Hong Kong in 3 days: the most dramatic harbour skyline in Asia, the world's best dim sum culture, and a day trip to the Big Buddha on Lantau Island.
First tram at 06:00 — the harbour and Kowloon skyline in morning clarity before the clouds and crowds arrive.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe 1933 dim sum institution in Central — char siu bao, har gow, cheung fun with Chinese tea. Arrive by 09:00.
The converted police housing estate — 100+ Hong Kong designer studios, free to explore.
The cheapest Michelin-starred restaurant in the world — exceptional baked char siu bao at astonishing prices.
The world's largest LED light show — 44 buildings across the harbour synchronized every evening at 20:00.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe definitive Hong Kong night market — fortune tellers, Cantonese opera, street food, jade and everything else.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideHong Kong milk tea, pineapple bun and an egg sandwich — the city's breakfast tradition since the 1950s.
The Taoist wish-granting temple — kau cim fortune telling, incense smoke and thousands of daily worshippers.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide1 km of covered street market — bargain fashion, accessories, Hong Kong street food.
Apliu Street second-hand electronics and gadgets — the most authentic market in Hong Kong.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideYat Lok or Kam's Roast Goose — the best Cantonese roast goose in Hong Kong. Lacquered skin, charcoal-roasted.
Return to Temple Street as the fortune tellers and Cantonese opera singers take over the street.
5.7 km cable car over Lantau's mountains — crystal cabin with glass floor for the most dramatic ride.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe largest seated outdoor bronze Buddha in the world (34m) — 260 steps to the base, with views of the South China Sea.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideStilt houses over the tidal channels — shrimp paste production, pink dolphin boat trips, traditional Hong Kong village life.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideHKD 3.40 across Victoria Harbour at sunset — the glass towers in the last light. The world's best value transport experience.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideRide through the floating fishing community in a sampan — the last traditional harbour life in Hong Kong.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe most famous Cantonese restaurant in Hong Kong — roast goose, thousand-year egg, the correct farewell.