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Hong Kong Film Archive
The archive is worth a visit, even if you know little about Hong Kong film. It has over 6300 reels and tapes, as well as magazines, posters and scripts. There’s a small exhibition hall (opening hours vary) and a cinema . Check online for exhibitions and screenings. From the MTR sta
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Mani Lhakhang
On the northern section of the Barkhor Circuit is a small building on the right, set off from the main path. This is the Mani Lhakhang, a small chapel that houses a huge prayer wheel set almost continuously in motion. To the right of the building is the grandiose entrance of the fo
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Main Palace
The Main Palace of Bìshǔ Shānzhuāng (避暑山庄; Imperial Villa) consists of a series of nine courtyards and five elegant, unpainted halls, with a rusticity complemented by towering pine trees. The wings in each courtyard have various exhibitions (porcelain, clothing, weaponry), and most
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Lion’s Grove Garden
Constructed in 1342 by the Buddhist monk Tianru to commemorate his master, who lived on Lion Cliff on Zhèjiāng’s Tīanmú Mountain, this gardens curiously shaped rocks were meant to resemble lions, protectors of the Buddhist faith. If the Humble Administrator’s Garden was crowded, ge
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Língshān Islamic Cemetery
Set at the foot of the mountain of Língshān, this leafy ‘oasis’ is truly a hidden gem in Quánzhōu and is one of the most intact historic cemeteries in China. Two of Mohammed’s disciples are said to be buried here, and you’ll also find some granite steles dated from the Míng dynasty
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Shāndōng Museum
The enormous new provincial museum – a 7km slog east of the city centre – surveys local culture from the mesolithic age to the present. Its collection began as one of the first organised museums in China in 1904. On display are oracle bones, Qi and Lu kingdom pottery, Han tomb mura
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Sham Wan
Sham Wan is a beautiful bay in the south of the island that can be reached from Tung O Wan by clambering over the hills. A trail on the left about 200m up the hill from Tung O Wan leads south to this small and sandy beach. Don’t come here from June to October, when Hong Kong’s enda
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Rìshēngchāng Financial House Museum
Not to be missed, this museum began life as a humble dye shop in the late 18th century before its tremendous success as a business saw it transform into China’s first draft bank (1823), eventually expanding to 57 branches nationwide. The museum has nearly 100 rooms, including offic
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Taipa Village
The historical part of Taipa is best preserved in this village in the south of the island. With a tidy sprawl of traditional Chinese shops and some excellent restaurants, the village is punctuated by colonial villas, churches and temples. Avenida da Praia, a tree-lined esplanade wi
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Museum of the Holy House of Mercy
In the heart of Largo do Senado is Macaus oldest charitable institution (c 1569). The house once sheltered orphans and prostitutes in the 17th and 18th centuries. Today its a museum with an eclectic collection that includes religious sculptures, ancient porcelain, and the skull of
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Hēijǐng
Time-warped Hēijǐng has been known for salt production for centuries and is still an important producer of the ‘white gold, as well as home to a sizeable Hui Muslim community. Hēijǐng has retained much of its period architecture and is a great place to wander for a day or two, marv
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Marble Boat
The Marble Boat has come to symbolise the extravagance and otherworldliness of the emperors in the final days of Chinese imperial rule. First built in 1755, it was restored in 1893 on the orders of Empress Cixi using money meant to go towards building real ships for the Chinese nav
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Lin Fung Temple
Dedicated to Kun Iam, the Goddess of Mercy, this Temple of the Lotus was built in 1592, but underwent several reconstructions from the 17th century. It used to host mandarins from Guǎngdōng province when they visited Macau. The most famous of these imperial visitors was Commissione
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Church of St Augustine
The foundations of this church date from 1586 when it was established by Spanish Augustinians, but the present structure was built in 1814. The high altar has a statue of Christ bearing the cross, which is carried through the streets during the Procession of the Passion of Our Lord
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Sam Kai Vui Kun Temple
Literally ‘a community hall for three streets’, this temple was a meeting place for merchants and an adjudication court, before the Chinese Chamber of Commerce came into existence in 1912. Its dedicated to Kwan Yu, the god of war and justice. It gets particularly busy in May, June
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Pak Tso Wan
Peak Rd is the main route to the island’s cemetery in the southwestern part of the island; you’ll pass several pavilions along the way built for coffin bearers making the hilly climb. Once at the cemetery it’s worth dropping down to Pak Tso Wan (known by local Westerners as Italian
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Old Bank of China Building
Constructed in 1950, the old Bank of China building now houses the bank’s Central branch and, on its top floors, the exclusive China Club , which evokes the atmosphere of old Shanghai. The BOC is now headquartered in the awesome Bank of China Tower to the southeast, designed by Chi
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Cat Street
Just north of (and parallel to) Hollywood Rd is Upper Lascar Row, aka ‘Cat Street’, a pedestrian-only lane lined with antique and curio shops and stalls selling found objects, cheap jewellery, and newly minted ancient coins. It’s a fun place to trawl through for a trinket or two, b
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Yuan
The name is an ambitious misnomer as there are not many genuine Yuán-dynasty relics here, but this slender strip of parkland, running alongside the Little Moon River (Xiǎoyuè Hé), commemorates a strip of the long-vanished Mongol city wall that it is built upon. At 9km in length, th
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Tomorrow Square
This stupendous tower seizes the Shànghǎi zeitgeist with dramatic aplomb. Resembling a sci-fi corporation headquarters, the stratospheric building is given further lift by the stylistic awkwardness of nearby rivals. The foyer of the JW Marriott Tomorrow Square hotel debuts on the 3
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