Sham Shui Po District

Travel Route

1. Festival Walk

Festival Walk with seven floors is an advanced shopping mall. In this large shopping complex, occupying 1,000,000 sq ft, you can find over 200 stores, 30 restaurants, a cinema with 11 mini theaters and a large indoor ice-skating rink featuring real snow. The mall was designed with great originality and provides natural lighting to create a more relaxed shopping experience.

Opening Hours: 7:00 AM to 12:00 midnight (the business hours of most stores are from 11:00 am to 10:00 pm).

Transport: Leave MTR Kowloon Tong Station at Exit C, walk along the pavement for a few minutes.

2. Fashion Street in Cheung Sha Wan Road

Cheung Sha Wan Road between Yen Chow Street and Wong Chuk Street is also known as 'Fashion Street'. Fashion devotees should not neglect it. Many overseas visitors may not be familiar with this street, but it is full of beautiful dresses for sale at wholesale prices. Although many of the fashion stores are devoted to wholesale, most of them also sell retail as well. The styles are rich and colourful. The outlets in Cheung Sha Wan Road Fashion Street are usually only open for business during normal office hours but some have extended opening hours.

Transport: The street is within the vicinity of the MTR Sham Shui Po Station.

3. Apliu Street Flea market

The Section of Apliu Street located in Yen Chow Street and Nam Cheong Street is a fascinating flea market specializing in the sale of new and used electronic parts, electrical appliances, video and audio equipments and communication products at discounted prices. It is a good place to do some bargaining. You can also find antique watches at low prices, old coins and other old items.

Apliu Street shopping hours: Noon to midnight every day.

Transport: MTR Sham Shui Po Station Exit C2

4. Buttons, Beads and Laces Streets

Laces street: Nam Cheong Street adjacent to Ki Lung Street is a good place to shop for webbings, zippers and ribbons. Most of the shops also operate as retail outlets and offer a great diversity of inexpensive merchandises. With ten or so dollars, you can bring home beautiful laces for embellishing your clothes and turning them into fancy clothes. It is really worth a try.

Buttons street: Those who love needlework will love touring around Ki Lung Street which is characterized by shops selling clothing accessories. As many of the shops specialize in selling buttons, the street is also known as buttons street.

Beads street: Yu Chau Street next to Apliu Street is where you can hunt for garment accessories. You will be particularly fascinated by the bead shops, which offer a great variety of beads, such as wooden, plastic, crystal and glass beads. The prices of beads can be as low as a few dollars per gram, and you can select them according to your choices and budgets. With an assortment of colourful beads, you can give full play to your creativity by making ornaments and beading work yourself. Some shops will be closed on weekends and holidays.

Transport: These themed industry streets are near to MTR Sham Shui Po Station.

5. The Dragon Centre

The Dragon Centre is a large shopping mall with nine levels in which there are department stores, shops and restaurants. The overall area of the mall is greater than 840,000 sq.ft. and it is equipped with a unique indoor roller coaster, namely the Sky Train which is installed on the top two levels of the mall. In the Dragon Centre, there is also a true snow skating rink with an area of 17,000 sq. ft. The Dragon Centre won the design award issued by Hong Kong Institute of Architects for its unique design.

Opening Hours: 10:00 am to 10:00 pm.

Transport: Leave MTR Sham Shui Po Station at Exit C1, walk along Cheung Sha Wan Road, and turn left into Yen Chow Street, then walk for a few more minutes.

6. Computer Shopping Centres at Sham Shui Po

The Golden Computer Arcade and the Golden Computer Centre are the earliest computer malls specializing in selling computer products in Hong Kong. There are all kinds of computer hardware and software of the latest technology at attractive prices. These malls have enjoyed a high reputation over the past 20 years and have become the preferred place to buy computer hardware and software products for Hong Kong's army of computer geeks.

Transport: MTR Sham Shui Po Station Exit D2

7. Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb and Garden

Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb was built during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 A.D.) and is now managed by the Hong Kong Museum of History. The tomb was discovered in August 1955 when the hillside at the north end of Tonkin Street was leveled for the construction of the Lei Cheng Uk Estate.

In Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb, there are 58 pieces of excavated cultural relics, including cooking utensils, food containers and storage jars made of pottery, as well as bowls, basins, mirrors, and bells made of bronze. These help us learn more about the daily life of the ancient residents of Hong Kong.

Han Garden was completed in December 1993 near Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb. The features in the garden were built following the style of the Han Dynasty and include pavilions, terraces, towers, fishponds and rock sculptures. It is popular among residents, especially the children and the elderly.

Opening Hours:
10:00 am - 6:00 pm every day (Except Thursdays, Christmas day and the day after Christmas day, the first day of January and Lunar New Year´s Day, the second day of the Lunar New Year and the third day of the Lunar New Year).
Sundays and Public Holidays: 1:00pm-6:00pm
Christmas Eve and New Year´s Eve: 1:00pm-5:00pm
Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Enquiries: 2386 2863

Transport: Take the MTR to Cheung Sha Wan Station, exit to Tonkin Street. Walk northwards for 5 minutes along Tonkin Street.

8. Lingnam Garden in Lai Chi Kok Park

This Chinese style garden, which is part of the Lai Chi Kok Park, has an area of 1.25 hectares. It is the first classical Lingnam style garden in Hong Kong. Different waterscapes and the central pond and are interconnected with a rivulet and accompanied by pavilions, terraces and towers. Ten scenic spots are set up in the garden, all using the moon as a theme and provide an idyllic scene. Many artistic elements have been included in the garden, including ceramic sculptures, tile works, stone carvings and couplets. The couplets draw materials from the works of many masters since the Qing Dynasty.

Opening Hours: 7:00 am - 11:00 pm every day.

The Arts Fun Fair is open from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 pm on Sundays and public holidays. There are 9 booths selling handicrafts and snacks as well as providing massage services by the blind and fortune telling services. Cultural and recreational events are staged on selected Sundays at the open-air theatre nearby.

Enquiry telephone no. 2307 0429

Transport: Leave MTR Mei Foo Station at Exit A to Broadway Street, walk for five minutes, pass through Mei Foo Sun Chuen and arrive at Lingnam Garden.

9. Free Vegetarian Meal at Yuen Ching Kwok

Yuen Ching Kwok at Lung Cheung Road is a Taoist Temple dedicated to Wong Tai Sin. On the 1st and 15th days of each lunar calendar month and during Wong Tai Sin Festival, the 23rd day of the 8th lunar calendar month, vegetarian food is offered free of charge during lunchtime. To get to the temple, worshippers can take the shuttle coach at the exit of MTR Station at Broadway in Mei Foo Sun Chuen, and the trip is also free of charge.

Enquiry telephone no.: 2386 9105

Transport: If you set off from Kam Shan Country Park, you can walk along Tai Po Road and turn to Ching Cheung Road, and the walk takes about 25 minutes. You can also take bus Travel Route no. 86B (Mei Foo-bound) opposite the Kam Shan Country Park and after 3 minutes' ride, get off at the bus stop at Monte Cariton at Tai Po Road, and then walk for 10 minutes.

10. Gourmet Street

On your trip to Sham Shui Po, you should not miss visiting a number of streets which house a vast diversity of eateries. You can enjoy tasty local cuisines, such as Kaya toast, pork liver noodle, tripe noodle, shrimp roes tossed noodle, peeled noodle and tofu dessert, at reasonable prices at the eateries along Pei Ho Street, Fuk Wing Street and Kweilin.

Transport: MTR Sham Shui Po Station Exit B2 and D2.