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title: "Top 10 Things To Do in Hong Kong, China (2026 Guide), Wimup"
description: "The 10 best things to do in Hong Kong, mapped and ranked. When to go, how many days you need, what to eat, and how to work the MTR, the ferries and the trams."
url: https://wimup.com/city/hong-kong
type: City guide
updated: 2026-10-07
publisher: Wimup (https://wimup.com)
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# Top 10 Things To Do in Hong Kong

Hong Kong, China · Asia · By Wimup Editorial, 16 min read

Hong Kong is two cities stacked on the same 1,100 square kilometres. One is the skyline everyone photographs from the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront. The other starts twenty minutes past the last MTR stop, in country parks that cover about 40 percent of the territory.

## Quick answer

The best things to do in Hong Kong are riding the Peak Tram to Victoria Peak, crossing the harbour on the Star Ferry, walking the Dragon’s Back ridge and eating dim sum in a proper tea house. Give the city four to five days, come between October and December for dry, mild weather, and buy an Octopus card before you do anything else.

## Quick facts

- **Best months:** Oct · Nov · Dec
- **Ideal length:** 4–5 days
- **Budget per day:** $120–200
- **Language:** Cantonese & English
- **Getting around:** MTR, ferries & trams
- **Tourism board:** [Official site](https://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/index.html?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)

## The 10 best things to do in Hong Kong

### 1. Ride the Peak Tram to Victoria Peak

Landmark · Peak Tram Central Terminus, Garden Road, Central

The funicular has climbed the same 1,350 metres of track since 30 May 1888, when it became the first cable funicular in Asia. Sit on the right going up. At the top, Sky Terrace 428 is the ticketed viewpoint, but the free Lugard Road circle walk gives you the same skyline without the queue or the fee.

- **Time:** 2–3 hrs
- **Cost:** HK$88 return, weekdays
- **Best at:** Late afternoon
- **Tip:** Walk Lugard Road

Links: [Website](https://www.thepeak.com.hk/en?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)

### 2. Cross the harbour on the Star Ferry

Landmark · Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier, Tsim Sha Tsui

Green-and-white boats have worked this crossing since 1888, and it remains the cheapest good idea in the city: HK$3.40 on the upper deck for ten minutes of skyline at water level. Sailings between Tsim Sha Tsui and Central run every six to twelve minutes from 06:30 to 23:30.

- **Time:** 30 min
- **Cost:** HK$3.40 upper deck
- **Best at:** Dusk
- **Tip:** Take the upper deck

Links: [Website](https://www.starferry.com.hk/en/service?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)

### 3. See the Tian Tan Buddha at Po Lin Monastery

Landmark · Ngong Ping, Lantau Island

The bronze Buddha sits at the top of 268 steps on the Ngong Ping plateau, with Po Lin Monastery below it. Getting there is half the point: the Ngong Ping 360 cable car runs 5.7 kilometres from Tung Chung over the bay, the airport runway and the Lantau ridgeline, open 10:00 to 18:00. Go on a clear day or not at all.

- **Time:** Half day
- **Cost:** Cable car ticketed
- **Best at:** Morning
- **Tip:** Check visibility first

Links: [Website](https://www.np360.com.hk/en?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)

### 4. Spend an afternoon at M+

Museum · 38 Museum Drive, West Kowloon Cultural District

Asia’s museum of twentieth and twenty-first century visual culture, in a Herzog & de Meuron building whose harbour-facing facade doubles as a screen after dark. The Sigg Collection of Chinese contemporary art is the reason to come. Standard admission is HK$190. Closed Mondays, open late to 22:00 on Fridays.

