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The minted heart of Asia's financial hub comes replete with corporate citadels, colonial rel-
ics and massive monuments to consumerism. It's where you'll find the stock exchange, the
Four Seasons, Prada and award-winning restaurants, all housed in a compelling mix of mod-
ern architecture, alongside graceful remnants of the city's colonial history. Dynamic during
the day, it retires soon after sundown.
Victoria Peak, soaring above the luxury residences in the Mid-Levels, offers a great vantage
point from which to gaze back on Hong Kong. Down below, the charming old neighbour-
hoods of Sheung Wan, Sai Ying Pun and Western District have, between them, something
for everyone, whether it's history, antiques and fine art, stylish hedonism, or a generous
slice of local life as it has been in these hoods for decades.
Quiet Admiralty offers class and quality over quantity for your shopping, dining and lodging
needs. To its immediate east, versatile Wan Chai is a seat of culture, a showcase of dying
age-old traditions and a nightlife guru. Wan Chai is also the area with the widest culinary
repertoire in Hong Kong. In the crowded shopping hub of Causeway Bay, restaurants, traffic
and department stores jockey for space with a racecourse and a cemetery.
The southern district is the island's backyard playground - from the beaches of Repulse Bay
and Deep Water Bay to Stanley Market, the waterfront bazaar and Ocean Park, the amuse-
ment park. Aberdeen Harbour offers boat rides down memory lane to a bygone era when
thousands lived on junks moored in the harbour, while sleepy Ap Lei Chau surprises with a
shopping hot spot and top-notch seafood.
