Madame Tussauds Hong Kong

Madame Tussauds Hong Kong is a unique celebrity-inspired attraction that connects guests with famous people, famous events and famous times. Featuring five themed areas, Madame Tussauds Hong Kong provides guests with the opportunity to meet their idols and do the things that famous people do!
As part of the exciting Peak Tower Renovation, Madame Tussauds Hong Kong has reopened after a HK$20 million expansion project, building a brand new entrance area on level 3 of the Peak Tower and adding a further 7000 sq. ft of exhibition space.
The new look attraction features over 100 local and international celebrity wax figures, from well-liked local celebrities to international starrs, with exciting audiovisual effects and interactive experiences to create truly magical moments for all guests.
Originally opened in August 2000, Madame Tussauds Hong Kong is the first permanent Madame Tussauds in Asia and is one of six Madame Tussauds that are located in London, New York, Las Vegas, Amsterdam and Shanghai.
Madame Tussauds Hong Kong welcome guests from 10am to 10pm daily.
Opened to great fanfare in August 2000, Madame Tussauds Hong Kong is the first

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Victoria Peak

The Peak is Hong Kong's number one tourist destination, playing host to more than 6 million visitors each year. It features the city's oldest and most reliable mode of public transport, The Peak Tram, in operation since 1888. A scenic ride up from the city centre to The Peak takes only 7 minutes.At the summit, visitors arrive at The Peak Tower, the city's most unusual building and icon. The unique "wok" shaped tower sits at an elevation of 396 metres. Viewing terraces located on different levels of the tower offer spectacular views of the Hong Kong and Kowloon skylines, including Victoria Harbour. The Peak Tower also puts visitors in touch with Hong Kong's lesser known, but equally breathtaking natural side. Visitors can take a leisurely stroll along one of the nature trails starting from The Peak Tower and relax among the lush green vegetation while enjoying a 360-degree view of Hong Kong.The Peak Tower is undergoing a substantial revitalisation which is scheduled to be completed in second quarter 2006. This convenient and well known landmark will be transformed into an exciting, fun and fashionable destination in its own right: a festival market place, celebrating the diversity and character of Hong Kong.

Dining in Hongkong

Hongkong, an East meets West country, offers a variety of food ranging from local delights to western cuisine.

