SYMPHONY OF LIGHTS SHOW
The Symphony of lights show is one of the best spot to visit in Hong Kong.
Played at 8PM daily, the skyscrapers come alive with amazing lights and music.
Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade is the best place to watch the lights show.
2. OCEAN PARK
Ocean park is a marine mammal park, oceanarium, animal theme park and amusement park. The cable car provides a magnificent 360 degree view of the theme park.
You will enjoy watching dolphins, giant asian pandas, sea lions and much more.
3. TIAN TAN BUDDHA
The Big Buddha also known as Tian Tan Buddha is the most iconic attraction of Lantau island. Ngong Ping 360 cable car is one of the World's most amazing cable car experience which provides a 360 degree view of the beautiful islands, Hong Kong Airport and the new Hong Kong- Zhuhai- Macau bridge. Near Big Buddha statue you can also visit The Po Lin Monastery, wisdom steps and Tai O fishing village by taking bus 21 from Ngong Ping village.
4. DISNEYLAND
The most famous spot of Hong Kong consists of seven themed areas. You will love exotic jungles, mysterious museums and the amazing rides. Don't forget to watch the World famous parade.
5. THE PEAK
The most stunning place where you can enjoy 360 degree view of the city. You can enjoy watching the beautiful skyscrapers from Sky Terrace 428 or from Lions Pavillion next to the sky terrace for free. Peak tram is truly the only way to enjoy the wonders of Hong Kong. You can also visit Madame Tussauds at the peak tower.
6. K11 MUSEA
K11 Musea is the new destination on Victoria dockside, one of the most amazing mall with astounding architectural design. Next to the mall you can enjoy visiting Avenue of stars and the Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade.
7. TSIM SHA TSUI PROMENADE
The World famous harbour view. A place where you will want to just stay and enjoy the true beauty of the city. You will love watching the colourful boats, ferris and the iconic skyscrapers of the city. Here you can also visit the Avenue of stars, Clock tower,Hong Kong space museum, Hong Kong museum of art or you can also take a ride of ferris or the boats.
8. 1881 HERITAGE
Located in the heart of Tsim Sha Tsui, it features with luxury shops, heritage hotel and hall which allows visitors to discover the history of the site. It's just steps away from Hong Kong Space Museum. You can also visit The Peninsula Hotel just next to it.
9. TEMPLE STREET NIGHT MARKET
At night the Temple street illuminates. There are more than 100 stalls and the best place to experience the colourful lights. You will get everything here as it's one of the most famous shopping market of Hong Kong.
10. CITY TOUR
To explore the incredible architecture of the city, you can hop on the bus tours. It takes you through all the major attractions of the city and it's convenient too as you can hop off from the bus at any stops and after exploring the place you can hop in back on the next bus from the same stop.
11. GOLDEN BAUHINIA SQUARE
The Golden Bauhinia square, a site of significant cultural importance is situated next to Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. There is a daily flag raising ceremony of 10 minutes at 7:50 AM. You can get here by taking a star ferry ride from Tsim Sha Tsui. From here you will get a great view of Tsim Sha Tsui side of Hong Kong.
12. SKY 100 OBSERVATION DECK
The Sky100 observation deck is located on the 100th floor of International Commerce Centre, the tallest building of Hong Kong. It offers the another 360 degree view of the city and is a great indoor activity. At ICC you can also visit the Elements Mall.
13. SHEK O BEACH
It's one of the most scenic beaches of Hong Kong. The water quality is pretty fair and it's a popular weekend destination. To avoid the crowd it's better to visit during week days. The rocky cliffs here provides a great experience for sports climbing. One can also go for hiking through Dragons back to get a scenic view of the beach from top.
14. MAN MO TEMPLE
One of the oldest Temples of Hong Kong with beautiful lanterns inside. This Temple is home to the Gods of Literature and the God of War.
