{"id":83,"date":"2011-07-08T15:38:46","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T15:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/?p=83"},"modified":"2019-05-11T07:59:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T06:59:42","slug":"mount-austin-the-peak-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/travel-insight\/mount-austin-the-peak-hong-kong.htm","title":{"rendered":"Mount Austin \u201cThe Peak\u201d Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is no scene as beautiful as the spectacular view of the city skyline, peaceful green hill sides, towering skyscrapers, the world famous Kowloon and the Victoria Harbour from \u201cThe Peak\u201d<\/strong> of Hong Kong. The mesmerizing landscape casts a spell on the tourists and magnetizes them towards its beauty. Victoria Peak<\/strong> is a mountain located in the west side of Hong Kong Island, having an altitude of 552 metres and enables you to have the complete view over the city, harbour and the mountains ahead. You can grab cheap flights to Hong Kong<\/a><\/strong> and MRT trains in Hong Kong city are the quickest and the easiest mode of transport to reach The Peak.<\/p>\n

The visitors can reach to the top with the help of:<\/p>\n

Peak Tram<\/span><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

The Peak Tramway is a Railway of Hong Kong<\/strong> which carries both residents and tourists to the upper levels of Hong Kong Island and Victoria Peak, running from the Central District and covering a distance of 1.4 kilometres with the height of 400 metres. It was opened in 1888 for the use of peak residents and British Governor and now it is operated and owned by Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels Group. Whether you are going up or coming down, Tram ride is magnificently breathtaking and you can capture exceptional video of the sceneries.<\/p>\n

Lugard Road<\/span><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

A semi circular walking road in Hong Kong that links with Harlech road to encircle the Victoria Peak. It is famous for its simplicity, tranquillity and its view. The enthusiastic keen walkers can also opt to take this route, for bringing them back to the city. Besides providing the tourists with such astonishing scenes there are many other fascinations on the top of Victoria Peak.<\/p>\n

Peak Tower<\/span><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

The Peak tower is a recreational and shopping compound with a huge rooftop sky terrace and is located near Victoria Peak. The upper terminal of tram is situated here and it also houses gift shops, Crocs shop, Giordano fashion shop, post office, cafe, and foreign currency exchange and jewellery shop. The biggest allurement here is the Madame Tassauds<\/strong> Wax museum which is one of the two permanent Madame Tassauds museums of Asia and it consists of almost 100 wax figures of internationally recognised personalities.<\/p>\n

Peak Galleria And Piazza<\/span><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

It is located opposite to the Peak Tower<\/strong> and has many gift shops, cafe, restaurants and book shops.<\/p>\n

Victoria Peak Garden<\/span><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Victoria Peak Garden is a colourful, wonderfully peaceful scenic spot located near to Victoria Peak and is a source of great attraction for the people. The climate of Hong Kong is subtropical and the best month to visit this place is during November and December when the weather is pleasant with comfortable temperature. The Peak is the most amazing place providing the visitors the most enchanting view of\u00a0 the beautiful green mountains, legendary Hong Kong harbour and the skyscrapers that from city canyons. Don\u2019t forget to bring your cameras as you are going to capture many awe inspiring and jaw dropping photos there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is no scene as beautiful as the spectacular view of the city skyline, peaceful green hill sides, towering skyscrapers, the world famous Kowloon and the Victoria Harbour from \u201cThe Peak\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_has_post_settings":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[32,31],"hashtags":[],"class_list":["post-83","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel-insight","tag-asia","tag-hong-kong"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t