Dining in Hong Kong is certainly one of the highlights of a trip to this metropolitan city. Many of Hong Kong's visitors come to the dynamic and bustling port city for one thing only - to dine. Many Asian,European and American repeat visitors come to discover new chefs, new eating adventures, new dishes.
The number of places to sample good food here is endless. The variety of cuisines, ambiances and price ranges the restaurants offer is one of Hong Kong's delicious world-beating attractions. One of the best things about dining in Hong Kong is that you can always find something good to eat no matter what time of day or night it is. Most restaurants open early and close late and in some areas, especially Soho there is a delivery service enabling diners to get food delivered from the local restaurants to many of the bars and clubs nearby.
Hong Kong has its own eating magazine, Dining in Hong Kong and if you are a serious foodie, it is a good idea to pick this up before you start feasting.
Hong Kong's Chinese cuisines include Cantonese Cuisine,Chiu Chow Cuisine,Shanghainese Cuisine,Pekinese Cuisine,Szechuan Cuisine,Dim Sum andInternational Cuisines,of which Cantonese Cuisine is the local specialty and Dim Sum is the most famous.
There are some good restaurants serving up high quality and authentic Cantonese fare. The best dishes to try are Dim Sum (small steamed dishes) and the seafood. The Cantonese restaurant in the Grand Hyatt Hotel, is the most sophisticated and arguably the best in town. Although there is something for almost everyone, the major culinary glory of Hong Kong is its Chinese restaurants: the true gourmet can depend on finding the finest ingredients, chefs and standards of service in the world.
At the top end of the market, Hong Kong's finest and most exquisite restaurants tend to be in hotels. Felix, the Peninsula Hotel's most famous restaurant is certainly among the top in Hong Kong if not in Asia. The best thing about many of the Hotel restaurants, are the spectacular views that they afford.
The area around Soho in Central is fast becoming THE district to wine and dine in. The range of restaurants in this district is vast and includes French, Italian, Thai, and Nepalese. The district around Lan Kwai Fong also has some surprisingly good places to eat.
None of the above are cheap however, and if you really are on a budget here you'll find it hard to eat well. McDonald, KFC and the Chinese chain Maxim's however, all do fast food at cheap prices. Maxim's is especially good for a quick and cheap bowl of noodles although their menu is fairly limited.
Cantonese CuisineOf all China's regional cuisines, that of Canton (Guangdong) province is generally recognized to be the finest and has been considered so for centuries. An old Chinese adage advises anyone seeking the ideal life on where to live, marry and die - and asserts that eating should be carried out in Canton City (Guangzhou). Many Chinese emperors traveled to the southern region for dining pleasures, or summoned or lured Cantonese chefs to Beijing's imperial kitchens.The reasons for Canton's pre-eminence in culinary matters are manifold - climatic, sociological and prehistoric. Cantonese people, more than any other race except the French, believe that they "live to eat" rather than vice versa.
Not that nature was particularly kind to the southern Chinese. Much of their land was far from fertile, food shortages and famine were ever-present fears, and meat supplies were limited. What they lacked in natural resources, however, they made up for with native resourcefulness.
Nothing is allowed to go to waste in a Cantonese kitchen, and no animal is taboo - it is said that anything that shows its back to the heavens is fair game for a Cantonese cook. There is another saying which proclaims that the only thing with four legs a man should not eat is a table.
Freshness is the keyword in Cantonese cuisine. Twice-daily trips to the fresh vegetable and meat markets throughout Hong Kong are still the custom for traditionalist housewives. Cooked foods must look as if they have just been harvested, plucked, or caught in the South China Sea. Judicious usage of natural oils and garnishes emphasizes every dish's gleaming freshness, and the cooking methods enhance rather than smother the ingredients' inherent qualities.
Steaming and stir-frying are a Cantonese cook's pride and the most popular dishes are seafood (the one plentiful natural resource for coastal communities), pork (largely imported), fowl (primarily the versatile chicken) and vegetables, which have an honored place in a cuisine that has been influenced by Buddhist and Taoist vegetarian beliefs.
Dim sum
No Hong Kong visit would be complete without a trip to one of the territory's fine teahouses or restaurants that specialize in dim sum. Served throughout daylight hours, dim sum (literally meaning "to touch the heart") are snacks of freshly-steamed or fried Chinese "canapes". These remarkably-diverse examples of culinary innovation (and engineering) feature many different ingredients.
Large dim sum restaurants offer scores of different varieties, though the daily selection will always include steamed shrimp dumplings (har qau), steamed pork and shrimp dumplings (siu mai), deep-fried spring rolls (tsun quen) and steamed barbecued pork buns (cha siu bau). Dim Sum ladies wheel their trolleys through the bustling teahouses, willingly allowing customers to lift up the lids of the bamboo baskets to identify and check the contents.
The dim sum baskets or plates (containing two or four pieces) are inexpensive, enabling visitors to enjoy a diverse and speedy meal from sun-up to sundown throughout Hong Kong. Dim Sum are a speciality of the Cantonese people, and the cooks are highly-regarded specialists.