- **Time:** 3 hrs
- **Cost:** HK$190 standard
- **Best at:** Friday evening
- **Tip:** Closed Mondays

Links: [Website](https://www.mplus.org.hk/en/plan-your-visit/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)

### 5. Walk the galleries of the Hong Kong Palace Museum

Museum · 8 Museum Drive, West Kowloon Cultural District

Holdings from Beijing’s Palace Museum, shown in a building shaped like a ritual bronze vessel at the tip of the West Kowloon promenade. General admission is HK$70 and covers the permanent galleries; special exhibitions are ticketed separately. Closed Tuesdays, open to 20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.

- **Time:** 2–3 hrs
- **Cost:** HK$70 general
- **Best at:** Weekday morning
- **Tip:** Closed Tuesdays

Links: [Website](https://www.hkpm.org.hk/en/visit/plan-your-visit?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)

### 6. Explore Tai Kwun after dark

Heritage · 10 Hollywood Road, Central

The former Central Police Station, Central Magistracy and Victoria Prison: sixteen restored heritage buildings turned into one arts complex. General entry is free and the site stays open to 23:00, which makes it the right stop between Hollywood Road antiques and the SoHo bars uphill.

- **Time:** 2 hrs
- **Cost:** Free
- **Best at:** Evening
- **Tip:** Some shows ticketed

Links: [Website](https://www.taikwun.hk/en/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)

### 7. Watch the fortune sticks at Wong Tai Sin Temple

Temple · 2 Chuk Yuen Village, Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon

The busiest working temple in the territory, and the one where you will see kau chim fortune sticks actually being shaken rather than performed for visitors. Taoist, Buddhist and Confucian halls share the same complex. Free, open 07:30 to 16:30, and directly above its own MTR station.

- **Time:** 1 hr
- **Cost:** Free
- **Best at:** Early morning
- **Tip:** It has its own MTR stop

### 8. Hike the Dragon’s Back to Big Wave Bay

Outdoors · To Tei Wan, Shek O Road, Shek O Country Park

Section 8 of the Hong Kong Trail, a ridge walk with the South China Sea on one side and Shek O on the other. Roughly 8.5 kilometres from the To Tei Wan bus stop to Big Wave Bay, two to three hours at a steady pace, and it finishes at a beach with a bus back to Shau Kei Wan.

- **Time:** 3 hrs
- **Cost:** Free
- **Best at:** Morning
- **Tip:** Finish at Big Wave Bay

Links: [Website](https://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/place-to-go/travel.guide-dragon-s-back.html?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)

### 9. Eat your way down Temple Street Night Market

Market · Temple Street, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon

The stalls sell what street markets everywhere sell. What surrounds them is the reason to come: claypot rice from the dai pai dong, fortune tellers set up near the Tin Hau temple, and Cantonese opera singers working the northern end. Arrive after 20:00, when the full length of the street is open.

- **Time:** 2 hrs
- **Cost:** Free to browse
- **Best at:** After 8pm
- **Tip:** Come hungry

### 10. Watch A Symphony of Lights from the promenade

Landmark · Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade, Tsim Sha Tsui

More than forty buildings on both sides of Victoria Harbour run a synchronised 14-minute light and sound show at 20:00 every night, staged free by the Tourism Commission. The best vantage costs nothing: the waterfront outside the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. Be at the railing by 19:40.

- **Time:** 1 hr
- **Cost:** Free
- **Best at:** 8pm nightly
- **Tip:** Stand by the Cultural Centre

Links: [Website](https://www.tourism.gov.hk/symphony/english/details/details.html?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)

## Best restaurants in Hong Kong

Roast meats, Cantonese fine dining and the tables Hong Kong actually books.

