Insight Guides: Explore Hong Kong

Insight Guides

• Publisher: Insight
• Print ISBN:
  9781780056739
• eBook ISBN:
  9781780057972
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Travel

With its fabled urban landscape and vibrant Chinese culture, Hong Kong is one of the world's most exciting cities. Explore Hong Kong is part of a brand-new series and is the ideal pocket companion when discovering this iconic city: a full-colour guide containing 18 easy-to-follow routes which lead you from the Peak, buzzing Lan Kwai Fong and Kowloon's markets to the beaches and mountains of Lantau and Hong Kong's New Territories, while excursions take you out to neighboring Shenzhen and Macau, which is famed for its casinos. Insight's trademark cultural coverage perfectly sets the routes in context, with introductions to Hong Kong's great food, wealth of shopping opportunities and historical significance. Each route guides you through an interesting area with clear directions, a detailed map and authentic places to eat and drink along the way. The directory section contains a wealth of practical information and a range of carefully selected hotels to suit all budgets. All routes are also plotted on the pull-out map. Whether you are new to the city or a repeat visitor, and however long your stay, Explore Hong Kong will help you get the best out of your trip.

How To Use This E-Book

This Explore Guide has been produced by the editors of Insight Guides, whose books have set the standard for visual travel guides since 1970. With ­top-­quality photography and authoritative recommendations, these guidebooks bring you the very best routes and itineraries in the world’s most exciting destinations.

Best Routes

The routes in this book provide something to suit all budgets, tastes and trip lengths. As well as covering the destination’s many classic attractions, the itineraries track lesser-known sights, and there are also ex­cursions for those who want to extend their visit outside the city. The routes embrace a range of interests, so whether you are an art fan, a gourmet, a history buff or have kids to entertain, you will find an option to suit.

We recommend reading the whole of a route before setting out. This should help you to familiarise yourself with it and enable you to plan where to stop for refreshments – options are shown in the ‘Food and Drink’ box at the end of each tour.

Introduction

The routes are set in context by this introductory section, giving an overview of the destination to set the scene, plus background information on food and drink, shopping and more...

Table of contents

• How To Use This E-Book
• Recommended Routes For...
• Explore Hong Kong
• Food and Drink
• Shopping
• Entertainment
• History: Key Dates
• Central District
• Western District
• Causeway Bay and Happy Valley
• Hollywood Road
• Lan Kwai Fong, Wyndham Street and Soho
• Wan Chai Afternoon
• Wan Chai After Dark
• Victoria Peak
• Southside
• Tsim Sha Tsui
• Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok
• Lantau
• Hong Kong Disneyland
• Lamma
• Western New Territories
• Shenzhen
• Macau: city tour
• Macau: Taipa and Coloane
• Accommodation
• Restaurants
• Nightlife
• A-Z
• Language
• Books and Film