Shopping Paradise

Hongkong is truly a city that never sleeps.
If Hong Kong is the "City of Life", then life is a mall. From morning until late at night, shopping malls are open and filled with avid shopaholics. Being a popular international port, Hong Kong is always abreast with the ever-changing fashion and trends. The region boasts a remarkable range of international department stores offering up-to-the-minute designer styles and off-the-peg fashions. Most of these department stores are strategically located in the same vicinity, thus enabling shoppers to find what they are looking for easily and quickly at a reasonable price. The prime shopping areas are bedlam at weekends, and merely chaotic during the rest of the week.
For many of the items that it was once famous: electronics, imitation brand-names etc, Hong Kong is just no longer as cheap as it was, and prices are closer to European or American averages. Shops selling Chinese art objects and souvenirs cluster around the escalator up to the Mid-Levels; however anyone planning to visit mainland China should do their research here but save their purchases for north of the border. Within Hong Kong, Shanghai Tang, right by Central MTR station, is probably the best venue for quality Chinese goods: silks, fabrics, ornaments and furniture. Hong Kong's temples to Mammon are plentiful: Pacific Place in Admiralty has three floors of almost entirely luxury brands, while The Landmark and Prince's Arcade vie for the custom of chic Central. Festival Walk at Kowloon Tong MTR station in northern Kowloon is worth the long trip from Central for its variety and quality. Causeway Bay has the big Japanese department stores Sogo and Mitsukoshi, and the overwhelming Times Square, like a mall stood vertically.
There are computer superstores at Causeway Bay, Wanchai and Mongkok, full of tiny booths selling the cyber equivalent of Hong Kong tailory and teenage hustlers pushing pirated software; however, for most electrical goods, there are worse places than the many branches of the Fortress chain.
The districts of Hong Kong are all back dropped against a luscious green mountainside. Starting with the Western and Central Districts, these harbor districts are two of Hong Kong’s liveliest areas. The Central District of Hong Kong is a glittering modern business center; it features the stock exchange, deluxe hotels, and upmarket shops. The Western District is full of visitor delights such as bountiful markets, shopping, restaurants, and traditional shop houses. Rising high above downtown there is Victoria Peak, an exclusive residential area located on the highest (1,805 feet) range of hills in the island.
Practically the whole of Hong Kong Island is a shopper's paradise. With its many, many sales at Central, Western District and Admiralty, there are many, many bargains to be had.
CentralQuaint old traditional markets provide the vivid contrast to the shiny new skyscrapers which houses the many designer boutiques. Designer shops and exclusive labels are a dime a dozen here, and lots of foreign tourists usually come here to restock and update their wardrobe.
The many stalls at "The Lanes" peddle everything from cheap clothing, watches, costume jewellery to luggage and shoes. Rain or shine, the markets stay open every day, from 10 a.m. until 7.00 p.m.
Photography enthusiasts inevitably make a beeline for Stanley Street, and little wonder, since there's such a wide array of equipment on sale there. For antiques, head for Hollywood Road. A little to the west, sidewalk hawkers take pride of place.
Western DistrictInterested in getting some lovely fabric or Chinese handicraft? Then Western Market is just the place to visit. The building itself is something of an attraction, with its Edwardian design and architecture. Move farther west, and you'll find that Chinese-style shops dominate the view, with their dried seafood and medicinal herbs. Antiques can also be had here, at the Cat Street Bazaar, where you'll find and a dazzling array of old coins, watches and stone carvings, sold at the shops and stalls.
AdmiraltyAnother area for branded luxury items with the Pacific Place topping the list of popular shopping destinations. It has more than 130 outlets, including the famed Marks & Spencer, Lane Crawford and Seibu.
Wan Chai & Causeway BayLovely rattan and Chinese furniture await you at Wan Chai and there are shops that sell products specially for export. Causeway Bay is locally known as "Little Japan" because of the major Japanese department stores that specialize in electrical goods, shoes and fashion for the young.
Standard opening hours are 9:30-19:00 Monday to Sunday, the shopping never stops. Hong Kongers bridle at the very idea of a sales tax, so visitors can forget about hoarding their receipts.
In Hong Kong, shopping is a different story. You can buy virtually any consumer item. There are bargains to be had, but keep in mind that not every purchase will be a fantastic deal. Prices vary greatly from store to store, so shop around. Bargaining can be done in smaller shops in the main tourist areas, especially if prices are not marked. Cash will usually get you a better price than credit cards. Stores displaying the Hong Kong Tourist Association sticker are generally considered to subscribe to higher ethics and to be of greater reliability than those that don't. If you expect a store to ship your goods for you, make sure it's an HKTA member or the goods may never arrive. Be sure to keep your receipts for customs declaration when you return home. Shop for Chinese-made goods even if you're going to other parts of China, as the quality of what is sold in Hong Kong is often higher than what's sold in the Friendship Stores.

