Places to visit in Hong Kong
39 places to visit in Hong Kong, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Bank of China Tower, Cheung Chau, HSBC Main Building and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Hong Kong volume.
14 Famous places to visit · 25 Hidden gems
Famous places to visit in Hong Kong (14)
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Bank of China Tower
A skyscraper at 1 Garden Road in Central, designed by Pei Ieoh Ming and completed in 1990. Its sharp geometric form, built from triangular sections that stop at different heights, makes it one of the most recognisable landmarks on the Hong Kong skyline.
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Cheung Chau
An outlying island about 10 km southwest of Hong Kong Island, nicknamed Dumbbell Island for its shape. It has been inhabited longer than most places in Hong Kong, has no cars, and holds the annual Bun Festival in front of the Pak Tai Temple.
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HSBC Main Building
The headquarters of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, on the south side of Statue Square in Central. The current steel framed building by Norman Foster opened in 1985, and two bronze lions stand guard at its entrance.
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Hong Kong Disneyland
A theme park on reclaimed land at Penny's Bay on Lantau Island, opened on 12 September 2005. It was the second Disney park in Asia after Tokyo, and it is built around themed lands such as Main Street, Adventureland and Fantasyland.
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International Commerce Centre
A 108 storey supertall skyscraper in West Kowloon, 484 metres high and standing above the Elements mall and two MTR stations. It was among the ten tallest buildings in the world by floors when completed, and it holds a hotel and an observation deck.
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International Finance Centre
A skyscraper and commercial complex on the Victoria Harbour waterfront in Central. Its main tower, Two IFC, rises about 415 metres, and the complex includes a large mall and the Airport Express station connecting the city centre to the airport.
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Kowloon Walled City Park
A Chinese style park in Kowloon City on the site of the former Walled City, a military stronghold from the 15th century that later became a dense slum. Under an agreement between the governments it was cleared, and the park opened in 1996.
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Lamma Island
The third largest island in Hong Kong, a rural place in the Islands District with no cars. A hiking path links the villages of Yung Shue Wan and Sok Kwu Wan, which are known for their seafood restaurants along the waterfront.
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Ocean Park Hong Kong
An amusement and animal park at Wong Chuk Hang on the south side of Hong Kong Island, opened on 10 January 1977. It covers 91.5 hectares and combines rides and a cable car with aquariums, giant pandas and other live animal exhibits.
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Peak Tram
A funicular railway running from Garden Road in Admiralty up to Victoria Peak through the Mid-Levels. Opened in 1888, it was the first funicular in Asia, and its steep climb gives passengers sliding views of the city towers outside the windows.
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Repulse Bay
A curved bay and beach on the south side of Hong Kong Island, in the Southern District. It is one of the most expensive residential areas in the world, and the beach is a popular summer swimming spot with a shrine statue garden at its eastern end.
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Tian Tan Buddha
A large bronze statue of the seated Buddha at Ngong Ping on Lantau Island, completed in 1993 beside Po Lin Monastery. Visitors climb a flight of 268 steps to reach its base, and on clear days the figure can be seen from far across the surrounding hills.
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Victoria Harbour
The natural harbour separating Hong Kong Island from the Kowloon Peninsula, and a major trading port for the territory. Its waterfronts on both sides are lined with towers and promenades, and the Star Ferry has crossed it since the 1880s.
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Victoria Peak
The tallest hill on Hong Kong Island at 552 metres, known locally simply as The Peak. Its summit terraces look down over the skyscrapers of Central and across Victoria Harbour to Kowloon, and it has been a prized residential and viewing spot since colonial times.
Hidden gems in Hong Kong (25)
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Chi Lin Nunnery
A large Buddhist temple complex at Diamond Hill in Kowloon, founded in 1934 as a retreat for nuns. It was rebuilt in 1998 in the style of the Tang dynasty, with timber halls joined without nails and many gilded statues inside.
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Civic Square
The open forecourt in front of the East Wing of the Central Government Complex in Admiralty. In September 2014 it became a focus of the Umbrella Movement protests, and it has been a gathering place in Hong Kong's recent history.
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Dragon's Back
A mountain ridge in southeastern Hong Kong Island that passes over Shek O Peak, inside Shek O Country Park. The trail along its crest was named by CNN in 2019 as one of the best urban trails in the world, with views of Tai Long Wan and the coast.
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Hong Kong Central Library
The largest library in Hong Kong, at the corner of Moreton Terrace and Causeway Bay, and the flagship of the public library system. It serves as the territory's national library, with a large reading room, a lending collection and a public exhibition space.
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Hong Kong Museum of Art
The first and main art museum of Hong Kong, standing on Salisbury Road in Tsim Sha Tsui. Its collections cover Chinese painting and calligraphy, historical pictures of Hong Kong and contemporary art, and its galleries face Victoria Harbour.
