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morrisonhotel · Joined: 18 Jul 2009 Location: Gyeonggi-do

I'm leaving Korea soon. I'm flying to the UK via Hong Kong. I have a seven hour stop over. How far away is the airport from anything worth seeing? I believe that Brits don't require a visa for visiting Hong Kong. Does anyone know if that's still the case?

Reappropriated · Joined: 08 Aug 2009

No visa needed and seven hours should be enough time to choose what you want to do. Each time I have gone through immigration it has been quick (under 20 minutes) so that should not be a problem. From there you can take a bus or subway pretty much anywhere in under an hour. Hong Kong is really not that big. You should look around to see what you want to, then see the best ways to get there. You are not going to have a lot of time, but seven hours should be plenty to see at least one thing you want to see.

morrisonhotel · Joined: 18 Jul 2009 Location: Gyeonggi-do

Great. Thanks. Any recommendations from anyone for one thing that must be seen in Hong Kong?

wishfullthinkng · Joined: 05 Mar 2010

depends on what you like to do. i like to mingle with locals and drink where they drink and eat where they eat so last time i went i started in wan chai and just walked around aimlessly for hours. i had a blast but i'm not sure others would in the same situation.

missty · Joined: 19 Feb 2008

I lived there for a year and no, you do not need a visa. As a Brit you get stamped for a 6 month stay as a tourist.

What to do whilst you're there? Well for me it would be The Peak, plus its located near to Central District which has the ferry piers close by and a few small markets for souvenirs. Plus there is Lan Kwai Fong in Central for drinks and nightlife.

It really depends on what you want to do though, and whether you want to shop/sight see. I know less about Kowloon as I lived on the island for the year, but Tsim Tsa Tsui has Nathan Street which is a huge market, and there is also Kowloon Park which is nice to wander around.

Although as I have said, I would stick the island and The Peak for the classic tourist spot.

Zyzyfer · Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:21 pm Post subject:

If you like seafood consider hitting up Lamma Island. The Rainbow restaurant worked for me but there might be better ones. Try to get a table close to the water.

Hit up one of the bays on the south side. We got lost trying to find Shek O Dragon Trail (or something) and ended up at a decent beach. Riding there topside of a double-decker was also...fun.

Knutsford Terrace for drinks as an alternative. Lots of outdoor seating.

7 hours is enough to do 1 or 2 things as long as you avoid obvious tourist traps - Ngong Ping 360 sounds like it takes forever to do, for instance. To be honest, I'd just check out a few neighborhoods that catch your eye in Kowloon and maybe pop onto the island if there's something awesome you want to do...though you may prefer doing it upscale, in that case, just head to the island.

pugwall · Joined: 22 Oct 2006

Hong Kong history museum is pretty awesome. If you are a Brit like me it quite interesting.

Obviously eat dim sum.

Ride the star ferry.