Hong Kong: Places to Explore

Kowloon

Though some call Kowloon "The Dark Side," there are many spots on the peninsula that glow with neon, sparkle with new developments, and boast breathtaking cultural sights. In this part of town, where the water lies to the south, there are ample museums, temples, mosques, art spaces, shopping centers, and nature to keep anyone busy for days, and nights as well.

Kowloon's southern tip is the Tsim Sha Tsui district, famous for its boutiques and malls, which gives way to Jordan, Yau Ma Tei, Mong Kok, and Prince Edward. Northeast are the New Kowloon districts of Kowloon Tong, Kowloon City, and Wong Tai Sin, beyond which lie the eastern New Territories—mostly made up of mountainous country parks and fishing villages, but also home to a modern, high-tech horse-racing track that isn't far from a temple housing more than 10,000 buddhas. The Sai Kung Peninsula juts out on the east, and massive Sha Tin New Town is north of New Kowloon, over Lion Rock Mountain. The Kowloon-Canton Railway and a highway run north of this to the Chinese border at Lo Wu. Industrial Sham Shui Po lies west of Prince Edward, and the urban sprawl continues northwest to the New Territories' New Town Tsuen Wan. The western New Territories is a mixture of country parks and urban areas.

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