Hong Kong
The city where breakfast dim sum carries three Michelin stars and the night runs longer than anyone planned. For the trip that mixes a work agenda with the friend group you haven't all seen in months: October in Hong Kong means 26°C, clear skies, and the city at its best.
A 1969 Brutalist government building turned into Central's most elegant design hotel — the financial heart of Hong Kong. A 25th-floor infinity pool with city views, five restaurants and bars including the rooftop Popinjays, and the island's most convenient location: steps from the Peak Tram, the Star Ferry, and Lan Kwai Fong. Every room has floor-to-ceiling windows.
✦The right address for business and friends alikeA design-forward boutique hotel in Wan Chai, the island's most eclectic neighborhood, between Central and Causeway Bay. Rooms styled with Hong Kong street-art motifs, a rooftop bar with harbor views, and the perfect base for dining at Wan Chai's best restaurants without needing a taxi between a meeting and a night out.
✦More character for less moneyHong Kong's most visually striking hotel: 65 floors over Victoria Harbour in Kowloon, with the best views of Hong Kong Island available from any hotel in the city. The DarkSide bar on floor 6 has the trip's most photogenic view: the full Hong Kong Island skyline through the window at 11pm.
✦The address that says the most with the fewest wordsHong Kong's most authentic tour for groups: four hours through the night markets and streets of Kowloon with a Hong Kong local. It passes the Temple Street Night Market, the Mong Kok alleys, the curry fish ball stalls, and the neighborhood dim sum spots that never make a Michelin list but that locals have eaten at every Sunday for as long as anyone can remember.
Victoria Peak at dawn has the clearest views of the year in October, without summer's haze. The historic tram climbing a 45-degree incline is the city's single most Hong Kong mode of transport. The tour pairs the Peak with Central and ends with dim sum at a local go-to restaurant.
The Star Ferry crossing Victoria Harbour, the Symphony of Lights at 8pm over the full skyline, Kowloon's wholesale fruit market in full night-time swing, and Kowloon Peak for the final views. The plan for the night the group wants the cinematic version of Hong Kong.
The Star Ferry, running between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, has operated since 1888 and costs under $0.60 USD in lower class. In 2006, the government proposed scrapping it to expand the harbor, and Hong Kong responded with the city's first mass historic-preservation protests. The Star Ferry is still running. The skyline view from the deck is still the same.
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Plan my trip →Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), on Lantau Island. The Airport Express reaches Hong Kong Station (in Central) in 24 minutes — the fastest airport-to-city link in Asia. There's also service to Kowloon Station in 20 minutes. Direct flights from Mexico City (via a stop in Los Angeles or Dallas), Madrid, Paris, Dubai, and most Asian hubs.
The MTR is the most efficient metro system in Asia — punctual to the second, clean, with total city coverage. The rechargeable Octopus Card works on the metro, buses, trams, and even some supermarkets and taxis. Hong Kong Island's historic double-decker tram costs HK$2.60 a ride and is the city's cheapest, most authentic way to get around.
In October: 22-28°C, no significant rain, clear skies. Typhoon season officially ends in September — October brings the best weather of the year in Hong Kong.
