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Piera Chen - Lonely Planet Pocket Hong Kong

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Lonely Planet: The worlds leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planets Pocket Hong Kong is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Ride the legendary Star Ferry, take in the views from Victoria Peak, or stroll along Tsim Sha Tsui East Promenade; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of the best of Hong Kong and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planets Pocket Hong Kong: Full-colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Free, convenient pull-out Hong Kong city map (included in print version), plus over 19 colour neighbourhood maps User-friendly layout with helpful icons, and organised by neighbourhood to help you pick the best spots to spend your time Covers Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, the New Territories, Macau and more eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices and smartphones) Downloadable PDF and offline maps prevent roaming and data charges Effortlessly navigate and jump between maps and reviews Add notes to personalize your guidebook experience Seamlessly flip between pages Bookmarks and speedy search capabilities get you to key pages in a flash Embedded links to recommendations websites Zoom-in maps and images Inbuilt dictionary for quick referencing The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planets Pocket Hong Kong, a colorful, easy-to-use, and handy guide that literally fits in your pocket, provides on-the-go assistance for those seeking only the cant-miss experiences to maximize a quick trip experience. Looking for a comprehensive guide that recommends both popular and offbeat experiences, and extensively covers all of Hong Kongs neighbourhoods? Check out Lonely Planets Hong Kong guide. Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planets China guide for a comprehensive look at all the country has to offer, or Discover China, a photo-rich guide to the countrys most popular attractions. Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet and Piera Chen. About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the worlds leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves.

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Survival Guide
Welcome to Hong Kong

Hong Kong beckons and baffles, like the plot in one of its award-winning crime thrillers. Behind the city's futuristic facade hide smoky temples, surf-beaten beaches and sprawling, cattle-graced country parks. Hong Kong quickens the blood, yet reassures with the rule of law, an unbeatable transport system and the world's very best dim sum.

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Hong KongTop Sights

At only HK$2.50, the 15-minute ride on the legendary Star Ferry, with its views of the dramatic urban coastline and the shimmering waters of Victoria Harbour, must be one of the worlds best-value cruises.

PETER SCHOLEYGETTY IMAGES Hong Kong Top Sights This balmy promenade - photo 6
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Hong Kong Top Sights

This balmy promenade offers the best vantage points for viewing Hong Kongs most famous imagery: gleaming skyscrapers lined up between emerald hills and a sapphire harbour crisscrossed by ships.

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Hong Kong Top Sights

Take Hong Kongs oldest thrill ride, the Peak Tram, for an almost-vertical ascension to the summit and the Peak Tower for postcard-perfect views of the city and the harbour.

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Hong Kong Top Sights

Designed by architect Norman Foster, this impressive feat of high-tech modernism houses the HSBC headquarters; this monument in glass and steel is one of Hong Kongs most iconic buildings.

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Hong Kong Top Sights

This Taoist temple mesmerises with its bitter-sweet history and a smoky air infused by burning incense coils hanging from the ceiling like inverted mushrooms in a strange garden.

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Hong Kong Top Sights

Beneath the glare of naked bulbs, stalls sell a myriad of booty, from alarm clocks to Nepalese daggers. Nearby, fortune tellers summon in English from dimly lit tents, and Cantonese opera singers strike a pose under the stars.

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Hong Kong Top Sights

Whether you bet on the ponies or not, attending one of the electrifying Wednesday-evening meetings at this unique urban racecourse is one of the most exhilarating things to do in Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong Top Sights

This bustling temple complex is dedicated to a deified healer, and offers over-the-top visual excitement, quirky landscaping, colourful Taoist ceremonies and the obligatory fortune telling.

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Hong Kong Top Sights

Big Buddha is the worlds largest seated outdoor bronze Buddha. He occupies a hilltop spot on leafy Lantau Island, but you can see him also as you fly into Hong Kong on a clear day.

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Hong Kong Top Sights

Macaus most famous landmark is, rightfully, this gorgeous facade decorated with intricate carvings and detailed engravings which was once part of a 17th-century Jesuit church.

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Hong Kong Top Sights

A top-notch aviary; photogenic lawns, ponds and waterfalls; and an exquisite tea-ware museum housed in a colonial building are the main draws of this attractive human-made park.

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Hong KongLocal Life

Insider tips to help you find the real Hong Kong
Alongside the top sights, you can experience Hong Kong like a local by exploring the coolest hang-outs, the pet beaches, the favourite mountain trails and those little indulgences that make up a Hong Kongers perfect day.

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