LUXE City Guides: Hong Kong [Paperback]

LUXE Asia Limited (Author)

Book Description

Series: LUXE City Guides | Publication Date: March 2006

Want the very best of Hong Kong in one glam little pocktet/purse-sized companion?
Want a cheong sam handmade to order in fabulous vintage 60's silk?
Want a picnic on an iconic 'batwing' junk?
Want to find the best tailors in Hong Kong?
Want to jet off for adventure treks and deserted beaches in a fast pursuit craft?
Want to find HK's private bars and kitchens?
Want unique and bespoke jewellery direct from the designer's stuidos?
Want beautiful shoes handmade to order?
Want to find the finest shops, restaurants, shpas, bars and services and avoid the rest?

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Hyper-stylish" -- Travel+Leisure, March 2006

"Smart, succinct ... [LUXE City Guides] direct you to the spots most visitors never get to see around the world." -- Oprah, May 2006

About the Author

Whether you have a few hours or a few days, LUXE is all you need. Succinct, smart and crammed with priceless information, distilled from the favourite places of over twenty city residents, specially selected for their style, knowledge and expertise.

LUXE chooses only the very best,
so you choose only the very best.

Product Details

• Paperback: 22 pages
• Publisher: LUXE Asia Limited; 7th edition (March 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9628935135
• ISBN-13: 978-9628935130
• Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,375,138 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #51 in Books > Travel > Asia > Macau

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lots of info, compact, snotty, November 27, 2006

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Gentleman Smeller - See all my reviews

This review is from: LUXE City Guides: Hong Kong (Paperback)

It's refreshing to read a very concise, opinionated survey of Hong Kong, but the guide's tone sometimes veers into off-putting cruelty and mistakes snobbery for edginess. Hence the repeated derogatory comments about people in Dacron (does paying $400 for a pair of Prada pants really make one superior, or just stupid?) and some obvious comments that are meant to be outre but aren't--would anyone disagree that HK's skyline is far more impressive than NYC's? Some of the "insider" travel tips (ie, having concierge make reservations at the China Club) are stuff that you could read in popular, non-luxe Web sites.

Overall, though, not a bad resource.