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Private Walking Tour: Discovering Kowloon's Temples & Markets
Hong Kong, China
4 hours
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Date
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What You Will Do
Hong Kong is an easy and safe city to explore on foot and you could walk everywhere. Our temples and markets tour is ideal for people who would like a detailed overview of Hong Kong and also for people who would like to make the most of a limited amount of time in Hong Kong.
What's Included?
- Hotel meeting/ returning service by our professional guide if you chose
- Tour will be conducted by our friendly professional English speaking guide (licensed by Hong Kong Travel Industry Council)
- Bottled water (one per person)
- No appointed shopping stop is involved
What's Not Included?
- Transportation fees from your hotel to Diamond Hill and from Mongkok back to your hotel
- Gratuities
- Cost of transport, entrance fees (if any) or any food / drinks which you choose to buy during your tour
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Itinerary
Meeting Point
1
Travel-Cafe
4 hours
Our friendly local guide will meet you at the hotel and take MTR to Diamond Hill together. Nan Lian Gardens - over 3.5 hectare area and is the only Tang Dynasty landscape Garden layout that can be traced today. Each stone, tree, rock or water elements are landscaped after specific rules and regulations. It is built with one-way circular route which will take you through the best views of the Garden. Chi Lin Nunnery - where Buddhist nuns meditate and seek enlightenment. It covers 33,000 square meters and consists of dozen of different halls, lotus ponds and a five-floor thousand-Buddha pagoda. As a Buddhist temple, Chi Lin Nunnery also has the statues of Sakyamuni Buddha, Guanyin and other Buddhas. Wong Tai Sin Temple - a Taoist Temple where tens of thousands of worshippers pray to their ancestors and to the Temple deities. Wong Tai Sin Temple is not only popular among locals but also very well known among Chinese from all over the world. It was said and strongly believed that Wong Tai Sin will grant whatever is requested. Fortune telling - is also another main reason for the temple is well known. It is said that the accuracy of the fortune telling in this temple is very high and accurate. When you visit the temple, you may knee down in front of the altar, make a wish by shaking a bamboo cylinder containing bamboo fortune sticks until one stick falls out. You may exchange this fortune sticks for a piece of paper with a number on it and find one of the many soothsayers next to the temple who will interpret the fortune for you. Sneaker Street - is on Fa Yuen Street between Argyle and Dundas, you will find big selection of sneakers from all the big brand names. If you find something you like, don’t hesitate too long as it might be sold out later due to its’ fast turn over. Ladies Market - the most popular open air market in Kowloon side. It offers products and souvenirs for everybody nowadays from T-shirts, watches, clocks, handbags, DVD, I Pod/I phone covers etc. Some stalls don’t have products but only catalog of luxury brands of handbags or watches but please be aware that these are fake watches and handbags and because it’s illegal selling, so they cannot put their watches or handbags there. After your tour is finished, our tour guide will keep you accompanied and return to your hotel.
Additional Information
This tour is independently operated by a third-party provider: Breakaway Travel International Ltd.
Itineraries, descriptions, promotional content, and historic information are solely the responsibility of the tour operator and do not represent the views or positions of Marriott International, Inc.
Itineraries, descriptions, promotional content, and historic information are solely the responsibility of the tour operator and do not represent the views or positions of Marriott International, Inc.
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Minimum numbers of 2 paying adults are required to operate the tour
- Maximum 2 children (age 0-11 years old) at no charge for every 2 paying adults
- Our tours are "walking tours" and we make use of public transport to travel around. This means that we will be using the MTR (train), buses, ferries, and trams
Guide Options
- Guide - English
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