Best of Hong Kong and Macau: Victoria Peak, Star Ferry, Big Buddha, Macau UNESCO Old Town, Cotai Strip & Pearl River Delta Heritage - A 2026 First-Person Guide
Browse more guides: Hong Kong Sar And Macau Sar travel | Asia destinations Best of Hong Kong and Macau: Victoria Peak, Star Ferry, Big Buddha, Macau UNESCO Old Town, Cotai Strip & Pearl River Delta Heritage - A 2026 First-Person Guide When I tell friends back home that I once spent ten days bouncing between Hong Kong and Macau, they usually picture neon, dim sum and casinos, and they are not wrong, but they are missing about ninety percent of the story. The two Special Administrative Regions, sitting at the southern mouth of the Pearl River where it meets the South China Sea, are stitched into a wider Greater Bay Area of nine cities and roughly 86 million people, anchored by a 55 kilometre sea bridge that on a clear day looks like a thin grey ribbon vanishing into the haze. Hong Kong itself holds about 7.5 million people across 263 islands, a peak that rises 552 metres straight out of the harbour, a green ferry from 1888 still rumbling between Kowloon and Hong Kong Island, and ...