Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #5 in Hong Kong, China

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 16 sights
Distance 10.2 km
Ascend 685 m
Descend 600 m

Explore Hong Kong in China with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in Hong KongIndividual Sights in Hong Kong

Sight 1: Sunbeam Theatre

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Shin Kong Cinema Grand Theatre is a famous cinema in Hong Kong, formerly known as Shin Kong Theatre, located at 423 King's Road, North Point, Hong Kong Island, opened in 1972, is one of the few existing private large-scale Cantonese opera performance venues in Hong Kong.

Wikipedia: 新光戲院大劇場 (ZH)

1676 meters / 20 minutes

Sight 2: Causeway Bay Tin Hau Temple

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The Tin Hau Temple in Causeway Bay is one of the Tin Hau temples in Hong Kong. It is located at 10 Tin Hau Temple Road, Causeway Bay, east of Victoria Park, in Eastern District, on Hong Kong Island. The temple has given its name to the MTR station serving it, and consequently the neighboring area of Tin Hau.

Wikipedia: Tin Hau Temple, Causeway Bay (EN)

420 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Lin Fa Kung

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Lin Fa Temple or Lin Fa Kung is a temple located at the end of Lin Fa Kung Street, which is named after the temple, in the Tai Hang area in the southeastern part of Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island. It was originally built in 1863, during the Qing dynasty, and was reconstructed in 1986 and 1999. The original use of the temple was a worship place for Guanyin, the goddess of mercy.

Wikipedia: Lin Fa Temple (EN)

646 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 4: Queen Victoria Statue

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The statue of Queen Victoria is a bronze sculpture by Mario Raggi. It is currently installed in Victoria Park, in Causeway Bay, Wan Chai District, Hong Kong, near the Causeway Road entrance of the park.

Wikipedia: Statue of Queen Victoria (Hong Kong) (EN)

240 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Victoria Park

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Victoria Park is a public park in Causeway Bay, Wan Chai District, Hong Kong. The park is named after Queen Victoria, who has a statue in the park. It is around 190,000 square metres (19 ha) in size and contains sporting facilities for tennis, association football, basketball, handball, volleyball, swimming, jogging, fitness, roller skating, and bowling.

Wikipedia: Victoria Park, Hong Kong (EN)

805 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 6: Hysan Place

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Hysan Place is a shopping centre and office building at 500 Hennessy Road, Lee Garden, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. It was developed by Hysan Development Company Limited at the former site of Hennessy Centre and was designed by international architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox. It was opened on 10 August 2012.

Wikipedia: Hysan Place (EN)

551 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 7: Noonday Gun

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The Noonday Gun is a former naval artillery piece mounted on a small enclosed site near the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Owned and operated by Jardine Matheson, the gun is fired every day at noon and has become a tourist attraction.

Wikipedia: Noonday Gun (EN)

1644 meters / 20 minutes

Sight 8: Expo Promenade

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The Golden Bauhinia Square is an open area in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. The square was named after the giant statue of a golden Bauhinia blakeana at the centre of the area, situated outside the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, where the ceremonies for the handover of Hong Kong and the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region were held in July 1997. A flag-raising ceremony is held every day at 8:00 am. It is considered a tourist attraction.

Wikipedia: Golden Bauhinia Square (EN)

169 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Monument in Commemoration of the Return of Hong Kong to China

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The Monument in Commemoration of the Return of Hong Kong to China is an outdoor monument, installed in Golden Bauhinia Square, Wan Chai North, Hong Kong.

Wikipedia: Monument in Commemoration of the Return of Hong Kong to China (EN)

1215 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 10: Harcourt Garden

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Harcourt Garden is a small urban park in Admiralty, Hong Kong, constructed in the mid-1990s. To the east of the park is the Hong Kong Police Headquarters while to the west is Admiralty bus station. Like the adjacent Harcourt Road, the park is named for Admiral Cecil Harcourt, de facto governor of Hong Kong from September 1945 to June 1946.

Wikipedia: Harcourt Garden (EN)

851 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 11: Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware

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Flagstaff House may refer to:Teen Murti Bhavan - earlier residence of Commander-in-Chief, India and later the residence of the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru Flagstaff House, Hong Kong - earlier residence of the British Forces Overseas Hong Kong. Quaid-e-Azam House - a house museum dedicated to the personal life of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. Jubilee House - the presidential palace in Accra that serves as a residence and office to the President of Ghana.

Wikipedia: Flagstaff House (EN), Website

183 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Hong Kong Park

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Hong Kong Park is a public park next to Cotton Tree Drive in Central, Hong Kong. Built at a cost of HK$398 million and opened on 23 May 1991, it covers an area of 80,000 square metres (860,000 sq ft) and is an example of modern design and facilities blending with natural landscape.

Wikipedia: Hong Kong Park (EN)

364 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 13: St. John's Cathedral

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St. John's Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Evangelist is the cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Hong Kong Island, and mother church to the Province of Hong Kong and Macao. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Hong Kong and the Bishop of Hong Kong Island.

Wikipedia: St John's Cathedral (Hong Kong) (EN)

493 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 14: Government House

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Government House, located on Government Hill in Central, Hong Kong, is the official residence of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong. It was constructed in 1855 as a Colonial Renaissance-style building, but was significantly remodelled during the Japanese occupation, resulting in the current hybrid Japanese-neoclassical form.

Wikipedia: Government House, Hong Kong (EN)

383 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 15: Statue of George VI

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The statue of George VI is a bronze sculpture by British artist Gilbert Ledward, installed at the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens, in Hong Kong. The statue was erected in 1958 to commemorate Hong Kong's centennial, and replaced one depicting Arthur Kennedy.

Wikipedia: Statue of George VI (Hong Kong) (EN)

573 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 16: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

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The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is a late 19th-century English Gothic revival church that serves as the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong. It is located in the Mid-Levels area of the city at 16 Caine Road.

Wikipedia: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Hong Kong) (EN)

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