Things to do in Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a city built around a harbour. Skyscrapers crowd the shore of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, ferries and old junk-rigged boats criss-cross Victoria Harbour, and above it all the Peak Tram hauls its cars up one of the steepest funicular lines in the world to the viewing terraces on Victoria Peak.

Away from the towers, most of the territory is hills, country parks and islands. On Lantau, a cable car climbs over the mountains to the Tian Tan Buddha and Po Lin Monastery at Ngong Ping, and the village of Tai O still lives on stilt houses above a tidal creek. Back in town, an evening cruise is the classic way to watch the skyline light up.