Visiting Hong Kong - All Your Questions to Make Your Visit Memorable

[nygirl]

well i have been in on this trip with friends, colleagues for about 3 weeks, but never gave much thought of what w would do, i dont ant to be touristy but i know noon in hong kong, anythin i could do there without being to touristy?

[City of Life]

Hello! Glad to know that your friends and you are visiting Hong Kong - the City of Life! Hong Kong welcomes you!

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[vincent]

i typed a pretty long reply on the "Hong Kong Photography" thread. check that out.

hello everybody! i'll be hongkong from Feb 4th to 8th for a training and the palce for training is in the Jockey Club near the central and the hotel is the Park lane. Can any body can tell me how can i visit the nearest skyscrapers of hongkong and the bus i can take, thanks!

[HKT]

Originally posted by sailinsky

hello everybody! i'll be hongkong from Feb 4th to 8th for a training and the palce for training is in the Jockey Club near the central and the hotel i will be live in is the Park lane. Can any body can tell me how can i visit the nearest skyscrapers of hongkong and the bus i can take, thanks!

There are two Jockey Clubs in Central that I can remember of. One is in Star Ferry and the other is in Connaught Road Central. Either places, public transportation is very accessible. Local bus routes such as 2, 5, 5A, 5B, 5C, 5X, 10, express local routes like 720, 780, 788 etc all suit your needs. These routes generally serve Central and the East of HK Island.

When I say local, it means those routes are within Hong Kong Island. You can take the cross-harbor tunnel routes 1XX, 6XX, and 9XX but you have to know exactly where you're going. All in all, you can take them if they are heading to destinations in Hong Kong Island. They are less crowded than the local routes and generally the fare is $5.4 whereas $3.4 for local routes mentioned above. A tip of detemining whether the bus is going to Kowloon or the New Territories, the fare is usually $8.9 or above.

You can also try to take the tram as it is not far from Park Lane Hotel (Within 5 mins walk). Once you walk into the heart of Causeway Bay, you find tram and buses. Walking is also another good alternative because you won't get bored while walking, simiply there's a lot to see unlike in the US, all you can see are houses and trees without people. It's also a 15 min walk from Park Lane to Central Plaza.

In Central, walking is the first priority (at least for me) since most buildings are connected with skywalks, tunnels or even the Central MTR station. So, it's not that far to go everywhere within Central. If you're on ground level, it's pretty easy to see IFC, BoC and HSBC in Central. Once you can locate one, get inside and see the view outside, you should be able to see the others...

Hope this helps

[ailiton]

Park Lane is close to Causeway Bay MTR. Take the MTR to Wan Chai (1 station west of Causeway Bay) for Central Plaza. Take the MTR to Admiralty (2 stations west of Causeway Bay) for Bank of China. Take the MTR to Central (3 stations west of Causeway Bay) for the IFCs. The IFCs are directly above Hong Kong MTR/AEL Station.

thanks a lot!

thank you very much!

[vincent]

your hotel is only half a block East from the Causeway Bay MTR Station.
i guess u can actually just walk all the way to The Center in Sheung Wan, and visit Central Plaza, boc, 2ifc on your way. I would say it takes around 5 hours if you walk from your hotel to The Center (include the time to get in skyscrapers, eat etc....)
you can get to the observation deck in boc at 40 something floor. Just ask the staff in the lobby.

btw, you can go to the promenade in Tsim Sha Tsui to see the laser/light/firework/music/skyscrapers show. The show is featured from Jan 17th to Feb 17th. Get there either by Star ferry or MTR (get off at Tsim Sha Tsui station). I guess you can get there by ferry and then MTR on your way back.

[ailiton]

Don't take the bus. HK's bus system is too complicated for tourists.

[hkskyline]

The tram is a must. The #2 bus is pretty safe for tourists. It hugs along the tram line most of the time. You can ride it into Central from Causeway Bay.

[canuckbanana]

I'm going to be in HK in about a week and a half and I have a couple questions.

1. I understand I'll be arriving on the first day of the Lunar New Year. How many days are establishments closed for?

2. I'm staying in the TST area and was wondering if anyone new of some good cocktail bars in the area?

3. Never been there without family before so I will be experiencing Hong Kong nightlife for the first time. Any suggestions?

Thanks everyone!

[ailiton]

So you mean you have been there before?

[canuckbanana]

Been there a few times, but never really did anything besides visting relatives. Not the most exciting way to see HK I think.

[HKT]

Originally posted by vincent

your hotel is only half a block East from the Causeway Bay MTR Station.
i guess u can actually just walk all the way to The Center in Sheung Wan, and visit Central Plaza, boc, 2ifc on your way. I would say it takes around 5 hours if you walk from your hotel to The Center (include the time to get in skyscrapers, eat etc....)
you can get to the observation deck in boc at 40 something floor. Just ask the staff in the lobby.

btw, you can go to the promenade in Tsim Sha Tsui to see the laser/light/firework/music/skyscrapers show. The show is featured from Jan 17th to Feb 17th. Get there either by Star ferry or MTR (get off at Tsim Sha Tsui station). I guess you can get there by ferry and then MTR on your way back.

5 hours?...I can walk from Wan Chai to North Point 5 times....

[kunming]

Yes i agree that the bus system for tourist is a little complicated. Take the tram cause its cheap or take the mtr if you want to get to somewhere real fast.

[ailiton]

I can't answer #1.

#2+3. There's a smaller version of "Lan Kwai Fong" in TST which is located on Knutsford Terrace.

[vincent]

i dont know if going to kowloon promenade and see the light show would be part of the "night life".

[City of Life]

Originally posted by ailiton

I can't answer #1.

#2+3. There's a smaller version of "Lan Kwai Fong" in TST which is located on Knutsford Terrace.

and the Knutsford Terrace is right behind the Mirama Hotel( Opposite to Kowloon Park in Nathan Road).

[huaiwei]

I merged four existing threads about the above topic, and made it sticky. Hope this will help to serve as a one stop info centre and not have them all over the place and having the same questions asked over and over again.

If there is anyone asking question like this in any of the forums or elsewhere, do direct them to this thread! And I leave it to you guys to spice this thread up for your potential visitors.