Sai Wan
Sai Wan, also known as Western district, or simply Western, is an area in Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong that corresponds to Sai Ying Pun, Shek Tong Tsui, Belcher Bay and Kennedy Town.
Sai Wan, also known as Western district, or simply Western, is an area in Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong that corresponds to Sai Ying Pun, Shek Tong Tsui, Belcher Bay and Kennedy Town. It formed part of the City of Victoria. West Point, a former cape close to major government structures in Sai Wan, also used to refer to Sai Wan.
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Worth seeing in and around Sai Wan
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong is a public university in Pokfulam, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese by the London Missionary Society and formally established as the University of Hong Kong in 1911.
600 m · public research university in Hong Kong established in 1911 · Wikipedia - 02International Commerce Centre
The International Commerce Centre is a 108-storey, 484 m supertall skyscraper in West Kowloon, Hong Kong, located atop the Elements mall and near two MTR Stations. It is the world's 13th tallest building by height, 10th tallest by number of floors, and Hong Kong's tallest, as well as the only building in the city with over 100 storeys.
3.5 km · skyscraper in West Kowloon, Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 03Bank of China Tower
The Bank of China Tower is a skyscraper located in Central, Hong Kong. Located at 1 Garden Road on Hong Kong Island, the tower houses the headquarters of the Bank of China Limited.
3.1 km · skyscraper in Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 04Victoria Peak
Victoria Peak is a hill on the western half of Hong Kong Island. It is also known as the Mount Austin, and locally as The Peak only generally.
1.6 km · mountain in Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 05The Center
The Center is the fifth tallest skyscraper in Hong Kong, after International Commerce Centre, Two International Finance Centre, Central Plaza and Bank of China Tower. With a height of 346 m, it comprises 73 storeys.
2.3 km · skyscraper in Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 06Cheung Kong Center
Cheung Kong Center is a skyscraper in Central, Hong Kong designed by Cesar Pelli. The 70-storey structure is 283 m tall with a gross floor area of 1,260,000-square-foot.
3 km · skyscraper in Central, Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 07Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong
The Diocese of Hong Kong is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church. The diocese takes its name from the see city, the metropolitan area where the bishop resides.
2.4 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in China · Wikipedia - 08Hong Kong Tramways
Hong Kong Tramways is a 3 ft 6 in narrow-gauge tram system in Hong Kong. Owned and operated by RATP Dev Asia, the tramway runs on Hong Kong Island between Kennedy Town and Shau Kei Wan, with a branch circulating through Happy Valley.
700 m · tram system in Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 09Pillar of Shame
Pillar of Shame is a series of sculptures by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt memorialising the loss of life during the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre in Beijing, China, committed by the Chinese Communist Party. Each sculpture is an eight metres tall statue of bronze, copper or concrete.
500 m · sculpture series by Jens Galschiøt · Wikipedia - 10Hong Kong Park
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 and is an example of modern design and facilities blending with natural landscape.
3.2 km · a public park next to Cotton Tree Drive in Central, Hong Kong · Wikipedia
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Getting to Sai Wan
- Airports
- Hong Kong (HKG), 23 km · Shenzhen Bao'an (SZX), 52 km · Macau (MFM), 58 km
- Stations
- Victoria Harbour, 3.9 km · Central Station, 2.7 km · Kowloon Station, 3.8 km · Hong Kong station, 2.7 km · Admiralty station, 3.4 km
- Shenzhen → Sai Wan30 km · quickest by road, 1h · ¥17–23
- Nossa Senhora do Carmo → Sai Wan60 km · quickest by road, 1h 52m · $7–10
- Zhuhai (Jinwan) → Sai Wan83 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · ¥46–60
- 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 Sai Wan
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 Sai Wan. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inDue to a land reclamation and waterfront redevelopment project in Central/Admiralty, access to the ferries can be a little confusing - take heed of signs warning about the ever-shifting arrangements.
- Get inThe Transport Department provides an online directory of Hong Kong's ferry services.
- Get inStar Ferry operates boats between Central or Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.
- Get inThe cost is $2.5 on weekdays, $3.4 on weekends and holidays Sun Ferry also boats between North Point on Hong Kong Island and Kowloon Fortune Ferry operates one route between North Point on Hong Kong Island and Kwun Tong in, Kowloon Coral Sea Ferry operates two routes between Sai Wan Ho on Hong Kong Island and Kwun Tong or Sam Ka Tsuen in Kowloon.
- Go nextThe shopping mecca of Kowloon is just across Victoria Harbour; take the Star Ferry for the experience or the MTR for speed.
From Wikivoyage: Hong Kong/Central, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Sai Wan
Sai Wan is 1 km from Victoria, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Hong Kongcity and special administrative region of China2.8 km
- Central and Western Districtdistrict of Hong Kong1.9 km
- Kennedy Townneighborhood in Hong Kong900 m
- Mid-Levelsneighborhood in Hong Kong1.1 km