Hong Kong Travel Stanley - Stanley Market 赤柱市场

 Hong Kong Travel Stanley - Stanley Market 赤柱市场  (2014 0225)

Getting There:

Exchange Square Bus Terminal (Central, Hong Kong) board bus 6/6A/6X/66 or 260 and alight at Stanley Market

MTR Causeway Bay Station, Exit B. Walk to Tang Lung Street Board minibus 40.

Stanley market is one of the most popular open-air markets in Hong Kong.

Stanley Market

Boathouse

The interior that resembles a boat cabin has a fantastic waterfront view and an al fresco patio.

Stanley Waterfront Mart. This small market also consists of a few cheaper eateries and a couple of shops or carry your own drink and sit at the beach front.

Stanley Promenade

Tai Wong Temple

Tai Wong Temple is at the end of Stanley Main Street -- it is just tiny altar inside a small building, is nicely kept though very smoky with all the joss sticks that are being burnt on the altar.

Stanley Piaza

Tin Hau Temple天后古庙

Just west of Stanley market, adjoining the Plaza, is this 1767 temple was supposedly built by a famous pirate.  The oldest of the more than 70 Tin Hau temples in Hong Kong it is quite a modern building due to repeated building and rebuilding.

Stanley Barracks.(Murray House)

This British military Victoria-era building is one of the oldest in Hong Kong - dating from 1844 was named after Sir George Murray (1772-1846), a British soldier and politician.

The Stanley Blake Pier is an iconic landmark from colonial times, named after the 12th Governor of Hong Kong in the early 1900s.