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Happy Valley Racecourse

Happy Valley Racecourse situated in Happy Valley on Hong Kong Island is one of the two major sites for horse-racing in Hong Kong. A recommended spot for tourists, the racecourse is opened for night race that happens every Wednesday. Bottled beer kiosks and live music in the backdrop provides for a thrilling, entertainment-packed evening. The Happy Valley Racecourse offers various facilities including an opportunity to expand knowledge by visiting its attached museum, delicious refreshments, and a range of gift options at its souvenir shop, among others. Read More

The veritable and stupendous Harbour City, the largest shopping centre in Hong Kong, is located in the heart of the city near Victoria Harbour. Divided into 5 color-coded sections/zones, it has a mind-boggling selection of over 450 stores and 70 restaurants among other attractions like an observation deck, 3 prestigious hotels, 2 cinemas, and an art gallery while also being an ocean terminal. Harbour City is the quintessential stop for shopaholics and non-shopaholics alike. From a host of products like luxury fashion goods, traditional Chinese crafts, beauty items, sports and electronic articles to a large variety of exotic cuisines, the all-in-one-mall, is often touted as one of Hong Kong's best premiere shopping destination. Harbour City is one of the few places that lives up to the hype by being a sanctuary for shoppers, haven for foodies and a complete package for family travelers. Read More

Located inside the Mei Ho House Youth Hostel, this museum introduces the way of life in Hong Kong in the 1950s-70s. It stores and depicts the public housing history of the city as it has experienced a transformation in the past 60 years from squatter huts to modern-day apartments. This is done via a mix of personal anecdotes of residents along with donated exhibits.

Hollywood Road Park is a public park that lies in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong. The park is the Possession Point, the location where the Royal Navy arrived in Hong Kong. It is also said to be a former Tai Tat Tei (meaning poor man's nightclub), a famous bazaar market.

Hollywood Road, also called Antique Street, is a street between Central and Sheung Wan in Hong Kong. It is filled with antiques’ shops selling curios like maps, Chinese pottery and trinkets such as carpets and jade. The street is renowned for art galleries like Connoisseur Art Gallery, Asia Art Archive and many others. Shoppers can also enjoy the murals on its walls.

Established in 1890 as a church in the Kowloon area of Hong Kong, the Holy Trinity Cathedral is one of the oldest Anglican cathedrals in the city. It was rebuilt twice ever since then. What is very unique about this cathedral is that its design harmonises traditional and western Chinese architectural styles with traditional Chinese decorations and concrete structures being seen inside the cathedral.

Hong Kong Arts Festival, taking place in the spring month of March mostly, is the perfect gateway to imbibe the essence of culture and art of Hong Kong and other parts of the world, too. Running for over three and a half decades now, HK Arts Festival is the annual series of cultural programs showcasing the music of all sorts, theatre work, contemporary dance, chamber opera and a lot more.

The Hong Kong Bird Market, also known as Yuen Po Street Bird Market, is one of the most popular street markets of Hong Kong. Also known as the Bird Garden, it is a Chinese style market lined with stalls selling songbirds and pet birds and is visited by tourists to experience the local life and culture. The Bird Market of Hong Kong is a continuation of long-standing traditional bird market which was previously in Hong Lok Street, known as the “Bird Street”. One of the major highlights of the Hong Kong Bird Market is “Walking the Bird” culture which is a phenomenon unique to Hong Kong wherein the birds are taken for a walk. To witness this, visiting the Bird Garden during the early morning hours is recommended. Read More

The epicenter of the city, Hong Kong Central area is the true essence of Hong Kong city. From gleaming skyscrapers of financial powerhouses, the most happening bars, and nightclubs, chic shopping malls to glimpses of the colonial era in its cultural attractions, this is a traveler’s one-stop destination for everything Hong Kong. Hong Kong Central is infamous for being the most wholesome package and with good reason because be it splendid views of the Hong Kong vistas and horizon, or a mark of the city’s wealth and political position, the Central sits in the midst of it all. Located in Hong Kong Island, it was originally named Chung Wan. It got its current westernized name only in the ’80s after the establishment of the Island Line (the MTR metro system). Hong Kong Central is the kind of place which is a complete itinerary in itself. Read More

Situated inside the Lei Yue Mun Fort which was built by the British in the 1880s, this museum exhibits the history of military defence along the city’s coast dating back to the Ming Dynasty. Featuring some installations like torpedo station, British Comet Tank, batteries, an ammunition depot along with over ten military relics and artefacts.