Shopping Paradise

Hongkong is truly a city that never sleeps.
If Hong Kong is the "City of Life", then life is a mall. From morning until late at night, shopping malls are open and filled with avid shopaholics. Being a popular international port, Hong Kong is always abreast with the ever-changing fashion and trends. The region boasts a remarkable range of international department stores offering up-to-the-minute designer styles and off-the-peg fashions. Most of these department stores are strategically located in the same vicinity, thus enabling shoppers to find what they are looking for easily and quickly at a reasonable price. The prime shopping areas are bedlam at weekends, and merely chaotic during the rest of the week.
For many of the items that it was once famous: electronics, imitation brand-names etc, Hong Kong is just no longer as cheap as it was, and prices are closer to European or American averages. Shops selling Chinese art objects and souvenirs cluster around the escalator up to the Mid-Levels; however anyone planning to visit mainland China should do their research here but save their purchases for north of the border. Within Hong Kong, Shanghai Tang, right by Central MTR station, is probably the best venue for quality Chinese goods: silks, fabrics, ornaments and furniture. Hong Kong's temples to Mammon are plentiful: Pacific Place in Admiralty has three floors of almost entirely luxury brands, while The Landmark and Prince's Arcade vie for the custom of chic Central. Festival Walk at Kowloon Tong MTR station in northern Kowloon is worth the long trip from Central for its variety and quality. Causeway Bay has the big Japanese department stores Sogo and Mitsukoshi, and the overwhelming Times Square, like a mall stood vertically.
There are computer superstores at Causeway Bay, Wanchai and Mongkok, full of tiny booths selling the cyber equivalent of Hong Kong tailory and teenage hustlers pushing pirated software; however, for most electrical goods, there are worse places than the many branches of the Fortress chain.
The districts of Hong Kong are all back dropped against a luscious green mountainside. Starting with the Western and Central Districts, these harbor districts are two of Hong Kong’s liveliest areas. The Central District of Hong Kong is a glittering modern business center; it features the stock exchange, deluxe hotels, and upmarket shops. The Western District is full of visitor delights such as bountiful markets, shopping, restaurants, and traditional shop houses. Rising high above downtown there is Victoria Peak, an exclusive residential area located on the highest (1,805 feet) range of hills in the island.
Practically the whole of Hong Kong Island is a shopper's paradise. With its many, many sales at Central, Western District and Admiralty, there are many, many bargains to be had.
CentralQuaint old traditional markets provide the vivid contrast to the shiny new skyscrapers which houses the many designer boutiques. Designer shops and exclusive labels are a dime a dozen here, and lots of foreign tourists usually come here to restock and update their wardrobe.
The many stalls at "The Lanes" peddle everything from cheap clothing, watches, costume jewellery to luggage and shoes. Rain or shine, the markets stay open every day, from 10 a.m. until 7.00 p.m.
Photography enthusiasts inevitably make a beeline for Stanley Street, and little wonder, since there's such a wide array of equipment on sale there. For antiques, head for Hollywood Road. A little to the west, sidewalk hawkers take pride of place.
Western DistrictInterested in getting some lovely fabric or Chinese handicraft? Then Western Market is just the place to visit. The building itself is something of an attraction, with its Edwardian design and architecture. Move farther west, and you'll find that Chinese-style shops dominate the view, with their dried seafood and medicinal herbs. Antiques can also be had here, at the Cat Street Bazaar, where you'll find and a dazzling array of old coins, watches and stone carvings, sold at the shops and stalls.
AdmiraltyAnother area for branded luxury items with the Pacific Place topping the list of popular shopping destinations. It has more than 130 outlets, including the famed Marks & Spencer, Lane Crawford and Seibu.
Wan Chai & Causeway BayLovely rattan and Chinese furniture await you at Wan Chai and there are shops that sell products specially for export. Causeway Bay is locally known as "Little Japan" because of the major Japanese department stores that specialize in electrical goods, shoes and fashion for the young.
Standard opening hours are 9:30-19:00 Monday to Sunday, the shopping never stops. Hong Kongers bridle at the very idea of a sales tax, so visitors can forget about hoarding their receipts.
In Hong Kong, shopping is a different story. You can buy virtually any consumer item. There are bargains to be had, but keep in mind that not every purchase will be a fantastic deal. Prices vary greatly from store to store, so shop around. Bargaining can be done in smaller shops in the main tourist areas, especially if prices are not marked. Cash will usually get you a better price than credit cards. Stores displaying the Hong Kong Tourist Association sticker are generally considered to subscribe to higher ethics and to be of greater reliability than those that don't. If you expect a store to ship your goods for you, make sure it's an HKTA member or the goods may never arrive. Be sure to keep your receipts for customs declaration when you return home. Shop for Chinese-made goods even if you're going to other parts of China, as the quality of what is sold in Hong Kong is often higher than what's sold in the Friendship Stores.

