Best Things to Do in Hong Kong

Hong Kong is best experienced by alternating its dense waterfront streets with its high mountain ridges and islands:

1. Ride the Peak Tram and walk the Lugard Road circle on Victoria Peak: climb steeply from Garden Road to the Peak Tower, then step onto free, tree-shaded Lugard Road for an unobstructed cliffside panorama over Victoria Harbour and Kowloon.
2. Cross Victoria Harbour on the Star Ferry: take the upper deck between Tsim Sha Tsui and Central or Wan Chai at sunset as the skyscrapers light up across the water.
3. Explore Central, Soho and Sheung Wan via the Mid-Levels Escalator: ride the world's longest outdoor covered escalator system past the restored colonial courtyards of Tai Kwun, the PMQ design studios and incense-filled Man Mo Temple on Hollywood Road.
4. Ride the upper deck of a double-decker Ding Ding tram: rattle east from Sheung Wan through Central, Wan Chai and Causeway Bay to North Point.
5. Stroll the Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade and West Kowloon Cultural District: follow the Avenue of Stars past the historic 1915 Clock Tower to the harbourfront lawns and the world-class visual culture galleries of the M+ Museum and Hong Kong Palace Museum.
6. Wander Mong Kok, Sham Shui Po and Temple Street Night Market: explore the Goldfish Market, Ladies' Market, fabric lanes and evening street-food stalls in Jordan.
7. Take the Ngong Ping 360 cable car to the Tian Tan Big Buddha and Tai O: soar over Lantau Island's green peaks to Po Lin Monastery and the wooden stilt houses of Tai O fishing village.
8. Hike the Dragon's Back ridge trail to Shek O: walk Hong Kong Island's breezy coastal spine above turquoise bays and finish with seafood by the beach.
9. Visit Chi Lin Nunnery and Nan Lian Garden in Diamond Hill: admire Tang-style wooden temple halls built without a single iron nail and golden lotus ponds framed by apartment towers.
10. Feast on Cantonese dim sum and roast goose: share bamboo steamers of har gow and crispy-skinned roast goose. Fit everything into our three-day itinerary.