Victoria Park

Victoria Park is the largest urban park in Hong Kong. This is a vast green space, situated in the center of Causeway Bay and contains a pleasant outdoor swimming pool (HK$17) and various sports facilities.

This is a nice place to just walk around and watch the locals relaxing and performing tai qi. In the evening, this place fills up with romantic young couples wooing each other. A statue of Queen Victoria (originally in Statue Square in Central) stands here. Numerous football matches and tennis games take place throughout the year in the park.

Victoria Park is also the site of Hong Kong's Tiananmen Square vigil which is held on June 4th each year. Current affairs debates (similar to those in Hyde Park in London) are held here at the weekends, these are sometimes televised too! Before Chinese New Year, there is a large flower market held in the park and the gardens are beautifully lit with traditional Chinese lanterns during the Moon festival in September or November.

How to get there: Exit E of Causeway Bay subway station.

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