windsurf Beach (Kwun Yam Wan) is the most fun, where a curving sand beach is open at the left for windsurfers and small boats to get in and out – Hong Kong's own and only Olympic gold medallist, Lee Lai-shan (aka San San), honed her windsurfing skills here to win at Atlanta in 1996.
• Ferries to Cheung Chau go frequently from the Central ferry piers and signs point through congested built-up areas around the harbour to the various beaches
Hung Shing Yeh, Lamma Island
Lamma Island has several hidden and little-known, unsupervised beaches. Hung Shing Yeh is the largest, with changing rooms, rocky areas, volleyball nets and a restaurant and several stands selling beer and ice-cream. As with most Hong Kong beaches, a shark net is hung under an orange line of buoys which has the main benefit of keeping rubbish out and swimmers safely within the marked area – sharks are only rare visitors to Hong Kong. Lo So Shing Beach, with a backdrop of untouched Lamma Island hillsides, is further along the coast towards Sok Kwu Wan, and is considerably less frequented.
• Ferries from Central go frequently to Yung Shue Wan on Lamma Island, from where it takes about 25 minutes to walk to the beach
Shek O
On a hot sunny day, reaching the fine golden sands of Shek O can be an obstacle course of inflatables, dinosaurs, supermen and footballs favoured by Hong Kong families eager to get the most from their day out. Much of this frantic activity, however, will be confined to the shore, and the determined sea-seeker will find a lot of it to spare. The beach is ringed by high rolling hills and dramatic drops, covered by Hong Kong's usual mix of shrubbery and trees, with rocks poking through the foliage. The settlement of Shek O itself combines the rustic charm of small village streets and huge mansions scattered over the verdant greens of the Shek O Country Club, owned by a handful of the richest and oldest trading families of the China coast. Lifeguards, shark nets an