Renaissance Hotel Kowloon

... our three days .Weather was good with a 22 centigrades, Jonathan  enjoy the Christmas lights in Hong Kong and Kowloon.Renaissance Hotel was a good as a location but in need of refurbishment. We all had great walks around the island.Plus our trip on ...

... record, the people in Hong Kong automatically speak English and don't make you feel like an idiot. We're staying at the Kowloon Shangri La.  The hotel is quite nice and the room is large and comfy.  We have a bidet in the bathroom and I have ...

... afternoon, though they were smart enough to have a designated non-drinker with them. Ellen, Brook and I headed back to the Harborview Renaissance Hotel, where Brook was staying, and left our things with him, since he was too tired to go to dinner. Ellen ...

... that we rekindled/retraced many of our old Kowloon ‘working haunts’ Royal Pacific Hotel Jimmy’s Kitchen La Taverna Renaissance Hotel (now the Langham) plus the many back lanes in and around Nathan Road and the Star Ferry area. Next we ...

... some real Chinese cuisine without American or Filipino influence.  We had a very nice dinner at the Dynasty restaurant in the Renaissance Harbor View but our favorite meals were the ones at small local places in Kowloon or the Wan Chai ...

... infrastructure of any city I've ever been to Arriving in Hong Kong, you can immediately feel the energy.  We stayed at the Renaissance and enjoyed our last bit of pampering before roughing it for the next month and a half.  We stayed in the ...

... side) from anywhere on the water. If you are staying on the Wanchai side or in Central, you can take the Star Ferry to Kowloon. Actually, regardless of whether you need to go to Kowloon or not, if you have just 30-45 minutes to spare, you should hop on ...

... up because of the 50 degrees F. I happened to screw up our airport/hotel transfer because I was convinced that our hotel was on the Kowloon side (didn't know they shut down the hotel and it is now the Intercontinental). So we ended up losing an ...

... had an amble through Hong Kong, taking in the atmosphere. We walked to the ferry terminal and got the ferry across the harbour to Kowloon. We got a taxi to the flower market and had a wonder round and also checked out the bird market. I have never seen ...

... within one of the monastery buildings. Ferry back to HK Island then hopped on the famous Star Ferry across the harbour to Kowloon. This had a much more of a local atmosphere with few westerners, other than tourists, and more street hawkers touting fake ...

... 90 minutes to get from Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok Airport (more interesting names to follow!) to my hotel (Renaissance Harbour View Hotel) based in the Wan Chai district of Hong Kong Island.  After quickly dumping my gear, I headed straight ...

... one part of the mall is a circular atrium where curved escalators descend to the casino, past gold walls and marble floors, under a renaissance ceiling showing winged angels and gods floating on clouds. On one level it's all so fake and tacky, but I ...

... I have the reputation of being able to sleep anywhere.   Hong Kong  19-21 January The upgraded room at the Renaissance Harbour hotel was  a bit of a surprise The view at night was good but the view in the morning was even better. As the ...

... of Venice landmarks like the Doge's Palace, the Campanile and the Bridge of Sighs. Inside. the decor invokes a touch of Renaissance splendour with its gilded trimmings and deluge of paintings. Simply exquisite, and as a friend looking through the photos, ...

... worlds longest and heaviest road and rail suspension bridge (like the Golden Gate but even bigger). We arrived late to the hotel Regal Kowloon at about 10.30 and then found somewhere to eat dinner. The hotel was nice and located near the harbor. Day ...

... units. Oh, Hong Kong. My favourite part had to be the da Vinci exhibition in the basement, though. Obviously the quintessential Renaissance man is famed for his artwork, but he was of course also a great inventor. Working mockups of many of his sketches ...

... The place closes at 6PM so we had to make a quick run through the market and then it was back to Hong Kong and to our hotel: the Renaissance Bay View at Wan Chai. We had a rest and then it was back to our tour of Hong Kong! We went to Central Station ...

... a couple of hours later than schedule. We took the Airport Express train direct into Hong Kong, where we stayed at the Renaissance Harbour View Hotel. They upgraded our room to one where we could have a had a five-aside soccer game, and we wound up ...