Stanley - I suggest you to go Stanley which is a romantic place...!!!
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| Signage - where do you want to go? |
Stanley Market
Stanley Market is one of the must-go places for tourists when they visit Hong Kong. You will find an interesting array of little shops selling silk garments, sportswear, art, Chinese costume jewelry and souvenirs.
Shopping at Stanley Market
That is after all the main reason you go to Stanley -- be aware that though the market is busy and interesting place to buy things it is of course mainly for tourists. Therefore take due care that what you are buying is correct and not a cheapie made for tourists.
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| Shops are around us~ |
Dragon Boat Festival
Like most places in Hong Kong which were once fishing villages Stanley celebrates the once a year Dragon Boat festival, with boat races in the sea.
Every year, normally on the Dragon Boat Festival day, a series of dragon boat races will be held. In 2007, however, they also started a "Warm-up" race before the festival day regatta and it was widely popular and successful that they are going to have it again in 2008. The "warm-up" race will be held on 1 May 08 which is a public holiday while the Dragon boat festival falls on 8 June in 2008.
There is also the Short Course race which is held 2 weeks after the Dragon Boat Festival, roughly near the HKSAR Establishment Day so it's also called the Reunification Cup.
All visitors should go to the Stanley main beach to see the races and admission is free.
For more details, see Stanley International Dragon Boat site
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| Dragon Boat |
Murray House
Murray House is a restored Victoria-era building (1844) that was named after Sir George Murray (1772-1846), a British soldier and politician. Architectural design was done by Major Aldrich and Lieutenant Collinson of the Royal Engineers, who actually did the construction.
In 1982 it was dismantled to make way for the Bank of China Tower which now sits on the original site. It was finally reassembled in it's present location in Stanley behind the end of Stanley Main Street, on the right-hand side of the bay during the years 1998/1999.
The Victoria-era building served originally as barracks for the British military and was part of the Victoria Barracks up until the 1960s.
Today it houses restaurants on the first floor, some of which have grand views across the bay.
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| Murray House |
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| Murray House |
Blake Pier
Open for public use since 27 July, the Blake Pier at Stanley complements the colonial architectural style of the adjacent Murray House with its adaptive re-use of the Old Blake Pier roof. Providing berthing for leisure and tour service vessels, the pier conveniently links up Stanley with other tourist attractions via the sea route, offering business opportunities for island hopping cruises as well as land-and-sea tours.
To enable travel trade in exploring business opportunities brought about by this new development, we are organising a tour development trip to the scenic southern shoreline of Hong Kong Island (including Stanley Bay, Chung Hom Wan, South Bay, Middle Bay, Repulse Bay and Aberdeen Channel) and to the laid-back Po Toi Island. The tour combines relaxing sailing with captivating shore excursion.
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| Blake Pier |
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| Blake Pier |
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| Blake Pier |
Getting there:
You can find buses 6, 6A, 6X or 260 from Exchange Square bus terminus in Central will take you there. They are air-conditioned and comfortable as buses go.
An alternative way would be to take the MTR to Chai Wan station, leave the station via Exit C and catch green minibus 16M which will also take you to the Stanley market.
Green mini buses are not as comfortable as a regular bus or a taxi.