15. STAR FERRY RIDE
The best way to explore the city from all the angles. You can take a ride to Central or Wan Chai from Tsim Sha Tsui to explore the beautiful architecture of the city.
16. NAN LIAN GARDEN & CHI LIN NUNNERY
Hidden in between the tall skyscrapers lies the Nan Lian Garden and Chi Lin Nunnery. A beautiful place with ornamental rocks, waterfalls and ponds where you will feel the peace and serenity.
17. FERRIS WHEEL
Hong Kong observation wheel is located at the iconic Central Harbour front. One can also enjoy the ride of the ferris wheel. Next to the ferris wheel is the AIA Vitality Park. By taking a 15 minutes walk through the park at harbour front you can reach Wan Chai at- Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
18. HARBOUR CITY
Harbour city is the shopping centre located just near Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade. After visiting the harbour one can visit the harbour city mall which covers almost every brands and is the largest shopping centre of Hong Kong.
19. XIQU CENTRE
Next to Harbour city mall, is located the Xiqu Centre with it's stunning art and design.
It embraces the cultural richness of Chinese opera and consists of a Grand Theatre, Tea House Theatre, eight professional studios and much more. Just between the harbour city and Xiqu Centre, you can also visit The Royal Pacific Hotel and Towers for it's amazing design. (Golden building in the picture)
20.MONG KOK
It's also one of the famous spots with great neon lights. Mong Kok is home to many markets like ladies market where you will get various low priced products for women, goldfish market, flower market, computer centre, Mong Kok's biggest mall- Langham Place and much more.
21. HONG KONG TRAMWAYS
Just board and relax. It's the most affordable ride in Hong Kong, you can take a ride on iconic trams to explore the beauty of Hong Kong. Or you can also hop into a unique sightseeing tram- The Tram Oramic to explore the hidden gems of the city.
22. YICK FAT BUILDING
Also known as the Monster Building- Being featured on the "Transformers- Age of Extinction" movie. It's quite popular spot to visit.
23. SAI WAN SWIMMING SHED
One of the famous and most instagrammable spots of Hong Kong. The best time to visit this place is during the sunset.
24. PING SHEK ESTATE & CHOI HUNG ESTATE
If you are a fan of architectural designs then it's one of the best spots to visit. Hong Kong has many hidden architectures in the city. Next to Ping Shek Estate, you can also visit Choi Hung Estate where you will find many beautiful colourful buildings which is also a famous instagrammable spot of Hong Kong.
25. STAR CRUISES
You can even take a ride on Star Cruises for one night where you will get amazing views of the city during day and night. Star Cruises departs at 7:30 PM and arrives early in the morning next day. You can check out at any time before 12:00 PM from cruise. You can enjoy the casinos, various shows and even beautiful sunrise view from the Cruise.
26. LOK WAH SOUTH ESTATE
If you are a fan of best Instagrammable spots to visit in Hong Kong, then only I would recommend you to visit this spot. The location of this photo is upstairs at the parking lot.
EXTRA TIPS:
For directions you can use Moovit app, it gives you directions in all possible ways available through MTR, trams, buses or by walk.
Hong Kong is equipped with one of the best transportation networks in the World. Every MTR stations have many exits. So where ever you may be, you can easily get to the nearest MTR station without any hustle.
It's better to buy an octopus card in Hong Kong. You can get it at any MTR stations. You can add/ deposit money in the card and it can be used everywhere such as at MTR stations, tramways, taxis, ferries and at all the stores in Hong Kong.
You can use applications like Klook to book tickets at a discount rate for Disneyland, Ocean park, The Peak or Sky100. For some places you will have to purchase tickets a day prior of visit.
If you love taking long exposure shots at night, then Central District is the best place to take these type of shots. This city is loaded with so many perfect spots that you will automatically get a perfect place for these shots.
You can even explore Macau which is an hour away from Hong Kong where you will love the beautiful hotels of the city. Or you can also visit Shenzhen (China). You can find the guide to explore these places below.
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