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Hong Kong Museum of History
A public museum in Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, next to the Hong Kong Science Museum. Its permanent exhibition, The Hong Kong Story, walks visitors from prehistoric times to the 1997 handover through life size reconstructions of streets and shops.
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Hong Kong Palace Museum
A public museum in the West Kowloon Cultural District showing artefacts from the Palace Museum at the Forbidden City in Beijing. Construction began in April 2019, and the museum opened to the public in 2022 on the harbour waterfront.
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Hong Kong Park
A public park beside Cotton Tree Drive in Central, built at a cost of HK$398 million and opened on 23 May 1991. It covers 80,000 square metres and holds a large aviary, a conservatory, a tai chi garden and an artificial waterfall among the towers.
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Jamia Mosque
The oldest mosque in Hong Kong, completed in 1890 in the Mid-Levels on Hong Kong Island. It is a Friday mosque and a declared monument, and the nearby streets are named Mosque Street and Mosque Junction after it.
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Jockey Club Innovation Tower
A building of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University on Chatham Road South in Hung Hom, designed by the architect Zaha Hadid. Its flowing, curved facade makes it one of the best known contemporary buildings in Kowloon.
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Ladies' Market
A street market on Tung Choi Street in Mong Kok, Kowloon, and one of the best known in Hong Kong. Its southern section is popularly called Ladies' Market, with rows of stalls selling clothing, accessories and souvenirs, and bargaining is expected.
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Lion Rock
A granite mountain 495 metres high between Kowloon Tong and Tai Wai, shaped like a crouching lion when seen from the city. Hiking trails lead to its summit through Lion Rock Country Park, and it is a symbol of the determination of Hong Kong people.
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Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong
A five star hotel on Connaught Road Central, opened in 1963 and long regarded as one of the grand addresses of the city. Its position in the business district near the harbour made it a social landmark for decades.
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Middle Bay Beach
A small gazetted beach on the south side of Hong Kong Island, between Repulse Bay and South Bay. It is quieter than its neighbours and is popular with locals for swimming and sunbathing.
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Nan Lian Garden
A Chinese classical garden of 3.5 hectares beside Diamond Hill station in Kowloon, designed in the style of the Tang dynasty. It is laid out with artificial hills, ponds, rocks, trees and timber pavilions, and it faces Chi Lin Nunnery across a pond.
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Po Lin Monastery
A Chan Buddhist monastery on the Ngong Ping plateau of Lantau Island, founded in 1906. Its ornate halls sit at the foot of the Tian Tan Buddha, and the monastery serves vegetarian meals to visitors who come up by cable car or bus.
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Po Toi Lighthouse
An active lighthouse on Po Toi, the main island of the remote Po Toi Islands group south of Hong Kong Island. It is also known as Nam Kok Tsui lighthouse or Lighthouse 126.
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Sai Kung Country Park
A country park on the Sai Kung Peninsula in northeast Hong Kong, made up of the East and West Country Parks. Hills, coves and beaches fill the area, and the hiking routes include the Maclehose Trail and the High Island Reservoir shore.
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Statue of Bruce Lee
A bronze memorial statue of the martial artist Bruce Lee, who died on 20 July 1973 at the age of 32. It stands on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront, where visitors pose in his fighting stance with the harbour and skyline behind.
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Tai O Stilt Houses
Pang uk are stilt houses built over the water and on small beaches in the old fishing village of Tai O on Lantau Island. Boat trips pass beneath them, and they remain one of the clearest reminders of Hong Kong's fishing communities.
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Temple Street Night Market
A street in Jordan and Yau Ma Tei in Kowloon, known for one of the busiest night markets in Hong Kong. Stalls open in the evening selling clothes, trinkets and snacks, and fortune tellers and street opera singers gather along its length.
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The Murray
A hotel in Central housed in the former Murray Building, a government office block. The building was repurposed as a hotel and shows how Hong Kong has given new uses to its older civic architecture.
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The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong
One of the highest hotels in the world, on the top floors of the International Commerce Centre in West Kowloon. Its upper levels look across Victoria Harbour to the skyscrapers of Hong Kong Island.
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Tolo Harbour
A sheltered harbour in the northeast New Territories, also known as Tai Po Hoi. Hills rise around its shores, and cycle paths and promenades run along the water near Tai Po and Ma On Shan.
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Tsing Ma Bridge
A suspension bridge connecting Tsing Yi and Ma Wan islands, on the road to Hong Kong airport. It is the world's 21st longest span suspension bridge, and was the second longest when it opened in 1997. A viewpoint on Tsing Yi looks up at it.
Collecting in Hong Kong
What are the best places to visit in Hong Kong?
LOQAH lists 39 places in Hong Kong. The best known include Bank of China Tower, Cheung Chau, HSBC Main Building, Hong Kong Disneyland and International Commerce Centre. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Hong Kong?
39, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Hong Kong?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Hong Kong before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Hong Kong and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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