Hong Kong Pocket Precincts: A Pocket Guide to the City's Best Cultural Hangouts, Shops, Bars and Eateries
A handy, pocket-sized guide to the best of Hong Kong, plus daytrips further afield.

Hong Kong is an eclectic city where visitors can revel in a curious mix of travel experiences, from markets that sell everything including pigs' ears and plastic toys, to contemporary bars and eateries with delicious cocktails and world-class cuisine. Hong Kong Pocket Precincts is your curated guide to the city's best cultural, shopping, eating and drinking experiences, and its most accessible and budget-friendly choices. Each precinct takes in one or more of Hong Kong's districts with insider reviews of both outstanding attractions and hidden gems, as well as easy-to-use maps. The guide also has selection of field trips that encourages you to venture outside the city to Macau, Tai O, Lamma Island and Big Wave Bay. Slip this guide into your pocket and head off on an adventure, experiencing the very best places in Hong Kong and its surrounds.
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Hong Kong Pocket Precincts: A Pocket Guide to the City's Best Cultural Hangouts, Shops, Bars and Eateries
A handy, pocket-sized guide to the best of Hong Kong, plus daytrips further afield.

Hong Kong is an eclectic city where visitors can revel in a curious mix of travel experiences, from markets that sell everything including pigs' ears and plastic toys, to contemporary bars and eateries with delicious cocktails and world-class cuisine. Hong Kong Pocket Precincts is your curated guide to the city's best cultural, shopping, eating and drinking experiences, and its most accessible and budget-friendly choices. Each precinct takes in one or more of Hong Kong's districts with insider reviews of both outstanding attractions and hidden gems, as well as easy-to-use maps. The guide also has selection of field trips that encourages you to venture outside the city to Macau, Tai O, Lamma Island and Big Wave Bay. Slip this guide into your pocket and head off on an adventure, experiencing the very best places in Hong Kong and its surrounds.
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Hong Kong Pocket Precincts: A Pocket Guide to the City's Best Cultural Hangouts, Shops, Bars and Eateries

Hong Kong Pocket Precincts: A Pocket Guide to the City's Best Cultural Hangouts, Shops, Bars and Eateries

by Penny Watson
Hong Kong Pocket Precincts: A Pocket Guide to the City's Best Cultural Hangouts, Shops, Bars and Eateries

Hong Kong Pocket Precincts: A Pocket Guide to the City's Best Cultural Hangouts, Shops, Bars and Eateries

by Penny Watson

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A handy, pocket-sized guide to the best of Hong Kong, plus daytrips further afield.

Hong Kong is an eclectic city where visitors can revel in a curious mix of travel experiences, from markets that sell everything including pigs' ears and plastic toys, to contemporary bars and eateries with delicious cocktails and world-class cuisine. Hong Kong Pocket Precincts is your curated guide to the city's best cultural, shopping, eating and drinking experiences, and its most accessible and budget-friendly choices. Each precinct takes in one or more of Hong Kong's districts with insider reviews of both outstanding attractions and hidden gems, as well as easy-to-use maps. The guide also has selection of field trips that encourages you to venture outside the city to Macau, Tai O, Lamma Island and Big Wave Bay. Slip this guide into your pocket and head off on an adventure, experiencing the very best places in Hong Kong and its surrounds.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781741176391
Publisher: Hardie Grant
Publication date: 05/19/2020
Series: Pocket Precincts Series
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 5.10(w) x 7.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Award-winning Australian writer, journalist and author Penny Watson has travelled the world, written feature articles for countless magazines, newspapers and blogs, and researched a number of guidebooks including London Pocket Precincts and Slow Travel: A Movement. She lived as a writer in Hong Kong for six years and continues to return frequently.

Table of Contents

Introduction v

A perfect Hong Kong day vii

Pocket top picks viii

Hong Kong overview map x

Precincts

Central xii

Soho 24

Wan Chai 34

Causeway Bay, Happy Valley & Tai Hang 48

Sheung Wan 64

Hong Kong Island South 78

Tsim Sha Tsui & West Kowloon 92

Jordan & Beyond 106

Sham Shui Po 118

Field trips

Macau 128

Lamma Island 138

Lantau Island 144

Travel tips 150

Maps 156

Index 182

About the author & acknowledgements 184

Photo credits 185

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