1. **Lung King Heen** (Cantonese · $$$$ · Central): The first Chinese restaurant in the world to hold three Michelin stars, on the fourth floor of the Four Seasons with the harbour in the window. [Website](https://www.fourseasons.com/hongkong/dining/restaurants/lung_king_heen/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
2. **Kam’s Roast Goose** (Roast meats · $$ · Wan Chai): One Michelin star for a bird over rice. Join the queue on Hennessy Road, order the goose leg, eat, leave. [Website](https://www.discoverhongkong.com/ca/interactive-map/kam-s-roast-goose.html?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
3. **The Chairman** (Cantonese · $$$ · Central): A one-star Cantonese kitchen on Kau U Fong, known for steamed flower crab with aged Shaoxing and chicken oil. Book well ahead.
4. **Mott 32** (Modern Cantonese · $$$ · Central): A basement dining room under a bank building, doing Iberico char siu and a duck that needs ordering with the table. [Website](https://mott32.com/hong-kong/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
5. **Ho Lee Fook** (Modern Cantonese · $$ · SoHo): Wok hei and a loud room on Elgin Street, ten years into rewriting Cantonese cooking for SoHo. [Website](https://blacksheeprestaurants.com/restaurants/ho-lee-fook/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
6. **Duddell’s** (Cantonese · $$$ · Central): Part Cantonese restaurant, part gallery, on level 3 of the Shanghai Tang Mansion. The art programme runs alongside the menu. [Website](https://www.discoverhongkong.com/us/interactive-map/duddell-s.html?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
7. **Yardbird** (Yakitori · $$ · Sheung Wan): Yakitori and highballs on Wing Lok Street, listed in the Michelin Guide and busy from the moment it opens. [Website](https://yardbirdrestaurant.com/info?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
8. **Mak’s Noodle** (Noodles · $ · Central): Wonton noodles the traditional size, which is to say three mouthfuls. Thin egg noodles, prawn wontons, a clean dried-flounder broth. [Website](https://www.discoverhongkong.com/uk/interactive-map/mak-s-noodle.html?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)

## Best dim sum houses in Hong Kong

Trolleys, tea and the five rooms worth planning a morning around.

1. **Tim Ho Wan (Sham Shui Po)** (Dim sum · $ · Sham Shui Po): Bib Gourmand dim sum for the price of a sandwich. The baked barbecue pork buns are what the queue is for. [Website](https://www.timhowan.com/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
2. **Luk Yu Tea House** (Dim sum · $$$ · Central): Open since 1933, with ceiling fans, spittoons and stained glass still in place. Three floors, and they fill early. [Website](https://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/place-to-go/travel.guide-luk-yu-tea-house.html?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
3. **Maxim’s Palace, City Hall** (Dim sum · $$ · Central): The last of the great trolley halls: a chandeliered ballroom above Edinburgh Place where carts still come to the table. Sundays open at 09:00. [Website](https://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/place-to-go/travel.guide-maxim-s-palace.html?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
4. **Lin Heung Lau** (Dim sum · $$ · Sheung Wan): The century-old tea house left its Wellington Street room and reopened in Sheung Wan in May 2026, trolleys intact. [Website](https://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/place-to-go/travel.guide-lin-heung-tea-house.html?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
5. **Sun Hing** (Dim sum · $ · Kennedy Town): A Kennedy Town counter that opens at 03:00 and closes at 16:00, which makes it either very early breakfast or the end of a long night. [Website](https://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/place-to-go/travel.guide-sun-hing-restaurant.html?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)

## Best rooftop bars in Hong Kong

Six terraces that earn the lift ride, starting on the 118th floor.

1. **Ozone** (Hotel bar · $$$$ · West Kowloon): On the 118th floor of the ICC at the Ritz-Carlton, and still the highest hotel bar in the world. Book, and dress for it. [Website](https://www.ozonebarhongkong.com/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
2. **Aqua Spirit** (Cocktails · $$$ · Tsim Sha Tsui): Two floors up One Peking with a full-height window onto the harbour, above aqua’s Italian and Japanese kitchens. [Website](https://aqua.com.hk/bar/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
3. **Popinjays** (Terrace · $$$ · Central): A wraparound terrace on the roof of The Murray, one of the largest in Central, with an Italian kitchen behind it. [Website](https://www.niccolohotels.com/en/the-murray-hong-kong/dining/popinjays?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
4. **Cardinal Point** (Cocktails · $$$ · Central): The al fresco half of FORTY-FIVE at the top of Gloucester Tower, looking down the length of Central to the water. Open to 01:00.
5. **Eyebar** (Cocktails · $$ · Tsim Sha Tsui): Thirtieth floor of iSQUARE, straight down Nathan Road, with the whole Hong Kong Island skyline opposite.
6. **Wooloomooloo Prime** (Steak & terrace · $$$ · Tsim Sha Tsui): A steakhouse with a 21st-floor outdoor terrace above THE ONE, and roughly 270 degrees of harbour to look at.

