Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Island is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong. The island, known originally and on road signs simply as Hong Kong, has a land area of approximately 78.59 square kilometres (30.34 sq mi) and a population of 1,289,500 with a population density of 16,390 per square kilometre (42,400/sq mi), as of 2023. It is the second largest island in Hong Kong, with the largest being Lantau Island. Hong Kong Island forms one of the three areas of Hong Kong, with the other two being Kowloon and the New Territories.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Hong Kong doesn't have street benches to sit down. Whilst "sitting out areas" are around, these are generally infrequent. Additionally, restaurants (especially cheap and quick ones) will prefer quick table turnover. All this adds up to spending a considerable amount of time on your feet in any given day.
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Things to do
Hong Kong was one of the main centres of Chinese pop culture from the communist revolution in 1949 until the 2010s, having given rise to many famous singers and actors. Hong Kong action cinema is legendary among Chinese people around the world.
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Where to eat
Cuisine plays an important part in many peoples' lives in Hong Kong. Not only is it a showcase of various regional Chinese cuisines, but there are also excellent Asian and Western options, and creative fusion between the various cuisines. Although Western food is often adapted to local tastes, Hong Kong is a good place for homesick travellers who have had enough of Chinese food.
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Getting to Hong Kong Island
- Airports
- Hong Kong (HKG), 29 km · Shenzhen Bao'an (SZX), 57 km · Macau (MFM), 63 km
- Shenzhen → Hong Kong Island34 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · ¥18–24
- Nossa Senhora do Carmo → Hong Kong Island66 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · $7–10
- Zhuhai (Jinwan) → Hong Kong Island87 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · ¥43–60
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Hong Kong Island
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Hong Kong Island. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe Star Ferry arrives at Wan Chai Pier from Hung Hom and Tsim Sha Tsui in Kowloon.
From Wikivoyage: Hong Kong/Eastern District, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Hong Kong Island – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island is 2 km from Hong Kong, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.