Central Architecture Tour

Striking architecture in Central includes Norman Foster’s Hong Kong Shanghai Bank building, I.M. Pei’s Bank of China building and Cesar Pelli’s International Finance Center (IFC). The latter is a major social hub and has many good dining options (try Isola or Agnes B’s Le Pain Grillé) and many stores, including ex-pat supermarket City Super, a good place to know about if the kids are maxed out on Chinese food.

Small pieces of old Hong Kong are also hidden in Central, including the Hong Kong side entrance to the Star Ferry, which can be reached from Statue Square pedestrian underpass; the former French Mission and now Hong Kong’s Court of final appeal; the wonderful St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, which is the only property “owned directly” in Hong Kong and not on a lease; and the former ‘ice house,’ which housed giant blocks of ice and is now the Foreign Correspondent’s Club (FCC).