## Best temples & heritage in Hong Kong

Incense, tenements and the buildings the city decided to keep.

1. **Man Mo Temple** (Temple · Free · Sheung Wan): Coils of incense hang from the ceiling of this Hollywood Road temple to the gods of literature and war. Free, open 08:00 to 18:00. [Website](https://www.tungwah.org.hk/en/heritage/historical-architecture/man-mo-temple/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
2. **Chi Lin Nunnery & Nan Lian Garden** (Temple & garden · Free · Diamond Hill): Tang-style timber halls built without nails, next to a classical garden. The nunnery opens 09:00 to 16:30, the garden 07:00 to 19:00. Both free. [Website](https://en.chilin.org/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
3. **Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery** (Monastery · Free · Sha Tin): A staircase lined with hundreds of gilded arhat statues climbs the hillside above Sha Tin to a hall holding thousands more. Free, 09:00 to 17:00.
4. **Yau Ma Tei Tin Hau Temple** (Temple · Free · Yau Ma Tei): The largest temple compound in Kowloon, finished around 1878 and graded a historic building, sitting at the top of Temple Street.
5. **PMQ** (Design hub · Free · Central): The former Police Married Quarters on Aberdeen Street, reopened in 2014 as studios and shops for more than a hundred Hong Kong designers. [Website](https://www.pmq.org.hk/the-site/location-transportation/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
6. **The Blue House** (Heritage · Free · Wan Chai): A four-storey balcony tenement on Stone Nullah Lane, one of the last of its kind, restored by its own residents and awarded for it in 2018. [Website](https://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/place-to-go/travel.guide-the-blue-house.html?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)

## Best markets in Hong Kong

Where to browse, haggle and eat standing up between stalls.

1. **Ladies’ Market** (Street market · Free · Mong Kok): A kilometre of Tung Choi Street given over to clothing, bags and phone cases. Haggling is expected, and the food stalls on the side streets are the better spend.
2. **Cat Street** (Antiques · Free · Sheung Wan): Upper Lascar Row, where the antique dealers and the reproduction-Mao-badge sellers work the same pavement. Downhill from Man Mo Temple.
3. **Flower Market** (Flowers · Free · Prince Edward): Flower Market Road is orchids and cut stems for several blocks, at its loudest in the fortnight before Lunar New Year.
4. **Yuen Po Street Bird Garden** (Birds · Free · Prince Edward): Songbirds in bamboo cages, brought out by their owners for the morning. Around the corner from the flower stalls.
5. **Jade Market** (Jade · Free · Yau Ma Tei): Covered stalls on Kansu Street selling jade by the tray. Buy for the look rather than as an investment unless you know the stone.
6. **Stanley Market** (Souvenirs · Free · Stanley): Lanes of silk, linen and souvenirs on the south side of Hong Kong Island, and a seafront row of restaurants to justify the bus ride over.

## Best hikes & islands in Hong Kong

Ridges, beaches and ferry piers, all still inside the territory.