Shopping Paradise

Hongkong is truly a city that never sleeps.
If Hong Kong is the "City of Life", then life is a mall. From morning until late at night, shopping malls are open and filled with avid shopaholics. Being a popular international port, Hong Kong is always abreast with the ever-changing fashion and trends. The region boasts a remarkable range of international department stores offering up-to-the-minute designer styles and off-the-peg fashions. Most of these department stores are strategically located in the same vicinity, thus enabling shoppers to find what they are looking for easily and quickly at a reasonable price. The prime shopping areas are bedlam at weekends, and merely chaotic during the rest of the week.
For many of the items that it was once famous: electronics, imitation brand-names etc, Hong Kong is just no longer as cheap as it was, and prices are closer to European or American averages. Shops selling Chinese art objects and souvenirs cluster around the escalator up to the Mid-Levels; however anyone planning to visit mainland China should do their research here but save their purchases for north of the border. Within Hong Kong, Shanghai Tang, right by Central MTR station, is probably the best venue for quality Chinese goods: silks, fabrics, ornaments and furniture. Hong Kong's temples to Mammon are plentiful: Pacific Place in Admiralty has three floors of almost entirely luxury brands, while The Landmark and Prince's Arcade vie for the custom of chic Central. Festival Walk at Kowloon Tong MTR station in northern Kowloon is worth the long trip from Central for its variety and quality. Causeway Bay has the big Japanese department stores Sogo and Mitsukoshi, and the overwhelming Times Square, like a mall stood vertically.
There are computer superstores at Causeway Bay, Wanchai and Mongkok, full of tiny booths selling the cyber equivalent of Hong Kong tailory and teenage hustlers pushing pirated software; however, for most electrical goods, there are worse places than the many branches of the Fortress chain.
The districts of Hong Kong are all back dropped against a luscious green mountainside. Starting with the Western and Central Districts, these harbor districts are two of Hong Kong’s liveliest areas. The Central District of Hong Kong is a glittering modern business center; it features the stock exchange, deluxe hotels, and upmarket shops. The Western District is full of visitor delights such as bountiful markets, shopping, restaurants, and traditional shop houses. Rising high above downtown there is Victoria Peak, an exclusive residential area located on the highest (1,805 feet) range of hills in the island.
Practically the whole of Hong Kong Island is a shopper's paradise. With its many, many sales at Central, Western District and Admiralty, there are many, many bargains to be had.
CentralQuaint old traditional markets provide the vivid contrast to the shiny new skyscrapers which houses the many designer boutiques. Designer shops and exclusive labels are a dime a dozen here, and lots of foreign tourists usually come here to restock and update their wardrobe.
The many stalls at "The Lanes" peddle everything from cheap clothing, watches, costume jewellery to luggage and shoes. Rain or shine, the markets stay open every day, from 10 a.m. until 7.00 p.m.
Photography enthusiasts inevitably make a beeline for Stanley Street, and little wonder, since there's such a wide array of equipment on sale there. For antiques, head for Hollywood Road. A little to the west, sidewalk hawkers take pride of place.
