A city torn between East and West, this is the sort of hybrid destination that gives you the best of both worlds. Experience Chinese culture through incredible shopping and mouth-watering cuisine, all with a touch modern Western influences, enough to make the exotic more accessible for first time visitors to this Special Administrative Region and culinary capital. From the street food stalls selling delicious Siu Mai pork dumplings on Mong Kok Road and bustling dim sum restaurants to the sky high rotating buffets and Michelin star dining establishments, food is at the centre of life in Hong Kong. To the locals, it really is a way of life. So when you come here, you can guarantee that you’ll be spoilt for choice when it comes to places to eat, places to drink or places to do what the Cantonese do best in the evenings – karaoke. Whilst Hongkongers embrace their Chinese heritage, they seem to have their own culture, beliefs and their own rhythm of life. And once you get to know the Hong Kong way, you’ll realise that this city is distinctively different to the rest of the country.

Other than the lively food scene, Hong Kong is also a shopper’s paradise. Go shopping in style at the many malls and department stores across the city; clean, modern and filled with all the biggest designer names you can think of. Or throw yourself into a whole new world of haggling at the world-famous Ladies Market on Tung Choi Street; crowded, overwhelming but an incredible experience all the same. Families travelling with children certainly can’t miss all the big attractions such as Hong Kong’s very own Disneyland, Ocean Park, the Victoria Peak tram ride, Lan Tau Island or the Ngong Ping 360 cable car and entertainment centre. There’s so much to do and the energy of the city runs day and night; whilst environmentalists have voiced their concerns of light pollution in the city’s most famous streets, others find it easy to fall in love with the city that never sleeps.