Wan Chai and Island East Travel Guide

Explore Wan Chai Wan Chai’s streets hum with tramlines, late-night dai pai dongs and narrow antique shops; tourists come for seafood eateries on Lockhart Road, the Blue House’s faded colors and the walkable mix of colonial lanes and glass towers. Explore Causeway Bay Causeway Bay pulses with department stores, neon-lit arcades and tram tracks cutting through breakfast cha chaan tengs. Explore Happy Valley Race-night lights pull crowds to Happy Valley Racecourse; the neighborhood mixes colonial terraces, dim sum cafés, packed bars and quick trams into Wan Chai. Explore Shau Kei Wan An old Hong Kong harbour quarter where fishing families rubbed shoulders with apartment towers; people come for seafood eateries, Tam Kung Temple, the market lanes and a seaside promenade. Explore Tai Koo Taikoo’s streets blend Taikoo Shing residential blocks, the old Swire docks and Cityplaza shopping. Explore Victoria Park (Hong Kong) Public park in Causeway Bay with sports facilities, promenades and seasonal events such as the Hong Kong Flower Show; frequented by joggers, tai chi groups and nearby shoppers. Explore Hong Kong Skyscrapers wedge themselves between harbor and hills; the Star Ferry remains ridiculous and necessary. Explore Tiu Keng Leng Tiu Keng Leng’s slopes hide a past as a refugee enclave; now a waterfront mix of tower blocks, casual eateries and ferry piers.