In a nutshell

A full-day excursion to discover Hong Kong, its colourful busy markets, jewellery factories, picturesque districts and fishing villages with their typical boats in a truly magical atmosphere and accompanied by an exquisite dinner in a Chinese restaurant. A special tour to fully appreciate Hong Kong’s truest tradition.

Main stops

Kowloon flower market: plants, flowers, accessories
Picturesque district of Aberdeen: sampan ride
Gem Factory Outlet: renowned jewellery factory
Typical dinner in a Chinese restaurant
Climb to Victoria Peak: spectacular views over the skyscrapers and Hong Kong bay
Cross-Harbour tunnel
Temple-Street night-market: good of all kinds, street artists and Cantonese opera performers

The programme

We start our tour on a coach headed to the famous Flower Market in Kowloon, one of the most colourful and typical open-air markets in Hong Kong and a true feast for the senses. A small oasis of inebriating aromas surrounded by skyscrapers where, in addition to plants and flowers, we can find a wide range of useful accessories such as baskets, plant holders and dried flower compositions. Here, we find famous “Good Fortune Plants” such as the Lucky Bamboo and other floral compositions part of the ancient Chinese tradition.
We leave the flower market behind and, after crossing a tunnel, reach the picturesque district of Aberdeen where good part of the population, mainly emigrated from China, lives and works on the boats moored in the harbour.
We get on a sampan, a typical small wooden boat, and proceed along the narrow canals to admire the city and its busy life from a new perspective.
We continue with a visit to one of Hong Kong’s famous jewellery factories - the Gem Factory Outlet - among the most important and famous on an international level where skilled designers create new models and pieces of extreme beauty made even more exquisite by an array of semi-precious stones.
We move on to a lovely Chinese restaurant to enjoy a delicious dinner.
Afterwards, we get our a coach to Victoria Peak, the highest on the island (554 metres) whose Chinese name Tai Ping Shan means “Peace Hill”. The top offers amazing panoramic views over the bay of Hong Kong with its glistening skyscrapers, the Kowloon peninsula beyond the strait and the green hills in the distance.
After visiting Victoria Peak, we climb back down and cross the Cross-Harbour tunnel, the first underwater tunnel approximately 2 km long and one of the most trafficked in the world.
Before returning to the ship, we have one last unmissable stop: the Temple Street Night Market named after the nearby Tin Hau temple. This market is very popular when it comes to men’s fashion, so much so that it is also known as “Men’s Street”, however all kinds of goods and second-hand items are sold here: clothing, antiques, electrical goods, costume jewellery, food, etc. Card readers, fortune-tellers and street artists also populate the area, which has been an ideal shooting location for many films set in Hong Kong. We get off the coach to go for a walk around the stalls and see the many Cantonese opera singers and street artists performing in the area.
After visiting Temple Street, we return to the ship.

Good to know

Itinerary sequence may vary.
The tour may last 30 minutes longer if the ship is located in the Kai Tak cruise terminal.
The sampan is not accessible to wheelchair users.
We recommend wearing comfortable walking shoes and bringing local currency.