Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
VICTORIA PARK
( Causeway Rd, Causeway Bay; admission free; 6am or 7am-11pm; Tin
Hau, exit B)
Hong Kong's largest patch of public greenery is best visited on
weekday mornings, when it becomes a slow-motion forest of taichi practition-
ers, and during the
Mid-Autumn Festival
, when people turn out en masse
carrying lanterns.
Park
STANLEY BEACH & MARKET
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)
This crowd pleaser is best visited on weekdays. The
Stanley Mar-
ket
(Stanley Village Rd; 10am-6pm)
is a maze of alleyways which has bar-
gain clothing (haggling a must!).
Stanley Main Beach
is for beach-bumming
and windsurfing.
Market, Beach
ABERDEEN
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)
Aberdeen's main attraction is the typhoon shelter it shares with
sleepy
Ap Lei Chau
, where the sampans of the boat-dwelling fisherfolk used
to moor. A half-hour tour of the typhoon shelter by sampan costs about HK$68
per person. You can also hop on the commuter boats plying the waters
between Aberdeen Promenade and Ap Lei Chau (HK$1.80, five minutes).
Harbour
