Hong Kong Nightlife

Gruided China Tour Hong Kong Nightlife Before you start your evening entertainment in Hong Kong, you need to go to the Tsim Sha Tsui area in Kowloon side by the Star Ferry terminal, walk along the harbour quayside at 8pm to watch the magnificent Harbour ‘Symphony of Lights’ show with spectacular multimedia light displays include more than 40 buildings on both sides of Victoria Harbour creates an all round vision of coloured lights, laser beams and searchlights performing a stunning, unforgettable spectacle synchronised to music and narration that celebrates the energy, spirit and diversity of Hong Kong. The show is FREE for everyone and last 20 minutes. This is the experience you mustn’t miss. Hong Kong is famous for night out to drinking places and they are widely available from local bars, pubs in local areas, or inside the hotels plus discos and nightclub are everywhere. You will find that drinks can be expensive especially for imported beer and bottle wine. Therefore, you need to be prepared to pay UK prices if not higher. Wine will be considerably higher with quite a wide range of selections to choose from. The most famous watering holes in Central district of Hong Kong Island called ‘Lan Kwai Fong’. For all foreign tourists if you never been to this place, you haven’t drink properly in Hong Kong. ‘Lan Kwai Fong’ consists of few streets connected together with plentiful of bars and live music Venus for drinkers and parties goers. The area open all day but main action usually start from 9 pm onward specially weekend start Friday night and continue until early hours in the morning like 3-4 am. We are saying to the westerners that if you have missed a western friend in Hong Kong, just spend couple of nights in ‘Lan Kwai Fong’, you will stand a very good chance to find your friend there. Drinkers need to be aware to bring a big wallet with you! Apart from the nightlife in the Central District, there are also a multitude of bars and clubs in the Wan Chi area also witnessed a revival with a spate of new bars, restaurants and strip joints, while in Knutsford Terrace in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, a small alley on the northern end is popular for its open fronted bars and restaurants and you can party until dawn. Indeed some bars and discos don’t start after midnight. Most of the nightlife – bars and clubs areas are concentrating in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon and Central District, Wan Chi and Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island area. Temple Street is one of the popular tourists night out venue located between the area of Jordan and Yau Ma Tei in Kowloon. One of the busiest flea markets for food and cheap merchandise. This place also known as ‘Men’s Street’ because it is very popular for men’s clothing like T-Shirts, Jeans, Pants, Lighters, Shoes and other accessories. Nowadays you will also find clothing for women and children too. This place open from 4pm but usually come alive after sunset until midnight. Hawkers flog everything from bizarre patent medicines to counterfeit watches. Fortune-tellers cluster by the multi-story car park and China opera troupes busk for a few dollars in the open area. Evening shopping is a must in Hong Kong and popular for visitors is the ‘Lady Market’ in Mongkok, Kowloon area outside ‘Mongkok MTR’. The market area with more and more stalls now opens from 4 pm to midnight. There are countless stalls are selling clothing, watches, lighters, imitation designer handbags, sunglasses, sweaters, phone covers, Chinese souvenirs, CDs, and more. The name of the game is bartering; there is no fun without it. Most vender will inflate 100% to 150% depends on which country you are coming from! For art and music lovers, depends on the performance schedules, you can also visit the Hong Kong Culture Centre for the Chinese opera and City Hall to check out the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra performance. Hong Kong can certainly offer all kinds of evening entertainments suitable for young and old, single and romantic couples all year round.