Cultural Pack: Old vs New Hong Kong with Big Bus Pass(Save 10%)

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Single Route - Hong Kong Island (Red Route)
Discover the rich blend of Chinese and colonial history that is the astonishing city of Hong Kong. With this exciting sightseeing bus tour you will see all of the most famous landmarks in this world-renowned city. On all of these tours you will learn about the history of Hong Kong thanks to a commentary recorded in a choice of languages. This is by far the best and most fun way of enjoying the city.

Old vs New Hong Kong
This HK tour follows the trail of traditional Hong Kong street shops, as we make our way to Hollywood Road, the centre of Chinese antiques trading. Over a hundred antique shops line Hollywood Road, selling everything from Ming vases to Han Dynasty war horse potteries. As we venture further into Hong Kong’s market history, we visit Cat Street, originally home to the city’s black market, now an open-air curio market. Heading into Tai Ping Shan, it’s as though you’ve done a time warp – the shops and galleries are new and contemporary, and the culture is decidedly more Western and international, representing Hong Kong’s shift to an expat community led by international business. The combination of European style influences and traditional Hong Kong streetscapes has created some fascinating neighbourhoods in SoHo and NoHo, providing a unique narrative and local experience.

Take a break from walking and catch a ride up the iconic 800-metre long Central-Mid-Levels Escalators, the world’s longest outdoor escalator system. Funny as it sounds, it's a highlight of our Hong Kong walking tour, as it is for most visitors to the city. The escalators transport you through a district known for being one of the best examples of traditional and modern life coming together in Hong Kong.

As we make our way to Central, we see the central business district of the city dominated by modern skyscrapers that represent Hong Kong’s new life of riches, as an integral international financial hub. As a consequence, Hong Kong’s modern identity includes posh social clubs, swanky shopping malls, and impressively constructed office towers, yet retaining traditional elements, such as Feng Shui oriented art and architecture.

Meeting/pick-up point: Single Route - Central Star Ferry (Pier 7). Old vs New Hong Kong - Sheung Wan MTR station Exit B (4 minutes from Central and 12 minutes from Tsim Sha Tsui by MTR).
Duration: Single Route -1.5 hours. Old vs New Hong Kong – 3 hours.
Start/opening time: Single Route – The bus leaves every 20 minutos from 9:30am every day of the week. Old vs New Hong Kong – At 10am.
-End/closing time: Single Route – 6pm. Old vs New Hong Kong – At 1pm in Central MTR station.
Languages: Single Route – Mandarin, Cantonese, English, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian (audio guide). Old vs New Hong Kong – English.