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The AKVO Hotel sits in Central — not on the harbor waterfront, not in the financial district proper, but in the neighborhood’s more interesting middle layer: close enough to the Mid-Levels Escalator to walk to Soho in minutes, close enough to the Star Ferry pier to reach the harbor on foot, and positioned in the … Read more
There are hotels in Hong Kong with better rooms, more impressive lobbies, and considerably higher price tags. There are very few hotels in Hong Kong with a better location than the YMCA Salisbury — and in a city where location is the single most important factor in the quality of the stay, that distinction matters … Read more
Choosing where to stay in Hong Kong is one of the most consequential decisions of the trip — the city’s geography means that your base determines how you experience everything else. Stay in Tsim Sha Tsui and Hong Kong Island is a harbor crossing away; stay in Central and Kowloon requires the same crossing in … Read more
If Tsim Sha Tsui is where you go to look at Hong Kong, Central is where you go to be inside it. I moved from my Kowloon hotel to the AKVO Hotel in Central on the third day of my January trip, crossing on the Star Ferry, and the difference was immediate — the energy … Read more
If you’re visiting Hong Kong for the first time and wondering where to base yourself, the answer for most people is Tsim Sha Tsui. I stayed here for the first two nights of my January trip — at the YMCA Salisbury Hotel, steps from the harbor — and the neighborhood delivered everything a first-time visitor … Read more