Built in 1488, the A Ma temple on the south side of the peninsula is dedicated to the Taoist Goddess of the Sea, and remains the focus of intense ritual activity, with visitors and local fisherman streaming through to leave offerings. Part…

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Hong Kong – ‘Fragrant Harbour’ – was Britain’s first toehold on the Chinese coast and, as one of the world’s leading financial centres, remains firmly at the interface of East and West: an economic powerhouse, a cultural melting pot and an…

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Macau, on the opposite side of the mouth of the Pearl River from Hong Kong, has for more than a century been eclipsed by its more prosperous cousin across the water. But this former Portuguese colony is making a comeback thanks to its liber…

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Having burned to the ground on three occasions, all that’s left of Macau’s once resplendent Church of St Paul today is its façade, which rises from the top of a low hill. Approached by 66 steps, the monument blends the high Baroque of the R…

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This superbly sheltered deepwater anchorage dividing Hong Kong and Kowloon is what initially attracted British traders to the area during the Opium Wars of the 1830s and 1840s, and it remains among the world’s busiest seaways. For a vista y…

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