Hong Kong (Insight pocket guides) (Paperback)

~ (Author) "Your first day in Hong Kong is designed to give you a feel for Central District, the hub of wealth and power in Hong Kong..." (more)
Key Phrases: wan chai, kwai fong, mong kok, Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Star Ferry (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Review

'a fun but instructive guide written with personality and humour' Holiday Which? - on Insight Pocket Guides --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Description

One of over 400 titles in the Insight series, Compact Guide Hong Kong. This 96-page book includes a chapter detailing Hong Kong's history and culture, 11 tours and excursions taking in sights ranging from the eclectic mix of shops in Hollywood Road to rural Lantau island, leisure-time suggestions, and a comprehensive information section packed with essential contact addresses and numbers. Plus around 170 quality photographs and maps. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: Distributed in the U.S. by Houghton Mifflin Co (1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0395657679
• ISBN-13: 978-0395657676
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Compact Guide, January 5, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Insight Pocket Guide Hong Kong (Paperback)

I found the guide to be quite good and conveniently compact. My one criticism is that information for a given area is in several different places in the book. For example, there is a section on Wan Chai as a tour, another for Wan Chai at night, another section under excursions, and then Wan Chai restaurants are listed in a fourth section, altho some are included in the previous sections. This made for a lot of page flipping back and forth. This should all be consolidated into one section on Wan Chai. I thought the info was very good, just a lot of page flipping ("Now, where did I see that?")

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The 1997 edition is more up to date, October 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Insight Pocket Guides Hong Kong (Paperback)

Aimed at the vacationer or business traveller, the strength of this guide is its guided walks/day trip itineraries...and in for a place whose coastline and skyline is forever changing, not to mention its complete change of sovreignty, the more up to date your guidebook the better!