Western DistrictInterested in getting some lovely fabric or Chinese handicraft? Then Western Market is just the place to visit. The building itself is something of an attraction, with its Edwardian design and architecture. Move farther west, and you'll find that Chinese-style shops dominate the view, with their dried seafood and medicinal herbs. Antiques can also be had here, at the Cat Street Bazaar, where you'll find and a dazzling array of old coins, watches and stone carvings, sold at the shops and stalls.
AdmiraltyAnother area for branded luxury items with the Pacific Place topping the list of popular shopping destinations. It has more than 130 outlets, including the famed Marks & Spencer, Lane Crawford and Seibu.
Wan Chai & Causeway BayLovely rattan and Chinese furniture await you at Wan Chai and there are shops that sell products specially for export. Causeway Bay is locally known as "Little Japan" because of the major Japanese department stores that specialize in electrical goods, shoes and fashion for the young.
Standard opening hours are 9:30-19:00 Monday to Sunday, the shopping never stops. Hong Kongers bridle at the very idea of a sales tax, so visitors can forget about hoarding their receipts.
In Hong Kong, shopping is a different story. You can buy virtually any consumer item. There are bargains to be had, but keep in mind that not every purchase will be a fantastic deal. Prices vary greatly from store to store, so shop around. Bargaining can be done in smaller shops in the main tourist areas, especially if prices are not marked. Cash will usually get you a better price than credit cards. Stores displaying the Hong Kong Tourist Association sticker are generally considered to subscribe to higher ethics and to be of greater reliability than those that don't. If you expect a store to ship your goods for you, make sure it's an HKTA member or the goods may never arrive. Be sure to keep your receipts for customs declaration when you return home. Shop for Chinese-made goods even if you're going to other parts of China, as the quality of what is sold in Hong Kong is often higher than what's sold in the Friendship Stores.

Dancing Lights

A visit to Hongkong is never completed without a trip to catch it's infamous display of lights across famous building on both sides of Victoria Harbour.
This spectacular multimedia show, already named the “World’s Largest Permanent Light and Sound Show" by Guinness World Records, has been expanded to involve 33 key buildings on both sides of Victoria Harbour.At 8pm every night, 20 key buildings on Hong Kong Island come alive and display dazzling lighting effects synchronised with music and narration in A Symphony of Lights multimedia light and sound show. This nightly extravaganza has made the night vista of Victoria Harbour even more spectacular.-->The brand-new show creates an all-round vision of coloured lights, laser beams and searchlights performing a stunning, unforgettable spectacle synchronised to music and narration that celebrates the energy, spirit and diversity of Hong Kong.There are five main themes - Awakening, Energy, Heritage, Partnership and the finale, Celebration. On festive days, special pyrotechnic displays launched from the middle of the harbour add extra sparkle to the show. For the best view of A Symphony of Lights, take a harbour cruise or head to the waterfront promenades on either side of Victoria Harbour*. The show, organised by Tourism Commission, is a must-see event on any visit to Hong Kong.
Dates:
Nightly
Time:
8 pm
*Vantage Points:
1.
Along the Avenue of Stars on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront promenade

2.
On the waterfront promenade outside the Golden Bauhinia Square in Wan Chai

3.
Aboard a harbour cruise**