1. **Lantau Peak** (Hike · Hard · Lantau Island): At 934 metres the second-highest point in Hong Kong, usually climbed from Ngong Ping for sunrise over the Pearl River Delta. [Website](https://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/place-to-go/travel.guide-lantau-peak.html?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
2. **Lion Rock** (Hike · Hard · Kowloon): The profile on the Kowloon skyline, and the short sharp climb behind it. The view back over the peninsula is the reward.
3. **Lugard Road circle walk** (Walk · Easy · The Peak): A flat 3.5-kilometre loop around Victoria Peak with the classic skyline view, free and open all day. The alternative to paying for Sky Terrace.
4. **Cheung Chau** (Island · Easy · Cheung Chau): A car-free dumbbell of an island, 35 to 60 minutes from Central Pier 5 depending on the boat. Seafood on the praya, bikes, and a temple at each end. [Website](https://www.sunferry.com.hk/en/route-and-fare/timetable?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
5. **Lamma Island** (Island · Easy · Lamma): The family trail crosses from Yung Shue Wan to Sok Kwu Wan in about 90 minutes, ending at the seafood restaurants on the pier.
6. **Peng Chau** (Island · Easy · Peng Chau): The quietest of the near islands: one main street, no cars, and a short climb up Finger Hill for the view back at Lantau.
7. **Tai Long Wan** (Beaches · Moderate · Sai Kung): Four beaches on the Sai Kung peninsula reached on foot or by sampan, and the best stretch of sand in Hong Kong for the effort involved.
8. **High Island Reservoir East Dam** (Geopark · Moderate · Sai Kung): Hexagonal volcanic rock columns rising straight out of the sea, the centrepiece of the Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark.

## Best neighbourhoods in Hong Kong

Six districts with a character of their own and an easy MTR stop.

1. **Sheung Wan** (Heritage & galleries · Hong Kong Island): Dried seafood shops on Des Voeux Road West, galleries and coffee on the PoHo streets above, and Man Mo Temple in the middle of it.
2. **Sham Shui Po** (Markets & food · Kowloon): Fabric, electronics and hardware by the street, cheap and excellent food between them, and the most unvarnished district on the peninsula.
3. **Tai Hang** (Food & drink · Hong Kong Island): A grid of former garages turned into small restaurants and coffee bars behind Causeway Bay, and the home of the Mid-Autumn fire dragon.
4. **Kennedy Town** (Waterfront · Hong Kong Island): The western end of the island line: harbourfront sunsets from the praya, early dim sum, and a bar strip that stays local.
5. **Yau Ma Tei** (Markets & temples · Kowloon): Temple Street, the Tin Hau compound, the jade market and the fruit market, all within a few blocks of each other.
6. **Wan Chai** (Old & new · Hong Kong Island): Wet market and tenement streets on one side of the tracks, tower blocks and the convention centre on the other. The Blue House sits between them.

## Festivals & annual events in Hong Kong (2026)

- **Chinese New Year** (Jan or Feb): Flower markets, a night parade through Tsim Sha Tsui and harbour fireworks. Many small shops shut for several days.
- **Art Basel Hong Kong** (Late Mar): The region's largest art fair, at the Convention Centre, with every gallery in the city timing its openings around it.
- **Hong Kong Sevens** (Mid-Apr): Three days of rugby sevens, now played at Kai Tak Stadium. Tickets go through a ballot months ahead.
- **Cheung Chau Bun Festival** (May): Bun towers, a floating-children parade and a midnight scramble on the island, timed to Buddha’s Birthday.
- **Dragon Boat Festival** (Jun): Tuen Ng. Races at Stanley, Aberdeen and Sha Tin, and a public holiday to watch them on.
- **Mid-Autumn Festival** (Sep or Oct): Lanterns citywide, and the Tai Hang fire dragon: 67 metres of burning incense sticks carried by about 300 people for three nights.
- **Wine & Dine Festival** (Late Oct): Four days of tasting booths on the Central Harbourfront, run by the Tourism Board.
- **Clockenflap** (Early Dec): The city’s biggest music and arts festival, staged on the Central Harbourfront.

