GREAT EXPERIENCES
Welcome to Hong Kong Island! The most important part of Hong Kong with everything you can expect to find in the whole of Hong Kong all within easy reach. Check out the great views of Victoria Peak, explore the nightlife of Wanchai, go shopping in Stanley Market or Causeway Bay, experience world class dining in Central or SoHo, or hike the green hills of the Hong Kong Trail, enjoy family fun at Ocean Park, or just relax on one of they many quiet beaches of the south side.
Hong Kong Island truly has it all!
For what is on through 2027, see the Hong Kong Island events calendar 2027.
Shopping AND sightseeing
Whether Staying on Hong Kong Island or elsewhere every visitor to Hong Kong will spend time on the Island, and it isn't just for the shopping and dining, but also for the many historic, modern and unique sights that can be found nowhere else in the world. From two of the world's longest escalator systems, through to historic buildings relocated stone by stone to preserve them or turned into museums, to some of the most modern buildings in the world you'll find everything in Hong Kong.
Guides for the trip
The buttons above get you around the site. These are the longer guides behind them - the ones worth reading before you book anything.
Getting around
- MTR stations on Hong Kong Island - station maps, exits and shopping-mall connections
- Ferry routes and connections - Star Ferry, the outlying islands and the Macau sailings
- Airport to Hong Kong Island - Airport Express, taxis by district and the bus options
- Hong Kong Island to Macau - ferries, timings and the border crossing
- The Octopus card - buying it, using it and where it is accepted
- Travel apps worth installing - transport, navigation and payment apps
- Tour buses - hop-on hop-off routes and private sightseeing buses
Eating well
- Fine dining - the Michelin-starred rooms and what they charge
- Private dining - private rooms, chef's tables and corporate dinners
Outdoors and districts
- Outdoor activities - Dragon's Back, rock climbing, water sports and the beaches
- Shek O Beach and Dragon's Back day trip - bus 9, the two walking routes and the village restaurants
- Neighborhoods - Central, Wan Chai, Causeway Bay and the rest of the island