Hong Kong is divided into four sections: Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula, New Territories, and the outlying islands. Each section is further divided into several neighborhoods.

On Hong Kong Island, start with Victoria Peak, the highest point on the island with renowned views of the city and the southern slopes down to the South China Sea. Clinging to the northern slopes of the Peak are the Mid-levels, best explored via the Peak Tram or the Mid-levels Escalator. In Central, the city’s financial hub, visitors can find both colonial history and modern architecture. Lan Kwai Fong and Soho are filled with international eateries and bars. And Admiralty is home to the Pacific Place shopping and hotel complex. Hong Kong Park is best for some peace and quiet, and more traditional settings can be found in the old districts of Western and Sheung Wan.   Causeway Bay is a shopper's paradise, with the highest land values on the planet.  Not far away is North Point, where there is all the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong, but almost no tourists, and this area has great shopping, great values too.  And North Point has directly ferries across to Kowloon. 

At the tip of Kowloon Peninsula is Tsim Sha Tsui, and the Waterfront Promenade runs between the Clock Tower and Tsim Sha Tsui.  This is another amazing shopping area and has lots of hotels in all categories.  Yaumatei, home to Tin Hau Temple and Jade Market, is rich with tradition, and Mongkok is the place for shopping for both tourists and locals.   If you want to have some fun with your hotel concierge, just ask them "can you please tell me how I get to Chinatown". 

The New Territories offer Shatin, with the Shatin Racecourse, the Tsang Tai Uk walled village, Che Kung Temple, and Man Fat Monastery.

The biggest of the more than 200 outlying islands is Lantau, with the Big Buddha and Po Lin Monastery. The third-largest island, Lamma, hosts a large western population.