## Must-try dishes in Hong Kong, China

- **Dim sum**: Har gow, siu mai and cheung fun, pushed round on trolleys in the old halls and ordered by pencil elsewhere.
- **Roast goose**: Crisp skin, plum sauce, served over rice or by the quarter. Kam’s in Wan Chai holds a Michelin star for it.
- **Char siu**: Barbecued pork with a lacquered, slightly charred edge. Ask for the fattier cut if the shop offers a choice.
- **Wonton noodles**: Thin springy egg noodles under prawn wontons in a clean dried-flounder broth. The bowl is small on purpose.
- **Egg tart**: Flaky or shortcrust, best straight off the tray. Tai Cheong has baked them since 1954.
- **Pineapple bun**: No pineapple in it. A sweet crackled top over a soft roll, ordered with a cold slab of butter inside.
- **Hong Kong milk tea**: Black tea strained through cloth and cut with evaporated milk. The default order in any cha chaan teng.
- **Claypot rice**: Rice cooked to a crust under cured sausage or chicken, sold from street kitchens through the cooler months.

## Hong Kong transport & airports

- **Hong Kong International** (HKG): On Chek Lap Kok off Lantau. The Airport Express reaches Hong Kong Station in about 24 minutes, with free shuttle buses onward to major hotels on both sides of the harbour. [Website](https://www.hongkongairport.com/en/about-us/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- **MTR** (Metro): Fast, clean and signposted in English throughout. Adult single fares run from about HK$4 to HK$26 by distance. Tap an Octopus card in and out and the fare comes off automatically. [Website](https://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/tickets/about_sj.html?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- **Ferries** (Pier): The Star Ferry crosses to Tsim Sha Tsui for HK$3.40 on the upper deck. Sun Ferry runs from Central to Cheung Chau and Mui Wo, and for most outlying islands the boat is the only way in. [Website](https://www.sunferry.com.hk/en/route-and-fare/timetable?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- **Trams & taxis** (Street): Double-deck trams run the length of Hong Kong Island on a flat fare, paid by Octopus as you step off at the front. Red urban taxis start at a HK$29 flagfall. [Website](https://www.hktramways.com/en/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)

## Hong Kong at a glance

- **Country:** China (Hong Kong SAR)
- **Region:** Pearl River Delta, South China
- **Population:** 7.5 million (2025)
- **Founded:** British colony from 1842, returned to China 1 July 1997
- **Nickname:** Fragrant Harbour
- **Language:** Cantonese and English, both official
- **Currency:** Hong Kong dollar (HKD)
- **Time zone:** UTC+8, no daylight saving
- **Calling code:** +852
- **Airports:** Hong Kong International (HKG), Chek Lap Kok
- **Power:** 220V, Type G three-pin plugs
- **Emergency:** 999

## Interesting facts

- Country parks and special areas protect about 40 percent of Hong Kong’s land, roughly 435 square kilometres.
- Hong Kong has more buildings above 150 metres than any other city, around 569 of them, close to double New York’s count.
- The Peak Tram began running on 30 May 1888 and was the first cable funicular in Asia.
- The territory covers about 1,114 square kilometres and takes in more than 260 outlying islands.
- The Star Ferry has crossed Victoria Harbour since 1888 and still charges HK$3.40 for the upper deck.

## Watch

[Best of Hong Kong](https://wimup.com/watch/hong-kong.md), 1:40:15

## Hong Kong travel FAQ

### How many days do you need in Hong Kong?

Four to five days covers the harbour, the Peak, two museums, a temple run through Kowloon and one full day outdoors on Lantau or the Dragon’s Back. Three days works if you drop the outlying islands.

### What is the best time of year to visit Hong Kong?

October to December. The air turns dry, temperatures sit in the low twenties Celsius and the typhoon risk has passed. May to September is hot, humid and carries most of the year’s rain.

### Do you need a visa for Hong Kong?

Hong Kong runs its own immigration system separately from mainland China, and most Western passport holders enter visa-free, though the length of stay varies by nationality. A mainland Chinese visa does not cover Hong Kong, and a day trip to Shenzhen needs its own permit.

