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⭐ Highlights

3 Days in Hong Kong — Essential Highlights

Victoria Peak at dawn, dim sum, the Star Ferry, Temple Street Night Market and Lantau Big Buddha

📍 Hong Kong, China 📅 3-day itinerary

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.

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Hong Kong Island — the Peak & Wan Chai

06:00
🏔️ Victoria Peak at dawn

First tram at 06:00 — the harbour and Kowloon skyline in morning clarity before the clouds and crowds arrive.

⏱ 2 hrs 💶 HKD 88
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide
09:00
🥟 Dim sum — Luk Yu Tea House

The 1933 dim sum institution in Central — char siu bao, har gow, cheung fun with Chinese tea. Arrive by 09:00.

⏱ 1.5 hrs 💶 HKD 200–350
11:30
🎨 PMQ creative hub

The converted police housing estate — 100+ Hong Kong designer studios, free to explore.

⏱ 1.5 hrs 💶 Free
14:30
🥟 Tim Ho Wan dim sum lunch

The cheapest Michelin-starred restaurant in the world — exceptional baked char siu bao at astonishing prices.

⏱ 1 hr 💶 HKD 80–150
20:00
Symphony of Lights from Tsim Sha Tsui

The world's largest LED light show — 44 buildings across the harbour synchronized every evening at 20:00.

⏱ 30 min 💶 Free
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide
21:30
🌙 Temple Street Night Market

The definitive Hong Kong night market — fortune tellers, Cantonese opera, street food, jade and everything else.

⏱ 2 hrs 💶 Free
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide

Kowloon — temples, markets & roast goose

08:00
🍳 Cha chaan teng breakfast

Hong Kong milk tea, pineapple bun and an egg sandwich — the city's breakfast tradition since the 1950s.

⏱ 45 min 💶 HKD 30–60
09:30
🏮 Wong Tai Sin Temple

The Taoist wish-granting temple — kau cim fortune telling, incense smoke and thousands of daily worshippers.

⏱ 2 hrs 💶 HKD 2
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide
12:30
🛍️ Mong Kok — Ladies Market

1 km of covered street market — bargain fashion, accessories, Hong Kong street food.

⏱ 2 hrs 💶 Free
16:00
💻 Sham Shui Po electronics market

Apliu Street second-hand electronics and gadgets — the most authentic market in Hong Kong.

⏱ 2 hrs 💶 Free
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide
19:00
🦆 Cantonese roast goose dinner

Yat Lok or Kam's Roast Goose — the best Cantonese roast goose in Hong Kong. Lacquered skin, charcoal-roasted.

⏱ 1.5 hrs 💶 HKD 150–250
21:30
🌙 Temple Street Night Market late wander

Return to Temple Street as the fortune tellers and Cantonese opera singers take over the street.

⏱ 1.5 hrs 💶 Free

Lantau Island — Big Buddha & Tai O village

07:30
🚡 Ngong Ping 360 cable car to Lantau

5.7 km cable car over Lantau's mountains — crystal cabin with glass floor for the most dramatic ride.

⏱ 25 min 💶 HKD 235 return
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide
09:30
🧘 Tian Tan Big Buddha — 260 steps

The largest seated outdoor bronze Buddha in the world (34m) — 260 steps to the base, with views of the South China Sea.

⏱ 2 hrs 💶 HKD 175
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide
12:30
🏠 Tai O fishing village

Stilt houses over the tidal channels — shrimp paste production, pink dolphin boat trips, traditional Hong Kong village life.

⏱ 2 hrs 💶 Free / HKD 80 dolphin trip
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide
16:30
⛴️ Star Ferry at sunset

HKD 3.40 across Victoria Harbour at sunset — the glass towers in the last light. The world's best value transport experience.

⏱ 30 min 💶 HKD 3.40
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide
19:00
🚣 Aberdeen Harbour sampan ride

Ride through the floating fishing community in a sampan — the last traditional harbour life in Hong Kong.

⏱ 1.5 hrs 💶 HKD 60–80
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide
22:00
🦢 Final dinner — Yung Kee Cantonese

The most famous Cantonese restaurant in Hong Kong — roast goose, thousand-year egg, the correct farewell.

⏱ 2 hrs 💶 HKD 300–500

📍 Route map

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