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Shek O

Category: Beaches
Location: Southside

Fodor's Review:

This wide beach is almost Mediterranean in appearance with its low-rise houses and shops set prettily on a headland. In Shek O village you can find old mansions, small shops selling inflatable toys and other beach gear, and a few popular Chinese and Thai restaurants. Follow the curving path from the town square across a footbridge to the "island" of Tai Tau Chau, really a large rock with a lookout over the South China Sea. Little more than a century ago, this open water was ruled by pirates. Also near town is the Shek O Golf and Country Club and the superb Shek O Country Park, with great trails and bird-watching: look for Kentish plovers, reef egrets, and black-headed gulls, as well as the colorful rufus-backed shrike and the ubiquitous chatty bulbul. From Central, take MTR to Shau Ki Wan, then take Bus 9 to last stop (about 30 min).

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