Lonely PlanetJul 17
The best free things to do in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is an expensive place to visit, so save your dollars with this guide to some of the best things to do that are completely free.
shops overflowing with old-fashioned playthings
25 things in this story
- Victoria HarborSightviewed through museum windows
- Central MarketMarketreimagined 1930s fresh food market with retail complex
- Victoria PeakSighthike for trillion-dollar views
- Tai KwunSightheritage and arts complex in restored police station-magistracy-prison
- Man Mo TempleSightphotogenic temple on Hollywood Road
- Hong Kong Museum of ArtMuseumfree admission, features modern and contemporary Hong Kong art
- PMQSightformer police quarters with artist studios and boutiques
- Tai Ping Shan StNeighborhoodcharming street with tea restaurants and indie bookstores
- Blake GardenParkpretty park built after the bubonic plague
- Sham Shui PoSuburbworking-class district with electronics, fabric, and toy markets
- Apliu StMarketelectronics flea market
- Ki Lung StMarketaka Button St, concentration of shops selling buttons
- Yu Chau StMarketaka Bead St
- Nam Cheong StMarketaka Ribbon St
- Tai Nan StMarketaka Leather St
- Yen Chow St Hawkers’ BazaarMarketfabric vendors
- Lung Hing TongSightlisted monument with pagoda roof and frescoes
- SSP Police StationSightneoclassical building
- Nam Cheong Pawn ShopSightbuilding with a bat-and-coin sign
- White Noise RecordsPlaceWe quickly followed opening the record store with event promotions for Hong Kong’s burgeoning music scene.
- WontonmeenCaféhostel that hosts gigs, shows, and meet-ups
- Dragon CentreSightshopping mall with an indoor roller coaster
- Po Lin MonasteryPlace of worshipmonastery with Big Buddha statue
- Toy StMarketshops overflowing with old-fashioned playthings
- Parallel SpaceGallery