Lonely Planet: The world’s number one travel guide publisher* Lonely Planet’s Hong Kong is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Soak up views of Hong Kong’s iconic skyline from the Star Ferry or Victoria Peak, satisfy your food cravings in Wan Chai, and shop for anything and everything at Temple Street Night Market – all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Hong Kong and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet’s Hong Kong: Full-colour maps and images throughout Highlights and iti... [Read More]
Hong Kong is an eclectic city where travellers can revel in a cross-section of experiences, from markets that sell everything including pigs ears and plastic toys, to modern bars and eateries with delicious cocktails and world-class cuisine. Hong Kong Precincts is divided into 15 precincts (including Macau), with a chapter covering each, featuring the very best of Hong Kong's shopping, eating and drinking experiences. Interviews with Hongkongers who represent the city's creative community highlight favorite haunts, and additional information at the front and back offers expert travel tips. Pre... [Read More]
This book identifies and explores in depth the top 25 sights in Hong Kong in a compact, pocket-sized guidebook that also covers other popular spots and major neighborhoods all over the city, including shops, entertainment options, restaurants, hotels, and useful details like helpful web sites and travel information to make your short trip to Hong Kong a great trip.This guide is updated annually. This travel guide includes:· A useful, weather-resistant pullout city map and a metro map for easy navigation· Full-color photos and full-size street maps of major neighborhoods.· Neighborho... [Read More]
When the British occupied the tiny island of Hong Kong during the First Opium War, the Chinese empire was well into its decline, while Great Britain was already in the second decade of its legendary "Imperial Century." From this collision of empires arose a city that continues to intrigue observers. Melding Chinese and Western influences, Hong Kong has long defied easy categorization. John M. Carroll's engrossing and accessible narrative explores the remarkable history of Hong Kong from the early 1800s through the post-1997 handover, when this former colony became a Special Administrative Regi... [Read More]
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Hong Kong is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Ride the hair-raising tram to Victoria Peak, feast on seafood at Temple Street Night Market, or hike the delightful Hong Kong Trail; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Hong Kong and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet Hong Kong Travel Guide: Colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and intere... [Read More]
Like the other Sasek classics, this is a facsimile edition of the original book. The brilliant, vibrant illustrations have been meticulously preserved, remaining true to his vision more than 40 years later. Facts have been updated for the 21st-century, appearing on a "This is . . . Today" page at the back of the book. These charming illustrations, coupled with Sasek's witty, playful narrative, make for a perfect souvenir that will delight both children and their parents, many of whom will remember the series from their own childhoods. This is Hong Kong, first published in 1965, captures the en... [Read More]
Lonely Planet: The world’s number one travel guide publisher* Lonely Planet’s Pocket Hong Kong is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Jump aboard the legendary Star Ferry and explore the famous harbour, shop ‘til you drop at Temple Street Night Market and cheer on a winner at the Happy Valley Racecourse – all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Hong Kong and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet’s Pocket Hong Kong: Full-colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itiner... [Read More]
Newly revised, updated, and redesigned for 2016.True to its name, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Hong Kong covers all the city's major sights and attractions in easy-to-use "top 10" lists that help you plan the vacation that's right for you.This newly updated pocket travel guide for Hong Kong will lead you straight to the best attractions the city has to offer, from the city's amazing skyline and modernist architecture to the Hong Kong Museum of History and Man Mo Temple to Victoria Peak.Expert travel writers have fully revised this edition of DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Hong Kong.�... [Read More]
Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for 80 years. With cutting-edge architecture, chic restaurants, and hip hotels alongside ancient temples, outdoor markets, and hole-in-the-wall dim sum joints, Hong Kong is an intoxicating destination. Whether travelers are stopping over on the way to another destination or spending a week in the city, this full-color guide will inspire them to experience all that Hong Kong has to offer.This travel guide includes:· Dozens of full-color maps plus a handy pullout map with essential information·... [Read More]
From a little-known fishing community at the periphery of China, Hong Kong developed into one of the world's most spectacular and cosmopolitan metropoles after a century and a half of British imperial rule. This history of Hong Kong -- from its occupation by the British in 1841 to its return to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 -- includes the foundation of modern Hong Kong; its developments as an imperial outpost, its transformation into the ""pearl"" of the British Empire and of the Orient and the events leading to the end of British rule. Based on extensive research in British and Chinese sources... [Read More]
With a cool aesthetic, vibrant photography and cutting-edge design, Hong Kong Diner is inspired by the unique city where Jeremy Pang grew up, where western sensibilities and food tastes overlap with an ancient cuisine. Featuring a selection of 70 dishes, including bao, buns, hotpots, fried noodles and bubble tea, Hong Kong Diner reveals the recipes of Hong Kong café and street food culture. From easy seafood to instant noodles, to rice balls and sweet delicacies, this is like no other Asian cookbook out there.
In its last days under British rule, the Crown Colony of Hong Kong is the world’s most exciting city, at once fascinating and exasperating, a tangle of contradictions. It is a dazzling amalgam of conspicuous consumption and primitive poverty, the most architecturally incongruous yet undeniably beautiful urban panorama of all. World renowned travel writer Jan Morris offers the most insightful and comprehensive study of the enigma of Hong Kong thus far.
In this sparkling romance, Ruby (Jamie Chung), a Chinese American toy designer from LA, visits Hong Kong for the first time on business. Finding herself stranded, she meets Josh (Bryan Greenberg), an American expat who
Explore the enigmatic and eclectic city of Hong Kong the way the locals do, as 60 artists and creatives reveal their favorite destinations in Asias World City. Suggestions include the Jockey Club Creative Arts Center,
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