### Is the Octopus card worth buying?

Yes, and it is the first thing to sort out. It pays for the MTR, buses, trams, the Star Ferry and most convenience stores, and it is faster than queueing for single-journey tickets. Buy one at the airport or add one to a phone wallet.

### Is Hong Kong expensive?

Hotels and cocktails are. Food and transport are not. A bowl of wonton noodles or roast goose over rice costs a fraction of a Central dinner, and the MTR, the trams and the Star Ferry all run on single-digit fares.

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## Sources

- [Hong Kong tourism board](https://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/index.html?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [Ride the Peak Tram to Victoria Peak (official site)](https://www.thepeak.com.hk/en?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [Cross the harbour on the Star Ferry (official site)](https://www.starferry.com.hk/en/service?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [See the Tian Tan Buddha at Po Lin Monastery (official site)](https://www.np360.com.hk/en?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [Spend an afternoon at M+ (official site)](https://www.mplus.org.hk/en/plan-your-visit/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [Walk the galleries of the Hong Kong Palace Museum (official site)](https://www.hkpm.org.hk/en/visit/plan-your-visit?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [Explore Tai Kwun after dark (official site)](https://www.taikwun.hk/en/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [Hike the Dragon’s Back to Big Wave Bay (official site)](https://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/place-to-go/travel.guide-dragon-s-back.html?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [Watch A Symphony of Lights from the promenade (official site)](https://www.tourism.gov.hk/symphony/english/details/details.html?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [Lung King Heen (official site)](https://www.fourseasons.com/hongkong/dining/restaurants/lung_king_heen/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [Kam’s Roast Goose (official site)](https://www.discoverhongkong.com/ca/interactive-map/kam-s-roast-goose.html?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [Mott 32 (official site)](https://mott32.com/hong-kong/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [Ho Lee Fook (official site)](https://blacksheeprestaurants.com/restaurants/ho-lee-fook/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [Duddell’s (official site)](https://www.discoverhongkong.com/us/interactive-map/duddell-s.html?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [Yardbird (official site)](https://yardbirdrestaurant.com/info?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [Mak’s Noodle (official site)](https://www.discoverhongkong.com/uk/interactive-map/mak-s-noodle.html?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [Tim Ho Wan (Sham Shui Po) (official site)](https://www.timhowan.com/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [Luk Yu Tea House (official site)](https://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/place-to-go/travel.guide-luk-yu-tea-house.html?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [Maxim’s Palace, City Hall (official site)](https://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/place-to-go/travel.guide-maxim-s-palace.html?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [Lin Heung Lau (official site)](https://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/place-to-go/travel.guide-lin-heung-tea-house.html?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [Sun Hing (official site)](https://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/place-to-go/travel.guide-sun-hing-restaurant.html?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [Ozone (official site)](https://www.ozonebarhongkong.com/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [Aqua Spirit (official site)](https://aqua.com.hk/bar/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [Popinjays (official site)](https://www.niccolohotels.com/en/the-murray-hong-kong/dining/popinjays?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [Man Mo Temple (official site)](https://www.tungwah.org.hk/en/heritage/historical-architecture/man-mo-temple/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [Chi Lin Nunnery & Nan Lian Garden (official site)](https://en.chilin.org/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [PMQ (official site)](https://www.pmq.org.hk/the-site/location-transportation/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [The Blue House (official site)](https://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/place-to-go/travel.guide-the-blue-house.html?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [Lantau Peak (official site)](https://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/place-to-go/travel.guide-lantau-peak.html?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [Cheung Chau (official site)](https://www.sunferry.com.hk/en/route-and-fare/timetable?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [Hong Kong International (official site)](https://www.hongkongairport.com/en/about-us/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [MTR (official site)](https://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/tickets/about_sj.html?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
- [Trams & taxis (official site)](https://www.hktramways.com/en/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral)
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