Hong Kong Travel Guide

The original branch of the world's cheapest Michelin-starred restaurant, famous for its baked BBQ pork buns with a crisp sugar-glazed top.

Inside the Four Seasons, this was the first Chinese restaurant anywhere to earn three Michelin stars, known for its Peking duck and har gau with a Victoria Harbour view.

A Central institution on Stanley Street serving whole roast goose with crackling skin, hung in the window the way it has been for decades.

A tiny Central shop famous for wonton noodle soup made with springy bamboo-pressed noodles and shrimp-and-pork wontons, served in small bowls to encourage ordering more.

A no-frills Jordan cha chaan teng beloved for its steamed egg white sponge and scrambled eggs on toast, with famously brusque service that's part of the charm.

A refined dim sum and Cantonese restaurant on Duddell Street housed above a gallery-like space, holding a Michelin star for dishes like baked abalone puff.

A Sheung Wan legend for beef brisket noodles in a rich curry or clear broth, queued for by locals since the 1950s.

A Michelin-starred Sheung Wan restaurant specializing in slow-braised dishes like superior stock goose feet and stuffed crab claws.

The dense cluster of bars and clubs on this Central hillside street is Hong Kong's best-known nightlife hub, packed shoulder-to-shoulder on weekend nights.

One of the world's highest bars, on the 118th floor of ICC in West Kowloon, with floor-to-ceiling views over Victoria Harbour.

A Central cocktail bar on Hollywood Road known for multi-sensory and molecular techniques, including its signature Earl Grey Caviar Martini.

The Hong Kong outpost of New York's Please Don't Tell, a speakeasy-style cocktail den tucked inside a fried chicken shop in Tsim Sha Tsui.

A grittier, longer-running nightlife strip than Lan Kwai Fong, mixing dive bars, live music pubs and late-night eateries.

Asia's flagship museum of visual culture in the West Kowloon Cultural District, with major collections of contemporary Chinese art, design and moving image housed in a striking Herzog & de Meuron building.

Its permanent 'Hong Kong Story' exhibition traces the city from prehistoric times through British colonization to the 1997 handover, with life-size street reconstructions.

Also in West Kowloon, it displays around 900 treasures on loan from Beijing's Palace Museum, spanning imperial court life and Chinese art history.

Overlooking Victoria Harbour in Tsim Sha Tsui, it holds Chinese antiquities, ink art and works chronicling Hong Kong's own visual history.

Housed at Pier 8 in Central, it covers the history of the Pearl River Delta's shipping trade and Hong Kong's role as a port city.

An arthouse cinema in Yau Ma Tei attached to Kubrick bookstore-cafe, the go-to spot for independent, foreign and classic film screenings.

A multiplex in the Elements mall above Kowloon Station showing first-run Hollywood and Cantonese-language releases with premium recliner seating.

Teams race traditional dragon boats in Victoria Harbour and Stanley to mark Tuen Ng, accompanied by sticky rice dumplings (zongzi).

Street-side offerings, incense burning and Chinese opera performances take place across neighborhoods to appease wandering spirits during the seventh lunar month.

A wide, calm south-side beach lined with restaurants and the landmark Repulse Bay Hotel, popular with families for its lifeguard-patrolled swimming.

A laid-back village beach on the southeastern tip of Hong Kong Island, favored by surfers and known for its casual seafood restaurants and nearby coastal walks.

Hong Kong's most consistent surf spot, a small cove near Shek O with board rental shacks and a laid-back, bohemian feel.

A series of cascades in Plover Cove Country Park in the northeastern New Territories, reached via a scenic streamside trail popular with weekend hikers.

Hong Kong Island's highest point, reached by the century-old Peak Tram funicular, with panoramic skyline and harbour views from the Peak Tower viewing terrace.

A ridgeline trail on Hong Kong Island's southeast, rated one of Asia's best urban hikes for its sweeping views over Shek O and the South China Sea.

An iconic lion-shaped peak between Kowloon and the New Territories that's become a symbol of Hong Kong resilience, with a steep trail rewarding climbers with city views.

A premium gym chain with multiple Central and Causeway Bay locations, offering extensive group class schedules and city-view studios.

A long-standing 24-hour gym chain popular with expats, with a large free-weights floor and pool access at some branches.

A large public complex in Causeway Bay with indoor and outdoor pools, diving pools and a training pool, popular in summer heat.

An outdoor pool complex set inside leafy Kowloon Park in Tsim Sha Tsui, with a leisure pool, lane pool and water slides.

A compact Disney park on Lantau Island with themed lands including Mystic Point and Grizzly Gulch, plus nightly fireworks over Sleeping Beauty Castle.

A marine-life and thrill-ride park on the south side of Hong Kong Island, combining aquariums and panda exhibits with roller coasters like the Hair Raiser.