Boutique Backpacking in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is a great city to have a spa-rty in. And it’s an amazing place in which to ignite all the senses if you have loads of money
By Sue Ostler
Categories China, Hong Kong, Spa breaks
Honkers on the cheap
Louise Hawson explores some great things to do in Hong Kong on a budget
By Louise Hawson
Categories Asia, China, Food and drink, Hong Kong
Shanghai: Almost French
Shanghai has a reputation as a city that is demolishing its links to the past as fast as it is spewing out products and pollution, but a short stay in the atmospheric French concession proves the opposite.
By Clare Press
Categories China, Shanghai
Hong Kong: A taste of the high life
Luckily there remain pockets of deco decadence in Hong Kong where you can pretend you’re Nancy Cunard – at least for as long as it takes for the tea to be poured.
By Clare Press
Categories China, Cultural, Hong Kong
Reality Check
People are forever going on about buying fake goods in Hong Kong, but what happens if you don’t want a wannabe Rolex or a dodgy vinyl Louis Vuitton bag?
By Clare Press
Categories China, Hong Kong
A Posh Pad in Shanghai
We do not travel, of course, to experience the familiar. That said, there is something comforting about bunking down in a thoroughly modern pied a terre when visiting a city as crazily confusing, polluted and exasperating as Shanghai can be. The Philippe Starck designed JIA Shanghai hotel, housed in a converted downtown art deco building, is just that.
By Clare Press
Categories China, Shanghai
Hong Kong’s SoHo
Kris McIntyre investigates Elgin Street, SoHo and discovers cocktails, massages and tapas.
There seems to be a universal truth that wherever there is a ‘Soho’ you’ll find the cool part of any city. In Hong Kong, SoHo (meaning ‘South of Hollywood Road’) is full of antique shops, galleries, restaurants, cafes and bars. Located in Central, it [...]
By Kris McIntyre
Categories China, Hong Kong
