Repulse Bay
Repulse Bay or Tsin Shui Wan is a bay in the southern part of Hong Kong Island, located in the Southern District, Hong Kong.
Repulse Bay or Tsin Shui Wan is a bay in the southern part of Hong Kong Island, located in the Southern District, Hong Kong. It is one of the most expensive residential areas in the world.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
The south east coast of Hong Kong Island is mostly rural and offers visitors some attractive coastal and mountain scenery. It is interesting to travel around the two peninsulas found either side of Tai Tam Bay that dangle into the South China sea.
- 01Murray House
One of Hong Kong's oldest colonial buildings.
- 02Hong Kong Correctional Services Museum
- 03Stanley Ma Hang Park
This 50,000-m² park is set into the cliffside near Murray House.
- 04Pok Fu Lam Country Park
- 05Aberdeen Country Park
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Things to do
In contrast to the hard shopping and eating elsewhere in Hong Kong, the southern District offers the chance to relax. There are plenty of beaches with traditional Hong Kong style barbeques and local supermarkets cater for demand by selling all the paraphernalia and food needed for such a feast. There is Wakeboarding in Tai Tam, Repulse Bay and Stanley. There is Surfing at Big Wave Bay for around $50 per day.
- 01Repulse Bay Beach
Biggest and most popular beach and is suitable for families with small children.
- 02Middle Bay
Popular with gay men and is a 20-minute walk along the coast from Repulse Bay.
- 03South Bay
Never too busy, even on weekends, but you will need to take a taxi from Repulse Bay.
- 04Stanley Main Beach
- 05St Stephens Beach
- 06Shek O Beach
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Where to eat
The restaurants in this area tend to be far more relaxed and open air than in the rest of Hong Kong.
- 01Chinese and Thailand Seafood Restaurant
Food here is reasonable and it offers probably the best meal in the village.
- 02Spices Restaurant
- 03The Verandah
- 04The Boathouse
A reasonably inexpensive restaurant on the Stanley promenade that features dining upstairs and a more relaxed bar on the ground floor.
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Getting to Repulse Bay
- Airports
- Hong Kong (HKG), 29 km · Shenzhen Bao'an (SZX), 60 km · Macau (MFM), 62 km
- Shenzhen → Repulse Bay37 km · quickest by road, 1h 13m · ¥20–26
- Nossa Senhora do Carmo → Repulse Bay66 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · $8–10
- Zhuhai (Jinwan) → Repulse Bay88 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · ¥49–65
- 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 Repulse Bay
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 Repulse Bay. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inYou can also get into Aberdeen by ferry from Cheung Chau or Lamma Island.
- Go nextThere are a few Outlying Islands reachable from the Southern District: Take a ferry from Aberdeen to Lamma island Take a ferry from Stanley to the Po Toi islands
From Wikivoyage: Hong Kong/Southern District, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Repulse Bay
Repulse Bay is 4 km from Hong Kong Island, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.